Twitter is a spectacular social media platform that allows businesses to connect with every type of target audience. There is no dearth of teenagers, senior citizens, entrepreneurs, and everyone in between. You set up your profile, follow a few people, and wait for the conversations and clients to roll in. So where is everybody? Here are the top 3 reasons your engagement … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2014
How to Avoid Fire-Fighting All The Time in Your Business
One of the reasons you went into business was to create a lifestyle you enjoy while doing what you love, right? However, your business has grown some and it may feel a little like you cannot stop putting out one fire or the other. Or maybe you have team members who seem unable to do anything without your direct supervision… which means your day is a mass of interruptions … [Read more...]
Is Your Monday a Horror Story? Change It
Hassle, fuss, haste, low energy levels and never-ending tasks---these are the regular parts of Monday blues we face every week. Talking about work makes some people sick and actually working, well I better remain silent on the subject. For most people, the don't go back to work in a happier mood than they were in during the weekend. The scale of despise towards work varies but … [Read more...]
Effortless Social Media: How To Always Have Something Worth Sharing
Social media is a marathon, rather than a sprint. Success involves turning up time after time and simply getting down to business. The problem with such a discipline is that while we all start out with the best of intentions, it’s easy to rapidly start running out of things to say. After all, how do you post to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media sites multiple … [Read more...]
How to Find and Hire the Greatest Talent for Your Startup
If the time has come to add more talented bodies to your startup, you know this added responsibility comes with many new areas of uncertainty. Where do you go to find the best talent? How much should you pay? The hiring process comes with many questions and gray areas. Consider the following 6 tips for finding and hiring the best talent for your startup. Create a Company … [Read more...]
Can Listening Make You More Successful?
Can listening make you more successful? Think back to the last time you attended a seminar. It could have been online or in person. Did you listen attentively or did you perhaps start checking your email? Maybe you were distracted by something else. Because of this you may have thought the presentation wasn’t informative enough when in fact it was jam packed with relevant … [Read more...]
Sponsored Video: Taking Risks and Giving Back in Business
Another year is nearly over and it’s time to reflect on what your business has accomplished this year. Yes, this usually includes making sure that you increased sales and profits, kept your spending down, and can keep your doors open for another year. However, it’s also a time to evaluate whether or not you’ve been taking risks that will open the doors to potential success even … [Read more...]
Building a Usable Vision Statement for Your Organization
Organizations that enjoy sustained success are built from the core values that remain foundational while their culture carefully adapts to changing business strategies and to a changing economic environment. Smart leaders take the time to identify the core values that are central to any organizational culture and then build strategies that are in alignment with these … [Read more...]