Inc.com recently published an article titled, “5 Tips for Selling a Service Now.” In case you missed it, I thought four out of the five tips made a lot of sense.
1. Get Everyone Involved in Selling
One public relations firm in Boston instituted a new policy to put this tip into action. Each week, employees must [...]

Susan Boyle is probably a household name by now.  Some day she’ll probably even be a verb as in “you Boyled me over.” You’ve probably seen her on You Tube, or perhaps you caught her on CBS news this morning. She’s had more than 100 million hits  on You Tube and is the top trending [...]

When travel budget cuts ground you, conference calls take off. Are there guidelines for conference calls? Of course there are because communicating via a conference call is tougher than face-to-face communications. Why? Because body language plays such a large role of communication – some experts say it’s 50-65% and others as high as 80%. The [...]

Following the President’s appearance on the Tonight Show March 19, now is a good time for some media interview tips.
1. Say what you’d like quoted.
This reminds me of some good career advice I heard when I was about to graduate, “NEVER say anything that you wouldn’t want written on the office wall with your [...]

Kristen’s right. Referrals are vital to small business owners. That’s why I’m getting started one week early on Make a Referral Week.
I’m also doing it now because if I wait until March 9 (the official starting date), it may be too late.
Eat at Lemon Grass. It’s a fantastic Asian bistro located in Oconomowoc, just off [...]

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade and other units are taking off soon for training in Fort Bliss, Texas. Two months after that, they’ll be heading to the Middle East for an expected one-year tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
James Davis, the husband of our co-worker Kristen Davis, will be part of [...]

We made it through January and the second month 0f 2009 is already before us! What a great time to remember the importance of networking.
Below are the ABCs of networking written by best-selling author and world-renowned business authority Andrea R. Nierenberg. As you read through them, think about setting some 2009 networking goals for [...]

Social media gives people the opportunity to share and discuss information amongst each other primarily using Internet- and mobile-based tools.  Facebook, You Tube, Twitter and blogs are all examples of popular social media outlets. Soon, Tenporium, a social polling and consumer product review site, undergoing beta testing, will be added to the mix. And, Plinky [...]

Say it ain’t so. H.J. Heinz Co. is kicking the pickle off its ketchup label. It’ll be replaced by, you guessed it, a tomato.
Makes sense, I suppose, since the ketchup doesn’t contain any pickles. But come on, it’s been an icon for more than 115 years.
I remember being fascinated by a tour of the Pittsburgh-based [...]

Awhile back, I blogged about an event that helped me look forward to November. Now, I’m blogging about one that helps me look forward to February, which is tough to do up here in “Siberia” where another six to 10 inches of snow is dumping on us right now.
Even better, Cuba is the event’s theme [...]