by | Monday | Business Strategy, Quote of the Day
Found on the Fast Company Blog:”It’s just as hard to make a cheap thing as it is to make an elite or expensive thing.” -Michael Graves , designer
by | Monday | Business Strategy, Customer Service, Differentation
We all have a common set of expectations from certain industries we do business with that we won’t compromise if those expectations aren’t met. We expect to hear a dial tone when we pick up the telephone when no one else is using it.We expect our cars to start in the...
by | Wednesday | Business Strategy, Quote of the Day, Sales / Marketing
Thought of the Day–taken from Branding Strategy Insider “If you make it all about money, I will make it all about price.” – Your Customer
by | Tuesday | Business, Business Strategy, focus
My mother has Alzheimer’s. She’s been in a nursing facility since February of 2005, and she’s more or less bed ridden. One of the many negative effects of Alzheimer’s is rapid memory loss to the point family members’ names are forgotten and some members get forgotten...
by | Thursday | Business Opinion, Business Strategy, Leadership
On October 22, 2006, I posted an entry outlining five CEOs that must go. On 1/3/2007, #1 on that dubious list took a dive–Bob Nardelli from Home Depot. Reports say he “resigned,” but that’s being kind–it was a forced resignation, and Bob...
by | Tuesday | Business Opinion, Business Strategy, Google, Sales / Marketing
I read today on Marketing Shift where Google is planning to capitalize on You Tube videos with paid streaming advertising. Supposedly the ads are going to be related to the video tags, but you knew it wouldn’t be long before You Tube went from being fun, new, and...