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...
by | Sunday | Business Strategy, holidays, Resolutions, strategic planning
2006 is almost history so it’s time to consider some resolutions for the New Year. Even if you don’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions, you likely want to improve your business or your professional status right? Sticking with that theme, why...
by | Saturday | Business Opinion, Business Strategy, Buzz, Sales / Marketing, Word of Mouth
I’m sure many of you have read or heard about the Microsoft blogger “scandal.” If not, click here to read an E-Week piece on it if you wish. To summarize, Microsoft and AMD sent some prominent bloggers a honking Vista based laptops for them to test...
by | Wednesday | career, focus, strategic planning, time management
I engaged in an interesting activity today that shed a little light into why I’ve been so maxed out of late. I worked on a spreadsheet that broke down my hourly activities to quantify where the time goes and whether there are any areas I can reallocate hours...
by | Tuesday | Business Strategy
I frequently get asked “how can I differentiate my product or service when there are a lot of competitors doing the same things on a similar level?” My initial answer is ‘you just answered your own question within the question.’ That part about...