Last Saturday was the 3rd annual TEDxFortWayne with nearly 200 in attendance. In a few weeks, the videos from the 9 speakers will be available and I’ll share them right here. Along with the local, live speakers TED requires TEDx events to include some video segments and the 3 that were featured were outstanding and diverse. Ever …
from my April 2008 archives: Jim Meisenheimer makes some excellent points in this email: Fast first impressions are getting even faster today. You’ve probably heard that “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” And it’s true! You also probably heard that “First impressions are lasting impressions.” Have you ever thought …
Very few messages are effective if they are only presented one time. Seth Godin wrote about this recently and said, There’s a lot to be said for conditioning your audience to listen carefully. If they know that valuable information is only going to come at them once, they’ll be more alert for it. Alas, as the nois-o-sphere …
Today I’m going to share with you verbatim information from an email I received from Jim Meisenheimer: My Amazon #1 Best Seller, How to Start Selling More Everyday, is now FREE during a special 5-day promotion from April 18-22. The eBook is loaded with proven sales tips and techniques. Don’t get bogged down in your sales effort. Get …
A couple of questions to ask: Is your website mobile friendly? Do you even know what I’m talking about? This video will shed some light on the subject. Look around, a couple years ago predictions were that by 2014, 80% of the web browsing and activity would be done on a mobile device.
We’ve seen stories time and time again about how a company has a screw-up, it goes viral on Social Media and eventually heads roll. I’ve even been known to call out a couple of companies that I dealt with, namely Arbys and JCPenney. Then there was the QR code on a billboard rant Mediapost recently …