Bob Burg is a name that is well known in many business and networking circles. His book “Endless Referrals” is required reading for anyone who wishes to grow their business.
Bob recently teamed up with John David Mann for another gem, “The Go-Giver.” This book talks about the 5 Laws of Stratospheric Success. It is similar [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Book Review - The Go-Giver by Bob Burg & John David Mann
The Key to Success in Life
Life is full of mysteries. We spend our lives trying to unravel these mysteries, and unlock the secrets of living a long and prosperous life.
After pondering these mysteries for much of my adult life, I have finally reached a conclusion as to what the most important skill is for being successful.
Before I go on to [...]
The Fine Art of Getting People to Say Nice Things About You
Testimonials should be a significant part of your marketing plan. Social networking sites like LinkedIn have an area specifically for this. Leveraging social proof like testimonials can really give your marketing a boost. This is because anything you say about yourself is immediately suspect. However, anything a real person says (as long as it doesn’t [...]
Creative Marketing Can Help You Sell Anything, Even Yourself
For those of you who don’t know Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound, you should. She is an expert on all things publicity.
Anyway, she has a recent blog post about how a job seeker on the East coast is using some creative marketing to find a job, which has also generated a fair amount of publicity.
I [...]
How to Get Quality Twitter Followers Without Being a Douchebag
OK, so the discussion lately has been Twitter. What is it, and how do you use it?
I’m not going to go into the fundamental basics of Twitter, there is enough info out there on that to choke a sumo wrestler.
But one thing people often ask is “How do I get followers on Twitter?”
The real question [...]
Social Media 101
As I mentioned in my last posting, I was at an event recently that was all about social media. There was a very nice lady at the conference who was attending because she hoped she would get a good basic understanding of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, etc. Much to her [...]
Social Media is Alive and Well
So, yesterday, I went downtown for Ragan Communication’s “Social Media Un-Conference.” It was essentially just a gathering of hundreds of social media users, and the event was done as kind of an open forum where the moderators would present a topic and then people would chime in. There was some great advice and also some [...]
New and Improved!
I said I was working on some new stuff, and I still am. But enough is done for me to re-launch the site here. New theme, new home page, new attitude!
By the way, if the home page didn’t look right to you, you’re probably using Internet Explorer. You need to get a real browser. I [...]
