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”November 6, 2012 6:51 AM
On The Road (Warrior) Again tagged “New Business”
Now - more than ever - it's possible to do business from anywhere at any time. For over ten years, I've been doing my best to figure out how to be as upwardly mobile as possible. To ensure that I... Read more
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October 23, 2012 5:29 AM
The Lance Armstrong Effect tagged “New Business”
Much has been said about Lance Armstrong lately. Not much has been said by Lance Armstrong, himself. It used to be easy to lay low, even if you were a celebrity. But, in the world of the real-time Web, mobile... Read more
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September 25, 2012 9:39 AM
Where Everybody Knows Your Name... And Face tagged “New Business”
Have you ever found yourself being tagged in a Facebook picture that makes you feel just a little bit uncomfortable? Things just got a whole lot creepier. We live in a day and age when people rage against the machine... Read more
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September 12, 2012 8:20 AM
Lessons In New Business Require A Foundation tagged “New Business”
What is new business? What is the future of business? It's a cliché to say that there is no such thing as "business as usual." It's true (things always change) and it's not true (business is still about creating a... Read more
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September 11, 2012 7:39 PM
Quirky Turns Us All Into Sharks And Dragons tagged “New Business”
Have you ever seen the TV show Shark Tank or Dragon's Den? Being an entrepreneur is hotter than ever. Individuals are starting to realize that global economic forces are abound, and that the sanctity of a traditional office job with... Read more
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August 28, 201210:39 AM
The Mailbox Re-Invented And Brought To You By Amazon tagged “New Business”
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." About 2500 years ago, Greek historian Herodotus said this during the war between the Greeks and Persians when... Read more
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August 14, 2012 9:52 AM
Are You In The Business of Awesome? tagged “New Business”
It's hard to be great in business today. It's not that businesses don't try, it's that their every waking move is now being recorded in text, images, audio and video and being published live for the world to read via... Read more
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July 31, 201211:58 PM
The Art Of Fake Familiarity tagged “New Business”
Pitches are getting worse. I recently got an email pitch from a public relations specialist that read something like this: "Hey Mitch, I work with Lame Corp. I'm a big fan of your blog and your newspaper articles. I know... Read more
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May 8, 201210:24 AM
This Is Being Recorded... By You tagged “New Business”
The art of self-tracking. It was one thing to know where I was going. It was a totally different experience to know how far I had been, how much further I needed to go, what my expected time of arrival... Read more
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April 18, 2012 4:14 PM
Finding The Perfect Pitch tagged “New Business”
Pitching new business is never easy. I was deeply moved by the book, The Art Of The Pitch, by Peter Coughter (you can hear my conversation with Coughter over here: SPOS #296 - The Art Of The Pitch With Peter... Read more
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April 10, 201211:30 AM
The Church And State Of Advertising tagged “New Business”
Are marketers poisoning the well? When I first started publishing music magazines back in the nineties, I kept running into the question of ethics. We were a two-person operation back then and my job was not only handling all of... Read more
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March 27, 2012 1:17 PM
The Start-Up Of You tagged “New Business”
Welcome to Generation Flux. The January 2012 cover story of Fast Company magazine was all about Generation Flux. You've head of Gen X, Gen Y and more, but what is Generation Flux? Our business world has been through some tumultuous... Read more
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February 28, 201210:19 AM
It's Time To Defy Convention tagged “New Business”
How many days have you sat around, stomach twisted, waiting to hear if you had won a new piece of business that you pitched for? It's a terrible feeling and the only thing that can alleviate it is getting the... Read more
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February 16, 2012 3:16 PM
Slimy Sales And Marketing Tactics tagged “New Business”
Are you a salesperson? How does that sentence make you feel? Most people say that they either hate sales or hate salespeople and yet, those same people fail to realize that everything we do in life is sales. When we... Read more
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February 2, 2012 2:29 PM
CTRL ALT Delete - The Business Book tagged “New Business”
CTRL ALT Delete is the title of my second business book. It will be published in Spring 2013. Following is the official press release and some media mention of the pending project... BUSINESS PLUS To Publish CTRL ALT Delete by... Read more
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January 17, 2012 7:19 AM
Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown? tagged “New Business”
It's time to pay attention to Google+. Back in July, I Blogged about Google's foray into online social networking, Google+ (more here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook). At the time, the majority of the discourse surrounding Google+ was about... Read more
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December 6, 2011 6:51 AM
Is Your Flinch Response Holding You Back? tagged “New Business”
Does your flinch response still protect you? Tony Blauer is a a world-class close-quarters combatives instructor who now spends his days training law enforcement, military and civilians in his personal defense system (Blauer Tactical Systems) based in San Diego. I... Read more
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October 25, 2011 8:50 AM
The Customer Is (Not) Always Right tagged “New Business”
There's an ongoing business axiom that defines customer service: "the customer is always right." Publicly, this may be the proper posture. People like Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos and the author of the best-selling business book, Delivering Happiness) built his... Read more
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October 11, 2011 9:32 AM
On Weirdoes, The Long Tail, Seth Godin And You tagged “New Business”
Here Comes The Weirdoes On Page 16 of the business book, We Are All Weird, by one of the world's foremost authorities on business, marketing and leadership, Seth Godin (best-selling author of Purple Cow, Linchpin, The Dip and countless others),... Read more
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September 27, 2011 8:29 AM
The New Business Traveler tagged “New Business”
While it's nice to think that Skype, WebEx or Facetime removes the need for business travel, nothing could be further from the truth. Granted, if all you're having is a status meeting, those can easily be replaced by technology, but... Read more
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