Bernard Perrine, CEO, HipLogiq In today’s social media world, small businesses are finding social media platforms like Twitter increasingly important to bring new business in the door. Twitter is unique because as a public forum it allows for intent-based marketing, or opportunities for small businesses to join in on relevant conversations in real time, in a […]
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Michael Idinopulos, Chief Marketing Officer, PeopleLinx When the social media team at British entertainment retailer HMV decided to tweet out the details of a mass layoff, the company couldn’t stop them. According to Business Insider, HMV’s official account tweeted, “There are over 60 of us being fired at once! Mass execution, of loyal employees who love the
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Chip R. Bell I arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta late in the afternoon at the end of a week on the road. My dress pants needed pressing for an early morning keynote. Dialing the hotel housekeeping department I was told that someone would be right up to get my trousers. Moments later, a
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Frances Kweller, CEO, Kweller Prep When women have an idea to start a business, most suffer from “analysis paralysis” which means they analyze their business idea over and over until it ultimately prevents them from moving forward with the idea. For example, when a woman has a good idea for a business venture she tends
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Jerry W. Thomas, CEO, Decision Analyst Inc. You are not feeling well, so you visit your friendly family doctor. He puts you in a new, electronic scanner and generates 28 trillion measurements of your temperature all over the surface of your body. He then saves all of these big-data measurements and, using advanced statistical algorithms and
Meridith Elliott Powell, Founder & Owner, MotionFirst Well like it or not, British musician’s Sting’s children are going to have to work for living. In an interview with the Mail Online the former front man for the 80’s band The Police, revealed that he has no plans to leave his children much if any of his $306
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Don Maruska and Jay Perry Did you know that 30 to 40 percent of talent lies untapped in even high performing organizations? Imagine the profitable results you would enjoy if your business could access that talent without spending a lot of money to do it. You can tap this wellspring of riches once you
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Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership The FIFA World Cup is in full swing and the USA has a win against Ghana, a tie against Portugal, and even with a loss to Germany, the team is advancing to the next round. Soccer is suddenly everywhere! Of course, in most of the world it’s always everywhere. In the US, it’s
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Lawrence Polsky and Antoine Gerschel, Managing Partners, PeopleNRG.com People resist change. Among 1,300 professionals who responded to our 2012 Global Study, 81% reported they say yes to changes but do nothing. A recent glaring example of this is what has become known as the “GE nod.” GM recently fired 15 people for just nodding yes and
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Stacia Pierce, CEO, Ultimate Lifestyle Enterprises There are many aspiring entrepreneurs looking for more revenue and resources, with no idea how to make it happen. I get letters every day that say, “I want to start my business—but I’m not making the money that I need to do so!” Some try borrowing from relatives and others look
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