Hyperlocal ad widgets that work like Google Adsense
It’s morning. You’ve brewed your coffee. You’re skimming the news online, maybe including your local version of Patch.com.
As you peruse that site, of all the relevant, targeted ads you’re going to see see strewn about the webpages, wouldn’t you love for some of those were...
More customers paying full price
If you’re a retailer, whether it’s with one or many locations, you want customers.
(Captain Obvious comin’ at ya live with that last sentence.)
But you should also have an expected average ticket price. Meaning, if you can count on, let’s use a round number, 500 people dropping...
Quora isn’t all that
I’m sorry. I have to say it.
Quora just isn’t all that.
Yes, the interface is cool. Yes, you can follow not just people, but also individual questions and keywords. Yes, you can push...
Blow through your glass ceilings
We hold ourselves back.
We’re capable of so much more than we think. We imagine barriers that don’t really exist. We blame other people for limitations we set in place.
It’s time...
The guy with the “golden” voice
Ninety percent of me likes this story.
That 10% is nothing to sweep under a rug, though.
On one hand, we’ve got a guy who had a career, loved it as far as we know, did well with it as far as we...
Reach out to the one
Many years ago I received some great advice from an ecclesiastical leader that has been on my mind the last two weeks.
We were talking about the truly great, yet unsung leaders.
They share something...
How to prove who’s the smartest in your circle of friends
For years, people have played Buzztime in thousands of bars and restaurants across North America.
But it just got far more interesting.
We recently launched Communities, a whole new way to prove that...
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In a job interview years and years ago I was asked this question. I’m sure you have been asked it as well.
Answers usually follow one of two paths:
“I’d love to get this job, prove...
The Age of Cool
And it came to pass that there was an Industrial Age. And the Industrial Age begat The Information Age. Some say we’re now in The Digital Age. Or The Connected Age.
I think we’re actually...
The future of location-based apps
Location-based applications are here to stay. “Here to stay” being a relative term in this day and age. How will they evolve, though?
Mashable reports Foursquare CEO and founder Dennis Crowley’s...
Is it time to start texting your customers?
Maintaining your own in-house email list is a no-brainer. But what about your own mobile list?
I’ll bet you’re overlooking it. Most companies are obsessed with email. But read this very long...
Twitter for adults? Seriously?
Derek Powazek wrote a super post by this title (Twitter for Adults).
In it he offers a brilliant summary of Twitter in one sentence (how appropriate): Twitter lets you reveal a little bit of the running...
18 lessons I’ve re-learned in the last 30 days
I’ve re-learned many lessons over the last 30 days. None that will change your life, but all are good reminders of how to live better. On the list:
Patience is indeed a virtue.
It pays, literally,...
Sing this with me, this is forty
Sometimes you have an opportunity to take part in something special. You can’t turn those chances down.
You don’t do it for money. You don’t do it for acclaim. You don’t do it...
Appreciating the things right under your nose
I spent the end of last week and all-day Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
I was lucky enough to have my wife and 10-month-old daughter with me on this one.
Apart from the great work I personally got done...
The world of sales experts
On the heels of a post on the world of social media experts, I just have to write this.
Most sales experts have not needed to sell for years. YEARS. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve marketed....
