Google's announcement that it would stop censoring search results in China is huge news--and smart strategy. In exploring the background, the Financial Times reported: Google argued internally that while censoring was an unpalatable compromise, it would at least make...
Don't know what to blog about today? Well, Lisa Barone has come up with a solution. In a post for Small Business Trends, she identifies 104 topics covering your industry, your business, your customers, going social, and getting to know you. The focus is small...
My friend and uber-trainer Lee Watts asked me the other day about collaborative blogs. His idea is to bring together several colleagues in related fields (i.e., sports performance, nutrition, physical therapy, and so forth) to create a broader and more dynamic go-to...
A new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report surveys the entrepreneurial lifecycle in the United States. Drawing on 2008 data, What Entrepreneurs Are Up To looks at who starts a business and why, how start-ups begin, and the impact of public policy. There is...
As some of you may know, I joined MarketingProfs last fall. There are two great values about the company/online resource: (1) community and (2) professional development. As a pro member, I have access to a vast store of case studies, reports, how-to articles, and live...
How has the communications landscape changed? And what do these shifts mean for businesses and the people charged with marketing, communications, and so forth? In advance of next Thursday's IABC/Washington panel on 2010 trends in communications, I talked to Shonali...
I’m taking a page from Chris Brogan this year. He annually identifies “three words that I use as guidance for how I should conduct my efforts in the year to come.” My three words for 2010: incubate, endorphins, and endurance. I’m going to use them, hopefully wisely,...
I intended for my first blog post of the work year to focus on my overall approach to 2010, but instead I find myself looking backwards. Not to 2009 per se, but to the actions I took during my two weeks of downtime that have given me a running start into the new year....
I was talking with a representative from Sales Genie at a conference recently, and our conversation turned to the roots of list making. My first prospecting list, in the days before information was online, was a labor of much labor. Having identified my target...
In this age of instant everything, planning seems to be getting a bad rap. But make no mistake: planning matters. Here are my five tips for jumpstarting your business in 2010: 1. Assess your financial health. Before you can set goals for the new year, it is useful to...