I think this is a very important question that many businesses don’t ask. This is because I’ve been told that many times sales people have made a sale and the person turns out to be the Bride of Frankenstein or …
How many times have you heard this from a child? While I believe independence is a great quality, I wonder if at times in business and life our independence hinders us. Consider this real life example; a woman has severe …
No, I am not thinking of that! In the mid 1960’s, Sports Illustrated was trying to think of ways to increase readership during the winter months. This was because the winter months were normally a slow time for sports stories. The …
What does the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and you have in common? Read more »
The Doctor asks: “What’s the matter?”The man says: “Doctor, I don’t know what to do. Every time my wife comes home from shopping, she attacks me verbally.”The Doctor says: “I have a real good cure for that. When your wife …
A man goes to the Psychiatrist, feeling very upset and depressed. Read more »
A man calls home to his wife and says, “Honey, I have been asked to fly to Canada with my boss and several of his friends for a fishing trip. We’ll be gone for the long weekend. This is a …
As you saw the Super Bowl commercial blitz has extended way beyond the Super Bowl game. The companies who paid the marketers used every trick in the book to stand out before, during and after the game. Their goal was …
How happy were you with the Super Bowl commercial blitz ? Read more »
Earlier this week the power went out in my office. This is getting to the point where I expect it to happen. Another thing I expect is that the power supplier in our area never explains why the power went …
Yes these are those people born between 1985 and 2010. Some of you may be saying I don’t sell to those types. Well maybe not today. Although if you plan on staying in business or plan on selling your business …
Could there be no season, or worse could there be replacement players used. Yes, as this past weekend was the Super Bowl, I thought I’d give you my perspective on the potential of a NFL lockout. What does that have …
This was very revealing; 20% of the executives feel that they are world-class, 43% believed they are world-class in some areas, 26% felt they were adequate but needed to improve, 7% were getting by but needed significant improvements, and 4% …