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If you've read this blog for any amount of time you know that my definition of marketing is getting someone who has a need to know, like and trust you. And that's precisely why I give Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's book Trust Agents in the must read category. This is blatant promotion for someone who's earned my trust, as I hope I've earned yo Read More

Succession Planning in every family owned business should begin at the birth of the next generation and should never end. The values, common sense, integrity and vision taught to your children are the basis of his or her ability to take over your business and be a productive business owner Read More

Are you in the market for a new piece of commercial real estate for your new or existing small business? Chris Hurn, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercantile Capital Corporation, explains why the SBA 504 Loan Program has several advantages over ordinary, conventional loans for small business owners buying commercial real estate. Read More

Great interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone by Tavis Smiley on PBS Read More

A list of services, mainly easy to use web-based applications, to help and empower startups, freelancers and small businesses. Read More

A diagram based on your goal and discipline levels. These levels combined are creating your productivity patterns. Read More

“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.” By Benjamin Franklin. How often do you reply to the question, “How is business” with “I am sooo busy”. If you gently probe a little more, busy being busy does not actually mean more customers or more business from customers. It may just mean you are letting your business drive you and you are not in cont Read More

It is easy to see the obvious differences in different cultures, but we sometimes forget to look for the differences in rules and regulations in different countries. When we dig a bit deeper and try to understand the reason behind these different rules, we may stumble across the key to a deeper knowledge of this different culture. Read More

Building strong cross-cultural skills starts with learning to listen to all aspects of the communication. This is why you need to put aside your busy habits. Busy habits keep you from picking up the whole communication. The easiest way to improve your cross-cultural communication is simply to slow down and focus on the conversation. Read More

In social media, the vehicles are pretty apparent to everyone. We have Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, blogs, etc. How hard can it be? They are all free and are all tempting you to use them to reach out to customers. If you are responsible for the marketing of your organization, the subject has been broached by now, “What Read More