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How do you develop a winning mission statement? One that fits on the back of your business card but doesn’t clutter the whole thing up? The more important question is: When do you write your mission statement? Many want to write a mission statement too soon.
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How do you develop leaders in your organization? One of the ways I give back to the community is to volunteer as a Varsity Coach for the Boy Scouts of America. I work with 14 to 18 year old young men. We just completed a 57 mile hike at Philmont near Cimarron, New Mexico....
Continue Reading »If you want to move your business and your life forward, you need to improve your ability to communicate well. The best innovations will never change the world if they do not have a champion. Someone to push them forward. Someone to spread the word. If you want to implement change in your business...
Continue Reading »In my part of Tempe, Arizona, I am Varsity Coach for the Boy Scout troop. So one thing that interests me is teaching young people to be creative and look at the world around them for ideas. The Boy Scouts of America recently announced a new merit badge – Inventing – that fosters creativity...
Continue Reading »Your advertising message needs to be in front of as many people as possible. But reaching out to everyone is cost prohibitive. The art of advertising effectively is to segment the population and find out what your ideal customer looks like so you can pay just to be in front of them. If it...
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I know what I said last week. It still applies in most situations. But in a climate of disruptive innovations, listening to your customers can cost you industry leadership. Your customers know what they need now. But if you always base your plans off of what your customers think they want in the future...
Continue Reading »By now you have read about the problems with AT&T and iPhone 4. There were so many orders that AT&T stopped taking new orders. This probably isn’t good for AT&T, who may soon lose iPhone exclusivity. But from Apple’s perspective, the problems with AT&T are the perfect advertising.
Continue Reading »If you had a football stadium full of every potential customer for your product or service, what would you tell them to make them love you? How will you keep them from tuning out after 10 words? Don’t frame yourself based on your competition. Don’t talk about about the products and services you offer.
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I happened across one of the most brilliant advertisements today. A friend passed it along to me on Facebook. All you have to do is “Like” the Redbox page and you get a password for a free one night movie rental on June 21st. Redbox wants people on their “Like” page (at 622,000+ as...
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The biggest little problem I have heard lately is employees texting on the job. One text message is no big deal. You lose a minute or so of productivity per text message. But what happens when someone receives and sends 30 text messages an hour as they carry on at least three conversations?
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