7 Reasons to Join me on the HIGH-TECC Caribbean Cruise

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1) It is affordable! For less than the cost of a typical night's stay in a hotel, you get deluxe accommodations, sumptuous food 24 hours a day, myriad amenities, and exotic ports of call. 2) It is tax deductible! The cruise will have pleasure time, for sure, but it really is about your business and features several conference sessions, so it is a deductible and truly is a genuine business expense. 3) It will give your business a formidable … [Read more...]

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Who Owns What?

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I spend a lot of time talking about generational differences. This infographic from the Pew Research Center is very interesting. It shows the results of a survey they conducted looking at generations and the gadgets they own. Click on the graphic to get the full details... Click on the graphic to get the full details... … [Read more...]

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The Cost of Inertia Has Gone Up

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"We are now at the dawn of a profound technology-driven transformation that will make the changes we have experienced over the past 25 years seem small and slow." -Daniel Burrus, January 2009 I have used the above quote in many of my presentations over the last two years. Like many of you, I lived through the technology-driven changes over the past 25 years, and they hardly seemed small or slow. Yet the changes we've seen in the last five years … [Read more...]

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A Healthy Reminder — Are You Addicted?

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A recent post by Chris Brogan is a good reminder that the social web can be addicting. "Just because you can connect to a lot of people does not mean it is very sustainable." Listen to Chris' thoughts. It's only 1:30 minutes long. So what about you? Are you connecting just to connect? Or, are you really working on your business? … [Read more...]

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Franklin, Tenn Flooding & The Social Web

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You may have heard on the news that a massive storm system parked over Middle Tennessee during this last weekend. This storm dropped 10” to 16” of rain over the area in a 36-hour period. A neighbor who lives one block down the street has lived in that same house for 40 years and said he has never seen anything like this. I first heard about the storm and the torrential rains from neighborhood friends (called the Franklin Campus) on … [Read more...]

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One Big Trend for 2009

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One of the most important jobs of an agency owner or manager is to look into the future and try to understand the trends that will influence the organization. As I tried to think about the major trends I expect to see over the next year, I realized that there is really only one: changes in how you communicate with your prospects and clients. There are different labels being applied to these communication changes: Web 2.0, social media, blogs, … [Read more...]

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