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While this post revolves around a spiritual theme, it has business application. I was reading an article about following your vocation. While the article touched on serving God through the practice of your talents or occupation, my mind went off on a tangent, per usual. Before going into that tangent, let’s [...]
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Tonight I got to talk about web presence with some social media friends over dinner. We have all had experiences with clients who want a website or a social media presence; but they do not want to spend any time building it. By this, I don’t mean the technical parts; those can be [...]
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One problem with having a vivid imagination and being able to grasp the totalities of ideas easily is the immediate realization of all the details involved, real or imagined. Sometimes, you may be 100% correct that a problem will crop up and give you all kinds of headaches on a project.
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One of the most frequent questions people have when talking about social media in the business is, how much is this going to cost the company? I can understand that there are several concerns for any business, like productivity, control of the company’s image, what are recurring costs, and any number of concerns. Adweek has [...]
As the popularity of social media continues to grow, many businesses are beginning to ask how this medium fits into their business model. Chris Brogan asks questions in his post titled Aligning Social Media Within Companies. He has a ton of comments on that one. Some people describe social media as a tool. Others call [...]
Chris Brogan has an interesting post about changing your lead generation methods. He is correct in that lead generation is changing. People are beginning to tune out mass marketing. We can now fast forward on commercials on our DVR. We download movies and music rather than go down to the store or rental place. We [...]
I’ve had quite a bit waiting for me since my return from Startup Weekend San Antonio this weekend. If you have kept up, you know that I am a part of the team that started ForceXchange.com. We are still working to carry the project forward in addition to carrying out all that pertains to our [...]
Next weekend, I’ll be heading out to San Antonio for Startup Weekend. I’ve heard of Startup Weekend from friends. It has all been second-hand knowledge in addition to what’s on the website. My understanding of Startup Weekend is that it is 54 hours of putting a company or a project together over the weekend. There [...]
Lately, while going from one client to another, it has occurred to me that I have been fortunate to get clients despite my marketing, rather than because of my marketing. Usually, when people ask me what I do, I tell them that I fix computers and do some web work. My intent has been that [...]
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