Archive for the 'Small business' Category
I was talking to fellow UXnet Board member, Keith Instone yesterday about how it only seems like last week we were in Boston together at CHI2009. But it was over a month ago.
Tempus Fugit.
Pat and I have been traveling quite a bit so far this year, doing mostly speaking and client engagements. It’s [...]
May 12th, 2009 | Posted in Big business, Non-Profit, Small business | No Comments
For the past 11 years, Atlantic Business Magazine has held its “Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs” awards gala. It is the culmination of a rigorous process to highlight and celebrate the amazing and sometimes overlooked leadership success stories from Atlantic Canada. It is this region’s most prestigious business event, and last night we [...]
May 8th, 2009 | Posted in Big business, Non-Profit, Small business | No Comments
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There are a million social media tools out there and more coming by the day. Here are some tips for what tools to use, and how to use them to take advantage of this important business trend.
February 6th, 2009 | Posted in Small business, Tools | No Comments
I write a monthly article for HP’s small business blog. The following was my most recent contribution.
Social media has been in the press a lot lately for its ability to accomplish certain tasks more quickly and easily than ever before. We have all heard about the woman on Facebook making money selling jeans, or the [...]
July 7th, 2008 | Posted in OASIS, Small business | No Comments
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I posted earlier about the attraction of social media tools to the non-profit sector. Because social media can be faster and cheaper than traditional tools it can sometimes be the best way to get the job done.
Looking across the landscape it doesn’t take much to see that others organizations are in the same boat. Specifically, small [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in OASIS, Small business | No Comments
photo credit: Daniel*1977
I spend a lot of my time explaining social media to clients. Here is a great video by leelefever on how it works, and why it is important to business.
By now, everyone knows or has heard about FaceBook, Myspace and blogs. However, from a business perspective clients can’t always see how and why this stuff can help.
The [...]
June 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Marketing, Research, Sales, Small business | No Comments
photo credit: SqueakyMarmot
Coaching the small business | Duct Tape Marketing Blog:
John Jantsch has written an interesting piece on coaching small businesses. Being in the business of sales coaching, I normally find myself working directly with a sales leader and a team of 8+ individuals for a few weeks or more to solve [...]
April 9th, 2008 | Posted in Sales, Small business | No Comments