#Twitterduction: @LizStrand meet @ryanr09. @ryanr09 meet @LizStrand. *Connect if you have common interests
#Twitterduction
ceomarshall: @Admore 2 Fav Business Books are Crossing the Chasm and Execution: the discipline of getting things doneOriginal tweet.
Hopefully this weekend I’ll have access to mobile Internet again. If I do I’ll be testing out foursquare as a mobile location, social interaction and commerce site. I say commerce because most of the locations to check in are locations where one might make a transaction.
There are some businesses using foursquare to drive business and general awareness of the brand.
In the past few months we've seen local businesses encouraging users to show their phones to servers and cashiers as a way to prove their loyalty to a particular place.
See “FOURSQUARE FOR BUSINESSES” for more information.
A while back iTunes required that my account be updated. Up until that time I was using an AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) login ID. Apple required that this account be converted to an Apple account. Went through all this and everything worked fine until the iTunes update back in September (2009). At the same time I was unable to login with my new Apple ID and my music was essentially deauthorized. After a few days the problem that prevented me from logging in was fixed and I was subsequently able to login with my Apple ID.
Here is the problem, much of my music is no longer accessible as it was purchased with the AIM account ID. Almost every time I try to play a track purchased with the AIM ID, a pop up box appears. There is at least one track associated with the AIM ID that currently plays.
Searching for the fix to this situation is frustrating and time consuming. This is a big problem.
Rant <end>
Looks like Twitter recently made a change to the Twitter.com homepage. There is a new box that shows the number of inbound tweets since you last refreshed your page.
No confirmation if this is just for a few users or was rolled out to all accounts.
Do you have this on your Twitter homepage yet?
Please include your Twitter ID in the comments section if you would. Thanks ;)
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Nice to see Gary getting some mainstream press. His book is going to sell like gangbusters. Believe it comes out in about five weeks. People are looking to be inspired. Gary will play this super hero role well and sell a ton, a ton of books along the way.
The front page of the New York Times featuring Gary is below.
What will be the big news from Apple on Wednesday September 9, 2009?
Below are some of the features that I believe may be in the new iPod Touch.
When will the Wall Street Journal add a section for most the tweeted articles? What about the most clicked via Twitter posts?
This would definitely be something that could occur in the next 12 months. Twitter has grown like a juggernaut in the past year. It would be wise to integrate the Journal and Twitter more than is currently being done.
Five of the ten items listed on Google News “In The News” section are related to Senator Kennedy or to a place that his family is associated with. See screen shot nearby.
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Came across the first video on Friendfeed earlier today. All three are worth your time if you are an entrepreneur or an aspiring entrepreneur.
Melanie Notkin, @SavvyAuntie on Twitter, is interviewed by Ariane de Bonvoisin, @clickariane on Twitter.
The phrase, ‘think outside the box’ has become commonplace.
The box represents the imaginary limitations or parameters for a situation. These “Dimensions of Value” are leverage points that create value to the customer. Think of the box as having three or six sides. Each side is a value point to the consumer.
For any particular product or service there is a standard that represents the current market. As that market gains new entrants, there will be an increase in competition and a decrease in operating margins. An organization is challenged to increase innovation.
Innovation is or may be achieved via moving one of the walls of the box. Consumers change over time. What is optimal for consumers today, is suboptimal for customers tomorrow.
Organizations must challenge themselves with innovation that increases consumer value as well as returns to the firm. This must be done even if it destroys the old business. The organization is better off destroying itself via innovation than to be destroyed by an outside force with no alternatives available.
Logged into iTunes this evening to sync the iPod and this dialog box appeared. Have never seen anything like this before.
Did Apple just drop AOL screen names?
Want to know what economic data is being released soon? What are the important ones to know? Is there a consensus forecast?
The answer to these questions and more can be found on the Bloomberg Economic Calendar page.
About once a month there is a WordPress Meetup in Ferndale Michigan. Usually the meetings are at AJ’s Music Cafe [a coffee shop].
There was a good turnout at today’s event. There were probably about eight of us in total. It was cool that a few new people came out to see what was going on.
Aside from conversation about WordPress, we discussed Chris Brogan and his book Trust Agents as well as the domain registration site Joker. Another item mentioned was Moo cards, a distinct business card. They make an impact was the consensus.
A private Friendfeed group has been created for this group. If you are part of the group and would like access to the group request and invite.
Below are the four elements to creating success as stated in the Wall Street Journal article: Silicon Valley Survivor
For the full details on each, visit the full article on the WSJ website.
Here are three unwritten rules to add to the four above.
Again, these are from the article linked above. It is one thing to talk about these rules and quite another to have such strong execution on them. Cisco has successfully acquired several billion dollar businesses and not missed a beat in doing so. They have been a nimble M&A machine.
An article in the Wall Street Journal, AT&T Gets Another iPhone Boost, includes some interesting information about AT&T and the Apple iPhone.
In the most recent quarter AT&T activated 2.4 million iPhone units. Assuming that each of these units is a sale and part of the total subsidy number leads to the following.
AT&T estimated that subsidy payments to Apple for the iPhone were $720 million in the quarter. Some basic math, $720 divided by 2.4 million, reveals that each handset is subsidized approximately $300.
How would you analyze this data?
Have you seen similar of different numbers?
Earlier this week at #tweetea, a tweetup event in Royal Oak, MI, we had a discussion about Twitter. The discussion included some thoughts on how so many people sign up and just do not see what all the hoopla is about. A big part of the conversation revolved around there not being a guide on how to use the service. It is not real clear and generally takes a few weeks to get a hang of it. Most new users are not willing to put in such efforts and thereby abandon the service.
What Twitter Did
Twitter recently released Twitter 101 - A Special Guide. The guide is geared for business and included best practices and case studies. This is the kind of progress that will be welcomed by new users.
Extra Credit Reading
The New York Times: Mom-and-Pop Operators Turn to Social Media
Questions
A few years back it was new for a business to have a website. Then it was having an email address. The new thing is to have a Twitter account.
Current top sites used to enhance the use of Twitter are as follows.
is.gd – URL shortener. Link is for main site. Get the bookmarklet to be most effective.
TweepSearch – A search tool for the bio section of a Twitter user.
Twellow – The directory of Twitter
Tweet Stats – Data about a Twitter account.
Twitter Search – Used to find tweets that include terms or that are from certain geographic locations.
What tools are you using?
These are really good. Great for listening during a daily commute. Each of the above podcasts is about thirty minutes in length. If you are interested in learning more about business and the economy these are some good podcasts to start with.
The blog has been getting quite a bit of traffic regarding ePrize layoffs as a search topic. Last year ago I wrote two posts about ePrize [post 1 & post 2]. A recent Detroit News article confirms that there have been more layoffs.
The Detroit News: Number of jobless in Mich. hits 740,000 Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Ryan Duval, a 26-year-old software engineer, just got laid off from ePrize LLC, an online marketing firm based in Pleasant Ridge. When Duval joined the firm four years ago, ePrize revenues were growing almost monthly and the staff had doubled to more than 400 employees. "Now, I'm part of the latest round of layoffs," he said.
The firms that hired ePrize have likely pulled back spending on the kinds of promotions that were the bread and butter of ePrize revenues. Less business means that there is less need for the knowledge workers that drove the ePrize business model.
The current economic conditions in Michigan are some of the most challenging in a generation. In November 1982, Michigan unemployment peaked at 16.9%. Michigan will likely surpass that during the current downturn.
Are you resting on your laurels?
Prove you are not, everyday to clients, associates, business partners and to yourself.
When one has created the seeds and fruits of success, it is important to not let past performance discontinue itself because of a sense of entitlement. One must continue to create delight in the community that makes an enterprise thrive and prosper.
The email below looks like a scam to me. Think I’ve seen this one or one like it before. Marking it as SPAM so it gets blocked the next time around.
Hello,
I am a healthcare recruiter. I saw your resume on the internet. How is your job search going? Are you still looking for work in your current field or would you be interested in a career change to healthcare? There are many job openings right now and there is a huge shortage of qualified staff. We are working with some schools that will train you for a new career in healthcare. There are careers that range from $25,000 to $35,000 per year as well as careers that pay anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 per year. Many people also qualify for Federal funds to pay for the training. If you are interested or you would like more information please reply back and let me know.
If you are not interested please do not reply.
Best regards and good luck in your job search.
Sincerely,
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PS.. I'm not going to fill your e-mail box up with lots of messages, but I will send you an e-mail and check in from time to time to see how things are going, but if you would rather not hear back form me just send an e-mail to nothankyou@ehcr.org and I won't contact you again.
UPDATE: near the bottom of the email - "Was it a gift? No longer interested? Improve your recommendations." Amazon should put it next to each item and not at the bottom of the email. Who will read the whole message if it seems inaccurate or not relevant?
Below is a screenshot of an email Amazon sent. It is a list of recommended items based on “items you purchased or told us you own.” Knitting is a cool hobby but it is not one of mine.
Cool idea but it needs a “This was a gift for someone else” button.
Has Amazon ever recommended items for you that were off the wall?
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If you found this blog post you can safely ignore and delete the email message that set off warning bells. Those warning bells caused you to run a search to verify.
Came across this ad while browsing the New York Times website. Thought it was interesting that a local community college was using Google Ads. [See screenshot nearby] There is obviously some sort of geographic targeting of this ad. My location is about 10 miles from the South Campus. It would make little sense to display it to someone more than fifty miles from the campus unless it was for online classes.
The other day Bloomberg had an excellent podcast interview with Chris Anderson, author of, Free: The Future of a Radical Price. After listening, it brought me to the belief that this new book was worth looking into. Used the Amazon Apple Touch app to search for the book. Found it for a very reasonable price. Bundling it with The Long Tail, another book by Chris, brought that total just above the $25 basket size required to get free shipping on Amazon.
In the mean time some other things came up, namely #tweetea and the order was not placed. Today I finally got back to Amazon to look at completing the transaction from yesterday. The price has gone up significantly. Below are the prices from this evening.
*Note: The prices may have changed between not and when you visit them.
Moral of the story: You delay, you pay.
If you are looking for a new tool to dig a little deeper for information on the web you may want to try Samepoint.com.
This is how Samepoint bills itself.
Samepoint is a conversation search engine that lets you see what people are talking about.
Discover, learn and share new web sites and ideas.
Try searching for some friends or business associates. You might find some interesting information. You could also use it to search for competitors.
Thoughts?
How large a role does materialism play in your life?
Earlier today I was listening to a Business Week podcast for the story titled “Where Housing Will Be in 2012.”
One of the things that stuck me was a question that raised concerning the future selling price of a home in New Jersey. Both writer and the editor took a stab at answering the question. [My guess is $475,000]
This question would be a good way to engage listeners and readers. Perhaps Business Week will use a free survey site to do just that. A site such as Survey Monkey or Predictify may work.
Data requested would include the following
Closest guess gets the winner in some sort of analysis Hall of Fame page on the Business Week website.
Each guess could include space for a 140 character reason for why that price was guessed. Twitter posting may also be included.
Would something like this drive discussion?
Gas is going for $2.439 at retail nearby [7/11/2009].
On 7/4/2008 gas was at $4.199 locally.
On 7/6/2007 gas was $3.199 locally.
In Summer 2008 there was a huge price spike where the national average topped $4 a gallon. Crude oil also closed above $145 a barrel.
What do you think the national average will be for a gallon of regular at the end of 2009?
Walmart is already targeting the college back to school crowd. It is only Saturday July 11, 2009. Target does not appear to be targeting back to school as an event/buying occasion yet.
Note: In the mail today was a back to school themed catalog from Bed Bath & Beyond. Below is a screenshot of their website. [7.11.2009]
Screenshot of the Target site is below. [7.11.2009]
On the last visit to Kroger the Plus Card Savings came out to $.14. Yep 14 cents. That is a savings of 3% on this transaction.
If you have a savings amount on the bottom of a shopping receipt, what is the biggest percentage saved you have seen?
When reading a book it is suggested that one take down notes to further synthesize the thoughts and lessons.
Some books are good to write in. Did this most notably while reading Personality Not Included.
Other books get a blank 3” x 5” index card that is used as a bookmark and to write out notes. This is a good method. It is best used for small nuggets of knowledge and short quotes. Long strings of text take up a lot of space.
The newest method employed for note taking while reading is a legal note pad. Currently I am writing down the page, one item per line. The goal is to make two columns per page. After reading the book with this method, I’ll probably type out the full notes and post to Evernote.
QUESTIONS
Do you take down notes as you read?
Notes after reading?
Below is a tweet from earlier today.
admore We practice to make the plays WORK! Admit it, you should put in some practice. #NowNotLater about 2 hours ago from web
If you have something important to do, it would be wise to start on it now and not wait. Starting is the first step to attainment of any goal or mission.
Possible Life Applications [PLA’s]
Can you think of any other applications where doing it now is better then later?
For some people it is about price. For others it is about location. Some people even look for superior service. Each of these is a tactic that may be employed by a retail business to create customers.
Near where I live, Kroger dominates the area with four stores that are closer than any competing [food] store. CVS is a bit closer in two instances. Could one really shop for most groceries at a CVS? If one had very limited needs it is possible. For the 99.999% rest of us, we will probably have a supermarket or supercenter that serves our grocery shopping needs.
Location [access] is the biggest reason I shop Kroger for groceries. Each of the four stores is on a major road all within 1.5 miles of home. No matter which way I am coming from, there is almost always a Kroger to be found on the way home.
Where do you shop for groceries, why?
Last night when I filled up the car, the price of gas was $2.559 [credit] and 2.499 for cash per gallon. The station was the Mobil on 11-Mile road in Royal Oak and just west of I-75
On Monday Caribou Coffee has a promotion of coffee for a dollar.
Today I found out it is only for the dark roast. Usually the dark roast is what I order. The past few visits to Caribou have included purchases of dark roast coffee. Probably one of the last three visits was on a Monday for the dollar special.
For whatever reason when asked if I’d like light or dark roast, I selected light. As the transaction was being rung, that’s when I found that the promotion is only for the dark roast.
Instead of paying one dollar, the total with tax came to $2.23. That’s the regular price and I was a bit disappointed to not get the Monday Special.
It’s experiences like these that drive consumer cynicism. When there is a deal, there is almost always a catch. If the actual deal was better communicated, I would not have been less than delighted on this visit. The order would have been for the regular dark roast if getting the deal was that important.
Certainly this is not enough to drive me to exclusively to Starbucks. It will certainly give me pause before I have to make a choice between Caribou and the Starbucks just a few doors down.
QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT
How many customers have had a less than delightful experience at a retail business?
What should a business do to prevent service failures from happening?
How can firms better communicate what the deal is and includes?
Real Estate promoted using Zillow
Recently I was passing a home for sale and couldn’t help but notice the sandwich board in front of the house. It indicated that people should visit zillow.com and search for 625 Renaud for house details.
Certainly lots of homebuyers are using Zillow and Trulia to find homes that fit their requirements and budget. Using the sandwich board to drive traffic to the site has probably lead to more potential buyers looking at the house.
The listing on Zillow has been updated and currently indicates “Views: 12,” one of which is mine.
Map
View Renaud House for Sale on Zillow in a larger map
“If you aim at nothing, it is hard to hit the target.” dld
If one is to perform at a high level and generate success in a chosen endeavor, one must choose a goal to aim for. Once a goal [destination] is set one can measure progress to attainment over time.
Sometimes it takes some practice to become better prepared to attain a goal. Measuring progress will enable the individual to understand if the goal is being made and areas of achievement that are weak and improvable.
A Google Maps contractor is working near Detroit, Michigan. At about 9:40am [7/3/2009] one of their vehicles was spotted on the 11 Mile road bridge above I-75.
Wondering if they are just adding in missing areas or updating areas that have changed.
Tweetups are gatherings of peeps [people] who tweet [use Twitter]. Using tools such as Facebook etc has made them quite popular. This popularity has lead to strong and growing attendance [see Detroit Tweetups]. Even when an event is not actively promoted, 15 people show up. That is rather impressive.
When group size becomes large the effectiveness of the group declines. Connections are not as strong as they might be. One might even argue that they are weak. In any case, late last year a few of us were discussing how big the attendance was for recent tweetups [100+ attendees]. At that point we began to meet at a coffee shop under the premise of doing smaller scale tweetups [aka: a mini tweetup].
It is time to launch that idea again. There should be mini tweetups all over a large metro area such as we have around Detroit, MI. Other places are welcome to launch their own events. There should be events every day of the week. Collaboration on ideas is powerful. The network effect will connect people to the resources they need. Resources are best connected in smaller groups where trust can be built. It is also critical for needs, known and unknown to be uncovered. Some people need things and don’t yet know it. In a small group setting these can better be unearthed.
The hashtag I’ll be using for mini tweetups is #mtweetup. The m stands for mini. As a suggestion it is a good idea to keep group size below 8. Even 7 might be too many. If the number of attendees becomes too large, consider breaking the group apart. Move to two places at the location of any events. Perhaps one group could relocate to a second place. This will will expose more people and businesses to Twitter, people and the events that are happening.
What are your thoughts?
In the past Apple has had some huge ads on the Wall Street Journal website. It appears that Microsoft is now making some big ad buys for their Bing search engine.
Just created a Twitter hashtag of #Go4It. Used it to encourage someone to take action on two great ideas.
Saw this a few minutes ago. It is not too often that an ad on a national website captures my attention for a local business [Detroit, MI].
If you are looking for information on the grocery industry a good place to start is the Yahoo Finance Industry Center. News can be found here. There is data and information on many market sectors. Complete sector list is here.
List of books for reading in the near future. Very near future.
if you prefer you might find each of these books on the http://books.google.com/ site.
Last week Guy Kawasaki wrote the post, “How to Know What Text and Images People Copy from Your Site” on Tynt for the OPEN Forum blog.
He linked to it on from his Twitter account. May have seen it there or on Friendfeed. Not sure which one it was. Tynt is a tool that allows a website owner to know what text has been copied from their website [or blog].
While reading some RSS posts from the Carpe Diem blog one engaged my interest. It was “Ripped Off and Plagiarized in the Indian Press!!” which essentially covered how some people use others content as their own. Wrote an email to Mark Perry about the tool that Guy wrote about last week. Also included the link the Tynt post by Guy.
In short order Mark sent a reply thanking me for the info and that he would check it out. Not too long after that Mark wrote “Plagiarism Update.”
Takeaway: Information NOW travels much faster than before. Knowledge is becoming more perfect.
Taking inspiration from @PRsarahevans and #journchat brought out an IDEA called “Marketing Chat.” The hashtag #mktgchat is not currently being used.
The idea is to create a discussion about marketing… the who, what, when, where and how of it.
The platform for it is still up for review… thinking Twitter, Friendfeed and perhaps Skype.
Questions for review:
Possible Answers:
Create a list of topics for each chat in advance &/or take questions and suggestions from participants, before and during the event, to let them guide the conversation where they will see the most value from a group discussion.
Do you have any thoughts and comments?
Where is my name? You say you saw my resume online. Seems like common courtesy to use my proper name.
From: Executive Healthcare Recruiters careers@medicaltrainingschoolsonline.com
Hello,
I am a healthcare recruiter. I saw your resume on the internet. How is your job search going? Are you still looking for work in your current field or would you be interested in a career change to healthcare? There are many job openings right now and there is a huge shortage of qualified staff. We are working with some schools that will train you for a new career in healthcare. There are careers that range from $25,000 to $35,000 per year as well as careers that pay anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 per year. Many unemployed people even qualify to continue receiving their unemployment insurance benefits for up to 52 weeks while they retrain for a new career, and many people also qualify for Federal funds to pay for the training. If you are interested or you would like more information please reply back and let me know.
If you are not interested please do not reply.
Best regards and good luck in your job search.
Sincerely,
27762 Antonio Pkwy L1-261
Ladera Ranch, CA 92694
PS.. I'm not going to fill your e-mail box up with lots of messages, but I will send you an e-mail and check in from time to time to see how things are going, but if you would rather not hear back form me just send an e-mail to nothankyou@ehcr.org and I won't contact you again.
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So, this is what those oil scam emails look like. Please do not respond to it if you receive it. If you came to this blog post by way of an Internet search, it indicates that your bull s*** detector is properly operating.
Above is a screen shot of the double text boxes.
Hallmark and American Greetings are waiting for a ground breaking IDEA like this to drive sales!
Never heard of a metric birthday? Now you have.
Define: “Metric Birthday” – Number of days since birth divisible by 100 and getting an Integer.
Example: Date of Birth – 4/27/1994… on 5/18/2009 this person will be 5,500 days old. Their Metric Birthday number is 55.
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#VTOS = Virtual Tweetup on Skype
This is an experiment. This is a way of brining people together virtually to live chat. Participants may or may not know each other at beginning of chat.
Plan is to begin by just using the instant message function of Skype. Perhaps at some point in the future there can be voice and video. Voice may be useful for having people speak on specific topics one person at a time.
Started a new hashtag on Twitter this morning. #myteams
First tweet is here > #myteams
Let me add a few more teams below. These are not teams in the traditional sense of sports. They are more like areas of participation. By joining the conversation, one can share ideas with other users on how to create more value from group interaction. The sharing of IDEAS and adjusting them to make them better and better is powerful. This is like continuous improvement [see also Kaizen]. Everything can be made better. There are no limits on human imagination that we do not set for ourselves.
What are your Teams?
Questions:
Commentary:
There is so much room for innovation in business. The problem is that people still expect cheese to appear at “Cheese Station C” even after it clearly is not returning. Reference from the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”
The world is changing and we need to change too:
What are your thoughts?
Note: This is not a rumor, just a thought that occurred this afternoon.
Could see Cisco buying Twitter and Skype and merging the services to take it to the next level.
Twitter and Skype have different strengths that will create powerful synergies if they can be effectively integrated.
Taking the speed of Twitter tweets as a text based communications medium and merging in the audio and video capabilities of Skype would make for a powerful 1, 2 punch.
What are your thoughts?
Lets hope that Gary Vaynerchuk, @garyvee, writes a book titled, “Be a Better Man.” Gary is always talking about how important family is. This would be an ideal topic for Gary to sound off on.
Note: Did this as a quick post. Perhaps an update later.
The below message is a rewording of an IM I sent.
If you can effectively execute you will be successful.
There is plenty of room in the ocean for everybody to swim.
OK, there are sharks.... but the ocean is mostly safe.
More people die walking down the street than from shark attacks.
Thoughts?
Via Twitter
@DanielleMORRILL provided the thoughts below as being important for Startup Weekend success
If you have some thoughts on this, add them in as a comment. Thanks.
The cycle of information. Where it starts, where it leads.
This is not always the process but how it sometimes works. Compelling content creates positive chemical reactions. These reactions can be captured. See below how it all played out.
1. Email from Smart Brief ---> Leads to article on CNNMoney.com: “Garbage mogul makes millions from trash”
2. Search on Twitter for TerraCycle
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=TerraCycle
BTRfeatures: Come listen to the Innovative Business Model: TerraCycle show by Planet Good Radio on BlogTalkRadio LIVE at http://tobtr.com/s/437950
3. Top result from BlogTalkRadio Link leads to…
Planet Good Radio
Show Name: Innovative Business Model: TerraCycle
4. Listen to show…
3.5 Before listening… see an Amazon book link… visit site to see book. Added book to Wish List.
Results/Takeaway:
What are your thoughts?
Information, Insight & Influence
Information:
Insight:
Influence:
You build from information. You analyze it and develop insights. With experience and increasing levels of skill your insight accuracy increases. People with high levels of accuracy earn respect from peers and others. With this respect, skill and accuracy earn you influence.
Uncustomer: Person or organization that has not chosen you and your product or service.
They had the potential to become a customer. They have unmet needs, wants and desires [and ability to pay]. Your offering failed to compel them to buy. You came up short in delivering value.
What are you going to do about all your uncustomers?
You know why I love IM and live chat?
It draws out thoughts and IDEAS and those are the basis for blog posts. Conversation creates thoughts. These thoughts are part analysis and part imagination. It’s analysis because problems are frequent topics of discussions. Imagination is part of it too because some problems require different methods. New problems sometimes require entirely new ways are developing solutions.
Situations and circumstances require thinking. Follow up questions in IM can clarify any misunderstandings. Answers and solutions are not one size fits all. Each problem is different and must be thought of as unique in the thinking and idea phase [where you are listening]. If you think you have seen the problem before it is fully explained, you better listen a little longer and clarify all critical points. Any of these points, if misunderstood may drastically reduce the effectiveness of any proposed solution.
Who is Hiring?
People with money are hiring. Who are these people with money?
We call them customers [or prospects in sales speak].
Find their wants and needs. Serve them. Create a customer. Market to them, then innovate your product or service. Innovation drives prosperity.
Sure looks that way to me.
Read and come to your own conclusions.
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Since the Federal Government has taken a controlling stake [80% ownership] they should talk less and take action on their investment. Talk is cheap. These elected representatives talk like they have no responsibility. They [we] own 80% of the firm. They [Congressional reps] ARE the board of directors. Management works for them.
Board of Directors... tell management how you want things done. This grand standing is dumb. You have power and control. Stop pretending you don’t.
Would taking action hurt your reelection prospects?
Noticed that the number of spam emails Gmail has filtered out is 1981. This is over the past 30 days. It is also a considerable drop from recent numbers. It had peaked above 3000 at some point in the past six months.
What are you seeing regarding spam emails?
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