All things are bound together. All things connect. -Chief Seattle© trekkyandy Happy Earth Day! In honor of Earth Day and our interconnectedness I offer the following links to lists of other Twitters...
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If you spit into the wind, it will hit you in the face. - Anonymous© Orin Optiglot The New York Times had a story today about ex-spouses blogging about their ex-spouses. Penelope Trunk was one of the...
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"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion." - Jack Kerouac Diana Ransom of smSmallBiz.com has an excellent article in the online version of...
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. -Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was asked by a young attorney how to build his law practice. His advice (part of it...
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The value of an idea lies in the using of it. - Thomas EdisonI am a fan of Penelope Trunk's blog and her writing style. Ms. Trunk's blog, about career advice, entrepreneur issues, blogging,...
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Nine year-old: "I wish every day was Friday." Seven year-old: "Duh. We'd have to go to school every day!" An article earlier this month at Business Week lists ten effective...
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John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing points out today that alltop.com has added a small business category.Of course, I saw his blog after spending significant time trying to force NewsGator to play...
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You've heard the words: MySpace, Facebook, Linked In, but what do they mean, why should you care and what can they do for your business? Robert Scoble, blogger on the Scoblizer has a great...
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Just two crafting days remain before Christmas. As I wrap the last of the homemade gifts for my children I begin to tackle the gift I'm making for my cat, Maya. A cat bed. JoAnn Fabrics was...
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I'm having excellent conversations wrapped around the concept that there are two communication styles: those on the stage and those in the audience and so I thought I'd follow up with a few...
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I am working on an idea that there are basically two different communication styles: those on stage and those in the audience. Each style is important to a successful relationship and although a...
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I really love blogging. I've enjoyed the people I've met, I like reading other viewpoints and sharing my own but most of my customers and the people I come in contact with are still blogging...
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UPDATE. Thanks to Carol at Celebrate Wine, I have learned that the address at Walter Reed is an urban legend. The idea was a good one - the reality is another thing. This link tells the complete...
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Last year I removed the word "BUT" from my personal dictionary. This fall I'm getting rid of the word SHOULD. It's a family guilt word that has been passed on from generation to...
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Last week I offered the first five tips for being an excellent communicator as published in Pitch Pipe, the Sweet Adelines monthly magazine. Here are the remaining five tips: 6. If your mind wanders,...
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I was spending a little time getting caught up on my blog reading today and as always learned something new from Mike Sansone at Conversations. He provided some statistics from BlogWorld on blogging...
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Were you ever in choir as a kid or attended a school or church concert and listened to the choir? What makes a choir good versus great? You might think it's musical talent and that would be true...
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Michael Jensen at Solo SEO posted this visual description of the misconnection between what a customer wants and what they get. Where did the disconnect happen? Many might point to the customer's...
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Have you ever sat starring at a blank screen, deadline looming and no words would come? You get so caught up in creating a master piece that you can't think of the first word. My son, eleventh...
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Ivana Taylor brings up a thoughtful discussion today on her blog Strategy Stew. In her post entitled What Are Your Customers Telling You she talks about the importance of truly listening to what...
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Following is a great listing of the top 100 business blogs put together by my new best friend John Crickett over at Business Opportunities and Ideas. Starting from the top with Copy Blogger and my...
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Have you ever had one of those days when you need to speak to a real person but keep getting voice mail, on-hold messages and NO ANSWERS? If you are anything like me, you begin to breathe faster,...
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