That's a dumb question - we are all so bright and illuminated from within with great ideas - who needs a light bulb? And it is all about sharing that illumination that has Chris Brown, Brand and...
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I don't work 9-5. In fact, there are very few entrepreneurs that do. Do you know when your most productive time of the day is? For some it is at 4:30 in the morning. For others it is late at......
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Bob Coppedge of Simplex-IT just turned me on to a FREE opportunity from Microsoft. Looking for web presence but don't have any money? Check out Microsoft Office offering a free website which...
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There are two types of people: wide and shallow or narrow and deep. I'm wide and shallow. Not a great branding message, I know, but I'm not talking about my weight or my inability to be...
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They say 50,000 blogs are born every day, but here is a new one that looks to be informative and TASTY. Ivana Taylor of Third Force has entered the blogosphere recently with Strategy Stew, a blog...
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Ever wonder how a book gets paired with other like manuscripts on Amazon. You know the spot I mean "people who bought this book also enjoyed...." I found a blog today called Plug Your Book...
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This is me. This is my face on Facebook. This is a face that has no clue. Okay, I just wrote that I've dipped my toe into LinkedIn - the professional social networking arena. Barely up to my knees...
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Two weeks ago I mentioned that I wasn't sure about these social networking opportunities. In my post To Link or Not To Link I expressed some cynicism over the value of sites like linked in to my...
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PC World recently listed the 25 websites to watch. Embedded in the article were the 25 worst websites. Like a "rubber-necker" checking out the details of a car accident in hopes of seeing a...
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That's the question on today's CEO Express Poll and so far the "nos" have it. 18% say yes 63% say no The question comes from a new book on the market: In his book, Andrew Keen (the...
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Wow - widgets seem to be taking over the world. It used to be that your website or blog just had content and maybe an advertisement but then widgets (little pieces of html code) starting popping up to...
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Are you a woman business owner with 51% or more interest in your company? Have you considered becoming certified as a women business enterprise or WBE? I took a class about 2 years ago in how to...
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There are a variety of different marketing methods: Bandwagon: come along, EVERYONE is doing it Price: We are the cheapest - so buy from us Referral: Remember the phone companies asking you to refer...
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Have you started a new blog but failed to draw an audience? Unlike kevin costner's "build it and they will come" theory; creating an audience and cyberspace awareness for your blog takes...
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Do you remember the television commercial for Rice Krispie Treats? The family was locked out of the kitchen waiting all afternoon while the mom "slaved" away in the kitchen creating the...
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by Deborah Brown on June 19, 2007
It has been a brutally hot spring in NE Ohio. We haven't had rain in weeks, the grass is turning brown and I (a professed anti-air conditioning maven) have had to break down and turn on the evil...
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Back in the early 80s my boss purchased a Travelhost franchise for the Cincinnati market. As part of the purchase we both flew to Las Vegas for a week of training. Part of the week of training...
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As a small business entrepreneur, home-based business owner or sales representative you may dread the process of leaving your business for a week in the summer. What if something happens? What if a...
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by Deborah Brown on June 14, 2007
On the heels of my post about the top 30 open ended sales questions, I found an article written by the author of the Rich Dad series of books, Robert Kiyosaki. He talks about the advice his rich dad...
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Current trends in search technology and how these can be tapped to help the growth of online advertising, will be discussed during the Red Herring East Technology Event to be held on June 26-28, 2007...
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by Deborah Brown on June 13, 2007
Do you know the difference between an open-ended question and a close-ended question? You might say that a close-ended question will be answered with a Yes or a No. But I say, the difference between...
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As a youth our abilities are dictated by our age: Can't play an instrument until 4th grade in school Can't drive until you are 16 Can't vote until you are 18 Can't drink until you are...
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Paul Mycroft invited me to be in his LinkedIn today. It wasn't the first time. He invited me a while back and so has my brother and a customer and an ex-associate from my prior life and I've...
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Okay, so we are all on board that we need to have a website and we need to blog and social networking is the way to reach your customer virtually and begin to develop a relationship. Right? We are...
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