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The latest news and insight from the marketing world.

 

Run Your Life

We don't live in a bubble.  We are exposed every day to the ups and down that come with life.  The more we dare to reach the "ups," the more vulnerable we are to the "downs." Fear and anxiety about the "downs" is often what cripples us from achieving our dreams.  As...

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A Must Have Management Trait

Throughout a person’s path in the career world, they will most likely cycle through several organizations and multiple superiors along the way. Years ago, it was very common for a person to stick with their initial job out of college until retirement. Now, most make a few...

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Make Time, Enjoy Super Celebration

In less than 24 hours, the city of Indianapolis will come to life. It will be the Mecca of all media outlets, celebrity sightings, and one great football finale`.  In the middle of all this; mix in concerts, private corporate events, zip-lines, extravagant dinner parties,...

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Getting Some Shut-Eye

As I lie awake, a million thoughts racing through my head, I realize that I am experiencing yet another signature entrepreneur moment: the sleepless night. We all know the feeling.  The mere light of the alarm clock is the only thing shining, and yet it seems to light the...

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3 Keys for Business Twitter

Whether you’ve been favoring Facebook for years, were one of the early MySpace activists, or are new to social media all together; learning how to effectively use Twitter is a trending skill that can prove profitable in today’s business world. In fact, you’re considered...

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Simple Tool, Great Results

The work day begins for most, as soon as your eyes open from a deep sleep. Sure you’ve still got to get ready, make some coffee, grab breakfast, and commute to your place of employment; but the communications-aspect of the work day begins immediately. You grab your...

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All Work and no Play Makes Jack…

We have always extolled the virtues of the work ethic.  Albert Einstein said, “The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.”  We’ve come from six day work weeks to 40 hour work weeks, to flex schedules, telecommuting and remote access but yet we still struggle to...

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Pass on the Humble Pie

No one likes working with the egotistical jerk.   You know the feeling.  You have a constant pressure to prove why you are worth their time.  You walk out swearing that no matter how successful you are, you will “never become that person.” But is that modesty actually...

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Get More From… Yourself

We’ve all had those days.  The workday seemed to have lasted an eternity.  You’re ready to bail out and head home.  Yet the whole way home, you feel like nothing was accomplished. Or I’m sure you’ve had days where you have a huge list of tasks to do, and the time flies...

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Creative Mediocrity

We have all had that moment, we see something amazing and our ability to speak is gone.  We notice the fine details of every line, every color, every…everything!  We are immediately drawn in.  We have to have it, we have to tell our friends, we need more and more.  ...

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