When red ink might be a good thing: How tattoos are becoming a measure of company loyalty
Looking for a way to measure employee satisfaction with your company that’s totally up with the times? Simple. See how many on your team have tattooed your company logo to one or more places on their anatomies. The Wall Street Journal reports that a growing number of people are getting tattoos that memorialize their working […]
read moreHow to squeeze the most value out of customer requests
You know what I love about radio DJs? I love the live request line. You know what I’m talking about. You call in and the DJ plays the song you’ve requested and usually says something like, “This one goes out to Shelly in Junction City…” Shelly would be tuned into the radio broadcast waiting to […]
read moreExplore this business cycle to uncover great niche market ideas
They say fashions go in a 20-year cycle. It’s the same way in business – although I’m not exactly sure how long the cycle is. During this cycle you hear how all the “big guys” are chasing the little guys out of business. However, the tide does turn and eventually specialty stores pop up and […]
read more7 ways to make your blog visually engaging
There’s a good chance that by the time you get to about here in this sentence, you’ll have lost interest in what I’m saying. Was I right? Well, for those of you who are still with me, the lesson here is that we all have shortened attention spans today and this is especially evident when immersed […]
read moreThis week in small business: How to find your way through unmapped territory
Entrepreneurs will get a lot of information and encouragement from this week’s lineup of curated content – especially those who are diving into unknown waters or who are about ready to call it quits after a long dry spell. Entrepreneurship, startups, and innovation It’s a common dilemma for innovative entrepreneurs: They need to navigate through […]
read moreHow to become your own best business idea generator
All the good ideas have been taken! This is an often-heard complaint that is about as far from the truth as the earth is from Alpha Centauri. The problem is that we live in such a stimulus-rich environment that it dulls our imaginations. John Steinbeck said, “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and […]
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