Today’s entry is focused more on personal and business identity theft security, than it is on business planning. Banks, Credit Unions, Brokerages, et. al. are all looking to Facebook users to become fans or like their page. DON’T Do It! Unless you have your Facebook security nailed down like Fort Knox…. which most who think[…]
We’re bumping up our goal, and you may reap the rewards. When we hit 100 likes for our consulting page, one of the first 100 will receive a Kindle Fire. A good marketing strategy often includes an incentive for the customer, especially when incenting them to take action. This is ours. It doesn’t matter if[…]
I’m using this blog entry to share with you a post I made on a financial services / trading site – where they posed a question regarding the potential bursting of the social media bubble. My response: The current social media world reminds me of the automobile industry in the early 1900’s. At one point[…]
Politics is not something you want to avoid when decisions that affect the long-term viability of your industry are in the hands of legislators hundreds or thousands of miles away – or even just down the street. But, walk carefully if your company decides to get involved in supporting political candidates or issues. Here are[…]
We can spend a week of Sundays discussing the original, or the often misunderstood, interpretation of Occam’s Razor. Most often, it is assumed the least amount of assumptions leads to the simplest solution. Or, in other words, the simplest solution may very-well be the best solution. There are certainly some risks in various medical or[…]
I’m not going to provide you definitions found in dictionaries published by Webster’s, Oxford, or even Wikipedia. That would be too trite, and frankly inapplicable to your operation. So how do we unravel the various perceptions of what is meant by “Quality” in our business operations? Take a walk around the office and ask folks[…]