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From Bacon to Beacon… How To Light Up Your Business In 2021?

In last week's blog and podcasts, I talked about visualizing your next year. Marla Tabaka, who's going to be a guest on this week's podcast, asked, “Do you have a word that you use to theme your year?” What would be your word for 2021? You can pick and choose a word that you think…

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Now Is The Time to Start Marketing Your A.S.S. Off

Those of you who know me well, know how much I like acronyms. I used to work for AT&T, which stands for American Telephone and Telegraph. While we were there, we went to the LBR and LGR; the little boy's room and little girl's room, not the bathroom. Did you know that my whole obsession…

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Top 5 Big Mistakes Big Businesses Make On LinkedIn

Today, I want to talk about the five biggest mistakes big businesses make on LinkedIn. This also applies to small businesses, and even solopreneurs. The first thing I will assume is that you have a business page on LinkedIn. The second thing I will assume is that some (if not all) of your employees have…

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Thought Leadership? You Need To Have Purpose, Passion, And A Plan

I had an interesting call with a potential client today. He was interested in extending his reach using social media. Part of the problem was that he has two different lives. He had a life as a financial advisor and a life as a musician/composer. One of the things that we had to immediately come…

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What's old is new again: Don't Mummify your content. A couple views mummys.
What's Old Is New… Don't Mummify Your Content!

So while watching some TV this weekend I came across a couple of very interesting stories. One of them was that they found new mummies. Yeah, they found them in Egypt buried somewhere, and I guess they were priests or something. They weren't famous like Cleopatra or anything like that, but it was still pretty…

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If Content Is King… Then Consistency Is Queen!

In November of 2014, I started a podcast.  I never imagined or even THOUGHT about that I would get to 500 episodes. I was just taking them one at a time. I had visions of grandeur (more bluntly put – fame and fortune) that never were realized (well, sort of). I am not disappointed that…

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