What Is Your Social Media Vision?

It was no more than a few years ago that we had no idea where social media was going.  Nevertheless, many of us intuitively knew that we should get on board to see where where it could take us. After a fair amount of work, a great deal of trial and error, and a few […]

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3 Ways to Earn the Respect of Your Community

For some time now I have been considering joint venture opportunities – partnering with others on projects of a larger scope or duration than I can handle alone. I mentioned this to my wife last week and she asked what skill sets I was looking for in a partner.  My mind went blank because I […]

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The Best Source of Business Advice

Have you ever asked yourself what the best business advice was that your ever received? When I was recently asked this question recently, more than a few ideas and habits came to mind – from my parents, consultants and coaches I’ve hired, and friends. However, what I came to realize is the best business advice […]

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Customer Service is Moving Online

When the telephone rings (or however it notifies you) – and you know the call is coming from one of your customers, you answer it. Then why do companies establish a presence on the social networks and let comments and tweets go unanswered? I don’t know either. I do know that your customers expect you […]

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Typepad vs WordPress – Pros and Cons

One advantage of having a unique domain for your blog is you can export your entire blog from WordPress Optimisation to TypePad or vice-versa.  Even if you are loyal to one platform, you never know with mergers and such if there will be a desire to make a change down the road.  So, do this.  […]

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How to Stay Motivated

Motivation is one of those subjects that people tend to feel strongly about – almost like politics.  You may read or hear such declarations as this:  Nobody can motivate you – you have to motivate yourself. This may be true.  However, others definitely can inspire us take action.  In that sense, they indeed do motivate […]

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How To Tighten Up Your Business Model

Smart businesses understand that a tight description of how their business model will accomplish its objectives – in one or two sentences, is essential for their success. A Sprint or a Marathon? Tech start-ups especially need this high level of clarity because their business cycle is short, one that could be only a matter of […]

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Give Bing a Chance

Google still stands tall as the king of search – controlling nearly 65% of the market. However, Bing is giving them a run, thanks in part to their partnership with Facebook. The Future of Web Search is Social Google and Bing both understand the future of the search is going social.  Why? Because that’s where […]

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Jeff Korhan Moves to WordPress

Many of you know that I have been blogging on the TypePad platform for more than five years – on this blog and few I have since abandoned.  While I will still recommend TypePad to small businesses who are new to blogging, it is time for this blogger to get on a faster horse if […]

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The Social Media Stakes Are Going Up

In addition to LinkedIn going public this week, Facebook has announced that their public offering is inevitable too. This means the social media stakes are going up. We are all going to have to play the game better and smarter – planning ahead and partnering with true experts.

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