No More Social Media

Networked Communications. Doesn’t that sound much clearer than Social Media? Steve Woodruff wrote about it on his Sticky Figure blog. I’ve been looking for just the right words to describe what it is I do. It’s so much more than just writing a blog and talking on twitter and Facebook. It’s now a two way…

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3 Girls Party

There’s a good saying “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”. I live in a county of 10,000 people and most everyone knows everyone – or at least their families. Branding is real important out here. Also, people want to see you can stay in business and are trustworthy before they buy from you. My…

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Perfect

I’ve been thinkin’ …… I’ve started Debworks and then got lost in trying to make it ‘perfect’. The perfect rate sheet. The perfect description of what I do. The perfect website. The perfect mindset. The perfect circle of associates. The perfect clients. I hate that word perfect. It’s not working! I find myself frozen when…

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Focus and Good Leadership

Day one of Communitelligence Conference! All of the sharepoint presentations and audio are available online for conference participants. In this post I’m going to give you the takeaways for me from this morning’s speakers. Kris Taylor from K.Taylor and Associates started us off by setting some focus. We took a look at what the intentions…

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Yesterday Was A Good Day

Friday, June 12, was a good day here at Debworks. I enrolled two new customers to Melaleuca. I accepted an offer to represent the media at a conference in Chicago next week. I completed two issues of my newspaper and posted many blog posts to the www.readhampton.com so my readers won’t miss a thing while…

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Don’t Take It Personally

9 Immutable Laws of Not Taking Things Personallyby Christine Kane I always tell people that there’s nothing like the entertainment business to teach you how to not take things personally!  Really though, there’s opportunity in EVERY business to get this same lesson. It’s about learning to live as a creator, and not as a reactor. …

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Generic or Brand Name?

70% of all prescriptions nationwide are generic ($58 billion in sales in 2007). Your health insurance company wants to pay the LEAST amount for a drug. The generic manufacturers just piggyback on the research and marketing done by Big Pharma, thereby cutting costs. Some pharmacists just automatically switch you to the generic version (some states…

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Are You Talking About What Your Customers Want To Hear?

She Speaks did a survey on how we are shopping during this economic downturn.  Here are some interesting results:  Many of you are more uncertain (52%) and more stressed (42%) because of the economy, but many of you are also more grateful (29%) for what you have. Overall, you are spending less on jewelry (68%),…

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Being; not Doing.

Today I was busy.  Updates to a website I’m contracted to improve, enrolled a new Melaleuca customer, teaching my great nephew to ride a bike like a big boy, dinner with a friend and a board meeting with Historical Society. Everything was perfect.  It was a great day.  I felt in the groove all day.…

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