Think BIG

I met with one of my sponsors to SOBCon09 yesterday -Judy from Cornerstone Cottage.   She’s got a lot going on with her business.  She’s also a creative, inspiring, intelligent woman.  She gets it.  We talked about creating a mindmap for the things she wants to do.  I think her lightbulb moment was realizing that…

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Domino Theory

My favorite independent book store closed last month.  It creates such a dilemma!  I really liked having someone who knew my tastes, kept me informed of books I might like to read and did special orders.  She also became a friend.  Now she is working out of town during the week and home most weekends.…

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Weekend Reflection

This has been a weekend for reflection.  I was in a car from Cincinnati to Geneva Iowa, riding as a passenger.  Plenty of time to think and reflect.   I had a conversation with Erin and in true Erin form, she pointed out some pretty harsh realizations.  The first realization is that I don’t have to…

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What’s Wrong With This Picture

I’m always looking for people who want to earn additional revenue.  I particularly like smart people.   They use whatever is available as a marketing tool.  It’s great when you can use your available time to market yourself and what you do.  It’s even better when you can do it for free.  That’s why car…

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City Barbeque

Lunch on the road – it can be a challenge.  Empty calories for food that doesn’t taste that great.   Not the case yesterday – we went to City Barbeque at 7706 Voice of America Centre, West Chester OH (http://cityqbbq.com)  You walk in into a rustic setting and see smiling Tony behind the counter.  It’s…

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SOBCon Preparations

SOBCon is just around the corner! May 1, 2 and 3. In this post I’ll give highlights of the conference and what I’m doing in preparing for the event. This is a continuation of my post for 2/27/09 http://debworks.blogspot.com/2009/02/sobcon-action-points.html Friday Topics are: Trust Agents with Chris Brogan and Julien Smith the men who wrote the…

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Tools I Want

I just read an email that says I need to ask the universe for the things I want.  Sounded good to me.  So I’m asking for the following items.  I’m even telling you why I need them! A green flip.  As in Flip Video Mino HD (www.theflip.com) I’d like to branch out into video blogging.…

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Tools

Calendar I use Google calendar.  I like it.  It’s easy to set up appointments, get reminders and it syncs with my Blackberry.   For years I vasciliated between hard copy calendar systems and online ones.  I finally just made up my mind to use the benefits of the Blackberry and Google.   The hardest part?…

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The Marriage of Blogging and Twitter

This is a great photo from Ogilvy’s  360 degrees digital influence team.  You can view it better at this link.   They have a Twitter strategy for Customer Relations, Crisis Management, Corporate Reputation Management, Event Coverage, Product Promotion and Sales and Issues Advocacy.   Ogilvy takes that strategy and figures out who to follow, how…

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Goodbye to Winter: Top 10 Things I’ll Miss

Tabetha Gedeon has a group writing project.  I like these projects.  They help hone your skills, introduce you to other bloggers/writers and get you thinking outside of the box.  Any good blog needs to think outside the box once and awhile.   Here’s how it works.  You are assigned a topic.  You blog about the…

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