Are you “pushed” by information or “pulled” by information?
We are told there are two primary methods to receive information; pushed and pulled. We all know that information that is PUSHED to us (like spam email, to pick a horrible example, or the typical...
View ArticlePlatform Builders: Online Restaurant Reservation Serivce
Open Table is an American public company that offers online real-time restaurant-reservation service. It’s free to use and the restaurant pays a dollar per diner. The company has raised more than 20...
View Article4 questions that earn you gratitude and endorsements
The internet rewards one thing: relentless generosity. That the more you worry about when you’re going to get paid the less you’re going to get paid. The people who have plenty of clients and leverage...
View ArticleOne of the easiest ways to build a monopoly
In my previous post “What every successful business should have” I talked about every successful business has a monopoly. Now when I say monopoly I’m not talking about the evil kind of Wal-Mart or...
View ArticleThe people strategy
It’s hard to picture a consultant or investor asking the marketing director, “so, what’s your telephone strategy?” There is no telephone strategy. The telephone is a tool, a simple medium, and it’s...
View ArticleThe New Radio
I have to start this post off of what it used to be. It used to be that to start a business or if you had an idea, you would need to lease or build a building, purchase inventory, hire employees …...
View ArticleYou’re getting what you have always asked for
Now that the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they’re enabling...
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