Who’s Your Travel Agent & Other Leadership Problems by Dale Collie

My friend Dale Collie, left Indy for the warm of N. Carolina years ago.  But we stay in touch electronically and I love reading his newsletters and updates.  I enjoy smart, no nonsense approach.  I hope you will too! Leadership Edge: Savvy leaders provide the right tools to do the job right. Is anyone still using a travel agent to book air travel? I just booked tickets to Rome for an Eastern Mediterranean cruise and spent an inordinate amount of time searching the various on-line booking sites. After way too much research, I found that some on-line sites cannot be trusted (duh!) and that...

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Blogging for SEO – Is it Really that Easy?

With all the “so called” SEO, Blogging and Social Media experts cropping  up on a daily basis, it is refreshing to find someone who really is an expert.  Doug Karr author of the Marketing Technology Blog, really knows his stuff when it comes to blogging for business. In a new eBook he has boiled down effective business blogging to five key elements, and then explains how to maximize each element.  While he admits he won’t write your content for you, he does have great tips on how to develop new ideas, engage readers and publicize what you write. So if you are just...

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First Post by First Daughter

Fifteen years ago if you had asked me if I would be working for my mother I would have thrown my head back and laughed you. Seven years ago if you had asked me if I would have worked for my mother three times, been fired twice and quite once, again I would have laughed. Six months ago if you had asked me if I would be working for her now, enjoying the job, and getting along better with her before I started working for her this time around, again, I probably would have laughed at you. Now I should probably explain seven years ago when I worked for her (and was fired twice and quit once) it...

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Where’s the New?

If you came looking for our new website, you are probably confused by the familiar design you found when you arrived.  Our very enthusiastic new intern, Melinda has been working on the press release to go along with the launch and she hit “send”, when she should have hit “save draft”. Of course, the well oiled Roundpeg PR machine took off, and I found Tweets, ReTweets, and posts within minutes.  Unfortunately, we are still a week or so away from a real launch, but I don’t want you to leave disappointed.  So here is a link to our test site, which only...

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Do You Fuel Up Often Enough?

Every driver knows if you don’t put gas in your car it won’t go very far. The same is true for your creative engine. If you are looking for creative solutions, you need to start with a little fuel! Listen More, Talk Less You don’t learn anything new when you are do all the talking. You learn when you’re listening. Practice asking good questions, to keep other people talking! Make an effort to talk to new people, even if the conversation seems completely unrelated to anything you are working on at the moment, your brain will file the information away for use at a later...

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