Lone Star Tweet
A strange thing happened recently I got an invitation to preview a Television Show. Me? I am certainly not your typical Nielson family. But there it was, an invitation from Fox Television to preview Lone Star a new program premiering next Monday night. How did they find me? That is the really interesting thing… they approached me through Klout.com. Base on my Klout score, the decided I might just be influential enough to drive a few more viewers their way. There was no requirement that I do anything ( see official disclaimer) but if they really have been paying attention...
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As a business owner,you are presented with all sorts of opportunities. Looking for ways to grow your business you have four choices: Sell more of the same stuff to your existing clients Sell new stuff to existing clients Sell the same stuff to new clients Sell new stuff to new clients The easiest sales, and often the most profitable are the ones where you sell the same products over and over again to your existing clients. Adding new products to you mix offers additional sales opportunities and limited additional sales activity. In a post entitled Repeat Business – There is More of...
read moreRoundpeg Radio – Who Do You Love?
Throughout the ages, love has inspired ballads, poems, operas, rap songs and country western hits. So what is your favorite? When you think about the greatest love songs of all time, what do you think of first? We’ll start off at 10 am with some of Lorraine’s favorites: Sinead O’Conner’s “Nothing compares to you “ , “I’ld do anything for love” by Meatloaf and “Your My Home” by Billy Joel Those are our starters to get the day going, but the rest of the day is up to you. As always we will be live until 3 PM today. Then...
read moreRoundpeg Radio – The One Hit Wonder
Most weeks our play list is filled with multiple songs by enduring artists. This week we want to focus on an entirely different group of performers; the One Hit Wonders. Everyone has a favorite, a song by a band you hoped would have another hit but they never did! We’ll start off at 10 am with “Whip it” by Devo Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something, Micky by Toni Basil and Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus ( no he doesn’t get points because his daughter has more hits) Those are our starters to get the day going, but the rest of the day is up to...
read moreGrow Your Business By Turning Away Customers
In the Indianapolis metropolitan area, there are 65,000 companies with sales under $1 million. 65,000! The reality is I can’t serve all these small businesses. To use my time well, and do the right thing for my clients, sometimes the best thing to do is to turn the project over to a competitor. I know that sounds crazy, giving up a project especially, in a tough economy, but when it isn’t a fit, I have learned it is better to walk away. Seth Godin had a great post recently on this topic. He argued passing a project to someone else better prepared to handle it...
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