Why I Wrote A Second Edition Of My Book
I remember sitting down in 2014, and writing the first edition of my book; Think #Digital First, hoping that it would be a success....
The Business Bullsh*t Quiz – how many do you know?
Straight out of the box, we need to address the 800 pound gorilla in the room. We all action these cliched idioms each and...
Ways To Turn Your Lifestyle Into A Business
Some of the most well-known and celebrated names in American business aren’t even businesses. They’re people: Kenneth Cole. Kim Kardashian. Oprah. These people have...
Nurture your Marketing skills with 5 Telemarketing Service Styles
Despite the fact that there are a number of new methods and channels used in businesses to promote their products and gain valuable leads,...
[Free Tool] Get To Know Your Social Media Visitors
In the UK, 77% of people have an active Social Media account.
Connecting with prospects online has evolved. It used to be enough to just...
What Stock Investors Need to Know, and Why
Global markets have done great so far in 2017. Are the gains sustainable?
With attractive returns such as haven't been seen for quite a few...
8 Reasons Leadership Means Selling
I was recently presented with an interesting challenge. In a more or less routine process of regular performance evaluation I found myself in strong...
This is what it takes to succeed as a summer intern
Nearly a decade ago, when I was working out of my firm's Shanghai office, a college student from the US joined my team for...
How To Turn Visitors Into Customers Through Blogging
According to 82% of marketers, blogging receives a positive ROI.
I remember when I used to blog to promote a product, without actually generating any...
Top 5 Personality Traits Investors Look for in an Entrepreneur
People often ask me what kind of personality traits successful entrepreneurs possess? I've always maintained a mental list, based on my observations over years of...
50 Ideas for a Lucrative Side Hustle
If you're looking for ways you can earn a few extra bucks with a side hustle, you'd likely encounter hundreds of strategies for make...
The Step-By-Step Guide To Writing A Small Business Blog
According to Traffic Generation Cafe, once you write between 21-54 blog posts, you actually increase traffic by up to 30%.
The above statistic is extremely...
The 5 Daily Essentials for Building a Successful Online Business
When you look at the statistics of how many people log onto the Internet or social media, you get excited. Never has there been...
10 Reasons Why Your Blog Is Underperforming
It’s true that 47% of consumers read between 3-5 pieces of blog content before making a purchasing decision.
Are you making sure your content is...
How to Be Promotable: 3 Surprising Things You Need to Know
What does it take to get promoted?
Most people think being good at your job is enough. They’re wrong.
I met a woman on a plane...
Useless Employee Surveys and How to Avoid Them
Have you ever done an employee survey? How honest were you? Did the questions even scratch the surface of the true feelings you have...
Blinded by the Light? Engineering your network for business success without...
In the digitally re-mastered economy, the demand for network speed, capacity and resilience is heading in only one direction: faster, higher, stronger. Building a...
How To Promote Your Blog Post Like A Pro
You must have heard how important it is to have a blog for your business.
In fact, numerous studies showed different case studies of how...
Blogging 101: How To Write Content Your Audience Will Love
It’s true that websites with a blog tend to have 434% more indexed pages. This means that Google will recognise your website as a...
Video Case Study: David – Blogging to Success
David had been a coach for just over three years when we first connected, and like many coaches, his practice was experiencing many ups...
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHER GARTNER, AI BOTS WILL POWER 85% OF ALL CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERACTIONS BY 2020.
AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been a hot topic in...
10 Small Business Power Tips on How To Use Facebook
Facebook now has around 2 billion monthly users.
Between you and me, I had fallen out of love with Facebook, but due to all of...
The ultimate guide to effective time management
The modern office is jampacked with distractions just waiting to send your day veering wildly off course.
Whether it’s a misbehaving internet connection, a malfunctioning...
The Surprising ROI On Gratitude Training
What are you grateful for? Your family? A home? These are the typical go to’s when people discuss gratitude. Pop culture is filled with...
How To Deal with a Whining Employee
As a leader, it’s frustrating to hear whining. In response, leaders often say, “Don’t come to me with a problem, come to me with...
Mind-expanding digital apps to help you do more of what matters
Once upon a time on a Reddit thread, someone posed the question, if a person from 50 years ago stepped into a time machine and...
Video Case Study: Terryl – A Shift In Behaviour Creates Leadership.
Terryl is a senior leader for a rural utilities co-op. He has 19 direct reports made up of managers, journeyman linemen, mechanics and engineers....
How Influencer Marketing Helps Boost Your Business Growth
Did you know that 92% of consumers have made a purchase after reading about a product on their favourite blog? A further 62% are...
5 Ways To Use LinkedIn Groups For Your Business
Did you know that 98% of LinkedIn active users share content on the largest B2B social network?
LinkedIn is more than just a B2B social...
LinkedIn Finally Gets “Personal” With Remarketing And Beats Facebook
LINKEDIN HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR GAME.
As someone who has a business that is B2B, I have found that LinkedIn has been the most successful...
Video Case Study: Teri – Respect | Sales | Confidence
When I first began working with Teri she was a sales representative in the security industry. One of her challenges was with assertiveness: “I...
7 Discreet (But Effective) Ways To Get Noticed On LinkedIn
Did you know that 467 million people use LinkedIn worldwide?
Standing out on LinkedIn can be a very difficult task, especially as you’re having to...
The Eating Habits of Successful & Fit People You Should Know
It is difficult to stay fit, especially when you keep busy all the time. Your tight schedules don’t allow you to take time out...
Seeing the Other Side – Influence and Persuation
In a recent coaching conversation, a client mentioned that he always feels like he is second guessing his actions. He wondered why he was...
5 Key Factors To An Eye Catching LinkedIn Profile Photo
According to Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov, it only takes 100 milliseconds to form an impression of someone just from looking at...
How to Deal With the Emotional Aspects of Your Divorce?
When dealing with a divorce, it’s common to feel a range of emotions like depression, anger, loss, regret and guilt during this time. You...
The Two Rewards of Low-Cost High-Gain Favors
Could you do me a favor? It’s a common phrase, but it’s packed with meaning.
Most of us like to do favors. But we’re often...
5 Best Practices For Business Blogging
Great business blogs have been known over time to have created value for potential and current customers of a business without compromising business growth.
Often...
How Soft Skills Help Executives Deliver Better Customer Services?
The changing dynamics of customer care industry has brought customer service to the focus of organisations doing business across different industry domains. It was...
How to Become a Successful Freelancer
Becoming a freelancer is an interesting career choice, to say the least. Many people find freelance work to be appealing and uplifting as they...
How To Get Verified On Twitter
As an expert speaker, both event organisers and speaker bookers look at my online presence as a way of determining my online reach and...
Interpersonal Communications: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say...
“Fluency in non-verbal communication can be as powerful a tool as masterful negotiating techniques or expert salesmanship” – Joe Navarro
Have you ever experienced a...
Why Smart Goals Don’t Work and What to Do Instead
Do you remember SMART goals? I was introduced to the concept early in my career. Smart goals are specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, and...
Little Moments, or How to Give a Great Speech
I was supposed to give a presentation at the GuruFocus conference in Omaha, a day before Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. I was more nervous...
The Small Business Guide to Google Analytics
When I run a PPC campaign, or do marketing around a specific webinar/event, Google Analytics is my “measuring” tool of choice.
Google Analytics is one...
Your Job is Like Cake
Do you like cake?
I love cake. Give me a piece of cake, and I’m happy.
A good job is kind of like cake. One piece...
The Difference between Public and Professional Speaking
I was petrified. My hands were sweating, my mouth was dry and I couldn’t stop moving my feet. I had a piece of paper...
Quick Fixes for Resume Don’ts
I don’t know about you but when I try something for the first time and get it wrong, I need someone to point out...
The Three “Apologies” That Makes Things Worse
Sorry. Not sorry. We’re all familiar with the non-apology, people who toss off “I’m sorry” without meaning it or understanding how their actions affect...
5 Tips to Hook Your Reader with a Persuasive LinkedIn Summary...
Did you know that after the headline section LinkedIn is the second most widely-read section on your profile? Furthermore, studies show readers spend more...
Interpersonal Skills: Communicating with Power
This is the third post in a series focusing on the interpersonal skill of communications
In the initial post I discussed how communication is the...
How To Use Webinars Effectively To Generate 1,000s Of Leads
SINCE LEAVING THE CORPORATE WORLD IN 2008, A LOT HAS CHANGED FOR ME.
I have delivered 227 webinars, and generated 1000’s of leads that have...
13 Ways to Market YOU and Your Business
That personal branding ‘stuff’ is for the big wigs of business, celebs or sports stars, right?!
Not anymore. :) :(
GULP! I know. It can be...
Web Design And SEO – Why You Should Think Of Both
Establishing your online presence is about much more than just registering a domain and making a full list of products and services your company...
A Lucky Story about Yes and No
Years ago, I worked for a company that was a local affiliate of a very big multinational.
At different stages of my career at that...
How to Surprise your Loved Ones with Personalized Photo Cakes?
All occasions are extremely special days for everyone and they are delighted to have these golden days in their lives. Everyone happily invite their...
7 Tips For Repurposing Photos For Effective Brand Awareness
Over 90% of marketers say they use visuals in more than 50% of their articles.
If that’s true why do we get so many images...
Getting Rid of Dry Mouth With These Simple Tips
What is dry mouth?
Dry mouth, which is known as xerostomia in medical, happens when your salivary glands do not produce as much saliva as...
List of 4 Essentials that Make a Great Party
Imagine attending a party where you are crammed up against the wall and an old haggard breathing down your neck. Or when you have...
Making waves in the beauty industry: 3 profitable and innovative new...
Cosmetic surgery is a booming industry all around the world, but times are getting harder for new clinics as competition increases around the UK.
This...
Why being a mentor might just change your life
This past year, I noticed that my weekly posts on LinkedIn had acquired a regular new reader and follower – Victor Colorado. How did I...
How to Spread Your Business with More Significance
While starting a business everyone does a lot of research. People often take consultation of their experienced colleagues or even hire business professionals for...
Matt Damon shows us how to give a sh*t and still...
Several months ago I wrote a lighthearted piece about how social media could have been a contributory factor in the Kim Kardashian jewellery heist...
Home Office Essentials
Anyone who works from home knows that the environment can significantly impact productivity. It’s true that some people say they don’t mind clutter in...
No One Needs to Know How Awful They Are
Have you ever worked for a terrible communicator?
Perhaps you have a family member who routinely criticizes everyone.
There’s nothing like the dysfunctions of others to...
Chandelier Swinging and my FREE Webinar this week
I’m sure there’ve been plenty of people who’ve swung from a chandelier (actually or metaphorically) to get noticed.
It sounds like a lot of...
7 inbound call center services every business should look to use
Serving inbound customer calls is an important mission for every business entity. These call centers play a major role in increasing the customer base...
The Biggest Resume Killer? Ignoring Lessons from News Writing
Journalists refer to the “lead” as the first few sentences that quickly tell the reader what the story is about. The phrase “never bury...
Why Adjectives are Eroding the Truth
I don’t yell as much as my mother. I consider that an accomplishment. Unfortunately, my kids never knew my mother, so they have no...
What Recruiters Need Answered on LinkedIn
It’s been said before. Recruiters and decision makers are leveraging social media, particularly LinkedIn, when searching and vetting candidates.
At the end of the day...
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Like many people around the world I was surprised by the election of Donald Trump but I was not shocked at all. In my...
Ways To Turn Your Lifestyle Into A Business
Some of the most well-known and celebrated names in American business aren’t even businesses. They’re people: Kenneth Cole. Kim Kardashian. Oprah. These people have...
5 Career Options for People Who Want To Help Families
With all the chaos and loss in the world around us, it can be hard to feel satisfied with the job you currently have....
Social media scams – don’t get suckered
Want to win First Class seats on British Airways? Fancy a free iPhone due to surplus stock? Get a share of the billions that...
The Big Mistake People Make About Money
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