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10 Ideas That Drive My Thinking

November 20, 2023
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I was catching up on a few episodes of ‘Everyone Hates Marketers’ while I was walking around NYC last week. One episode talked about creating content around a sun and the planets kind of idea with a core idea and the areas sprouting out of them driving all thinking. Which led me down a path […]

December 12, 2022
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I did a Twitter chat with Ken Troupe for his sports business class and there were a lot of questions about strategy, especially how to create an effective strategy. To continue the discussion I was having with Ken and his students, I wanted to offer 5 tips for developing an effective strategy. Know What Success […]

40 Quick Strategy Tips!

I saw a tweet the other day that said, “What actions would I take if I were starting my social media accounts over.” I’m in no danger of starting my social media accounts over, but I did like one of the tips to write up 40 one sentence tips on the top you talk about. […]

The half step between planning and execution

Somewhere in the half step between planning and execution something is lost. One of the things I teach my clients is the need for delivery and consistency. When you are looking at your plan, it is a fair question to ask yourself if the steps and ideas you are laying out are likely to be […]

Setting priorities

Since we are in an on-demand, all the time sort of world, I am often asked about time management. In fact, I have been putting together a program on time management for business services professionals that I will be delivering for Barbri to law firms around the country…which is what made this poignant to me. […]

Close or far?

The thing about most of our business processes and marketing processes is this…we get bogged down in where we are and how far or close we are to something. Close or far can be an illusion…and one that drives us to do things that don’t serve our larger goals. I think the challenge is that […]

3 questions to ask during the project planning stage…

When you are thinking about any project and you are getting ready…you need to spend some time planning. Here are 3 questions you really need to ask to make sure your projects are focused in the right direction…. 1. What is the project all about? 2. Should we do this project? 3. How should we […]