Years back there was a popular TV commercial that showed people playing tennis at the club, and when one man said to the other, “My broker is EF Hutton, and he says….” at which time everyone freezes, the idea being everyone wanted to hear what EF Hutton had to say about stocks.
I feel the same [...]
Archive for February, 2009
When THE Best Headhunter Talks, Smart People Listen
Posted in February 26th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
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Seth Speaks
Posted in February 26th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
From Seth Godin’s blog today:
Three things you need if you want more customers
If you want to grow, you need new customers. And if you want new customers, you need three things:
1. A group of possible customers you can identify and reach.
2. A group with a problem they want to solve using your solution.
3. A group [...]
Blogs->Twitter->Charts, Graphs. Have a Go At It.
Posted in February 25th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
First, there was journaling. Then blogs came along, and now micro-blogging (twitter), and now charting/graphing, the next big thing?
Think this is easier than 140 character writing? Give it a try yourself, email me yours and I will try to put it up here later. We will make it look pretty if you [...]
Welcome Chris Brogan Fans: Thanks For Visiting.
Posted in February 24th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
Ed. Note: People who understand and use social media know Chris Brogan. He has more followers and readers than just about anyone who writes about social media. There are but a handful of blogs that I read every day: Seth Godin, Scott Adams, Mark Cuban and now Chris’ blog about community and social [...]
What Happens When People Who Don’t Do, Try Anyway.
Posted in February 23rd, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
Couple of weeks back, I wrote a one paragraph tongue-in-cheek post that suggested a ‘bail-out’ of entrepreneurs with flat-out grants of $100,000. The point I was trying to make was that proven entrepreneurs could grow a business faster than most of the other insane, stupid plans. The post was titled Young Companies Need [...]
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Chimp News
Posted in February 19th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
“I Slept With a Chimpanzee”
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Folks, the Connecticut chimpanzee story has taken a turn towards the bizarre. A woman’s pet chimpanzee went on a rampage, eating her friend’s face and injuring two cops before somebody finally dispatched the beast to its final resting place.
Now Travis-the-Chimp’s owner is [...]
Pain and Rescue
Posted in February 17th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
My first sales training happened in the back of a pickup from a crusty old chemical salesman named Jim Boyle. We were selling farm chemicals to farmers, the absolute toughest prospects on the planet. My training consisted of the words “pain and rescue.”
“Find their pain,” he’d tell me, “then rescue them with our [...]
Doodling About Work
Posted in February 17th, 2009
