Want your story heard? Want to get into a book? Now is your chance! Greg Balanko-Dickson is writing a new book on genius and irrepressible entrepreneurs. A quick quote from Greg: There is just something about a genius that makes me curious. These people are lively, invigorating, and full of energy and vigor. They can […]
Archives for February 2007
Web 2.0 Beautifully Explained
This video just came across my path today, thanks to Philippe Borremans, Web 2.0 explained in video: Teaching the Machine. Even when you’re “in the biz” of Web 2.0 and pushing online communities and conversations, it’s wonderful and inspiring to take a step back and say, “Right. That’s what we’re doing here.” Kudos to Michael […]
Send a Surprise Letter to Generate Buzz
Handwriting is fast becoming a lost art. Between email and instant messaging do any of us really need to communicate through the use of handwriting anymore? Well, it can still be a good idea. One of Ron McDaniel’s 57 buzz challenges is to send a surprise letter. The idea is to surprise someone with a […]
Top 10 Reasons Why Proposals Fail
Your business is great. You’ve invented something better than sliced bread. You offer such an amazing service at such a great price that people should be knocking your door down. And they might be. But they’re all asking for a proposal. Proposals are a fact of life. We all do them, and we’re all trying […]
6 Steps To Leveraging Your Clients Into a Goldmine of Success
Your clients are a goldmine. You knew that right? The key to leveraging existing customers into more and more success is to follow-up with them. While plenty of salespeople are gunning for the next big score you know the path to success lies with the people who have already paid you money. But you can’t […]
Always Gunning For The Next Big Score
Crack heads. Bank robbers. Salespeople. Taxi drivers. What do they all have in common? They’re always gunning for the next big score. A few days ago I was in a cab (in Montreal), and for those of you that don’t know what it’s like, try and picture a combination of a demolition derby and stock […]
The Power of Interviews to Create Buzz
Heading into my final week of the 3-Week Buzz Marketing Challenge and I’m doing OK, but not good enough. There’s more buzz to generate! One of the most underrated ways of generating buzz is through doing interviews. And they’re easy to do! Everyone wants to be interviewed – from A-listers to small business owners to […]
Announcing The First Technology Entrepreneurs Montreal Breakfast Meetup
The thing about buzz challenges is that one leads to another, which leads to another still… Last week I completed a buzz challenge by trying to organize a technology entrepreneurs Montreal breakfast meetup. The response was very positive, and so today I’m announcing that we will have our first-ever Technology Entrepreneurs Montreal Breakfast Meetup in […]
Participate in Online Groups to Generate Buzz
One of Ron McDaniel’s 57 buzz challenges is to Join/Participate in an Online Group. Like social networking sites there are plenty of online groups through Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc. that offer ways of connecting with peers and people who share your interests. Typically these groups are fairly small (a few hundred members), but if they’re […]
When Should You Outsource To Help Your Business?
Entrepreneurs wear lots of hats. That’s a given. But there comes a time when an entrepreneur has to weigh the pros and cons of wearing all the hats versus outsourcing. The pros and cons of outsourcing are simple. PRO: You free your time to work on higher priority tasks. CON: Outsourcing costs money. So when […]