Foursquare Ideas For Your Business

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I talk quite a bit about location-based services, especially Foursquare. I have been using Foursquare on a personal basis for over 15 months now and I am an avid user and proponent of the check-in in general. I also regularly consult businesses on using Foursquare to engage customers, so I thought I would share my […]

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Do Mobile Check-Ins Really Matter?

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I have heard this from many of my friends and colleagues… “So what’s the big deal about these check-in things? Seems like a waste of time to me.” I am a big proponent of the mobile check-in, so I often find myself on the defensive trying to convince folks that check-ins really do matter. So […]

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Systemic Mediocrity

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Lukewarm food. Games that end in a tie. “Let’s just be friends.” You can probably think of a bunch of your own examples, but most people don’t like things that are ‘mediocre’. Things that are bland, boring, and un-exciting. That state of constant blandness, consistent incompetence, or middle-of-the-roadness could be labeled as ‘systemic mediocrity’. That’s […]

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Before Your Head Hits The Pillow

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Maybe I am just getting old and starting to get all nostalgic or something. I have been thinking a great deal about what I am spending my time doing, and how precious my time actually is to me. I have started to cut things out of my life that just don’t make a difference for […]

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The Top 10 Things I Learned/Found In 2011

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Seems like everyone is doing articles about what to look forward to in 2012, including me, so I decided to talk for just a few minutes about the best things I learned/found in 2011. I hope that you can find some goodies in this list that you didn’t know about, so that you can (of […]

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Once Upon A Time…

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Once upon a time there was a small business owner named Bob who was busy. So busy in fact, that he struggled to find time to do all the things that he needed to do. Each morning when the sun shown through his window and awakened his eyes he struggled to get out of bed […]

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The #1 Thing You Need To Do In 2012

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So I have been reading alot about the things that I need to do in 2012, and of course, I just had to make my own list. But the good news is that there is only 1 thing on my list. So what is the 1 thing you need to do in 2012 to set […]

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Spend some time in the shade

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Some of you might be surprised to learn this about me. Years ago when I was in college I had a summer job as a roofer. After that summer I had a deep respect for roofers. It’s not an easy job. For years I wondered why I would drive by a work site and see […]

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Sometimes You Just Have To Do Something Different

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Here’s a bit of trivia for you Fab-Four fans. Who was the first non-Beatles musician to play on a Beatles’ record? The story is pretty amazing, and I wanted to share it with you. Several years ago George Harrison shared a story about the events surrounding the writing of his signature song, While My Guitar […]

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Secret Sauce: How To Get More Likes, Comments, & Shares

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Facebook recently updated their “Facebook Insights” for Pages, which is a tool that gives you some ‘insight’ into who your fans are, what they are responding too, and how far your posts are reaching. They also rolled out a great tutorial on how to interpret your Facebook Insights, and you can find that here: http://www.learnpageinsights.com/ […]

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Social Media Guilt

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I read a fantastic article the other day by Stephen Chapman over at ZDNet entitled ‘Social burnout: I am officially sick and tired of chasing social platforms‘. I gotta be honest and say that I have almost reached that point. Actually, I might already be there. I live this stuff every day, so I know […]

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The Bluest Ocean

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I was recently in the Bahamas and heard a fantastic story about the second man who walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin. One of my friends who lives in the Bahamas was riding around her subdivision one day and drove past a strange man walking down the street who looked lost. The person riding with […]

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Bloom’s Taxonomy for Social Media

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If you are in education, you no doubt have at least heard of Bloom’s Taxonomy. For those not versed in Bloom, it is considered the very foundation of good education and without getting too bookworm on you, the Taxonomy is basically a framework by which you can evaluate your learning, based on levels of understanding. […]

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5 Cool Ideas: an interview with Michael Angelo Caruso

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I consider Michael Angelo Caruso a good friend, and so I was excited to interview him about the re-release of his book “5 Cool Ideas”. I think this book can benefit just about everyone so I wanted to share it with you guys. If you want to read more about Michael or buy his book, […]

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The Day That Everything Changed

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(Pictured to the left: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, the room where our freedom was declared) “…the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of […]

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Get Rid of the Customer Service Department

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Customer service is something that every company, regardless of size, should have as a focus, right? I mean, that seems kinda like a ‘no-brainer’ as they say but unfortunately in many of the companies that I deal with on a personal basis customer service is an endangered species. I get so frustrated sometimes that I […]

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Tales From New England: Be The Canary (VIDEO)

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This is the final post in my series of posts called “Tales From New England”. This one is about why all business owners need to be like a canary. You know, that little yellow bird?

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Tales From New England: What’s Your Name?

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On my recent trip to New England I spent a few days on Nantucket. I had seen the pictures for years about what it was like, but I wasn’t prepared for just how picturesque and quaint it is. Cobblestone streets, historic homes on every street, and that postcard look that everyone knows when you see […]

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Tales From New England: Don’t Hide Your Social Media

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I just returned from a vacation to New England and I gathered a whole bunch of ideas for new blog posts, which I will be talking about over the coming weeks in my “Tales From New England” post series.  This first installment is about how important it is to not hide what you want people […]

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Losing The Big Picture With GPS

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The last couple of trips that I have taken have provided me an unsettling experience. I am a technology guy so I embrace it wholeheartedly, and promote the use of technology to others in my consulting and speaking. But I do recognize that sometimes technology causes more problems than it solves. One such problem, I […]

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