“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators—brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity.” – President Obama 2011
A friend shared this video and it made me happy. I have been in quite a very generative space since December and notice I have not posted on my blog in awhile. But I realized that by being an entrepreneur (and having spell check) i am helping so many people realize their dreams, discovering their goals and sharing with them new possibilities. I love being an entrepreneur!
Have a business presence on the web and not sure how your social media is set up or how you did? One World Social Media is offering a free 8 point checkup on your social media efforts. Questions include:
Are the social media icons prominently displayed on the home page?
If there is a blog, is the link easy to find on the home page?
Have Facebook, twitter and/or blog’s been recently written to (within 30 days)?
All the profiles filled out completely on all social media platforms?
Is the branding carried across all social media platforms?
Is the “Like” button for Facebook fan page displayed website?
Is the title, description and meta tags filled out completely?
Are Google Analytics or other web traffic collection program hooked up to monitor activity?
Thinking about the global nature of the web and your web presence? I came across this information that shows the top 10 Internet Users by Language. It is very interesting to see the Spanish are ranked third in number of users.
Internet Users by Language
This Internet Users by Language information my be very helpful when designing your site for a global presence. The rest of the worlds internet users are increasing and is you do business globally, you may want to capitalize on these users.
For more information and to read the entire article, click here.
Startup legends – Marc Andreessen of Netscape, Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick and Gilt Groupe, Thomas Gensemer of Blue State Digital (the company that developed Obama’s online campaign and fundraising efforts), and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – reveal their strategies for innovation and give tips on how to build a successful company.
Recently a friend of mine sent me a really neat video about Google Wave. It shows what it is, the purpose of it, how it is better and why I need it. My marketing hat goes off to EpipheoStudios.com for doing an excellent job of explaining the benefits of Google Wave.
We all have BIG plans for the New Year. This next year will be the best year of our lives, things will be different, and my New Years resolution will allow for this to happen.
Gal Setting. While some people achieve their goals, most fall short or don’t even come close. Why is that? There are [...]
As part of my MBA studies in financial accounting at Benedictine University, we we studying the topic of analyzing a companies financial performance and the point came up of “Where is this company in the corporate lifecycle?” I did not know the answer to this but one of my fellow graduate students sent me this [...]
This weekend we lost a great business philosopher, Jim Rohn. Take a moment to watch these videos and reflect how easy it is to listen to him and to learn from the master.
Somebody taught me long ago that one of the first things you need to do to be able to get what you want is to be able to ask for it. But it seems difficult for some people to be able to ask for what they want. When I am in business and selling me [...]