With the creation of telephone party lines in the late 1800’s, Switchboard operators were the conversation connectors. When a call was received, a [...]

Johannes Gutenberg has been described as an engineer, a scholar, and an entrepreneur.  I believe it was those three driving characteristics that fueled his [...]

Recently I was asked to compare a few of the current Twitter client applications on the Social Web.  Of course there are several blog [...]

Are you tired of hearing about Twitter this Facebook that YouTube whatever? There is so much talk about social media right now.  Most people [...]

The first time I was exposed to Texas Hold’em was in the late 90s. I remember watching the movie Rounders with Matt Damon; [...]

Three weeks ago I tore down the bunk beds from my girls bedroom.  The beds were attached to one side of the wall and [...]

The completion just beat you to the Twinish line! Twitter isn’t the latest tech trend or online fad.  Twitter has fundamentally changed the way [...]

The traditional business to customer model has been altered dramatically over the last 18 months due to emerging social technologies (Video).  One-way communicating and [...]

Is your business leveraging the information contained in social media sites relevant to your current clients and future prospects?  Most business have an internal [...]

Today I was asked to write an article for Social850.com discussing the topic of Facebook pages for Tallahassee small businesses.  The topic centered around [...]

“Craigslist, the “free classifieds” site that offers community advertising in 570 markets worldwide but charges only for a tiny percentage of its ads, will [...]

Every year the Chamber recognizes small businesses for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the community at its annual Small Business Excellence Awards program.  [...]

If the phrase “information is the new currency” was used to describe the emergence of technology in the late ’90s, then “social media is [...]

You’ve got to love David Letterman, right.  When Letterman speaks people listen.  I think he could easily become a social media mogul.  His insight [...]

Are you an eavesdropper? When you are out in public places do you listen to the conversations going on around you? Whether you are [...]

If you haven’t met Biz Stone, you are in for a treat.  He’s a down to earth guy, who happens to be a genius.  [...]

How many people contemplate their comprehensive insurance policy or the diversity of their financial portfolio on the way to the bathroom? Why is the [...]

As I meet with local Tallahassee businesses, I find companies are still trying to figure out what to do with social media sites like [...]

This week I was enjoying a cup of coffee when I noticed four people on the other side of the café huddled over their [...]

Last week I went out to dinner with a business colleague.  We had a fabulous meal solving all of the economic issues of today.  [...]

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If you visit your local newspaper, TV station, or radio station, I think it’s safe to say that you will find someone tuned into [...]

Based on a true experience:
“This past weekend I came back to my rental car to find that I couldn’t turn the ignition key at [...]

In the business model of 2000, the goal was to gain more customers, assign them a customer number and watch them walk through the [...]

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas [...]

I think this is going to be an amazing film.  You just can’t go wrong with JJ Abrams.  Not to mention I have a [...]

Having spent much of my professional life centered in the customer service industry, my experience with a business or service tells me a lot [...]

With the talks of cutbacks and budget reductions, now more than ever is the time to invest in the people and businesses that have [...]

One of my favorite morning emails is the one I get from Seth Godin.  Every day Seth stretches my thoughts about how I think [...]

Brilliant movie!  The story is heartbreaking and inspiring.  I connected with the character Steve Lopez more than I would like to admit.  The bar [...]

Friday, the last day of the traditional work week, was a day that connected two unlikely dots along a plane of new friendship.  With [...]

I just can’t get away from the crazy guy from Wine Library TV!  This guy is uber contagious! If you haven’t heard of Gary [...]

In difficult economic times, the reaction of many businesses is to panic. Rather than cutting, dropping, and/or eliminating your product lines or services, [...]

The rules are changing! Are you still in the game? Experts are saying that within 5 years information will be primarily collected and delivered [...]

I could write an endless blog about this one image because it says so much about what it looks like for a business to [...]

SETH GODIN is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.
Godin is author of ten books that have been bestsellers around the world. His [...]

Are you lying? Lying about the fact that despite the conditions of the market, your business will make it using old methods, technologies, or [...]

The status quo isn’t going to get you there and you know it. Like Mr. Incredible, you know you have something to do [...]

The legend of the Sasquatch dates back to the middle eighteen hundreds. Some historians say that it was the Lummi, a Native American tribe [...]

Is your business starving? Are sales down? Are the market conditions threatening to devour your small business whole? Taking a lesson [...]

What if the Silly Putty story took place today in our digital media age. Think of the resources the scientist would have had at [...]

Researching substitutes for rubber in the early 1940s, James Wright took two very different agents – boric acid and silicone oil and combined them [...]