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You know the days when you get to your desk and you think it’s there somewhere? When mess is not a hall, it’s your environment, which is actually your brain?   When your secretary calls and says she’ll be late because her Mercedes has a flat tire, but still shows up unruffled with a yummy cappuccino [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Let’s say you have the most brilliant business blog on the planet.  It is well written, well researched, optimized and rich with SEO words like business networking, small business marketing, Chicago professional networking, social media tools AND it is a great read with deep insight and usable tools that will impact your [...]

Image via Wikipedia With marketing, you pay.  With pr you pray.  Nothing builds or breaks a brand like personal recommendations.  Word might have traveled fast with the power of the media but with social media it’s immediate and in real time. There are new currencies on the table beside money that you can invest in to [...]

Image via Wikipedia No matter how clearly you see who you are as a business, there is a process of seeing beyond it.  Evolution is a series of epiphanies that unfold with insight and information.  Sometimes the key to your true direction gets buried, but was there all along.  You just couldn’t see it from [...]

Image via Wikipedia Yes I jumped into Face Book. Well not exactly jumped since 30 million people  beat me to it.  Just like I jumped into a DVD player…because Blockbuster didn’t carry VHS anymore.  An early adopter I’m not.  A consumer who will try new food products, yes. Generally food products don’t have buttons. You [...]

Image via Wikipedia It astounds me when meeting entrepreneurs for the first time their method in relationship building is to sell me on their services.  This is  a turn-off and literally antisocial.  The root of relationship is relate. Here are a few tips that have worked for me.  Please share what works for you. 1. [...]