For many years, May 4th was simply the day before Cinco De Mayo! But Star Wars hysteria has made the day a cultural phenomenon that's celebrated around the world. According to Starwars.com, the origin of May the 4th Be With You dates all the way back to 1979, when Margaret Thatcher became the new British [...]
I believe it was Dr. Wayne Dyer who coined the phrase, "Don't die with the music still in you." I've heard that many times throughout my life, and it always hits a nerve with me. We all have valuable wisdom inside us, and sometimes it's just difficult to get it all out! What music are [...]
Be Less Like the Squawking Parrot and More Like the Wise Owl I was chatting with a friend of mine about the content on his LinkedIn profile. He told me he was trying to avoid being like the squawking parrot. That reference made me laugh as I’d never heard it before. I asked him where [...]
Last week was one of the busiest and wildest week's of my life. It spanned four cities, three keynote presentations, and two amusement parks! The week began in Orlando for the National Speakers Association Winter conference and it was jam packed with wisdom and powerful takeaways. One presenter that stood out for me was Richard Bliss and his [...]
I'm often asked why I talk about certain social media sites and not others. The answer is simple: I talk about the sites where our clients have seen results—and I ignore the rest. Over the past decade, we’ve seen more appointments made, phones ringing, and cash registers ca-ching on LinkedIn than any other platform. It’s [...]
Happy Friday, Friends! I hope you had a great holiday season and your New Year is off to a happy and HEALTHY start! Although January is almost over, I thought it would be helpful to share a few social media resolutions that can set us all up for success in 2022. Our company is also [...]
Based on the engagement results we've seen from our clients, the short answer is YES! One particular client of ours was struggling with a lack of engagement on his LinkedIn posts. He was posting consistently but with very little interaction from his contacts. When we looked at his posts, we noticed a pattern of articles, links, [...]
Happy Friday, Friends! I'm back with another five links to make you better at business and life! Here are your fast five for the week: Do you love coffee? Once the pandemic hit, we were forced to become more in-home coffee drinkers, and Jess (my better half) became obsessed with finding amazing coffee. We discovered Four Sigmatic [...]
Be the light and give the gift of laughter. The world is not a perfect place, and if we need proof of this, we can usually turn to social media. There's a negative connotation that comes with social media because of how negative it has become. But where there's a challenge, there's an opportunity! How [...]
1) Watch this video: This is a 3-minute clip from a recent keynote about being the wise owl instead of the squawking parrot. 2) Check out this app: Gemini Photos. It's really cool. It scans your phone's photo library and helps you delete duplicates and blurry photos. In less than 10 minutes, I had deleted over 300 [...]
