Courtesy of ChiefIngredient.com You have to see how Video is done and done right. This is Viral. This is the Future. This is Marketing. My very good friend, Steve Rankel CEO of Product180.com (awesome – click if you need a “Killer Value Proposition” you won’t be dissapointed) called today to further our strategy on a our next Webinar (details to come) and mentioned this video to me. Thanks...

So this is the personal side of me. The one many of you (I am connected to over 20,000 people across the world in business) don’t ever see from me, however, I felt so compelled to write this story, more for my close friends on my personal FaceBook Page (no business connections – I have my Fan Page for that) to see how they have affected my life over these many years in some form or fashion and...

You never know how things will turn out when you meet in the virtual world of Social. More often than not, I am blown away (see video below) by what the outcomes of the interaction usually are. Chuck Robbins, CEO of ConsultAro (http://consultaro.com) and I met in Charlotte, NC yesterday to discuss technology, applications, Social Strategies among other Business related topics. Chuck runs a firm that gets it....

Just a quick poll via Twitter – I am curious as I have my own opinion. Poll results are live…select 1-5 Stars under only one, Coffee or Atmosphere or Iced Drinks,  1 being not-so-much and 5 being you love it Starbucks Coffee: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes cast) Starbucks Atmosphere: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes cast) Starbucks Iced Drinks: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes...

So the crisis, per Wall Street, is coming to an end and Q3 looks promising – really think so? So why is that that businesses are just beginning to feel the pinch of layoff pressure, pricing downturn and market share concerns? I have a theory. One that many of the Senior Leadership of varying sized companies will say aha when they read this (It’s that 20/20 thing) and take note on ways to avoid the many...