Seth Godin wrote “If you want people to embrace your version of the future, talk about it like it’s right around the corner, not on another planet.” “For example: “We’re going to launch a new product next year” sounds a lot more distant than handing someone a prototype and saying, “this launches on January 3rd […]
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On the one hand, it’s hard to believe I’ve been blogging for a year now. It doesn’t seem possible that I’ve written that many blog posts; who knew I could be that prolific? On the other hand, in some ways it seems like I’ve been blogging longer. The focus of my business has changed so
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Those who haven’t tried the micro-blogging tool Twitter – and even some who have – wonder how it can be useful. If you’re Tweeting 140 characters into the ether, how does that help you build relationships? It took me a while to figure it out, but now that I know the secret, I’ve found Twitter
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The last day of September: where did the summer go? The third quarter of 2008 was particularly challenging for me. I like to accomplish things; concrete things I can check off on a list and hold up as being complete. Sometimes I think I should have been a brick layer so I could actually see
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This week’s edition of the Blogging Boomers Carnival is hosted by the Midlife Crisis Queen. Written by Laura Lee Carter, the Midlife Crisis Queen covers a wide range of topics that we Boomers might stumble upon during this middle part of our journey through life. Laura Lee writes: A midlife crisis is a wake up
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I find that many of my LinkedIn contacts are not people I have in my email address book. As I get to know my LinkedIn connections I gradually accumulate more information about them: phone numbers, addresses, personal information. In order to keep track of it all, I’ve been creating an entry for them in my
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Recently I’ve tried to find contact information for a couple of people and failed miserably. I found it terribly frustrating and began to wonder why someone would make it so hard to be found. The first was the guest of a teleseminar I attended. He was talking about using LinkedIn and invited participants to connect
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If you were to believe the media, you’d think all Baby Boomers are alike; we all share the same views, have the same interests and vote the same way. However, if you read the variety of blogs written by members of the Blogging Boomers Carnival, you’ll see the truth. We Boomers are as diverse as
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Saturday morning I was at the farmer’s market and ran into an old friend. We stopped to chat in front of the peach vendor. When his both cleared of customers, he came over to us, cut up a peach and offered us a taste. It was delicious and I ended up buying a basket. If
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The more I use Twitter, the more I have come to rely on it. It’s fast, fun to use and has become an essential business tool. In spite of this, I frequently get questions from people who have heard of Twitter but have never used it. The gist of most of the questions is “what’s
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