The other day someone on a committee I’m on didn’t receive the email notice about the last meeting – even though everyone else did and she’s received emails from this person in the past. Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of grumbling about people not receiving emails. Even emails from people who have been “white […]
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Monday I had the pleasure of being a judge in the Construction Writers Association Marketing Communications Awards. It was an interesting experience as I don’t think I’ve ever looked at so many promotional pieces in one day – over 60 in three different categories. After looking so closely at such a large number of marketing
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If you’ve been reading The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur for a while, you know I struggle with organization and productivity. I had a small brainwave yesterday that I thought I would share. When my desk is cluttered or my inbox is full of messages I’ve read but haven’t dealt with, there is a simple reason for
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Adding new technology to your business is always an iffy proposition. Yes you may gain new tools or abilities. New technology allows you to do new things in your business or helps you do old things better or faster. But there’s always a downside, a cost. And that cost isn’t always financial. Often the learning
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Yesterday LinkedIn announced an amazing new feature on their site: you can now have discussions within your LinkedIn groups. It seems like a no-brainer to me, but for a long time LinkedIn groups didn’t have this feature. All you could really do with a group you were a member of is look at the profiles
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Yesterday I started reading Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek. Although I’ve barely cracked the spine, he said something that really got me thinking. He compared two people: one making $100,000 per year working 80 hours per week vs. one making $50,000 per year but only working ten hours per week. He pointed out it’s not
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Maybe it’s because it’s almost back to school time, but I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting in the past week. I’ve been thinking about what it was like during the first few weeks and months of being in business full time. It was an equally exciting and frightening time. I had a business and
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Today’s post is a guest post by Brian Tracy. If you don’t know Brian Tracy, you’re in for a treat. He is a business and personal success consultant who has numerous books, articles and courses available. I took his Phoenix seminar years ago and learned so much. I’ve also read many of his books and
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Start off the week with some great new posts by the members of the Blogging Boomers Carnival #83. This week’s Carnival is hosted by Gen Plus. Written by Janet Wendy Spiegel, this blog is about jobs and life for those aged 50 and older. Even if you’re a hair younger than 50, I think you
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As a former swimmer, I watched Michael Phelps with great excitement at these Olympics. Watching him swim to eight gold medals was truly something to behold. I got chills each time he got closer to his goal. What struck me most about his accomplishment was a story the commentators told. When Michael was 11 his
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