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As a college athlete, I won a conference championship & was voted captain. Then, I helped build a multi-million dollar furniture company. Then, I chased a lifelong dream by writing & publishing a book (Believe EG21) about the incredible true story of the '05 CSU football team. I love to learn, teach, & question the status quo.
As the world of social media continues to become more and more crowded we find it harder and harder to keep up with the pace. How do these huge brands have people that use all of these different platforms? How do they stay relevant? They must sit in front of their computers and type posts every 10 minutes, do they… Continue reading Learn to be in 2 Places at Once & Save Time Doing It (4/4)
The entire purpose of social media is to connect with others, plain and simple. Connection (outside of social media) happens when we talk with others and share experiences. Connection is a meaningful thing, it’s the 2nd and 3rd most important in Maslow’s Hierarchy after our basic survival needs. Translated, this means connection isn’t just being someone’s friend on Facebook or… Continue reading Why talk if nobody cares? (no shouting, please) (3/4)
When choosing a social media platform for our businesses, we need to take 3 major facets into consideration: (1.) Who are our customers? (2.) Where are they? (3.) Which one(s) am I willing to use every day? When we can honestly answer these three questions, we are able to come up with the social media platform(s) that will guide our… Continue reading How Small Businesses Should Choose Social Media Platforms (2/4)
With the ever-growing number of social media platforms available in the world today it’s easy for us to get lost and confused like a scared puppy that’s run away from home. We see so much out there and we want to chase it all, but we don’t really know how to use it or what the benefits are. Then if… Continue reading How to be Everywhere on Social Media Without Losing Focus (1/4)
I’m not sure what I expected to get from this blogger meetup I kept hearing that in order to have a highly trafficked blog, networking with other bloggers is necessary. I didn’t really know why, but I figured it was because we could send traffic to each other from time to time. After Googling “blogger meetup + Charleston” I landed… Continue reading Blogger Meetup: How to leave the Comfort Zone behind
Recently I have had my eyes and ears open to more and more business books, blogs, and podcasts to hear what the experts are doing to be effective and efficient at their work. At the same time I experiment with my own daily tasks and objectives to find out what works for me, so I can get the most out… Continue reading Learn to be more Effective AND Efficient: Monotasking vs Multitasking
At work we can be accused of poor communication when something is not followed through or we don’t approach a project just like our superior expected us to. We may have unintentionally hurt someone’s feelings or even given conflicting orders to the people we oversee. If any of these have happened, here is one simple way to avoid these pitfalls… Continue reading One trick to Improve Communication Skills & Be More Decisive
Crowd sourcing is a concept that has been around for a long time, but has become very popular in the past few years. Websites like IndiGoGo and KickStarter are sites that have become enormously successful (Kickstarter raising over $901M since inception) and trendy. So what can we learn from these businesses? A brief explanation for those that have no clue… Continue reading Crowd Sourcing: The Initiative to Clean Our Streets