I was reading through Os Hillman’s TGIF: Daily Workplace Inspiration, an excellent devotional for businessmen, and came across this quote in his January 5 article: We need to understand that failing does not make us failures. It makes us experienced. It makes us more prepared to be useful in God’s Kingdom – if we have [...]
Just read this quote by Ken on Bly.com: Find a starving crowd…find out what they’d like to eat, then feed it to them. - Gary Halbert Somehow, I’ve managed to never hear this quote. But I’ll never forget it now. It’s simple. It’s profound. It’s true. Is your crowd starving, or just looking for the [...]
Stop the press: I’ve been quoted. Here’s a pretty interesting summary of an ITSMA article from this summer where Bob Baginski explains how he deals with the fact that Everyone’s a Marketer. Glad my little rant could help frame the question. The highlights, in Baginski’s words: Each time I begin to market a new business [...]
I heard my dear friend Rick Loy state a quote a few nights ago at the Roaring Lambs banquet that is, ironically, quite powerful: We all know that intention is powerless. Thankfully, Rick has also written a post on the same topic, so enjoy. I’m guilty of banking too much on intention. My gut tells [...]
Excellent quote I found over at the Sayings blog. Sometimes you just have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. Kobi Yamada Apply as needed.
Steve Jobs of Apple once said this: It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” (Business Week, May 25, 1998) Thanks to Harris for passing this one along. It’s true. Focus groups have their place, but they can [...]
Great quote – thanks to Sayings for passing it along. I usually don’t finish this equation: The best way to escape your problem is to solve it. – Unknown
Heard this quote today from Neil Jeffrey at the Men’s Bible Study at Prestonwood: ”If you want to take out the sheep, then take out the shepherd.” No commentary – just like it.
Here’s a great verse from 2 Corinthians that spoke to me last night: 2 Corinthians 6:11-13. The line that hits me the hardest is “Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way.” That single line has the power to fill you full of hope and make you feel like a waste [...]
Brian brings it back to the future with this post, The David Ogilvy Playbook for Business Blogging. In a nutshell, as we’re all learning, stop shouting at people to be your customer and start a conversation with them so they want to be your customer.
