I post a lot about email. Why? Because for most business people the battle for control over the inbox is THE most critical fight they face each day. Most actionable items come to us in the form of email and tools like GTD and Inbox Zero help us process that information [search the blog for [...]
Salesforce.com Enticement Program: Migrate with Ease
Another sign of growing customer dissatisfaction with Salesforce.com… “Salesboom.com™ leading vendor of Software-as-a-Service CRM Software Solutions today announced the implementation of their Salesforce.com Enticement Program which is designed for displeased Salesforce.com customers who are looking to migrate to another CRM provider. Businesses who migrate to Salesboom.com On-Demand CRM Solutions receive a $5,000 check and a [...]
Public speaking a competitive marketing skill
“Every small business owner can benefit from becoming a better speaker. It doesn’t really matter if your ambitions are to sell across the desk or present across the globe, getting your message heard and acted upon is essential small business stuff. In fact, I think that forcing yourself to get in front of an audience [...]
I’m working on a project…
…to put my business online using only tools that are freely available from Google. The purpose of the exercise is to ‘eat my own dog food’ so to speak and thereby demonstrate that it’s possible for any entrepreneur, SMB, volunteer group, etc. to have a robust web presence and take advantage of these tools for [...]
So You Want to Be a Blogging Star?
“Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has a full plate. Besides his basketball team, the busy billionaire also owns part of a media company, and serves as chairman of the TV channel HDNet. He recently competed for five weeks on “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. How on earth does he find time [...]
Value For Time: 10 Keys To Having Worthwhile Conversations
“Recently, I was trying to organize a conference call between the chairman of a large professional services firm and another executive. I said to the chairman, ‘Let’s just get a 20-minute call organized with William.’ He took a deep breath and replied, ‘Andrew, you need to realize that I have about 50 people lined up [...]
One bookmark manager to rule them all…
A recurring theme on this blog is using one one online [platform independent] tool to use or store resources. Bookmarks are no exception, although in this case I actually use two – one for public, one for private [nothing racy here -- actually is the stuff that's too boring to share] bookmarks. If you scroll [...]
Stop doing random acts of lead generation!
“I don’t know about you but I seldom meet a B2B marketer who time to think. And it seems that the pressure keeps building as more of us seek to do more with less. That said, it’s vital for us to think before we execute. It’s not about doing more campaign activity… it’s about doing [...]

