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Persistence…

“Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just annoying. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.” Seth Godin

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Alltop a single page blog dashboard of sorts | B2B Lead Generation Blog

Gathering information via newsfeeds is a critical part of the inbox zero approach to email. It will help you get distracting newsletters out of your inbox and into a newsreader where they belong. “If you don’t have time to search though multiple blogs I recommend you check out Alltop. The site was launched by marketing [...]

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I love my ‘job’…

…and one of the reasons why is that I love people and I get to meet so many interesting ones along the way. Earlier this week, I had the chance to interview rising Ag star Eric Kamler at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island, NE. Here’s our chat…

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Those idiots in marketing just don’t get it | Duct Tape Marketing Blog

“I’m presenting a workshop this week titled – How to get sales and marketing on the same page. The point of the discussion is to help the audience, made up of marketers and the sales people for those marketers, understand that while they may indeed perform unique and necessary functions, they have shared objectives. So, [...]

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How to Motivate Sales People Without Money?

Something to ponder… “It is common knowledge that many sales people can calculate how much commission they have earned faster and more accurate than any super computer. Indeed, money is a key driving force that motivates most, and certainly for the more successful ones.” How to Motivate Sales People Without Money? What do you think?

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Fitness enhances job performance | Small Business Times

“As an executive running a small boutique financial services firm, Dan Detlaff sometimes finds it hard to step away from work and go to the gym. However, for the 43-year-old president of Dettlaff & Company Inc. in Brookfield, once he’s finished with hismid-day regimen that consists of swimming, weight training and running, he finds that [...]

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The Fountainhead; Howard Roark Speech…

If you haven’t read “The Fountainhead” and you’re an entrepreneur, you owe it to yourself to do so this summer. The movie is good, too, and you can find it on Netflix. Here’s one of the best scenes from the movie…

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Differentiating Your Business | Entrepreneur.com

“Some of the most successful businesses in the world have made their mark by articulating their unique capabilities. FedEx put itself on the map by guaranteeing packages would reach their destinations overnight. Domino’s Pizza once promised to deliver hot pizza in 30 minutes or less. Burger King let you ‘have it your way.’” Click the [...]

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Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions | ComputerworldUK blogs

Although this post was written in the UK, it’s applicable here… “In a 2005 report the Government quango Becta showed that schools could effect considerable savings by making use of Free Open Source software such as Open Office. In their study they simply looked at “like for like” software replacement using existing networks and computers. [...]

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