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Brad Thor's Black List
I like spy novels. Since James Bond, I have been reading spy novels from Ludlum, Lustbader and Jack Higgins. The new breed of authors in this gnre are very good - Barry Eisler, Vince Flynn, Daniel Silva, Brian Haig, Randy...
One Promotional Minute
This week marks the completion of my third book. SELLECOM 2: Selling Cloud Services is now available in paperback from Lulu.com. The kindle version is being formatted as we speak.In the book, tthe three major themes are: what is The...
A Day in My Brain
I was in NYC (Tribeca) this week to spend the day at a Q&A session with Seth Godin. He is a marketing guru and author of a lot of best selling business books. Like these:Here are some of the gems...
It's Not Just About Price
This article in the NYT article about Amazon is about the book publishing industry. Amazon is waging a battle against book publishers over price. As a book buyer, I often wonder how an e-book can cost almost the same as...
Enchanting Keynote at Parallels Summit 2012
Guy Kawasaki was the keynote yesterday morning for the Parallels Summit 2012 in Orlando. (Vodka bar was open at 8:20 AM!) Guy talked about the key points from his book,Enchantment .One is You Must be Likable. Richard Branson of...
4 Random Thoughts from a Telecom Show
Here are 4 random thoughts from the STC (Society of Telecom Consultants) today.The oil industry looks at green. When you are doing a comparison between Hosted PBX and Premise based PBX, remember that when you are moving hardware to cloud,...
How Not to Interact on LinkedIn
I received this email from a contact on LinkedIn: I asked the contact if it was a mass email. He replied yes. And asked him not to send me any more mass emails. He replied, "You have been removed as...
Some Good Books
I like to read mysteries to give my brain a rest. My favorite writers include Barry Eisler, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Randy Wayne White, Jack Higgins, Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Parker (passed away), Stephen Cannell (passed away), Michael Connelly, and Steven...
Business is Change
Whenever I read a really good book, it takes a while because my head fills with thoughts of how this will help my clients (and my readers ;) Right now I am reading Evil Plans by Hugh MacLeod [affil link]....
ITEXPO East 2011
ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami Beach is less than a month away. Who’s going?Suzanne Bowen of DIDX is listing the events on her blog here.Highlights include the Telecom One-on-One put on by PR firm JS&A for clients, media and friends...
Linchpins
Who is the Linchpin in your organization? It's probably NOT the CEO. Who creates the most value for your employees, shareholders and customers?Seth Godin's new book is titled Linchpin. It's about changing your job to become a linchpin so that you become...
Marketing Outrageously
In the book Marketing Outrageously by Jon Spoelstra, in Chapter 13, Jon writes about radio and TV advertising. Basically, you need to dominate a show or a channel to gain market share. Spoelstra doesn't talk about market share. He thinks it's...
How the Mighty Fall
When I look at the fall of Nortel (and Alcatel-Lucent) as well as banking giants, Circuit City, GM, and more, I have to ask, "What happened?" In his new book, How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins writes about how once great...
Business Advice
It seems that as 2008 comes to a spiraling end, everyone is giving business advice. If you run a small business, here's some of it:No Recession from Us has a bunch of links.Duct Tape Marketing has some thoughts from thought...
The Playbook
Every year, sales gets harder and harder. Finding qualified salespeople (the closers and hunters) is challenging. Then try to find someone who can lead or manage the salespeople. Sales Leadership is an elusive thing. One key reason is that sales...
