Trello is one of my daily go to tools and my companion for anything that needs to be organized. Trello makes organizing and planning with lists and tasks extremely simple and has a great visual flow. I use Trello to organize my “to do” lists as well as for my content calendar and planning. What…
If you need dinner tonight, planting a garden isn’t going to help. You would be better off to go to the grocery store and buy food that others have harvested (adwords, display advertising, social advertising). However if you’re interested in growing your own vegetables for the long term so that you can have abundant, cheap,…
Seth Godin is Not a Genius I used to think he was but it wasn’t until I listened to his fourth audiobook that I realized he wasn’t telling me anything I didn’t already know. What Seth Godin is, is courageous; a doer. He may not have come up with concepts in his books but he…
I know that New Year’s Eve was over two months ago but while playing around on Google Trends, I did a search for Captain Morgan and as one would assume, searches for it spiked (no pun intended) on New Year’s Eve. So I thought, let put the main spirits against each other to see what…
This post was inspired by the book Youtility by Jay Baer. In the first chapter, Jay shares a story about an interaction between an audience member and Richard Stevens, founder of Geek Squad, after he had completed his keynote presentation to the Counselors Academy Section of the Public Relations Society of America. The audience member…
Back in 2009, my wife and I bought our first house. That summer we spent a lot of time going to different stores to look at furniture for the house. The prices varied greatly and it seemed that all of the furniture was fairly comparable. Some may have been more comfortable and some were definitely…
Google Trends has quickly become my new favorite tool for seeing what’s hot and what’s not. It gives you access to see what people are thinking about and as well as a quick way to gauge their sentiment. I wanted to see what marketing buzzwords were growing and which ones were dying. The numbers don’t lie….
Most people are probably pretty familiar with how Google works and I’m sure that sales people and job seekers are already using it to accomplish their goals. But did you know that Google has hidden powers you can use to streamline your search process? The one I am going to cover today is site search….
If you go to Google and type a bunch of words into a search box, it will do a pretty good job of returning results relevant to what you are looking for. But, there is so much more you can do with Google search. Search Specific Websites In the search box type site:mysite.com. For example, if…
Are you looking for free, legitimate photos to use in your communications? If so, check out Pixabay. At first I thought it was a site full of pirated photos but then I saw that it is actually connected to Creative Commons and that it was truly legit. Pixabay allows you to download high res photos for free for either your commercial or…
You know that I love to do blog posts about free tools to improve productivity and you might have asked yourself “how can all this stuff be free?” The answer is in Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired and his book goes into great detail…
Great piece in the New York Times about how a start up of 13 people was able to create a billion dollar giant in Instagram while Camera manufacturers sat on the sidelines. The king of cameras for a long time, Kodak recently filed for bankruptcy. This isn’t the only time this has happened. We have plenty of…
Do you need a FREE way to visualize where your prospects or customers are? Mapalist will change your life. This is perfect for your sales team whether you need to divide up a sales area or you just want to hit the road and make the best use of your time. Acquiring the Data I…
Hopefully you aren’t using Internet Explorer right now; if you are, make sure you download Google Chrome. Many people are very loyal to which browser they use whether it be, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari or Google’s Chrome (most people are forced to use Internet Explorer). I prefer Chrome so in this post I will give…
“Rise and shine campers and do forget your booties because it’s cold out there today!”. February 2nd is one of my favorite days of the year and it really has nothing to do with the ‘actual’ groundhog. I love this day because there is an excellent chance that some TV channel will be airing one…