Do you remember Kevan Nealon’s Saturday Night Live character, Mr. Subliminal? It was a spoof based on the concept of subliminal advertising; Nealon would quickly mutter a suggestive phrase under his breath hoping to influence someone’s behavior. For years there have been urban legends that TV advertisers flash messages across the screen that pass by […]
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Staples. All the comments and opinions are my own. If you’ve been running your small business for almost any length of time, you’ve seen some pretty dramatic ups and downs in the economy. Frankly, I don’t care if you and your team are the best salespeople in the […]
Good work ethic, passion for making dreams a reality and tenacity are the stuff entrepreneurs are made of. And it’s never too early to start solving problems. If you can solve an existing problem before your ninth birthday or even before your 16th birthday then you are fantastically driven and motivated. Now, more than ever, […]
In terms of the economy and its outlook there may only be thing that small business owners can agree on: It’s been quite unsettled for a long time. There have certainly been some positive signs, but as often as not, they seem to get offset by bad – or at least mediocre – news. I […]
A colleague of mine was browsing through her Facebook news feed the other day when she saw a picture a FB friend (who lives across the country) had posted. The picture was of a colorful Mexican restaurant front with a sign in the window that said, “Soup of the day: Tequila.” She recognized it immediately […]