by Eric | Sep 3, 2015 | LinkedIn, marketing, networking, social media, twitter
LinkedIn will not increase your sales. I hate to tell people this, but it’s true. When the bottom 50% of your sales team signs up for the LinkedIn, they will probably stay in the bottom 50%. Money will not automatically rain from the sky like manna from Heaven....
by Eric | Jul 14, 2015 | career, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, leadership, management, small business
Let’s get this on the table: meetings are necessary. I meet with clients. I meet with employees. I meet with non-profits and other organizations to learn more about what they do. Meetings allow us to learn more about people and the companies with whom we...
by Eric | Jun 11, 2015 | employment, entrepreneur, management, small business, success
I have had personable and driven interns to work for my company. You would expect the best thing about interns to be the cheap labor. However, to make the experience rewarding for both of us, there is a fair amount of effort I must expend even before they arrive. In...
by Eric | Jun 3, 2015 | Innovation, technology
All of the signs seemed to show themselves to me at the same time. Just yesterday my boss and I were discussing ideas for a new blog post and stumbled on the topic of compact discs. We started reminiscing on our old CD collections and talked about what music genres we...
by Eric | May 25, 2015 | employment, entrepreneur, management, personal development, small business, success
My very first client was a wealthy non-profit that paid me $50 and a Target gift card. I was so excited to finally have revenue. I thought getting some money, any money, was all that mattered! Like many entrepreneurs, I didn’t like talking about money or...
