Seriously! Where the heck does one go to find someone who is interested in partnering in business? Millions of people are wanting to know. Normally, partners in business are attracted to each other through personal connections and friendships that have developed over a long period of time. But, what happens when a company needs another […]
Why the Development of a Marketing Plan is Best Left Up To Operations
You cannot market what you cannot deliver and you cannot deliver what you make without marketing. So which comes first? Answer: Operations always comes before Marketing. “Operations management is a fundamental part of any organization.” Operations Management for Dummies Many startups founded by sales driven individuals quickly hit a wall the first time someone asked […]
Why Are People Always Running Late?
If you are in business I’m certain this has happened to you… An appointment was hastily made a few hours ago with someone who REALLY needs to meet with you right away. However, that person either never shows up or arrives 30 minutes late. Of course, when you finally hear from them, they casually wave off […]
Personal Brands: Every Business Person Needs One
Over at SyncLab Media, we frequently find during our client’s digital marketing strategy session that many of the executives on the business’ leadership team do not have a personal brand. This puts them and their business’ marketing at a huge disadvantage. Consumers Demand to Know In today’s consumer driven marketplace it is not enough to just have a business brand. Everyone […]
How Important is YouTube to Your Business?
In 2017, It is expected YouTube will become the first place people go to search for everything. Google will become a close second choice. So, how important is YouTube to your business? If consumers are truly consuming the content from videos at the rate all of the stats are showing, then YouTube is massively important to […]
Open Workspace Trend is Dead
Yeah! Appears more companies are starting to finally realize the “Open Workspace” office environment is anti-productive. I have seen a number of reports, the most recent from Lindsey Kaufman of the Washington Post, on how the ‘Open Office’ and ‘Bully Pin Workspace’ trend started by companies like Google back in the 80’s is finally proving to […]
A Robust Digital Footprint Validates Your Business’ Existence
Re-Introducting Me!: It’s All Things Operational
Like so many of my peers out here in the great world-wide-web, called the Internet, tend to lose ourself on what we really are out here to do. I’ve been blogging since 1999 and since then have retooled, reinvented, remodeled and reengineered myself over 15 times all in an effort to keep focused on why I blog. […]
Be Present Where Your Consumers Are Located?
From time to time a question pops up related to a business owner’s feeling the money they spend on a social medial community manager is wasted if their promotional content is not posted at the exact time the majority of their consumers are online. The question being asked..do we need to be present online at the […]
Why Every Business Needs to Hire an Operations Manager
So why does ever business need an operations manager? Doesn’t the owner, or founder, or creator, know how to operate their business? Isn’t hiring a marketing and sales director more important than hiring an operations manager? All of these questions are good ones and ones I am asked nearly every time we consult with a […]