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. […]
From the Business Golf Country Club Blog Each year about this time, just before the Masters, the buzz amongst business golfers starts. Hey, how about hitting the links next week? …is the rally cry for many business people who play golf. The difference now …
What do you do when you run into someone at a business gathering or TweetUp and you find they play golf? Do you jump their bones to go play golf or do you pass them by since your focus is collecting business cards so you can scheduled a follow-up “Coffee Chat”? In a study …
In case you missed the other four parts and are completely lost with How to Play Business golf I have the links below: Part 1: The Plan Part 2: The Invitation Part 3: The Show Part 4: The Chat But, knowing how busy most people are here are my …
Things are getting a little crazy in the Golf Industry right now. Golf as you and I knew it will be changing. How and what will change is uncertain, but it is a Fact golf will have to change. How we play golf, when we play golf, how we purchase golf products and …
In this recent article from the LA Times, Golf courses suffer as recession deals a bogey …it reports on how golf courses are struggling and some folding up in one of the biggest golf communities in the country, the Palm Springs, CA. area. This struggle for profitability amongst golf courses, public …
I walked into a business networking gathering recently where there was a storm of concerns brewing amongst many attending who now realize the new economy will require them to be retrained on how to do business. I was not really surprised since many businesses are finding the old “Throw an Ad in the Yellow Pages […]
Guest Blog from Dave Bisbee, In today’s world of sound bite email/blackberry/txt speak communication building solid business relationships runs the risk of being reduced to something akin to speed dating. Actually it is something less since with speed dating there is actually some face time where you can observe expressions, body language, etc. Now …
With the arrival of more and more golf businesses to the internet comes the need for them to understand how to communicate with their markets out here in La-La-Land. Social Media is a new to these business people and many try to form Social Media into the OLD box of traditional “Who Can Yell The […]
As is the case with most social functions I attend, the conversation about a business’ environment and economy generally takes center stage. Last evening’s dinner discussion at the club was no exception. For me these gatherings are times for me to listen to what others are saying. Having lived and survived more difficult business …
