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 […]
In today’s culture of “Let Me Check This Out” the first place everyone goes to validate if a business exists is the internet. If your business does not come up looking good on a Google Search potential clients will just move on to one of your competitors who has a more robust digital footprint. […]
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 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 […]
I have been blogging since 2004. In 2007, I started blogging professionally on this site, scotduke.com. At one time I had well over 5000 blog posts, until someone felt I was getting too influential. Yes, I have hit a large number of the potholes along this information highway and have delved deep into the the […]
I find it interesting so many companies today seem to go out of their way to avoid dedicating anyone to overseeing their business operations. When I ask why I commonly hear..”We need all personal for marketing and sales. We’ll figure out the operations as we go.” The need for personnel who generate revenue is more important, […]
Not too long ago a business could set up operations in an office space, build a website, take out a Yellow Pages ad and.. BAM..the phone seemingly started ringing. Naturally, that immediate business development also depended on what type of business it was, but nonetheless, that was how most all businesses started. Needless to say, […]
How many people have you lost touch with over the years? I know it has to be in the hundreds for me. Why does..or did…this happen? Could it be I have too many connections I do not know? Going back a number of years, around 1995, I attended a Harvard Business School training class that […]
Like it or not, your personal online presence is a requirement. And whether you’re a social butterfly, selling a product, building a business, or looking for a new opportunity your online presence is there. This means how you look, what you say and how frequently you say it really does matter. Unfortunately, the vast majority of […]
Are you going down for the third time using your DYI digital marketing strategy? That was what I was told is happening with a large number of businesses who develop and then use their own digital marketing strategy. In my blog on SyncLab Media, When Is It Time to Seek Advice, I outlined a […]
