We explore the future of digital and online publishing with help from top expert and New York Times bestselling author Patti Davis, who kindly provided the following guest post: Recently, at a reading event, someone said I should not call myself a “self-published” author, but an “independently published” [...]
Learn to create an organization that prizes accountability from Root Inc. CEO Jim Haudan, leading expert and author of The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities: Accountability. People hear the word every day at work, and it typically doesn’t have a positive connotation for [...]
As part of our education and youth speaking practice, we routinely provide keynote speeches, workshops, and classes for colleges, schools, and corporate businesses on an international basis. But thanks to continued support and encouragement from teachers, family organizations and non-profit associations worldwide, we've also recently begun to offer [...]
As modern organizations and executives are well aware, the power of social media, online marketing, and word of mouth recommendations never ceases to amaze. But as technology and business analysts who regularly study these and other rising consumer trends, we have to admit: Even we were floored by [...]
Even your best salesmanship, customer service, friendly attitude and attention to detail will not have every customer coming back to you. There will be incidents where a customer is dissatisfied and no longer makes purchases. However, they may not be gone forever. In fact, sometimes a customer who [...]
Have you ever taken bold risks in your career and succeeded despite the odds? Overcome professional challenges that once seemed impossible? Stepped outside your comfort zone to build skills, contacts and opportunities that proved invaluable in business? HELP OTHERS BE BRAVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SHARE YOUR STORY [...]
Creating a reputation as a subject matter expert in a specific area is both simple and difficult. On the one hand, some say it takes 10,000 hours of study and hands-on experience to become an authority in any given field. On the other, others would argue that all [...]
Online influencers consist of the industry lovers, brand believers and avid followers of your business’ products and services. They can easily be detected through their interaction with your brand’s content via comments, links and shares. Because they value what you’re selling, acknowledge you as a credible source of [...]
In case you haven’t figured it out already, you need to take everything you know about what school was like when you were a kid and throw it out the window. If the fact that nearly every child these days is individually dropped off and picked up by [...]
Crowd funding and crowdsourcing are among today's most popular topics with finance, corporate and consumer audiences looking to raise funds for new businesses, startups and projects, whether as non-profits or for-profit ventures. As one of today's best-known crowdfunding speakers and experts, and the author of The Crowdfunding Bible, [...]