I’m having a flashback to my youth, AA Stagg High School, circa the mid to late 1980’s. It’s a room on the lower-level of A-building, where Mr. MacGregor taught typing. Whether on the IBM Selectric or the other, more new-fangled electronic typewriters I was able to crank out more than 80 words per minute on,… Read more »
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of hosting one webinar and attending two. Webinars can be a tremendous way to engage an audience of your customers or prospects. It’s not something that should be undertaken without a plan, and here are three things to keep in mind when planning yours. Choose a… Read more »
There’s a technology phrase called “dog fooding”, which implies that a technology company and its employees will use a product that they are creating or building, just to make sure that the program or experience they’re designing is one that their employees would want to use themselves. While I’ve been busy doing things for a… Read more »
Atlanta and Seattle got to see it…now it’s Portland’s turn! Social media for logistics companies, a luncheon topic that is guaranteed to keep people from falling asleep face first in their potato salad for sure. The details: When: Thursday, October 24th from 11:30 – 1:00 PM Where: Sheraton Airport, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR… Read more »
You can get your own midweek camel fix, we’ve got important stuff to talk about here. Two things happen midweek: Wednesday (see aforementioned dromedary reference) and my American Shipper webinar. In case you’ve missed the blogs, emails, social media promotion and every other blitz under the sun short of flying a plane with a banner… Read more »
Below is the flier for my keynote speech at the CILT Intl Convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka next week. Pretty cool to see. And I love the orange. Power color. Should try it with my own corporate colors some time.
When companies approach me asking for suggestions to stay in touch with customers and prospects, one of the quickest and easiest ways is through an e-mail newsletter sent on an established, expected schedule. But just “having a newsletter” is not sufficient. There are important considerations throughout the design, writing and distribution process. Keeping it relevant… Read more »
I’ll admit, you have to be of a certain vintage and inclination to recognize the nod to a great show of my college and years thereafter. Every Saturday night after dinner in Willard, my friends and I would gather in Jeff and Robb’s room and watch Star Trek: The Next Generation. For those of… Read more »
Just because I’ve moved on from Camelot doesn’t mean that I’ve given up the ghost when it comes to getting up in front of a room full of people and waving my arms every December. This year is no different. On Friday, December 14th, I’ll be giving my “VH-1 Behind the Broker” presentation at DePaul… Read more »