Market for the win video #1
- Posted on: August 7, 2007
- Those Who Had Their Say: 1
Here we are, beginning another new tradition here at my blog. I will be posting an educational video every Tuesday night.
I am a fan of Seth Godin, so I figured I would start this series off with him. Please comment on what you think of the video, and if you agree with the message or not. Enjoy!
What is your core competency?
- Posted on: August 7, 2007
- Those Who Had Their Say: 2
I am reading a great book right now called “smartups” by Rob Ryan. This is a must-read book if you are involved in a start up, and you can check his website here.
What’s at the core?
I am covering an interesting concept related to identifying what a firm really “does.” Finding new perspective like this can be the catalyst for new ideas to strengthen your business, whether it is large or small. Have you asked yourself what a company like Gatorade really does, and what their core competency is?
Most people might reply to that question with a statement like, “They create a liquid and sell it to consumers who are thirsty.” Is this all that is really going on though? Aren’t consumers telling themselves something different? After all, we have all seen the intense commercials, we have all seen the superhuman athletes drink large quantities while waiting on the sidelines and…
Link Time!
- Posted on: August 5, 2007
- Those Who Had Their Say: 4
I am going to beginning a new tradition here for the blog. Every sunday, I will be linking to five blogs that I really enjoyed reading. Feel free to put a link in the comments if you feel like I missed a really good post that you found for yourself.
- Nate Whitehill asks about what motivates people to blog. If you give him a 250-word response, he will link you! PR5 links are always a good thing. ^_-
- Josh Mullineaux Talks about his experiences while leaving his day-job as a Personal Banker at Chase. Definitely an interesting read with some solid advice.
- Darren Rowse gives some great advice. He says that taking the time to thank your veteran readers is a great marketing tool for your blog. It is all part of his “31 Day Project” series. Check it out.
- Sam Breadstone poses the question, “Are link trains going to hurt my blog?”…
