Did you know that in this country, one in every three adults and one in five children are overweight? According to the Health and Human Services Department, between 1998 and 2006, US obesity rates increased more than 37%. It’s really astounding. Diet products are popping up all over the place...
Book Review: Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History
At first glance you may think that Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn From the Most Iconic Band in History by David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan, is a joke. However, this book is no joke! After reading it, you realize the members of the...
Do You Want to Win at Work?
Why is it that every job you have there is always office politics? No matter if you have three people or 500 people in your office, office politics always ends up turning into office conflict. That is why I found Diane L. Katz’ new book, Win at Work, so helpful....
Book Review: Indispensable by Monday
Is anyone indispensable? Most people think they are but in reality they are not. Larry Myler’s new book, Indispensable by Monday, teaches readers how to make sure they are indispensable and their employer knows it.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Bookstore…
Everyone keeps asking me, “How’s your book doing?” And every day, I keep checking the Amazon ratings to find out. At first the book, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Social Media, but were afraid to ask…,” was in the top 10 books under social media. Then it was...
Book Review: How to Hit A Curveball
As a small business owner, curve balls are thrown my way on a regular basis. I have had my own business now for 18 years and to me, my biggest hit was in 2008/09, when I nearly had to downsize half of my staff. I was so depressed and couldn’t...
Book Review: The Visionary Leader How to Inspire Success from the Top Down
When you own a small but growing business, you can use all the help you can get. A new book entitled, “The Visionary Leader How to Inspire Success from the Top Down,” by Susan Bagyura takes a holistic approach to managing people and team building. A management coach and seminar...
Book Review: ROAR! Get Heard In The Sales and Marketing Jungle
This past year has been the toughest on most small businesses. Besides With massive layoffs, real estate foreclosures, and the bank bailouts, it’s no wonder that many small businesses were unable to survive. (If you want to keep the sentence starting with “besides” then the second half of the sentence...
Book Review: Power of the Possible…
One of my Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) buddies, Arthur Meyerovich recently gave me a copy of the book, "The Power of the Possible" by Auriela McCarthy. Ms. McCarthy is not a trained therapist but she is the type of person who others "go to" with problems and concerns and she has...
Property Management Your Thing?
If you have thought about changing fields, you may want to consider property management. If you do decide that property management is your thing, then check out "The Quick Start Property Manager Program," by Russell Munz, co-owner of a management consulting firm in Fairfield, CT. Russell Munz is a friend...