Now you have the opportunity to ONLY see the people you want when you login to Facebook. And so does everyone else: “Users can now add friends to an “Acquaintances” list whose members will appear less frequently in the news feed, and a “Close Friends” list of people who will appear more frequently in news …
Jeff Saturday, the Colts center and one of the leader’s of the NFL Players side in negotiating an end to the lockout, credited Robert Kraft, Patriots owner, for being the most influential owner. Kraft’s wife suffered from cancer during the entire negotiations and recently died. I believe there is a relationship between Kraft’s wife’s illness …
Deep Empathy Leads to Tremendous Change, Ask Jeff Saturday Read More »
Increase the amount of white space. Line25.com, which has over 60,000 readers of their blog, features weekly highlights of outstanding website designs. I am not a web designer but I do recognize one characteristic that EVERY site shares: white space. Check out fourandthree.com And giftrocket.com Now go to your website and audit the percentage of …
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Precision and focus applied to leadership development yield significant results but require a long-term and sacrificial view. Bill Evans performs phenomenally on the piano in this YouTube clip. He is one of my favorite jazz artists (McCoy Tyner, Roy Hargrove, and Miles Davis are some others) but I have only listened to him until watching this …
Sending targeted communications that speak to that customer on a more personal basis will, in most instances, improve your conversion rates versus a simple blanket message to everyone. —source No, you shouldn’t (email everyone back). But many people do, because there doesn’t seem to be a great alternative. It’s asymmetrical, and productivity loses to politeness.”–source …
…questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking. –source more on associating, one of my favorite traits of Jobs and something I hope to continually sharpen: “the ability to make idea-producing connections by linking concepts from different disciplines — intellectual mash-ups” From my experience here are some ways to apply these traits to see powerful disruptive …
Five Traits That Are Common to the Disruptive Innovators… Read More »
I love Domino’s Pizza tracker. Seriously. It’s Real Time Many times people provide feedback as though they were a philosophy professor writing a treatise–the feedback is abstract because the experiences from which they are drawing are often 3, 6, or even 12 months old. Since they do not have the original feelings from their experiences …
Dominos Pizza Tracker–The Next Level of Leadership Development Read More »
Thanks to all of you who authored, commented, or read this fall’s Blogference posts! A few stats to encourage you: 1,200 unique visitors (blogference participants) 2.600 pages viewed Just over 100 comments 30 different countries represented! The next event is already in the works! And is something a little different than the norm. Can’t wait …
Here are four more great tips after yesterday’s post on improving the quality and effectiveness of your Facebook updates: 1. Keep posts under 80 characters 2. Post updates on Thursday and Friday for maximum reach 3. Put questions at the end of the post 4. Post either early morning, right after people get off of …
4 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page Updates Part 2! Read More »
1. START the update with “Like” or “Comment” So many Facebook updates start with a long string of words that can make it difficult for people to quickly understand the update. Remember most people are scanning your updates on their newsfeed, not reading them on your page. By starting the update with “Like” or “Comment” …
