Yesterday, I was asked to speak to students at CW Post on career opportunities in public relations and marketing. I was asked twice before to talk with students on a panel -- once at SUNY Stony Brook and once at Hofstra University. But this time was different. This time, I...
Google Trivestiture? By Guest Blogger, Steve Poppe
I’ve been writing for a few years with great admiration about Google and its amazing, transformative search tools. Co-founder Sergey Brin’s original vision or brand idea “We deliver the world’s information in one click” is what allowed Google to become the NASA of the web. Case in point: Yesterday I was...
A Walk to Build A New Woman’s Hospital…
It’s amazing how many invitations I get every year around this time to attend a charity walk, golf outing and dinner dance. While each is equally as important to the people the charity helps, most of the time, I discard the information unless it’s an event in which I’m connected....
Mindful Affirmations?
I met Harriet, a 70+ year-old woman, at a lecture I was giving at Temple Emanu-El on Social Media. After my presentation, she started to tell me about her daughter who is a psychotherapist who also wrote a book. Her book was on affirmations. “It’s really a wonderful book,” she...
On Running At The Gym…
Although I love working out, I don't consider myself a gym rat. I really don't think that I'm athletic or very much coordinated. However, within the last few months, I started running on the treadmill. I'm not up to five miles on the mill. Believe it or not, I have...
On Getting Delayed…
I typically love Jet Blue. I have a Jet Blue credit card and have Jet Blue frequent flyer miles and have rarely ever had a problem with the flights.
Braids in Jamaica…
Young lady, let me braid your hair,” the svelte Jamaican woman said to a child who was sitting across from me on a snorkeling boat. The child must have been about 7 or 8 years old.
Social Networking: Where Virtual and Real-World Communities Collide
Social networking updates, especially on Twitter, can get fast and furious. But if you think the quick musings of others are meaningless, you’re missing the point. The truth is, if you are not using social networking as a springboard to relationship building with others, you’ll be left behind. Most of...
How Crowded Is Your Table? By Guest Blogger Tim Healy
In sales we live and die by our pipelines. But – is it the pipeline that is actually killing us? My answer would be yes.Why? I have found that the typical pipeline is bloated with unqualified prospects. Sales people have been trained to keep adding prospects to the pipeline all with the hope that...
On Haiti Relief……
When I heard that the cruise ship I was taking was going to Haiti, I felt uncomfortable. There’s something wrong with a picture of people laughing, drinking and having a great time when the poor people of Haiti have no home, no food and no clothing. But when I first...