Billboards: Modern Counterparts of Van Gogh and Da Vinci
Taking a drive down an unfamiliar road, or simply driving to and from work has become nowadays more pleasurable and less stressful. What with the multitude of billboards plastered all over the city and suburbs, they have become a wonderful centerpiece with the backdrop of heaven and earth.Have you ever imagined what life would be like without these big, larger than life posters and signage to aesthetically improve our place? Are you...
Blogs and Journalism
Blogs and Journalism The world has seen the emergence of a new style of journalism, based on a 'raw feed' directly from the source. And the common notion that surrounds the emergence of serving 'raw feed' is that the journalists testing the new waters are bound to wreak havoc on institutionalized media. Also a popular notion is that Weblogs changes the nature of 'news' is in the migration of information from the personal to the public. Unquestionable, a blog is a...
Book Summary: The Rebel Rules
Book Summary: The Rebel RulesBy: Regine Azurin and Yvette PantillaThis article is based on the following book:The Rebel Rules"Daring to be your self in business"Chip Conley, A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster New York 2001ISBN 0-684-86516-5287 pagesWhat does it take to get in touch with your inner rebel and run a business on your terms? Today’s Information Age has spawned a number of rebel business leaders, from Virgin’s Richard Branson to The Body Shop’s...
Book Summary: The Rebel Rules
Book Summary: The Rebel RulesBy: Regine Azurin and Yvette PantillaThis article is based on the following book:The Rebel Rules"Daring to be your self in business"Chip Conley, A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster New York 2001ISBN 0-684-86516-5287 pagesWhat does it take to get in touch with your inner rebel and run a business on your terms? Today’s Information Age has spawned a number of rebel business leaders, from Virgin’s Richard Branson to The Body Shop’s...
Book Summary: The Rebel Rules
Book Summary: The Rebel RulesBy: Regine Azurin and Yvette PantillaThis article is based on the following book:The Rebel Rules"Daring to be your self in business"Chip Conley, A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster New York 2001ISBN 0-684-86516-5287 pagesWhat does it take to get in touch with your inner rebel and run a business on your terms? Today?s Information Age has spawned a number of rebel business leaders, from Virgin?s Richard Branson to The Body Shop?s...
Boost Your Sales Confidence
Before you can sell anything successfully, you must first sell your ideas, your wishes, your needs, your ambitions, your skills, your experience, your products and services-you must be absolutely SOLD on you.
Your confidence will never fail you. What can fail you are those things in which you place your confidence.
In selling yourself successfully, absolute confidence in yourself is a must!
Confidence, in turn, breeds courage. This being true, you must...
Boosters & Drainers
Like huge anchors on cruise ships, other people can hold you down. Not intentionally, but their negativity impacts you. It?s hard to be winning at working when you?re anchored in place. It?s hard to see the next great idea and enthusiastically embrace it, when you?re feeling a sticky heaviness. And it?s hard to think creativity when you?re feeling empty.Like a balloon with air pouring out, deflated and flat at the end, I hung up the phone, drained. For the most part...
Brainstorming Secrets
Have you been in a "brainstorming" session where each person just defended their own ideas? Worse is when people don't suggest ideas at all, for fear they'll be attacked. That's no way to brainstorm. Brainstorming is using the power of many minds, and ideas should flow freely and trigger other ideas. How do you make that happen?The Key To Good BrainstormingYou have to have a good leader to have good brainstorming. The leader isn't there to impose his will, though, but...
Brainstorming! The Key To Wealththe brainstorming session.
2. Don?t use critical thinking. Critical or judgmental thinking slows down or kills the creative process at this stage. Because as hard as you may try, you can only think one thought at a time. When your creating you can?t judge and when you judge you can?t create.
3. Keep the session light, loose and free spirited. Humor has been known to help oil the wheels of our creativity. A large portion of our creativity is released through our...
Brand Smart---It's about the Relationship not the Transactionbranded gift, not necessarily something with your logo on it, but something that symbolizes your brand promise. Call them up and listen. People love to talk. Depending on your objectives, conversations can be handled by a third party or an executive from your company. Gather data from your Web site. Web sites offer many ways to gather data. Invite your site visitors to give you feedback, participate in on-line surveys or sign up to...
