by Shawn Kinkade on February 8, 2010
Social media comes in a wide variety of choices, with more coming on every day. There are more platforms than there are colors in a huge box of pencils…so it can be overwhelming to figure out where to get started.
When I’m giving Social Media workshops, inevitably someone asks “What social media platform should I use if I’m just getting started?”. Should you get started on Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? Or any one of several dozen other choices that are out there?
The answer is…it depends – there are a lot of reasons to use each platform, depending on your business, your style, your network and your personal preference. Some choices will be more effective than others, so let’s look at some of the pros and cons.
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by Shawn Kinkade on February 5, 2010
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It’s an interesting phrase, but what does it really mean to ‘shoot yourself in the foot”? According to the Using English website it means the following:
If you shoot yourself in the foot, you do something that damages your ambition, career, etc.
Self inflicted damage! Just the kind of thing you’d like (and should be able to) avoid when it comes to growing your business successfully.
It’s always great to learn from the mistakes of others, so I thought I would pass along a few self-inflicted business mistakes that I’ve seen recently. These are based on examples I’ve heard in the last week, but they are sadly fairly common situations and all of them will have a negative effect on a business (and potentially could be business killers over time)!
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by Shawn Kinkade on January 31, 2010
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When you get some quiet time, when you have a few minutes to yourself and you think about your business, do the numbers scare you? Whether it’s your bank account balance, your taxes, your profitability – are those financial numbers scaring you?
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night sweating because of the numbers?
While that may or may not be true for you, it is sadly true for a lot of business owners. They love their business, their clients and even their employees but they don’t have a good relationship with the financial numbers around their business.
The good news is there are ways to deal with the fear (and the numbers) and if you can get past this issue you will find your self in a position of power and control that is probably hard to imagine right now.
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by Shawn Kinkade on January 28, 2010
We’re at that time of year when the winter blah really sets in (I’m sure February is the longest month of the year!). We’ve at least had a couple of days that weren’t gray, but it’s certainly been looking more like Seattle then Kansas City.
It’s cold outside – so here are 5 diversions on your computer that might help brighten your day up. Shake it off, have some fun and check out some cool stuff (some with a local tie)!
1. Amazing Shot!
You’ve probably seen this sometime in the last few days – it’s been all over TV and the internet, but in case you missed it – you need to check out the vide of the Olathe Northwest Girls Basketball coach who’s getting set up for a prank. The students are challenging him to shoot a 1/2 court shot…blindfolded and if he makes it he wins Final Four tickets. The prank is that the students are going to cheer wildly when he shoots to make him believe he hit it.
The drawback to their plan? He actually hits the shot! It’s unbelievable and a lot of fun to watch.
If that video doesn’t work, here’s a link with the video along with some additional coverage: http://onwravens.net/media/www.onwravens.net_media/The_Shot.html
To complete the story, it turns out someone has now donated Final Four tickets so he actually did win!
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by Shawn Kinkade on January 24, 2010
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I had a chance to catch the 2nd half of an episode of Shark Tank over the weekend (I saw the last half of Episode 7 if you’re looking it up).
If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a 1/2 hour reality show where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their idea or business to a group of self-made multi-millionaires who have made their money by wheeling and dealing, creating, buying and selling businesses (the Sharks).
The business owners have an opportunity to raise money and make a deal on the show – either as an investment or a buyout. They’ll pitch their idea and then ask for an amount of money in exchange for a portion of the business.
The Sharks are all legitimate business gurus, and they’ve got big personalities and egos to go along with it. They don’t seem to like each other very much and there’s a lot of back and forth that has little to do with the business ideas – hard to tell if it’s staged much, but it does make for good TV.
Here’s a couple of the ideas that were discussed in the episode I saw:
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