Tomorrow will be a wonderful day spent with family and friends as those in the United States spend the day talking, eating, and celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. For me this is a time of reflection.  Thinking about the things I am grateful for in my life, reflecting on the moments in time which have created [...]

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Last week I was asked to create a Top 10 blog list for blogs.com.  I thought for a brief moment on what segment of blogs I would include and decided to focus on Marketing Blogs (and a few distractions).  These are blog s that I read on a consistent weekly basis for many reasons…  Some [...]

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Last week I talked about opportunities, following up from my post on SWOT Analysis:  Simple Tool to Improve Your Business.  If you missed one of these previous posts it may be best to go back and review them in order. SWOT Analysis:  Simple Tool to Improve Your Business SWOT Analysis:  Defining Your Strengths SWOT Analysis:  [...]

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Last year at I woke up at 4am with my phone ringing and a slight sound of sirens in the background.  My house was smoky and as I ran into the living room ash was flying inside my house through the skylights.  This was the morning of the 2007 San Diego fires.  At the same [...]

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In response to my post last week: SWOT Analysis:  Exploring Your Opportunities, here’s a great example of a friend who is seizing an opportunity in the current marketplace: Jay Riordan, President of Dream Design Builders and I were talking about how great his company is doing while many of his competitors were closing down or [...]

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