Prepare a Social Media Policy

by Blair Evan Ball December 14, 2010

Social Media Mishaps Happen! Who hasn’t said something on a personal blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, or on their Facebook wall that they haven’t regretted later? But, when it comes to a company’s reputation, what’s said on social media sites can be much more damaging. Take the Domino’s debacle in April 2009. Two employees thought it would […]

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Prepare Social Media Strategies for Success

by Blair Evan Ball December 8, 2010

As 2011 fast approaches, prepare to set and define critical goals and objectives. This takes place both at a business level and personal level as well. How you prepare, strategize and execute will define you and your business in the coming year. What is your USP, or Unique Selling Proposition? What is the one thing […]

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Prepare for the Social Media Revolution

by Blair Evan Ball November 30, 2010

Social Media, Web 2.0 are you prepared for this revolutionary way of marketing and communicating? If not, you are falling further behind your competition according to Harvard Business Review which states, it is a wave that is unstoppable. Business is moving fast, and the Internet never sleeps. This is not a fad…it is revolutionizing the […]

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Preparing for Thanksgiving

by Blair Evan Ball November 24, 2010

Each year it seems that it comes faster and faster, yet the meaning is still lasting. Time to remember our blessings and give thanks, and spend time with family. Did I mention Football? My Alma mater will be playing for first place in the South Division of the Big 12 . Mamaw my mother in […]

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Prepare to Number your days

by Blair Evan Ball November 12, 2010

Prepare to number your days. A few years ago while listening to one of the speakers at a seminar, I was taken back as to his approach with the remaining years of his life. While certain not a Gen Xer, his philosophy could have been compared to those with only a short time left here […]

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Social Media Velocity

by Blair Evan Ball November 9, 2010

Social Media Velocity and the pace of change is accelerating…we process more information in one year than our forefathers did in a lifetime. That explains why our time fly’s. Consider the following: Every minute there are 45,138 tweets sent on Twitter. Just two months ago it was 31,250. It took 38 years for radio to […]

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Resistance to Change will Kill your Business

by Blair Evan Ball November 4, 2010

In a post at Harvard Business Online, Bill Taylor reflects on the influential article “Change or Die,” published five years ago by Fast Company. “It was a bracing reminder of how hard it is for people to make deep-seated changes in their habits, even when they know the price of failure may be death, in […]

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Preparing to Lead

by Blair Evan Ball October 25, 2010

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. Abraham Lincoln Where have all the leaders gone? Now you may say, what does leadership have to do with success in Internet and […]

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Preparing to Win

by Blair Evan Ball October 13, 2010

In our fast-paced microwave mentality world of instant information and quick analysis, it’s easy to cut corners when it comes to preparation. But crossing your fingers is rarely the way to go in business or in life. There are numerous excuses for why people don’t prepare as well as they should. However, the most successful, […]

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Preparing to Fail

by Blair Evan Ball September 29, 2010

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – — Benjamin Franklin Each of us has 168 hours a week to plan, prepare, and execute. The pace has quickened, the load has increased, the pressure to perform is daunting. How do you plan to compete? We all see it every day in our business […]

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