Does your email signature on your smartphone contain the following disclaimer? Sent from [insert smartphone model here]. Please excuse misspellings, typos and grammatical errors. Sorry, it won’t save you. This post is being typed on a smartphone, but I don’t expect you to excuse any errors. In fact, I’m embarrassed when I spot an error,Continue reading “Why Grammar Still Matters (Even on a Smartphone)”
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Is Gossip Good for Business?
Gossip is a dirty word. It’s condemned by parents, community leaders and business professionals the world over. Yet, here’s an interesting tidbit: it’s essential to our way of life. What?! “Even today the vast majority of human communication — whether in the form of emails, phone calls or newspaper columns — is gossip. It comesContinue reading “Is Gossip Good for Business?”
4 Tips To Succeed In Business I Picked Up at Garage Sales
Four years ago, my family and I decided to host a multi-household garage sale. It was a great opportunity to pass on some of our lesser used wares and get together (mostly the latter). Of course, I decided to dig deeper to get the most out of our time and efforts. I was surprised byContinue reading “4 Tips To Succeed In Business I Picked Up at Garage Sales”
A Guide To Introducing Mindfulness Into Your Workplace
“A number of Fortune 500 companies, including Google, AOL, Apple and Aetna, offer meditation and mindfulness classes for employees — and the top executives of many major corporations say that meditation has made them better leaders.” — Carolyn Gregoire “The Daily Habit Of These Outrageously Successful People“ In her article “The Daily Habit Of TheseContinue reading “A Guide To Introducing Mindfulness Into Your Workplace”
How To Improve Your Productivity With Mindfulness in the Workplace
There has been rapid growth in workplace mindfulness programs, and there are some compelling reasons why this is a good thing! “The enormous benefits of mindfulness at work are increasingly being recognized by employers as well as by employees. More mindfulness means more professional productivity and satisfaction, and less absenteeism, `presenteeism’ (where workers are physicallyContinue reading “How To Improve Your Productivity With Mindfulness in the Workplace”
Does Your Brand Speak Emoji? 😎 💬 💻
Emoji. Those cute little characters that you add to your texts and tweets are all grown up — or at least getting there. In fact, the “picture letters” have moved into the business world. Today #ChevyGoesEmoji. But first, tweet us your favorite emoji to get this party started. http://t.co/cATXXdIfsn pic.twitter.com/bKnxRBaMHY — Chevrolet (@chevrolet) June 25,Continue reading “Does Your Brand Speak Emoji? 😎 💬 💻”
How To Earn Your ’15 Minutes’ In Business With Style & Grace
“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” -Andy Warhol (or not) People often ask me what the hardest part of leaving the corporate world and starting my own business was. It was learning to promote myself, which may come as a surprise. Granted, I should have been doing that in the corporateContinue reading “How To Earn Your ’15 Minutes’ In Business With Style & Grace”
Take A Closer Look at LinkedIn To Grow Your Business
Are you using LinkedIn to expand your professional network and grow your business? LinkedIn tends to be the forgotten social network. Most people go one of two ways: set up a profile and forget about it or link it to their Twitter account, flooding their professional network with random bits of information. We don’t recommend either. RelatedContinue reading “Take A Closer Look at LinkedIn To Grow Your Business”
How To Test Your Way To Success As a Small Business
As a small business, you have an advantage over larger competitors: agility. It’s harder for larger, more established companies to be agile. You can, and here’s how to use that to your benefit. Testing, testing, 123…
CCC Turns 3! And the Winners Are…
We’ve been celebrating all week, and today it’s official. My company, Clearly Conveyed Communications, turns 3 years old. In some ways, it seems like yesterday that I made the leap to start my own company; in others, it seems like a lifetime ago. In 3 short years, CCC has gotten social with first responders, workedContinue reading “CCC Turns 3! And the Winners Are…”
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