I read this article this morning in my local paper and it confirms what I’ve been feeling for a while. I thought I was just being too critical, but here it is directly from the chancellor of public schools in Washington. This is an article written by op/ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times:
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The New Untouchables
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: October 20, 2009
Last summer I attended a talk by Michelle Rhee, the dynamic chancellor of public schools in Washington. Just before the session began, a man came up, introduced himself as Todd Martin and whispered to me that what Rhee was about to speak about — our struggling public schools — was actually a critical, but unspoken, reason for the Great Recession. Continue reading ‘Review: The New Untouchables – By Thomas L. Friedman’
This is a video shown to me by fellow internet marketer Rachael Suelter. Rachael has a real talent for thinking globally.
This is a great video for putting into perspective the massive communication growth that has occurred with the advancement of technology and the internet. While no one can be sure of projected numbers and statistics, there’s no denying the statistics up to now. Take a look and see what you think.
I’ve wanted to write about this for some weeks now, but I was unsure of what exactly I was experiencing. Recent news–along with some very well written articles–has helped me to put it all in perspective.
I’ve noticed how our culture in general has become more brazen in it’s attitude toward each other. In the last few years I’ve noticed how people are communicating with less care of the outcome from their actions. In the news in the last month or so we had two examples of just how this phenomenon is growing; we had a U.S. Senator shout ‘liar’ at the President and a disgruntled music artist–after an award had just been made–storming the stage and grabbing the mic from the winner to rant how someone else deserved it. Now, I’m not so concerned here with who was right and who was wrong as I am about the act itself; in each case there was no concern for the circumstances or code of ethics for each event, let alone the person it was directed at. Continue reading ‘How the Internet has affected our Civility’
In some recent conversations around blogging and optimizing for rankings on search engines, I got remarks on how much time that must take. I wondered how many people have the impression that it takes a lot of time and energy to SEO (search engine optimize) a blog?
I belong to a group of individuals that work as a team to review and promote each others marketing content, and blogging is a big part of that. So what better opportunity to write a blog post about what my process of blogging, promoting and SEO looks like? Here we go…. Continue reading ‘Your Blog, SEO, and You – Blog SEO Tips’
I want to feature a story written by the heavy hitter himself, Greg Elfrink. Greg is a very savvy entrepreneur, and his story embodies what I see as the key to being or becoming successful…..the willingness to swim in the big ponds and let fear have it’s place, but not dominate you. Opportunity is where you see it, and the ability to see opportunity even when your ‘world’ is collapsing is what separates the achievers from the rest of the population.
At first glance it may seem like the obvious answer to this questions is, “To sign up new reps”. While this may be your goal, the real job or work in network marketing is clear communication and helping a new prospect get from a place of indecision to a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Continue reading ‘What is your Job as a Network Marketer?’
