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Creative Business Ideas … Do You Have What It Takes?

By Mike Schoultz · Leave a Comment ·
creative business ideas

 

Within five years, if you’re in the same business you are in now, you’re going to be out of business.
                                        -  Peter Drucker

 

No business attribute is more important today as that of adaptability, as many, many businesses are on the brink of irrelevance – unless they change as fast as change itself. You [...]

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Learning Creativity, Change, and Our Education System

By Mike Schoultz · Leave a Comment ·
learning creativity

 

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference are pretty low.

-       Tom Peters

 

 

Have you ever read about learning creativity or ways to improve our educational system?

 

One of the outside interests of this agency is learning creativity. We will start [...]

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Starbucks Marketing Strategy … Making Social Media a Difference Maker

By Mike Schoultz
Starbucks marketing

 

Social networking is not about farming followers, it’s a way of cultivating relationships.

-  Hubspot

 

Social Media and Starbucks marketing?

 

When choosing to learn from others social media strategies, it is always helpful to choose one of the top dogs in social media.

 

Meet Starbucks.  They have been successfully [...]

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How to Improve the Effectiveness of Your Brainstorming Methods

By Mike Schoultz
Brainstorming methods

 

 

It’s not that they can’t find the solution … they can’t find the problem.

-      G. K. Chesterton

 

Do you have a business problem that is nagging and tough to solve? Have you tried a brainstorming session with your team to create new solution ideas? Brainstorming methods are a [...]

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11 Secrets for Small Business Growth

By Mike Schoultz
small business growth

 

Social networking is not about farming followers, it’s a way of cultivating relationships.

-  Hubspot

 

 

Small business growth a secret? Not really. But it is surprising how many small businesses don’t seem to make growth of their business a continuing priority.

 

A favorite hobby of mine is perennial gardening. [...]

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10 Leadership Competencies You Should Not Live Without

By Mike Schoultz
leadership competencies

 

The key to successful leadership today is INFLUENCE not AUTHORITY.

-  Ken Blanchard

 

 

What would you say are the most significant leadership competencies? 

 

Are they ones that you continue to hone and develop?  Do they hold the keys to future successes in leadership?

 

I have been in the [...]

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Engage the Audience with the Magic of Creative Videos

By Mike Schoultz
creative videos

 

The best camera is the one with you. Images aren’t about dynamic ranges and megapixels. They’re about stories and moments.

-      Chase Jarvis

 

Magic?  Yes we do mean magic.

 

The magic that keeps you glued to your creative video. The magic that makes you remember what you just viewed. The [...]

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For Customer Experience Improvements … Communications Are a Difference Maker

By Mike Schoultz
customer experience improvements

 

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

-       Maya Angelou

 

 

Small things. Sometimes not so small impacts to a customer’s impressions. After a while these can add up and make the job of customer experience [...]

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Lessons of Business Change and Work Effectiveness

By Mike Schoultz
work effectiveness

 

 

The customer never buys what you think you sell.

-       Peter Drucker

 

I’ve been with the same hardware store for more than 10 years. Their work effectiveness is solid. They are friendly, personal, and generally make the time to provide good answers to my questions and provide sound advice. I [...]

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An Option for the Shrinking Defense Industry Market

By Mike Schoultz
defense industry

 

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

-       Pablo Picasso

  

Facing a shrinking market? Yep. Small at first, but shrinking even more over time. So what are your plans for replacing those potential lost defense industry revenues?

 

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