Karl Sakas — August 25, 2018 Follow @KarlSakas — August 25, 2018 Ask the right questions to avoid hiring Reluctant Employees. When it comes to agency hiring, one of the biggest risks is hiring someone who can do the job, but doesn’t want to do the job you need them to do—I call these types … Continue reading Warning: Are You About to Hire a “Reluctant Employee”? (Part 1)
Devin Pallone — August 22, 2018 — August 22, 2018 Part 1: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 1: Generating Ideas Part 2: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 2: Integrating Other Channels Part 3: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 3: Building … Continue reading I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 5: Managing Your Time
New Rules, Tools For Managing Information In The Digital Age, Part III by Peter Friedman , Op-Ed Contributor, August 8, 2018 Whether driven by Facebook itself or government, clamp-down regulation isn’t the answer, as it tends to have negative unintended consequences. For example, in a well-intended effort to protect privacy, Facebook has now restricted companies … Continue reading New Rules, Tools For Managing Information In The Digital Age
Gary Harpst — August 9, 2018 — August 9, 2018 For most organizations executing strategy is one of the biggest problems in business. Recent research on What Employees Say Drives Engagement and Performance found that employees rated Execution Management as the third hardest business practice to implement. Almost every CEO can relate (with emotion) the … Continue reading Execution – The Hardest Part of Strategy
Paige Duffy — August 9, 2018 — August 9, 2018 In the last post in our series, we talked about the ever-present need for understanding search engine optimization (SEO). But when you’re a small business, it can be difficult to compete with much larger websites. Often, a potential customer using a search engine won’t even … Continue reading Simple Tech for Small Business Owners, Part Two: PPC Advertising
Devin Pallone — August 4, 2018 — August 4, 2018 Part 1: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 1: Generating Ideas Part 2: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 2: Integrating Other Channels Part 3: I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 3: Building … Continue reading I Set Up a Business Blog – Now What? Part 4: Staying Consistent
Karl Sakas — July 31, 2018 Follow @KarlSakas — July 31, 2018 Here’s how to get your employees to take ownership! Tired of employees who don’t take ownership of their work at your agency? This three-part article series is for you! First, I introduced the Owner vs. Employee mindset gap—and why employees’ instant-gratification decisions can … Continue reading How to Get Employees to Take Ownership at Your Agency (Part 3)
The Facebook Dilemma: It’s Not What You Think by Peter Friedman , Op-Ed Contributor, August 1, 2018 What happened with Facebook and all of our personal information? Facebook being cast as the bad guy is one of the most significant distortions in this story. The social network has been castigated for mishandling users’ personal information; … Continue reading The Facebook Dilemma: It’s Not What You Think
Karl Sakas — July 24, 2018 Follow @KarlSakas — July 24, 2018 To help you fix problems, let’s look at 5 examples of when agency employees don’t take ownership. Last week in Part 1, I introduced the Owner vs. Employee mindset gap—and why it can lead to employees making short-term decisions that hurt you as … Continue reading Are Employees Taking Shortcuts At Your Expense? (Part 2)
Is Privacy Dead In The Digital Age? What To Do About It: Part I by Peter Friedman , Op-Ed Contributor, July 26, 2018 Let’s face it: Privacy is dead and rigor mortis set in a long time ago — back in the ’60s and ’70s, when computers began to store our data to target and … Continue reading Is Privacy Dead In The Digital Age? What To Do About It: Part I
