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WHY Do You Do What You Do?

February 17, 2010

What is it that you need to stand for? If you can give one thing to you can give to the world better than anyone else you know, what is it? If it speaks to others, and if there are others share the same values as you do, pretty soon you’ll find yourself leading others.

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Wells Fargo, Delight Your Customers or Go Home

December 3, 2009

This is what happened to my wife yesterday.
Wells Fargo calls up our house and said, “We’d like to appreciate you for being a valued customer and would like to offer you our great life insurance”. A few moments later, the lady who made the initial call, hands the call to her male manager. He said [...]

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Mesa Wants You to Be Remarkable

November 5, 2009

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive being online is how to rank highly in search engines. People believe there has to be some way to beat the competitor, and if you can figure it out, Google will bless them with more customers, right?
My belief in SEO or search engine optimization is unconventional. [...]

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Why Cheesecake Factory Is Better Than Macaroni Grill

October 29, 2009

My wife calls Macaroni Grill in Mesa to request for a reservation. It was for a large party (28 people) and the response from Macaroni Grill went like this.
“Uh… that’s a lot of people and we can only do set menu”. Besides,  they didn’t want to help break the bills into individual — this was [...]

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Why Grocery Stores Go Out of Business in Arizona

October 27, 2009

I’ve always been critical about the ways grocery stores market every day. I think it’s full of “bad examples”. Unless I am inside Fresh and Easy, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts, I won’t know any difference whenever visiting places like Basha’s or Albertson’s.
Then there are service friendly ones, such as Safeway, Vons and Fry’s. [...]

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How to Thrive and Profit In Bad Economy – Ignore Everyone

October 22, 2009

One of the biggest obstacles for achieving anything remarkable is the fear of feeling stupid. Nobody wants to feel or appear stupid, and people do anything they can to avoid it. So, it stops people from doing something worthwhile achieving, killing an idea that could otherwise produce great outcome.
The problem is, nobody knows which idea [...]

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How to Find Local Fans Who Can Spread News About Your Organization

October 13, 2009

Recently, I’ve signed my son up for classes taught at community centers. One is an organized sport which was opened at Las Sendas Clubhouse where we live, other two were classes at Red Mountain Multigenerational Center on Adobe and Power.
This article by Arizona Republic shows many professionals are teaching at community centers for what they would normally charge [...]

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Tweeting Your Mesa AZ Business Like a NFL Player

October 6, 2009

Recently, Mashable listed top 20 “Must Follow” NFL tweets. There are players like Reggie Bush and Larry Fitzgerald mentioned. As you probably know, Twitter is also popular among NBA athletes.
What does this mean to the public?
It means… instead of hearing what Larry Fitzgerald says about the recent loss against Indianapolis Colts through the radio wave of ESPN, you get to hear directly from Larry.

It [...]

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Giving Customers More Reasons to Talk About Your Business

September 23, 2009

Take a look at the picture below, guys at Boing Boing picked up an article and picture of a bookstore that converted church. 
This is brave, but certainly not boring.  A move like this will get people to talk more about an organization — you can do the same.

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NameCheap Discount Coupon for September

September 2, 2009

If you buy domains often like I do, I recommend using the service I use personally.  I now only buy domains from NameCheap.   I used to buy ones from Godaddy, but NameCheap is cheaper and includes Privacy Protection.  If you apply this coupon code, you’ll get a new domain and Privacy Protection for $8.81
NameCheap Coupon for September [...]

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