Since I heard him speak, I have not been able to forget about Whit Alexander’s story. He started at Microsoft as part of the team that gave the world Encarta World Atlas, then co-founded the smash-hit board game Cranium, and is now working on what I think is one of the most inspirational projects out…
Last week the largest gathering of Bloggers in the world happened in NYC. 99% of attendees are women! Ladies tend to travel in groups and that is why they have such a major impact in the world of purchasing and press online. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhyz-zOpac[/youtube] Bloggers were named the new “Media”. We are the journalists of our…
“What’s the most resilient parasite? An idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities, an idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.” Inception reminded me why entrepreneurship is so exciting a place. The quote says it all. Ideas change the world. Once upon a time, everything that we know…
According to Nielson, text message usage in mobile subscribers in the U.S. increased 450% from 2006 to 2008. The trend in growth of text messaging is continuing and as phones get better and texting keeps working its way into the business world, we want to know what people think about it. Personally, texting has been a part…
Gerald Bell is a leading consultant and educator on the all important topic of leadership. If you want to learn about leadership, he is number one without a doubt. According to Bell, a good listener is a good leader and he has developed six laws of listening that everyone can benefit from in any facet…
When I feel the need for some good ol’ fashioned manual labor, I often head to the Hotwire Ranch. It is a place of beauty that always has ample work to be done. Up until I went to college, I had my own lawn mowing service that I ran in my neighborhood and for a…
I am off on vacation right now and one of the people we are with actually has a new iPhone and made a pretty neat video with it so I just had to put this post up. (He has also been razzing me a bit about my flip phone and what exactly a ‘Salty Waffle’…
Here at Salty Waffle we have something in common. At 8:32am every morning, rain or shine, we pick up our phones and we call each other. The call, though it sometimes lasts longer is scheduled until 8:37am and has a clear purpose and rhythm. Each of us presents our KPI’s (relevant numbers), accomplishments, stumbling blocks, and…
The woman pictured here, Mari Smith got a head start on the Project when she was notified early and she remains #1. Click this Link. I’m so addicted to the Fast Company Influence Project and it’s cool graphics. Who cares how far your influence spreads online? Well apparently tens of thousands do. How do you…
In every marketing class I have ever taken, the infamous “4P’s” have been mentioned. When everything in marketing gets confusing, you can always go back to the basics, the faithful four P’s for focus. To really get places, you don’t need to design an exhaustive Marketing Strategy, but you will need to listen attentively online…