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The Top 3 Priorities of the Talking Horse
A guy walks into a bar and tells the bartender he is all excited. Apparently, he just met a talking horse. He…
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Google Returns Fire At Digital Envoy
Digital Envoy, a geo-targeting service, on or around March 30th, filed a suit against longtime client Google. The suit claimed that Google has misused Digital Envoy's technology to deliver sponsored search results.
How to Walk the Floor and Talk to Customers
This may seem a strange topic to introduce. Yet, it is the most under-used skill by many retail managers, but one of the most important roles in their supervision.
Alert! Alert! Alert! Backup and Restore Baby!
At many organizations I doubt red lights flash with the sound of blaring sirens when backups fail in production environments, but I believe at every organization backups are one of the most critical IT functions. Of all backups, database backups, by most accounts, are considered the most critical. I know this is certainly true for me as a SQL Server DBA. I am sure at…
CRM ROI: Fact or fiction?
Getting analysts to agree on the potential returns of CRM is nearly impossible. Several reports published in 2003 claimed that the return on investment (ROI) from recent CRM implementations had been dismal, with eight out of 10 projects failing to deliver on ROI promises, and project failure rates typically running between 50% and 70%. Other reports were more optimistic, estimating that about 70% of companies…
Being a Disciplined Home Business Boss
Leaving the corporate world for a home business is exciting. Being one's own boss and making one's own decisions is a great feeling. However, one still needs to have discipline to be effective at being a home business boss. In my home business I have found at least two things that one must be persistently disciplined about in order to achieve success.
