June 27, 2011
Recently, Alaina Alisha and myself represented Social Media Club of Kansas City and Lawrence at the Kansas City IT Professionals Career Fair and I learned quite a bit how people are NOT using LinkedIn properly to help their career. Here’s a synopsis of the advice we gave and how it can best serve you in […]
Posted in Business, Social Media, Tips
June 25, 2011
“But Dad, don’t you have people to do that?” Ooops, I should not have said that to my Dad. We were at his office when he was Vice President of a large chemical specialty company and his trash was overflowing and he took it out. Now, to be fair, his products were designed to support […]
Tags: job description, not my job
Posted in Business, Personal, Tips
June 24, 2011
A handshake? Who cares about that. It’s a simple way of greeting people. Americans shake hands. In other cultures they bow or hug. Ah, but it’s really so much more than what it seems. A firm handshake shows commitment and dedication. It shows you are truly happy to see that person. Imagine that positive energy […]
Tags: compassion, handshake
Posted in Business, Personal, Tips
June 23, 2011
No matter what product or service you are in, you deal with people. The people may be your coworkers, your suppliers, or your customers. Unless you live in the woods and eat off the land, you will come in contact with people. I know a phrase he hated was “it’s nothing personal, it’s business.” Even […]
Posted in Business, Personal, Tips
June 22, 2011
As a salesman, he was always selling. Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. I’m no salesman but any stretch of the imagination, but I realize the importance of brand and brand image. This was his excuse for wearing very expensive suits and ties and always having manicured nails. […]
Tags: business, neckies, neckties, selling
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June 21, 2011
Obvious right? Not really. How often do people make excuses in life coming up with a variety of reasons why they couldn’t do something? Deadlines missed, appointments not kept, and meetings cancelled. Not my Dad. I remember one night he came home at midnight from a business trip and was leaving again at 4am to […]
Tags: brand, superhero, word
Posted in Business, Personal, Tips
June 20, 2011
If you work for Zep, I’m sorry, I truly am for this post. I have no idea how the company is run today or even if the stories were true, but I knew never to buy Zep. If we were at a restaurant and Dad saw Zep products, he’d walk out if he couldn’t convince […]
Tags: business, ethics, mets, rangers
Posted in Business, Tips
June 19, 2011
This is the seventh father’s day since my Dad passed away. I think what makes this one a bit different is I’m 40 now and I distinctively remember my dad’s 40th birthday. In fact, in this picture here my Dad is the same age I am now (I’m 13 in this picture). He passed away […]
Tags: business tips, jack greenbaum
Posted in Business, Personal, Tips
June 13, 2011
I’ll admit I’ve never watched “Sex and the City”. Seriously. However, when the show was popular, clients kept telling me of this episode about backups and I finally found the video on Youtube Most of our computer skills we learn or figure out for ourselves. We stumble through and maybe take a class or two, […]
Tags: apple after hours, backblaze, backup, carbonite, crashplan, icafe, lawrence, macintosh, mozy
Posted in Business
June 7, 2011
Quickbooks and Intuit products in general come with a “sunset policy” which means that after about 3 years they can’t exactly turn off your program but they won’t provide any technical support nor will they allow you to do any online activities such as payroll or banking. They give you three years on a product […]
Posted in Business, Commentary