May 2009

A Recession Proof Service Business: Hosting Weddings? (More Profits TV – Episode #3)

Even in a recession, life goes on. Babies are still being born. Couples still fall in love. And they still have weddings. Is the business of hosting weddings recession proof?  Or is it not? Watch today’s episode of More Profits TV and find out for yourself. And discover the lesson behind today’s case study that […]

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Made to Stick

Communicating an idea is difficult, but communicating an idea to a modern sensory-overloaded audience is…nearly impossible. Citing inspiration from Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point, Chip and Dan Heath offer a recipe for constructing memorable ideas in their book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. The Heath Brothers organize their book based around

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The #1 Killer of Businesses in a Recession: DENIAL (More Profits TV – Episode #2)

There’s only one thing worse than being in crisis (an economic one or otherwise), and that’s to be in DENIAL that you’re in a crisis. See my commentary on the labor contract negotiations the Boston Globe newspaper is having with one of their labor unions… and the hidden recession survival lesson that every business owner

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