This week’s reflection point: I remember going through some old photo albums several years ago when my young son, astonished by viewing the black and white photos, said: “when did the world turn colorful?”   Cute and innocent as it may sound, it made me realize that we often take our technology and innovation for granted. Just think about it. Here are a few of the remarkable transformations we have come to appreciate, become accustomed to, and probably now...

This week’s reflection point: Are you among those who are spending their precious time farming digital landscapes while your physical landscape and your wealth are withering away? Are you making friends and interacting with imaginable avatars while missing opportunities to meet with real buyers who need your help? Are you investing your energy in busy work rather than take action in activities that impact your life, business, those around you and your clients? Guess what? You are not alone. Here...

This week’s reflection point: One of the key decisions many entrepreneurs face when branding their company is whether the brand should be their name or the name of their company. I’d suggest that if the structure and success of your organization depends on your full-time team, while your presence and your name are not crucial for the success of the projects, then your brand is the company. I find it disingenuous and somewhat silly for entrepreneurs to attempt and brand...

This week’s reflection point: I want to share a few examples of how clients can self–sabotage their website and possibly their business. Several years ago, while developing the web site for one of our clients, she contacted our team requesting that we change the font size from 12 points to 11.75! I would admit that to the naked eye, there is absolutely no way to discern the difference so I contacted her to understand how she arrived at such a...

This week’s reflection point: I love technology, its use and especially its impact. What makes no sense to me is using technology for technology sake rather than leveraging it to achieve great results and improve the quality of our lives. The critical aspect when investing in technology is to identify how it is going to improve your business, knowledge, enjoyment, and your life. Once you identify these, focus on getting the most out of that technology so you reap the...

This week’s reflection point: A while back, in my Proper Attribution Please article, I shared with you the story of my daughter’s seminary sermon being plagiarized. There has been a trend, where individuals using their blogs and social media platforms, share content written by others. I don’t have an issue with this practice as long as proper attribution is given. If your objective is to strengthen your thought leadership, I suggest you use your own unique thoughts and reduce your...

This week’s reflection point: One of the interesting phenomena manifesting itself through the social media platforms is the attempt to measure one’s virtual influence through a score provided by an online tool called Klout. This tool provides an individualized score from 0 to 100, based on one’s activities, connections, conversations and popularity on the web. The higher the score, the more popular one supposedly is. It’s rather easy to impact and significantly increase your Klout score by increasing your social...

This week’s reflection point: I recently came across statistics compiled by the University of Scranton regarding New Year’s resolutions. Here are some interesting highlights: The top resolutions are: lose weight, get organized, spend less and save more, enjoy life, and stay fit and healthy. 45% of Americans make such resolutions while 38% never make any resolutions. 8% successfully achieve their resolutions. 75% of resolutions are maintained through the first week, which is down to 46% after six months. 39% of...

This week’s reflection point: At the time I am writing this article, Sony Pictures is in the news going through a security and data breach nightmare. Unfortunately, Sony is not alone as they follow a long list of companies that have been hacked and exposed to serious breaches of data. Companies such as: USPS, Kmart, Home Depot, P.F. Chang’s, JP Morgan, Staples, Target, and the list goes on. There is much for these cyber hackers to gain and it does...

This week’s reflection point: I’ve come to realize that my son rarely answers when called on his mobile phone but always replies to texts. Similarly, I’ve observed that some of my clients prefer to communicate via phone, some primarily by email, others, when possible, in person, or via text, some via the social media platforms, and many via Skype, Google hangouts and the like. It’s obvious that individuals have many different partialities as to the way they like to communicate....