Ideas, Ideas, Ideas

I came across this person’s blog on leadership and really liked several of his articles.

http://www.thinkleadershipideas.com/

The one I really enjoyed was the one titled, “Resisting a Mood of Doom”.  I encourage you to print and read it and reflect.  I believe your attitude is very important and more important than most people know. It’s far to easy to take the doom and loom approach vs the positive approach.  Take the market.  While some take the doom approach when discussing the decline from 14,000 pts to under 7,000, others take the “what an amazing opportunity to invest for the long term.”  I like the second way of thinking.  I am not suggesting leaders are in denial. No no, not at all.  However, I am suggesting the positive energy and thinking can be catchy, can motivate and certainly help a team overcome barriers.  So let me ask this question. As we face our economy head on, are you excited about the challenge it brings you day/day and the opportunity to emerge as the best company in the world or are you scared about your day/day operation?  Do you strategize and get excited about the upside or are you focused on the negative?  What about your team?  And think about this, are you excited about the possibly of the best talent pool available in the market, perhaps ever?  Are you taking advantage with eyes open or are your eyes closed and focused only on the day/day?  Some things to think about as move into an incredible 2nd half of the year!  

http://www.thinkleadershipideas.com/leadershipideasblog/files/7doom.php

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Have you seen the Kerns 515 EasyMailer?  You should check it out.

If you are in sales or manage a sales force, this is a pretty good book I would recommend you consider.

http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Pitch-Selling-Winning-Business/dp/0471789763

Belk Printing Technologies is one of the best Commercial Printing companies that I have had the honor to partner with, located in Pineville, NC.  By the way, they do so much more than just printing!  Check out there web site - http://www.belkprinting.com/

Speaking of commercial printing, here is a great news site if you want to stay up on what is happening in the world of commercial printing.  http://www.topix.com/business/commercial-printing

Are you in retail? Do you need a partner that can help you with creative marketing?  One of my good iGen customers in Charlotte is Creative Marketing Solutions - here is there web site… http://www.creativecms.com/

Also, check out this article on 50 good marketing ideas for those in retail. Truth is, most of these are good ideas for most industries!  http://retail.about.com/od/marketingsalespromotion/a/marketing_ideas.htm

Creating a blog is really easy and commercial print sales people can absolutely do it and do it quickly. I hear it took less than 30 minutes for George!  

I highly encourage “customer corner” section and have your customers tell your story!

Anyway, check out one that George Aquilante just did yesterday! It’s a great start and took less than 30 minutes! 

http://gaquilanteipp.blogspot.com/

George - great job! Looking forward to seeing your enewsletter and brainshark next :>

Chris Brogan has amazing ideas for business. If you are not following him, I highly recommend you do. Here is his article on 50 ideas on how businesses can use twitter.

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/

Check out this press release that i just found on yahoo finance.  “Xerox Ranked Number One in Computer Industry by FORTUNE’s Most Admired Companies Survey”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Xerox-Ranked-Number-One-in-bw-14515279.html

Don’t overlook the power of positive thinking! I am not suggesting ignoring anything, however, I am suggesting that you find the positive in any situation. And yes, no matter what it is, there is always a positive angle you can choose to see.  This applies to your business and mine.  Check out Bill Clinton’s advice to Obama!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Clinton-to-Obama-Talk-apf-14430526.html

Not all areas are impacted the same by the recession? Are you taking advantage of those areas where it’s helping? 

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/while-new-york-bleeds-washington-thrives.html;_ylt=ApZkc3GLvE3kafpBr8bQR.AazJV4