By Dan Coughlin, The Dan Coughlin Co. — A few weeks ago I completed a really enjoyable five-year experience of coaching my son’s recreational soccer teams. I was an assistant coach and a head coach for Ben’s soccer teams from kindergarten co-ed soccer where we used Nerf soccer balls in indoor soccer through fourth grade all-boys soccer where things were starting to become a bit more like competitive soccer. Read more >>
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By Peter Granata, president, Granata Design — Will Rogers once noted that “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Read more >>
By Jim Ackerman and Paul Furse — For most dealers, your trophies go largely unnoticed, to the detriment of your sales. Read more >>
Josh Chiles, President, Engaged Social Media Firm — I’m always asked about posting content to Facebook and Twitter. I receive questions like: How many times a week should I post content? When should I post content? What kind of content should I post? Read more >>
By Dan Coughlin, The Dan Coughlin Co. — In 1989 I was the head soccer coach at DePaul University. It was a remarkably good learning experience even though my salary came out to exactly $11.51 per day ($4200 divided by 365 days) for recruiting, scheduling, coaching, driving the team bus, and countless one-on-one meetings with the players. In truth, I would have paid DePaul for the opportunity. I was 27 years old and it was my fifth and final year as a college coach. Read more >>
By Christopher Kourtakis, director of sales and marketing, 360° Industry Solutions — A couple of weeks ago, I took my family for the first time to see Mickey Mouse in Orlando. It had been a few years since I had been there and it was the first time my kids were going, so everyone was pretty excited. Read more >>
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Josh Chiles, President, Engaged Social Media Firm — Have you ever wished you could track your print material? Or give your customers a way to interact with your products? Or maybe you created a DVD for all of your first-time visitors and wish you could find a way to save money and not create that DVD but still deliver its contents. Let me introduce you to QR Codes. Read more >>
By Dan Coughlin, The Dan Coughlin Co. — Some people dig for gold. Others dig for oil. I like to dig for habits that people use to achieve success over an extended period of time. I’m interested in how Warren Buffett started with ten dollars and built a fortune worth tens of billions of dollars. I’m interested in how Ayn Rand and Mark Twain wrote great novels over a period of several decades. I’m interested in how Steve Jobs dropped out of college because he didn’t think his parents should have to bear that expense and ended up building extraordinary products over four decades. I get excited any time I learn about a person who has achieved greatness over a long span. Read more >>
By Adam Shiflett, ADP Lightspeed – I was a little taken aback when I read the headline on CNNMoney.com: “Subway beats McDonald’s to become top restaurant chain.” How could that be? I thought no one could beat McDonald’s. Intrigued, I followed the link. Read more >>
By Dan Coughlin, The Dan Coughlin Co. — I used to make fun of the word “philosophy.” Thought it was too impractical, too theoretical, and too useless. Read more >>
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