Assess Marketing Performance Now in Preparation for the New Year
December 7, 2014By William Russell The end of 2014 is quickly approaching and many of us will be tempted to coast through the holidays. Even though December is a busy month,…
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Tricky Holiday Gift-Giving Situations
December 7, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor Business gift giving during the holidays can be a bit tricky, but if you follow some common sense guidelines you can make the process more of…
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Your vision for 2015 – How to determine your values
December 7, 2014
By Jerry Bellune You may think the following a bit grim. It is an end-of-life exercise that you need to do yearly. Entrepreneur MaryEllen Tribby shared it…
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Festive Business Attire – Celebrating The Holiday Season In Style
December 3, 2014
By Brian Maynor Wearing a tacky Christmas sweater to the office may be an obvious faux pas, but where do you draw the line for professional festive holiday attire?…
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Holiday Party Mistakes
November 30, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor Ahhh, the holidays are here. Tis’ the season for sane, intelligent people to act like idiots and fools at their annual Holiday Office Party. We…
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Your vision for 2015
November 30, 2014
By Jerry Bellune What’s your life sentence? A good role model for any of us is Clare Booth Luce. In case her name is unfamiliar to you, she…
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Home For The Holidays – Blending Your Past And Present Styles
November 28, 2014
By Brian Maynor The holidays are social seasons. Aside from the family gatherings and holiday parties with current friends and colleagues when we travel home chances are there will…
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Reaching peak performance – Chart your own path to Flow
November 24, 2014
By Jerry Bellune Chart your own path to Flow Last week we gave you five vital questions. At the end of each week, record your answers. If you missed…
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Holiday Mistakes and Solutions
November 24, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor Thanksgiving is almost here, and it signifies the beginning of the holiday season. Everyone is in a good mood, happiness and kindness abound, ‘tis the season…
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It’s Thanksgiving. Give thanks, or say thanks?
November 20, 2014Sales AdviceBy Jeffrey Gitomer It’s Thanksgiving! It’s the coolest holiday of the year to me. I love Thanksgiving. Food, family, you name it. It’s a time to be thankful.…
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Cultivating Great Teams
November 19, 2014
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose At some point in our lives, we all take part in activities that necessitate teamwork. These situations crop up within professions, spiritual organizations,…
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Increased Cyber-Security Risks Require Preventative Measures Now
November 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – With Microsoft soon discontinuing technical support for Windows Server 2003, Kevin Wade, who founded IntelliSystems in Augusta over twenty years ago, today warned CSRA-based small business owners that procrastination…
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Necessity is the Mother of Invention, But it Can Be So Much More
November 18, 2014
By Brian Maynor Recently a client reminded me that sometimes there are outside influencers that dictate your wardrobe, whether you like it or not. Sometimes addressing physical needs and…
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Is your weight loss tied to your sales gain?
November 17, 2014Sales Advice By Jeffrey Gitomer Everyone knows that as a nation we are somewhere between overweight and obese. This is not good. I tell my audiences, “we are so overweight…
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Sometimes You Win By Losing
November 16, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor Managing conflict is part of doing business, and trying to be right all the time is not looked upon favorably by coworkers. The key is…
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Reaching peak performance – Discover you own peak performance keys
November 16, 2014
By Jerry Bellune We are really no different than top athletes. To reach peak we need to be in Flow . . . or the Zone. Last week we…
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Wardrobe Math – How Many Pieces Do You Really Need?
November 12, 2014
Wardrobe Math – How Many Pieces Do You Really Need? By Brian Maynor I may not have been a math major, but I caught on pretty quickly to concept…
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What do you do after you get your name out?
November 10, 2014By Ken Gasque So you got your name out. What now? Many business people think that ‘getting your name out’ through the media, word of mouth, and Internet is…
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Reaching peak performance – How to do what peak performers do
November 10, 2014
By Jerry Bellune You’ve heard athletes talk about getting into the Zone. That’s a state of energy that flows, lifts and propels you. It’s a mental state with amazing…
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You Need More Than Smarts to Be Successful
November 9, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking at the EmpowHer Conference to the Women of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) at the Swearingen School of…
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How’s Your Relationship With Your Closet?
November 5, 2014
By Brian Maynor This week while reading my favorite blogs and websites I found a common theme in a lot of articles, and that was the relationship between you and…
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3 Reasons You Need to Plan for Your Long-Term Care
November 5, 2014By Barbara Franklin So much of our life is built around planning. We plan for big events like weddings, careers and the birth of a child. We plan…
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Affecting Change In The Face Of Resistance – It’s Tricky But Not Impossible
November 4, 2014
By Brian Maynor It’s easy to be effective when people are motivated for change, but what do you do when they aren’t? As an image consultant I’ve faced…
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Affecting Change In The Face Of Resistance – It’s Tricky But Not Impossible
November 4, 2014
By Brian Maynor It’s easy to be effective when people are motivated for change, but what do you do when they aren’t? As an image consultant I’ve faced…
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Reaching peak performance – How to achieve your dreams
November 2, 2014
By Jerry Bellune Know anyone who wants to be a low-performer? Of course not. You don’t associate with those people. I personally avoid people like that. They’re losers. Business owners…
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Reaching peak performance – How to achieve your dreams
November 2, 2014
By Jerry Bellune Know anyone who wants to be a low-performer? Of course not. You don’t associate with those people. I personally avoid people like that. They’re losers. Business owners…
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Be Kind and Respectful to Your Fellow Travelers
November 2, 2014
 By Deborah O’Connor Kids kicking your seat from behind, the person in front of you reclining his seat into your lap, an infant seat falling out of the overhead bin…
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Be Kind and Respectful to Your Fellow Travelers
November 2, 2014
 By Deborah O’Connor Kids kicking your seat from behind, the person in front of you reclining his seat into your lap, an infant seat falling out of the overhead bin…
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Ebola Preparedness for South Carolina Employers
November 2, 2014By: Matthew Korn, Fisher & Phillips LLP Over the past several weeks, the news media has extensively covered the outbreak of the Ebola Virus in West Africa and…
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There are lots of excuses for no success, but very few reasons
October 29, 2014Sales AdviceBy Jeffrey Gitomer People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be…
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There are lots of excuses for no success, but very few reasons
October 29, 2014Sales AdviceBy Jeffrey Gitomer People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be…
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The Best Way to Make a Change is Slowly and All Together
October 29, 2014
By Brian Maynor We all live in a society of instant gratification, so when we want something we get it almost immediately. While that is very satisfying on a…
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The Best Way to Make a Change is Slowly and All Together
October 28, 2014By Brian Maynor We all live in a society of instant gratification, so when we want something we get it almost immediately. While that is very satisfying on a…
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The Best Way to Make a Change is Slowly and All Together
October 28, 2014By Brian Maynor We all live in a society of instant gratification, so when we want something we get it almost immediately. While that is very satisfying on a…
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How compelling is your marketing story?
October 27, 2014
By Jerry Bellune How compelling is your marketing story? You could spend millions to market your business. It would probably work. There’s just one problem. Most of us don’t…
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How compelling is your marketing story?
October 27, 2014
By Jerry Bellune How compelling is your marketing story? You could spend millions to market your business. It would probably work. There’s just one problem. Most of us don’t…
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Thank-You Notes Never Go Out of Style
October 27, 2014
 By Deborah O’Connor I cannot emphasize the importance of sending a thank you note, in business as well as in your personal life. Simply put, it shows that you…
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Thank-You Notes Never Go Out of Style
October 27, 2014
 By Deborah O’Connor I cannot emphasize the importance of sending a thank you note, in business as well as in your personal life. Simply put, it shows that you…
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Beyond networking…all the way to new business.
October 21, 2014Sales AdviceBy Jeffrey Gitomer I’ve been attending networking clubs and networking meetings for the better part of 25 years. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Business…
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Beyond networking…all the way to new business.
October 21, 2014Sales AdviceBy Jeffrey Gitomer I’ve been attending networking clubs and networking meetings for the better part of 25 years. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Business…
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Is Your Ambition Hindering Your Advancement?
October 21, 2014
By Brian Maynor Everyone wants to get ahead and forge a successful career, but can being too ambitious hurt your chances? We’ve talked about the importance of balancing…
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Is Your Ambition Hindering Your Advancement?
October 21, 2014
By Brian Maynor Everyone wants to get ahead and forge a successful career, but can being too ambitious hurt your chances? We’ve talked about the importance of balancing…
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Stealing from Walt Disney
October 20, 2014
By Jerry BelluneGrand larceny can get you a vacation . . . in prison. Stealing from brilliant people can make you a fortune. Walt Disney is as good an example…
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Stealing from Walt Disney
October 20, 2014
By Jerry BelluneGrand larceny can get you a vacation . . . in prison. Stealing from brilliant people can make you a fortune. Walt Disney is as good an example…
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How to Restore Workplace Civility
October 20, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor As a society, we are becoming more self-absorbed and self-centered and fail to consider how our behavior affects those around us. It’s not surprising that every…
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How to Restore Workplace Civility
October 20, 2014
By Deborah O’Connor As a society, we are becoming more self-absorbed and self-centered and fail to consider how our behavior affects those around us. It’s not surprising that every…
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How’s your networking working? Better if you follow the rules.
October 15, 2014Sales Advice By Jeffrey Gitomer I went to a networking meeting last week hosted by a formal networking organization called Business Network International. Many of you know this…
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How’s your networking working? Better if you follow the rules.
October 15, 2014Sales Advice By Jeffrey Gitomer I went to a networking meeting last week hosted by a formal networking organization called Business Network International. Many of you know this…
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Don’t Be Stingy With Your Smiles – You Need Them And We Need To See Them
October 14, 2014
By Brian Maynor Continuing our theme of celebrating ourselves, few things have the ability to work wonders instantly like a smile. Happy, authentic, friendly and credible are just some…
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Don’t Be Stingy With Your Smiles – You Need Them And We Need To See Them
October 14, 2014
By Brian Maynor Continuing our theme of celebrating ourselves, few things have the ability to work wonders instantly like a smile. Happy, authentic, friendly and credible are just some…
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