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FEAR

“FEAR is the first thing impeding progress.” ~Jesse Moore

To Improve Customer Service, Respect Your Customer’s Time

The #1 way to systematically improve customer service is this: embed respect for the customer’s time into your processes and practices.

Social Media Is a Social Equalizer

In the process of researching The Virtual Handshake back in 2004, I met scientist, researcher and disabilities activist Gregor Wolbring and discussed at length with him the benefits of virtual social interaction for the disabled.

The Truth About Motivation

Motivation isn’t about just getting pumped up. It’s about the moment of truth when you turn intention into action. And there’s only one right way to do it: the way that works for you.

Keep Calm and Hold Long

The stock market is a panic this morning, but you don’t have to be. There are two simple truths you need to keep in mind.

What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

For the past week, my house has been a construction zone — our A/C overflowed…

Just Write

Do you ever feel like you just don’t blog often enough? And what’s your excuse? “I’m busy” is lame. You have thoughts in your head that need to be expressed and shared. You simply have to make the time, develop the habit.

On Cynicism

Cynicism is so 2000-late. Get over it. It’s not hip or cool or intellectual….

Online Reputation Management presents unique challenges for direct sellers

“Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but…

Sentiment Analysis for Online Reputation Management

Automated sentiment analysis is certainly an appealing concept, and could be a useful tool for online reputation management…if it were accurate.

On Modesty

I’ve been accused — more than once or twice — of being arrogant…or at least…

If you want people to share your content, at least get your headline right!

I curate and share a lot of content. I use some semi-automated social sharing tools,…

Will the real #ScottAllen please stand up?

Since Google+ and now Facebook have added hashtags, there’s a whole new level of branding…

What your body does and is — is amazing

This guest post from Muscle Motivation is the most inspiring thing I’ve ever read about body image. Whether you’re fit, fat or somewhere in between, this is a must-read.

Digital Doesn’t Matter: Reinventing The Advertising Industry – Why I love this idea

Shot into action by the slow dying of the advertising industry they so dearly loved, authors John Lambie and Josh Sklar spent 6 months interviewing over 100 of the top CEOs, executives, directors and journalists in the advertising and marketing industry, including people from Google, Ogilvy & Mathers, Nike, Dell, Y&R, and more.

New Empire Avenue strategy yields impressive results

Empire Avenue is a social stock market game that yields real business benefits. People (and businesses) buy and sell “stock” in other people and businesses, and those stocks pay dividends based on the social media activity of the person or business. I’m always looking for ways to optimize my Empire Avenue strategy, and this week I had a major breakthrough, based entirely on a shift in buying strategy.

Orrin Woodward & Chris Brady critics not applying critical thinking RE: Top 30 Leadership Gurus (UPDATE 5/23/2014)

Orrin Woodward is a leadership expert. He’s co-author, with Chris Brady, of Launching a Leadership Revolution, which was a bestseller on just about every list around. They’re successful entrepreneurs with two 8-figure businesses and Black Diamond distributors in Monavie. But some people don’t like them.

Herbalife bounces back as savvy investors go long

Bill Ackman represents the very worst of Wall Street. Not only is he attacking a legitimate company that employs thousands of people and generates part-time incomes for over 2 million independent distributors around the world, he has the unmitigated gall to style himself as a protector of the people in doing so.

Expected Value: How to play the odds and come out ahead

What humans fear universally is the unknown. As entrepreneurs we embrace the unknown rather than spending our assets and resources trying to avoid it. The true entrepreneurial spirit sees the unknown as possibility and opportunity. “It’s the stuff that dreams are made of…”