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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVENTURE
In a week when the big media stories have been about disasters involving an oil spill off Louisiana, immigrant legislation in Arizona and bomb plots in Times Square, my “story of the week” was quite different. It was written in a San Francisco newspaper on April 29th, 1852.
Pinpointing BP's Pitfalls: 8 Ways to Reconnect After a Disaster
Maribeth Kuzmeski offers advice on how they could have better connected with the public throughout the spill-and explains the lessons you can learn from them. For the past two months, our eyes have been glued to news of the Gulf Coast oil spill. And with each barrel that gushes into the Gulf, our anxiety and frustration rises exponentially. Much of our ire is aimed squarely at BP. With each day that passes, the oil company is buried deeper in a disaster that will surely be difficult to overcome. And according to Maribeth Kuzmeski, what makes the situation worse is how BP has chosen to connect with the media and the public during these critical days-resorting to misleading information, poor communication, and neglect in order to dodge responsibility for the spill.
Execution Meltdown: Four Key Failures that Sank BP
Though the worst oil spill in history resulted from many contributing factors, they can all be summed up in one big problem for BP-lack of execution. What exactly went wrong and what can other companies learn from BP’s failures.

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Falling Down and Getting Back Up
There’s nothing quite like taking a major spill an hour into a 90 minute trail run - in the mountains – alone – early in the morning.
The SEO Halo Effect
The halo effect is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person's positive or negative traits seem to "spill over" from one area of their personality to another in others' perceptions of them. (as defined by Wikipedia)

LifeWave: Is It The Business For You?
There is enormous possibility for LifeWave and at the end of this article I spill the beans. Read the article and find out my recommendation.
When 60 Minutes Calls - How to handle the media during a customer service crisis
There are times when being a manager can make you a media target. The larger your organization, the greater the odds of something embarrassing happening that ends up for the world to see on YouTube. Over and over. It could be a spill that causes environmental damage, a defective product that needs recalling, or an employee videotaped sleeping-on-the-job. If you are that manager being asked by a reporter to comment, here are a few tips to ensure that your company’s brand and your personal reputation withstand the barrage.
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVENTURE
In a week when the big media stories have been about disasters involving an oil spill off Louisiana, immigrant legislation in Arizona and bomb plots in Times Square, my “story of the week” was quite different. It was written in a San Francisco newspaper on April 29th, 1852.
Crisis Leadership Lessons
Leadership in normal times is relatively easy. The real test of a leader's ability is how he/she reacts in time of crisis. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has provided the disaster and the media has provide the snapshot of leadership or the lack thereof. While there are many lessons that current or prospective leaders can learn, let's start with the most glaring error and the easiest one to remedy.
Pinpointing BP's Pitfalls: 8 Ways to Reconnect After a Disaster
Maribeth Kuzmeski offers advice on how they could have better connected with the public throughout the spill-and explains the lessons you can learn from them. For the past two months, our eyes have been glued to news of the Gulf Coast oil spill. And with each barrel that gushes into the Gulf, our anxiety and frustration rises exponentially. Much of our ire is aimed squarely at BP. With each day that passes, the oil company is buried deeper in a disaster that will surely be difficult to overcome. And according to Maribeth Kuzmeski, what makes the situation worse is how BP has chosen to connect with the media and the public during these critical days-resorting to misleading information, poor communication, and neglect in order to dodge responsibility for the spill.
Execution Meltdown: Four Key Failures that Sank BP
Though the worst oil spill in history resulted from many contributing factors, they can all be summed up in one big problem for BP-lack of execution. What exactly went wrong and what can other companies learn from BP’s failures.
Creating an Internet Presence
Creating an internet presence requires more effort than building a website and hiring a geek to manage your Facebook page. And don't think you can learn about it in a two day seminar. That would be like thinking you could cap the BP spill with a toothpick. Just like you can not learn leadership skills at a 3 day retreat you will not create a true sustainable presence on the internet by delegating it to tech geeks and gurus.
Web Analytics For The Uninitiated
Web analytics tools are meant for collecting, measuring and analyzing data to understand web usage and trends. However, web analytics goes beyond telling you how many people visited your site or where they came from. It can be a powerful market research tool that can tell you a great deal about your consumers, your website as well as your product. How does it work and what is web analytics? We spill the beans.
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