http://www.wordsellinc.com Start Connecting Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:18:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My original blog, Scrambled Toast, started out as a blog to showcase business cartoons, gradually morphed into a business humor blog, and is now sort of melting away into nothing. All along, this blogging experiment was part of my lifelong ambition to become a pseudointellectual, though try as I might, ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/marketing/eye-popping-marketing-insights-from-scrambled-toast/ Image via WikipediaIf you're expecting a post about lovemaking for senior citizens, you will be disappointed relieved. What happened is I dragged out a very cool book I used last year for some research -- The Hippie Dictionary. It calls itself "a cultural encyclopedia of the 1960's and 1970's", ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/books/welcome-to-the-sexy-sixties/ Image via WikipediaIs there anything good to be said about the plunge in equity markets and the deep freeze in credit markets? I think, yes. Bad times will motivate company after company to finally pull the trigger and start using social media for branding, marketing, public relations, customer service, and ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/social-media/market-doom-spells-social-media-boom/ In October, Robert Hruzek asks, what have we learned from stress? Usually, Robert's group project theme leaves me scratching my head for hours trying to come up with a meaningful response. This month, however, there's no problem. What I learned from stress is that for me, stress equals time. I don't ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/communication-skills/beat-the-clock-please/ In slow economic times, companies often slow down on paying their bills. What's your feeling about that? From the beginning of my career, it was drilled into me to pay bills on time, all the time. I'm convinced it's a winning strategy. Paying on time encourages the best companies to do business ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/for-owners-leaders/do-you-pay-your-bills-on-time/ Image by !borghetti via FlickrThe other day I thanked my silent readers, people who come to Word Sell but don't comment. I swiped the idea from Joanna Young. Pay It Forward Now I'd like to be original and tip my hat to blogs I read religiously but seldom if ever comment ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/blogs/a-hat-tip-to-blogs-i-read-in-silence/ Image via WikipediaJoanna Young had a wonderful idea recently when she wrote a post in appreciation of silent readers. It was such a good idea that I decided to steal it. With all the emphasis on conversation, commenting, Twittering, and the like, social media could use some quiet time. Thank goodness ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/blogs/thank-you-silent-readers/ Image via WikipediaThe day before I wrote this the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 777 points, an all-time negative scoring record. The plunge occurred because contrary to expectations, Congress failed to pass the bailout plan Wall Street was counting on to restore calm to the markets. Even with elections only ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/communication-skills/trust-me/ NOTE: This is a guest-post from @Stephen, editor and publisher of Business Development in Context, a web-magazine dedicated to improving your business through personal development and social media networking. You can follow him on Twitter here @the_future. Turning prospects and contacts into customers and partners The internet has created a whole new ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/social-media/turning-prospects-and-contacts-into-customers-and-partners/ You can't win playing catch up ball. That's exactly what our financial institutions, regulatory agencies, Federal government, and investors have been doing since our banking system began to unravel almost a year ago. Lenders make ill conceived loans snapped up by borrowers who aren't thinking ahead. Regulators worry about inflation one ... http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/communication-skills/zero-strategy-causes-financial-crisis/