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Stuck in a Rut? Five Tips to Inspire Creativity

March 3, 2021

Creativity is imperative to thrive in today’s workplace. After all, creativity inspires excellent ideas, and great ideas can lead to great businesses. Creativity has risen as one of the most in-demand soft-skills within the modern workplace. Organizations require creatives to solve challenges and offer new ideas/ innovations. The key is how to inspire creativity. As […]

7 World-Famous Companies That Started in a Garage

October 12, 2020

Almost every success story begins with a great idea and a person motivated enough to make it work. While it’s safe to say that most businesses have humble beginnings, some of the world-famous brands started in an unexpected place - a garage. Although it took some time, these great examples of businesses that started in […]

Running for a Cause: Iraq Marathon to Rebuild Homes

June 18, 2018

The Iraq Marathon Fundraiser Quick Snapshot I'm running 26.2 miles in a race in Iraq this October I'm raising funds for families that had their homes destroyed by ISIS in the greater Mosul area of northern Iraq It takes about $2800 to repair a home and my goal is to rebuild at least 2 homes: […]

Lumyer.com for Photo and Video Animations

July 11, 2017

Snapchat has enjoyed its reign among youth and young adults, but it's got to look out for strong competitors like Instagram and other upstarts like Lumyer. Compatible with both iOS and Android, Lumyer offers a comprehensive set of high-resolution effects that go beyond dog ears or flower crowns. Its aim is to augment reality by […]

Stand Out on Social Media with Visual Content

January 5, 2017

Visuals are an essential part of the human experience, and you can see this in art throughout our history. The Internet has given us striking visuals and interactivity. Now it's time to take this to social media. Adding visuals isn't hard Don't be intimidated by visual content. You don't need to be a master of […]

Graava - The Ultimate Action Camera and Editing Solution

January 3, 2017

Updated May 2018 Shooting hours of video of your buddies in action is fun, editing the video down to the highlights is hard. Introducing the Graava action cam, an alternative to GoPro cameras which gives you all the expected functionality of an auto-edit feature that does all the heavy lifting for you. What is Graava? […]

Ways to Succeed in Work and Life

July 15, 2016

Some Do’s and Don’ts on Life and: Starting a new job Being a good team member Adding value to people and situations (Not in any order) 1. If you want to get ahead, become an acute observer of people and what is happening around you. [Tweet " If you want to get ahead, become an […]

What is Venngage Infographics Creator?

June 28, 2016

Venngage is an easy to use website where the most design-inept can create stylish content for websites, presentations, ads, social media use and much more. There are templates for a wide range of projects including infographics, reports, posters, promotions and social media images. Save yourself the frustration of learning to use complex design software, let […]

Keys to Networking Offline

May 19, 2016

In today’s climate of frantic and frequent online promotion, too many businesses – it seems – have shelved the importance of offline networking. This is a mistake that needs to be corrected in this digital age! Meeting IRL (in real life) matters! It develops a rapport with prospective customers far better than a video can […]

Serving versus Selling: Golden Tips for Sales Growth Today

February 18, 2016

Serving versus Selling makes great business sense today. Gone are the days of one way marketing and sales strategies that were more "bullhorn" (and bulldog) in approach. Social Media and Online tools have given the customer a voice like never before and with that voice they want more from you. They want a dialogue and […]

The Why That Drives The What in Business and Life

January 21, 2016

Why do you do what you do in business? For the profits? To provide for your family/lifestyle desires? It's important to know the "why" that drives you in business. I call it "the WHY that drives the WHAT". The why must be of such substance that it drives you forward when the going gets tough. Guess what, […]

Disruptive Thinking: You Need it. How to get it...

January 14, 2016

There's power in disruptive thinking! Too often we get "stuck" in small-minded, inside the box thinking in business and life. We do the same things, follow the same routines....and yet expect better results! It's "stinkin' thinkin'!" What we often need is a way to get "out of the box". In this episode I dive into […]

Things To Tweet About

December 31, 2015

Wondering what to tweet about? Here's some ideas for businesses to get started: Tweet out some advice Share a quote that reflects the business's values. Post a behind-the-scenes photo of work. Tweet info on a charity that needs support. Lighten things up with a joke! Remind followers of an interesting event or date coming up. […]

How to Effectively Set and Accomplish Goals for Business and Personal Life

December 17, 2015

It's that time of year..... goal setting. You hear about you. You likely believe in it. Yet....it's so hard to follow through! Are you regularly reaching your yearly business and personal goals? What if there was a way....a path...a process? In this episode of Halftime Mike I dive into a clear outline of a path […]

Crowdfunding Campaigns: How One Startup Ran a Wildly Successful Kickstarter Campaign

July 30, 2015

Have you thought about running Crowdfunding campaigns? Are you familiar with how they operate? Would you like to learn the Secret Sauce from a successful Kickstarter campaign? Join me as I dive into this and more in this "Part 2" Podcast episode with the founders of KOOSHOO. Jesse and Rachel, husband and wife yoga teachers […]

KOOSHOO: Ecommerce Store Grows with Feeling and Doing Good

July 23, 2015

They left their jobs in corporate America. Purchasing one-way tickets, they headed to Asia. She's from a tiny island called Norfolk, that's roughly 3 miles by 5 miles in size between New Zealand and Australia. Their backgrounds and experiences ultimately led them to start a ecommerce store called KOOSHOO, centered around the Norfolk meaning of […]

Drastic Life Results with Toni Harris

July 9, 2015

How many of us would like to see some drastic life results?? Have you had some bumps and setbacks, or are you struggling to get that online business to the next level? You'll want to listen into this interview about drastic life results with Toni Harris! Toni Harris is my guest on this episode of […]

What Works on Facebook Today

May 28, 2015

How is your Facebook marketing going? Looking for a source of good Facebook marketing information? Are you tired of complex answers and want to hear it straight in simple terms? Then you'll enjoy this show where I interview Jenny Brennan on "What works on Facebook today?" Jenny Brennan delivers in this podcast interview! Hear her […]

How One Entrepreneur Grew a Massive Online Community

April 30, 2015

How many of us want to grow a massive online community? Ever have "envy" of that page with 250,000 Facebook fans and a million hits on their website monthly? If so, I think you'll want to listen to this real life success story of one man growing a Facebook community to over 500,000 in one […]

Building a Brand, Creating a Raving Community

April 9, 2015

Ready to build your personal brand? Need a roadmap for creating a raving community and taking your business to the next level? My guests today help businesses do this for a living! Andy Zitzmann and AJ Amyx are Co-Founders of the GAMETIME Movement where they help leaders and high achievers launch and monetize their message both […]

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