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Improve Your Sales Performance

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill French Jul 26, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Consider the source of this tip - I'm a geek - I know nothing about sales performance and selling. However, I've stumbled on a technique that works, even for me. ;-)If you sell products and services…Continue

Tags: iPad, sales

Prediction: PlanCast Will Be Huge

Started Mar 21, 2010 0 Replies 0 Likes

If you haven't seen PlanCast, you might want to get an account and start using it - very useful. Here's my PlanCast stream -…Continue

Is It Really Smart For "Smart Phones" To Have Keyboards?

Started Oct 12, 2009 0 Replies 0 Likes

My iPhone has no keyboard; I think this is a feature - read why. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts, but please tell me…Continue

AT&T: I'm Just Not That Into You

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill French Oct 19, 2009. 4 Replies 0 Likes

I love my iPhone (have since I got one in 2007). But I don't love the service under it. Rumor: it's about to get better; we'll see. Anyone else ticked off about dropped calls, 3G disappearing, and…Continue

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Business Intelligence Dashboards on the Cheap

Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like

My business advisors frequently ask me if my actions were moving "the needle" in the right direction. I didn't have a "needle" and typical business intelligence solutions are completely unaffordable for small companies. That's when I realized, I not only needed a performance "needle",…

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Web Sites Are Dead

Posted on November 12, 2010 at 5:10pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

As many of you may recall, I raised the awareness that websites may be reaching the end of a 20 year popularity run with this post.

I recently penned this white paper that touches on the coming obsolescence of the Web, driven mostly by mobile computing. Today I also caught wind of an upcoming session entitled…

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Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses

Posted on August 23, 2010 at 10:00am 9 Comments 0 Likes

I see these issues all the time and they're key and critical to improving findability on the web for your small business website/blog.

For giggles, I used Judi's site as a good example because both of these key issues need to be corrected. Sorry Judi - I needed a good example where both problems were easy to see and your WebsiteGrader report…

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Color Me Socially Skeptical...

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 12:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I'm pretty certain the whole social networking craze and assumption that customers want to get chummy with businesses and develop a quasi-personal relationship, is an incomplete version of reality.

What customers want is "self-service options" that make it unnecessary to have lengthy conversations. This is not to suggest that businesses should not produce and distribute social content - to the contrary, social media is a form of self-service monologue (not necessarily dialog) that… Continue

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At 9:59am on October 27, 2009, Bill French said…: True, but without good content, nothing (absolutely nothing) happens. MyST is only 40% of the solution equation (perhaps less); people with ideas and thoughts are 60% (perhaps more).

At 8:22am on October 27, 2009, Jason Brewer said…: Thanks Bill but we all know it's your platform that does it. Next year I want top spot for that search- and all searches. I'm gunna be busy.

At 7:07am on October 8, 2009, Jeff McElhattan said…: Hi Bill,

Welcome to the Summit Business Network. Please let me know if you have any questions about setting up your page.

Jeff

At 7:04pm on October 7, 2009, Ken Deshaies said…: Bill, welcome to the Summit Business Network. This group will be so much richer due to your presence. ;-)

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Business Name: MyST Technology Partners

Business Description: Internet Services and Consulting, Mobile Application Development, Information Architecture

Business Website: http://myst-technology.com

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Jeff McElhattan liked Bill French's blog post 'Business Intelligence Dashboards on the Cheap' May 17, 2011

Business Intelligence Dashboards on the Cheap

During the last five years or so, I've become a data nut. I've learned to love business metrics because without measures of performance, you never really know if you're heading in the right direction.My business advisors frequently ask me if my actions were moving "the needle" in the right direction. I didn't have a "needle" and typical business intelligence solutions are completely unaffordable for small companies. That's when I realized, I not only needed a performance "needle", but many…See More

Blog post by Bill French Apr 15, 2011

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Web Sites Are Dead

As many of you may recall, I raised the awareness that websites may be reaching the end of a 20 year popularity run with this post.I recently penned this white paper that touches on the coming obsolescence of the Web, driven mostly by mobile computing. Today I also caught wind of an upcoming session entitled "…See More

Blog post by Bill French Nov 13, 2010

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Bill French commented on William R. Falcone's group 'Dillon Business Association'

William, "The DBA is working very hard on improving its web site ..." Thanks for the update on the DBA website, although, I must assure you, I will likely never visit it. Here's why... Websites are pretty much obsolete. Even Toyota…

Nov 8, 2010

Judi LaPoint commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

I'd actually been thinking of ditching my .com site for awhile- which was a result of incomplete planning from the get go along with the bad advise from someone I thought was smarter than he turned out to be. So I ditched the .com and moved…

Sep 7, 2010

Bill French commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Judi, I think that's great - it demonstrates that these issues can be overcome and since you were the poster child, you should tell the reader how you implemented the changes. ;-) The general steps are still valid for all readers who want to…

Sep 6, 2010

Judi LaPoint commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Unfortunately Bill -- your articles examples will be hard to follow since I recently made some MUCH NEEDED changes to my site! More to follow. Thank you.

Sep 6, 2010

Bill French commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Judi, iPad (actually iOS) decided your name was incorrectly spelled and fixed it on the fly and I didn't catch it. I rarely look back when I'm typing lengthy messages. And while I'm sorry about that, the least I could do is actually…

Sep 3, 2010

Judi LaPoint commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Bil -- sorry for spelling your name wrong --just saying... for a guy as smart as you, the least you can do is to get my name right. As for all the other questions --- you're right, you're right and you're right and there could be a…

Sep 3, 2010

Bill French commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Judy, (sorry in advance for the length - I just know this question opens a huge can of worms) ;-) When I hear the phrase "our main key word in a Google search ..." I wonder... Can a business like yours sustain its online marketing…

Sep 3, 2010

Judi LaPoint commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Glad to know you didn't single me out to raz! :-o Admittedly much to learn! When our main key word in a Google search -- at home based business -- appears on the first page out of 455,000 results, it seems like all our back-links and articles…

Sep 2, 2010

Bill French commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Judy, everyone has lots of work to do; some, more than others. :) These are precisely the types of things that small and medium-sized business people shouldn't be focusing on. Ergo, it makes far better sense to outsource IT and content issues.…

Sep 2, 2010

Judi LaPoint commented on Bill French's blog post 'Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses'

Wow -- Bill -- what a comprehensive analysis! I'm grateful for all the good info. Looks like I've got some work to do, eh?

Sep 2, 2010

Two Really (CRITICAL) SEO Tips for Small Businesses

I see these issues all the time and they're key and critical to improving findability on the web for your small business website/blog.For giggles, I used Judi's site as a good example because both of these key issues need to be corrected. Sorry Judi - I needed a good example where both problems were easy to see and your WebsiteGrader report makes it really easy…See More

Blog post by Bill French Aug 23, 2010

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Color Me Socially Skeptical...

I'm pretty certain the whole social networking craze and assumption that customers want to get chummy with businesses and develop a quasi-personal relationship, is an incomplete version of reality.What customers want is "self-service options" that make it unnecessary to have lengthy conversations. This is not to suggest that businesses should not produce and distribute social content - to the contrary, social media is a form of self-service monologue (not necessarily dialog) that can provide…See More

Blog post by Bill French Jul 29, 2010

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Once again, the HTTP protocol. :)

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