The World's Largest City Just Keeps on Growing and GrowingMexico City, the world's most populous city, just keeps growing and growing with no end in sight. In the next ten to twenty years, Mexico City may become the world's first urban area with 50 million residents.
Why Big Motorcycles and Motorcyclese Make No Sense but Really DoJust don't forget to swagger a little bit as you approach any motorcycle showroom with Harley or Hellbent over the door. It's really important for you to keep up your biker self-esteem.
If My Personal Assets are Worth Less, Am I Worthless Too?The biggest problem with defining oneself by one's possessions is unfortunately one's possessions. This follows directly behind the old proverb 'be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.' And later wish you hadn't.
The Death of Small Rental Offices and StoresThe old adage: Location, Location, Location takes new meaning in a search society. Being found now has a very different implication. For many small and medium sized businesses, their location is no longer physical.
Why San Francisco is the Best City in the WorldThere must be 10,000 small businesses along Mission Street; many with storefronts barely 10 feet across. You name it, they sell it and in every ethnic variety. And with such a mix.
How Twitter is Destroying Your MindTwitter is showing us a very important and revealing aspect of our humanity: a mind is not necessary for self expression. Or, as we say out here in California, 'No es necessario!'
Broadcast Your Message with Self Promotional ProductsWhy do businesses bother with promotional materials? The simple reason is they work by spreading messages, themes and images and keeping those messages in front of those that have been targeted.
Website Marketing Fundamentals and Your Look and Feel UpgradeClearly if your website does not match up to your marketing strategy and plan there will be a disconnect. If your website is 'disconnected' from your marketing plan you will join the millions of business owners and professionals that have static websites that are more like newspaper or magazine ads.
Spontaneous Idea Generation is the Key to Creativity and InnovationIf these four conditions do not exist then the likelihood of creativity is diminished. Having all four conditions met unfortunately does not insure creativity. Too bad.
Technical Troubleshooting at ATT Yahoo for Fun, Profit and Sheer AdventureWhat saved me were the string of polite, knowledgeable employees that despite the absurdity of the systems they were working under, were able to work around that and get my problem solved.
Did Obama's Arrogance Trump His Intelligence?It's my friends in the South and Midwest that are crying 'foul.' These folks are white, Reagan Democrats or Arnold Republicans. They are centrist, patriotic and by many experts the so-called swing vote.
Is Traditional Politics Dead?The poor vote one way and the rich another. Those neither rich nor poor get caught square in the middle or 'middle class' as it is often called. The Twilight Zone might be a more appropriate name.
Is Your Own Personal 'Comfort Zone' Holding You Back?Is the concept of 'resting on our laurels' simply another way of saying the comfort zone has been reached and 'that's all folks?'
New York Times Fooled by Mexican Populist DemagogueMaybe it would be helpful and a good idea for the New York Times to take a real look at Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and not just report what they would like to believe.
California Real Estate No Longer California DreamingBut buyer beware said one realtor, the truth is both the banks and construction companies are sending in their own 'dummy bidders' to drive up the auction price.
Why Search Engine Algorithms are Emphasizing Quality ContentThe question to ask is not what metatags to use but what content is of interest to your prospective customers and clients?
Should Your Company Go Paperless?Even if your company cannot go paperless there is a strong likelihood that a good percentage of your company's paperwork could be reduced. It's cheaper, more efficient, greener and in many instances more secure. Most importantly customers love it.
Changing Oil and Changing Times: The Independent Auto Repair Service DilemmaThe global problem is the auto repair and service market has been shrinking in the last ten or fifteen years. Technology has made cars much more reliable with fewer breakdowns, repairs and scheduled maintenances.
What are the Consequences of a Weak or Incomplete Search Engine Marketing Plan?Running a regional business with a weak local marketing strategy leaves so much potential business on the table...
Free Tibet by Boycotting Chinese Goods, Olympic Advertisers and the OlympicsGo ahead, it won't hurt. Just remember that in China not only would you not be allowed to read this article but it would be banned on the search engines as well. Or rather it would be banned to the extent the search engines could filter it out. The government would also ban you from forwarding it.
Lessons in Life, Love and Culture from Popeye, Brutus, Olive Oyl and WimpyWimpy's famous line 'I'll gladly repay you Tuesday' was clearly a ruse and not ever to be trusted. Simply put, Wimpy had a burger addiction.
Reactive vs Strategic or Who Really Cares if Your Company is a Dinosaur?Your company's stategy makes you stand out from your competitors. If you don't have a strategy your results will always be less.
Business Writing: What You Write is a Direct Reflection on You and Your CompanyYou are what you write. Why would you send or publish writing that is embarrassing? What image of your company does that project?
The Strange Case of Dr. Pietro d'Abano or Things Really Could Be Much WorseWe think we have it bad until we see someone that has it really bad...
Can the New Techies Manage and Maintain Their Vast, Extended Neural Networks?Devices and gadgets have extended the brain's neural network to outside the cranium. What happens when these devices fail?
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