In the spirit of moving forward I am returning to old form by pointing at things I like. Take a minute to click on a link or two and enjoy the wisdom, wit and/or oddity of others.
Who Answers The Phone from Seth Godin’s Blog
Seth, a regular in the Friday 5, talks about the importance of the inbound phone call and those people who answer them. Inbound calls represent some of the best opportunities to connect with your customers and yet the employees answering those calls are typical under-trained and under-valued. I think this posts calls for more than just an improvement in phone policy. It also seems to suggests an increase in the attention paid to each and every employee.
Article Marketing: How To Be an Article Marketer Like No Other from Marketing Pilgrim
Some great tips from Shannon Lilly on how to market your site through writing articles. This is a direction I have been meaning to pursue for a while and this post has pushed me to finally start. Look for some expert articles on data backup and marketing from yours truly in the near future.
Thinking On Your Feet With Anil Dash from Servant of Chaos
This one made the list because it features a video of a game I really want to have a go at . . . Battle Decks. Basically, you take the stage in front of a room of people and improvise a presentation to slides you have never seen before. The video features some fine work by Anil Dash.
Are You Saying Too Much? from Drew’s Marketing Minute
This one really hit home because I discovered that many of the materials I had produced were doing just that . . . saying too much. Not a big surprise to those that know me (let’s say I tend to talk), but something I am definitely keeping an eye on now.
10 Annoyingly Brilliant Office Interiors from Deputy Dog
As we at Universe Point anticipate growth in the coming year, we have talked a bit about the kind of office environment we would like to create. This post illustrates some inspirational extravagances and is bound to induce jealousy in anyone foolish enough to view them. Is it worth it to spend on office design? Positive PR and the increased ability to attract and keep top notch employees suggests that it is. (Thanks to Goose for this one)
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I’ve always wanted a fire pole in my office and now I feel the need for a slide. I also think stairs could be replaced with a rock climbing wall or cargo net.
Great work on the theme, BTW. It’s a vast improvement over the last one with the teal background. I know you’re color blind, but TEAL?!? Common on!
Just for that you get a teal rock climbing wall . . . TEAL.
I agree with Chad about the theme. From an e-mail from January I wrote:
“Also I think the green background on your blogger site needs to go.”
That thing was hard to look at.
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