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T-Mobile tries on a new, tougher image in its advertising.

Almost overnight, millions of people watched and shared this 30-minute video.

Drowning in a PowerPoint swamp?

Tired of leaving endless, unanswered voicemail and email messages for prospects?

Calling a decision-maker but getting voice mail again and again? Here's how to get the ball moving, even without a live conversation

Calling a decision-maker but getting voice mail again and again?

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When making the jump to social media marketing, small enterprises must avoid assuming that customers are ever truly engaged. There’s a turn of phrase that’s been rattling around my head recently—you know the one about being a “victim of your own success?” Sometimes I wonder whether that’s the case with social media evangelists. By any measure, we’ve helped drive ever larger numbers of businesses and independent professionals to start using social-based promotion, which is fine on its face, but how much value has been added to the lives of consumers

Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper.

Is your communication too noisy?

%excerpt% Read the rest here: 5 Leadership Lessons from Gingrich

Most of us have something to pitch. You may be pitching your startup to a VC to secure funding

Stop with the excuses, and start off with these low-pressure steps to launching your speaking career, and increasing your brand-awareness. Public speaking is a great way to increase exposure to your brand and your message. Why do so many entrepreneurs resist stepping into the spotlight

Stop with the excuses, and start off with these low-pressure steps to launching your speaking career, and increasing your brand-awareness. Public speaking is a great way to increase exposure to your brand and your message. Why do so many entrepreneurs resist stepping into the spotlight?

Ever wonder what it would be like to remain quiet for an entire week? Not just less talking. I mean no talking.