The Half-Second Challenge

Did you know that you are exposed to about 3,000 advertising messages a day? Regardless of how much money you spend promoting your business, if you don’t get noticed nothing else matters. In my experience, you have about a half a second to get someone’s attention....

Planning for the New Year

Does this sound all too familiar? After an enormous Thanksgiving feast, you have a bad case of acid reflux as you fixate on the pending Black Friday sales. Even if you’re not in retail, you hope that strong weekend sales will be an indicator of better things to come....

Last Retailer Standing

This is a newsletter – which means I should be writing about something newsworthy. Saying that business is terrible is hardly an insightful analysis of your business woes. Still, as we head into the fourth quarter, that’s all that everyone is thinking about. Have you...

What Makes You Unique?

You have to wonder why some businesses are announcing strong third quarter earnings and others are barely hanging on. If you research this phenomenon, you’ll discover that the most successful businesses formulate an action plan and then stick to it regardless of...