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UM’s change to student IP rights nets grant
Posted by admin on Thursday, November 18th, 2010 Categories:
The University of Missouri’s push to commercialize more intellectual property bagged it a $100,000 grant from the Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the country. The Kauffman foundation, which promotes entrepreneurship, awarded the grant to help MU advance student entrepreneurship. As part of the grant, the Reynolds Journalism Institute [Click Here]
Roots ‘N’ Blues study provides much needed benchmarks
Posted by admin on Monday, November 15th, 2010 Categories:
If you use the economic impact studies that Roots ‘N’ Blues ‘N’ BBQ Festival organizer Thumper Entertainment gave to the City Council in the summer of 2009, the popular Columbia event attracts no where near the crowds it used to. But if you look at this year’s economic impact study for what it most likely [Click Here]
A Double Dog Dare
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 Categories:
We just completed our first official foray into school fundraising. After the school assembly a few weeks ago, my 12-year old came home excited. She waltzes in the door with catalogs, an order form, and a plan. Of course, I helped her prepare. (Hey, what can I say…I’m a sales trainer.) We planned her route [Click Here]
Reward Yourself
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Thursday, September 16th, 2010 Categories:
Gary Ryan Blair is known as The Goals Guy. He’s worked with some major corporations to help their staffs achieve unbelievable results. One step in his goal setting & achievement process is to reward yourself for successes. To paraphrase his message on this topic: It’s human nature to beat yourself up when you make a [Click Here]
Boldness
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Monday, August 30th, 2010 Categories:
“When will your finest hour come, and how will it arrive? Do you really think it will materialize without an act of supreme confidence, audacity, or boldness?” –Gary Ryan Blair
A Mental Image is Worth Several Thousand Dollars
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Categories:
Once again I find myself grateful for the influence of someone on my career, and I’d like to continue the recent trend of sharing the blessing on my life they’ve contributed. Yesterday in the Sandler Sales Training class I attend, our instructor, Cathy Atkins, had us fill out a 3 x 5 index card with [Click Here]
Put Me In Coach, I’m Ready To Play…
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Friday, August 6th, 2010 Categories:
During the past year I’ve been on a growth spurt. No, I’m not getting taller, nor am I getting heavier. In fact, my growth spurt has helped me lose nearly 30 pounds. What I’m referring to is personal growth. Yesterday I was reminded once again at how powerful having an Executive Training Coach can be [Click Here]
Don’t Present Until You’ve Earned the Right
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Categories:
Sometimes salespeople just piss me off. Have you ever felt that way? I accepted a phone call from a telemarketer on Monday. She went into her information dump on the phone. I listened politely, waiting for her to come up for air. I then explained that I was not interested in her product at this [Click Here]
Thank You, Dear Prospect!
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Categories:
I ran across this in some old Sandler “No Guts, No Gain” material and thought I’d share it with you. Please read through and enjoy! Feel free to add your own. Thank You, Dear Prospect …for every turndown which made me stronger, even though at the time I thought it was the end of my [Click Here]
Barry White & The Trust Trigger
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Categories:
Sorry for the delay in continuing the promised series of blog posts about the 7 triggers of fascination as noted in the excellent book Fascinate by Sally Hogshead. For this installment, I’d like to share a unique use of the Trust trigger. It’s made unique by the secondary triggers, Vice and Lust. The home page [Click Here]
2 Styles of Advertising: Which One Suits You?
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Categories:
Advertising is an art, not a science. If any advertising source, i.e. Newspaper, radio, tv, etc. could guarantee results, they would have long ago put the other sources out of business. The truth is your business can achieve results with any form of advertising, if done properly. I’d like to share with you some background [Click Here]
Cheeseburger and Fries, Hold the Discount!
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Monday, March 29th, 2010 Categories:
Recently the concept of discounting has found renewed life, mostly due to the perception of a troubled economy and the ease with which it can be measured. Some social media applications have even been tweaked to provide a platform for businesses to discount their products/services to their followers/fans/connections, etc. The topic of today’s post is [Click Here]
Really, Do You Smell?
Posted by Cathy Atkins on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Categories:
We’re driving home one evening, and my 9-year old asks from the back seat, “Mom, what’s your favorite smell?” I paused a moment before answering because…well…I hadn’t thought about it in a while. And thinking about it made me realize how easily I can slip into “autopilot” as I run through my life. Like many [Click Here]
Who Wants Yogurt?
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Categories:
During a recent session on Twitter, I came across an opportunity that piqued my interest and I felt it just had to be shared with the business community of CoMo. Thanks to Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog for bringing this to my attention. You might wish to follow him on Twitter: @danec If you are [Click Here]
Top 5 reasons Columbia & Google are good for each other
Posted by Scott Wendling on Monday, March 1st, 2010 Categories:
There is a buzz going around Columbia about Google’s competition. They are choosing a small number of communities to install fiber optic communication lines throughout the community. It came to my attention that most people read that as “so…they’re going to give me faster internet?” The short answer is yes, but that is a side effect [Click Here]
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