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After a year of planning, strategizing, beta testing, kick-starting, and staying up round the clock to bounce ideas around with your product development team and creative folks, you’ve finally got a shiny new product that’s ready for public consumption. From your perspective, it’s your best offering yet—the best snowboard, the best backpack for mobile entrepreneurs,…

A lot has been said, written, and posted about Web analytics in recent years. Every website owner seems to understand that he or she needs to have web analytics in place—it’s part of practically every web-related sales pitch or digital marketing plan going—but there’s a big difference between knowing you need something and knowing how…

If you’re lucky, website visitors will give you 10 to 15 seconds to capture their attention before they move on to a shinier, more engaging web experience. As the marketing/sales leader for your organization, you need to be asking, “What are we doing on our website to capture hearts and minds in those precious few…

When it comes to communications—ANY communications—whether it’s whispering sweet nothings to a potential love interest, or trying to engage potential customers to buy your product or service, if you don’t know WHO you’re talking to, how can you hope to make a successful connection? Far too often I see business development and marketing types launch…

It’s 2016. Do you have a website? According to a 2015 Inc. Online article, more than half of small businesses do not! I find that number astounding, even a little hard to believe. Of course, what they consider a “small business” is quite broad. For example, one of the small businesses Inc. cited is a…

Goals are important. They are what drive us and give direction to our lives. Goals help us lose weight, get fit, finish household chores, climb mountains, buy houses, ask that special someone out on a date, have kids, work harder so we can make more money to buy the things we want, etc. In business,…

Do you have more “room” in your life than you think? Often I’ll hear from a client or colleague that he or she is so busy running the business that there’s positively no time left in the schedule to engage in marketing, social media, and other business development activities—let alone have a life and enjoy…

I just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There I saw innovators and wannabes hoping to become the next Sony, Samsung, or Apple—plus of course a few of the industry’s heavy hitters giving us a peek into what they hope will be our digital and electronic future. From virtual reality demos and…

Here’s to continued success in 2016 and to peace and prosperity for all in the new year. 2015 New Year’s celebrations around the globe

Here’s hoping your holiday feast is one to remember. Cheers!

It’s that time of year again, crunch time for getting a gift for that special “someone” in your life. If you’ve been tardy in hitting the mall or ordering online, or simply slept through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, worry not. You’re not quite at the two-minute warning (yet) but you are getting close! Members…

It really should come as no surprise that numerous studies back up the notion that “giving is better than receiving.” It’s been common knowledge as far back as biblical times (“It is more blessed to give than receive” Acts 20:35) if not earlier. And one of the most compelling facts studies reveal is that the…

Holidays are about tradition, and like me, I am sure you have a few “rituals” you engage in around the “winter” holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, etc. Some traditions are grounded in faith and religion, while others are as simple as family and friend get-togethers or watching a favorite holiday special. (Who doesn’t remember as…

Paul June’s Quarterly Newsletter – Holiday Addition The winter holidays are upon us and year’s end will be here before you know it. It’s the perfect time to gather with friends, family, and colleagues to reflect on the year that “was” and the year ahead. For what are you most grateful? Are your relationships growing,…

“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.” (Idowu Koyenikan, author and consultant) Congrats to DMOS Collective on its team effort to create pro-quality, portable tools so riders and athletes can build better jumps. With over 200 backers to date and some 20+…

Entrepreneurs often suffer from an “I can do it all myself” mindset. It comes with the territory. They act as their own CEOs, accountants, administrative assistants, marketing leaders, sales reps, technical support specialists, travel agents, etc. You name it; most entrepreneurs are proverbial “jacks-of-all-trades.” Is this how you run your business, or even your household?…