Social Media Success Starts with Setting Goals
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,…
How Am I Thankful? Let Me Count The Ways . . .
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,…
Team Effort for DMOS Collective
“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+…
Tips to Make Your Team Thrive
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?…
Barrel O’Monkeyz Supports Active Lifestyle Entrepreneurs
The DMOS Collective Kickstarter campaign for their new patent-pending Kicker Tool™ shovelhead has generated lots of support and excitement in its first few days. As all of my Monkeyz fans know, supporting local startups and entrepreneurs involved in active lifestyle and sports marketing is right in the Barrel O’Monkeyz wheelhouse. If, like me, you’re passionate…
You’re Speaking But Is Anyone Hearing You?
As any sales and marketing expert knows, one of the keys to success is “knowing your audience.” The same goes with communication, whether it’s person-to-person or if you’re addressing your team or the entire company. Who is you audience? What needs does your audience have in relation to what it is you are trying to…
The Art of Storytelling
Everyone has a story, and everyone likes to hear a good story. It’s a unique quality of being human. Heck, even cave dwellers told stories. In fact, for millennia, before we had writing, oral storytelling was the only way history passed from one generation to another. Stories were also “told” through cave paintings, hieroglyphics, singing,…
Are You Tenacious?
Success doesn’t just happen. Contrary to popular culture (and the occasional suggestions of our elected leaders), success takes hard work, perseverance, a little bit of self-made luck, and tenacity—and it’s the same whether you’re looking for success in relationships, at school, in your career, or landing that new client. I define tenacity as “strength with…
