Monthly Archives: March 2009

EBRT embraces Social Media…

Last Wednesday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to one of the most influential and well respected business groups in the area – Bellevue Chamber of Commerce’s EBRT (Eastside Business Roundable).  This group is comprised of some of most well known business leaders in both Seattle and Bellevue. Why was I there?  They were interested,…

Seattle Executives Association

I had the opportunity to speak to a great group of small and middle market business owners and executives yesterday that were part of The Seattle Executives Association – what a great group of people! This is an executive networking group that has been around for 90 years and has a very rich history and…

Sorry for going “Dark” on you…

I wanted to apologize to my readers for going “dark” the past four or 5 days and my blog being down.  Unfortunately, this was not something in my control and didn’t even know it was happening until a reader pointed it out to me on Friday. As it turns out, there was something that went…

Actions speak louder than words…

One issue that seems to resonate in the market is who companies care about the most – NEW customers or CURRENT customers?  What I find out there is an incredible discrepancy between what is “said” and what is “acted” out by companies. Too often a business tells its existing customers that they are the MOST…