Why Strategy is the New Business Era Currency »
By Hazel on Jun 25, 2011 in Featured, The Great Business Digital Divide | 3 Comments
By Hazel on Jun 25, 2011 in Featured, The Great Business Digital Divide | 3 Comments
By Hazel on May 10, 2010 in Facts and Statistics Everyone in Business Should Know About, Featured | 0 Comments
In December 2004 new kid on the block Facebook reached 1 million active users. Fast forward six short years later and we are talking about over 400 million users who are active!!
Now you tell me how anyone in business who is fairly intelligent can ignore this or not see the significance of what is going on here? Honestly, it does not take a PhD to see this in not just a trend! No this is the END of business as usual forever. This is a new age, a new business era, and huge shift in our culture.
This is…
By Hazel on Aug 10, 2009 in Facts and Statistics Everyone in Business Should Know About, Featured | 0 Comments
What an Amazing job Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas did in creating a visual road map for today’s online conversation sphere.
You must subscribe to the blog and stay on top of the interesting posts at PR2.0 as well.
By Hazel on Jun 11, 2009 in Featured, The Great Business Digital Divide | 1 Comment
Well…here we are about halfway through what has so far been an incredibly challenging and difficult year for many of us in business, from the giants like GM to the local auto detail shop.
Some have survived, and sadly some have not. Some have reinvented themselves and some are still doing the same things they have always done…resistant to any changes.
So what does the rest of 2009 hold for the marketplace here in the U.S.?
It depends on who you are listening to and what your mindset is. It really does not matter…
By Hazel on May 9, 2009 in Featured, Take Charge of Your Website and Prosper! | 1 Comment
It’s just about a no-brainer to know if you are in business today you better have a web presence…most likely starting with a website.
What is not common knowledge is most businesses (large and small) do not control these precious assets nor do they spend much time planning, strategizing, and nurturing the birth of their digital jewels.
If that were not shocking enough…very little if any attention is given to the ongoing marketing efforts and strategies that will now be needed once they have a presence online. Nor is much attention is given on how they will integrate their digital…
By Hazel on Apr 19, 2009 in Age of the Super Consumer, Featured | 1 Comment
If you have not seen the videos or heard about the incredible voice of Great Britain’s Susan Boyle yet you must not come out very often!
Most have heard because her story has been all over the internet. But more importantly its what her story of ‘most unlikely to succeed’ has done to touch the heart of millions of people around the world.
Susan looked the part of an average person (like most of us) but when she appeared on TV show Britain’s Got Talent and she begin…
By Hazel on Apr 7, 2009 in Featured | 0 Comments

Today I read this on E-Commerce Times…
[The king of the video rental stores, Blockbuster, is struggling for survival as its business model falters against competition from Netflix and Internet distribution of films. Still, the company has managed to persuade lenders to rejigger its financing, holding back the threat of bankruptcy for the time being.]
The explanation cited in the article for Blockbusters demise was the main reasons they are in trouble was because of Internet distribution and sinking franchises. Of course Netflix was also on their blame radar.
Yes, I…