Your E-Zine and Newsletter Sucks: Make It More Remarkable
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So you have this big fancy business and you want to make sure to keep clients, customers, potential clients and customers, fans, enemies, etc informed. If you aren’t consistently (but not annoyingly) communicating with your trusted followers, you have no business. Offering an E-Zine or Newsletter is a logical idea; however, like many logical ideas, it is very easy to do. Because it is easy to do, many people do a crappy job at it.

First off, I want to officially ban the use of the word newsletter…starting right now. Newsletters (errr..starting right NOW) are something … Read More »

Gen Y-ify Your Website: How To Make Your Website More Gen Y Friendly
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Entrepreneur Resources. Entrepreneur Education. Everything Entrepreneurship.

A little over a week ago I was down in Florida speaking at the National Speakers Association’s Winter Conference (fun video coming soon!) about challenges in working with Gen Y and how to capture the 
attention of millenials (note: awkwardly happy Gen Y'ers to the left). One of the common questions was how can to make YOUR website more Gen Y friendly and that my friends, is a fantastic and extremely important question if you are marketing ANYTHING to anyone 21-35.

First off, for you generational nit-pickers out there, Gen Y really … Read More »

It isn’t About YOU: The Importance Of Building Community (Does Facebook get it now?)
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This past week the news was buzzing about Facebook and their Terms of Service which basically said they own you and everything about you (slight exaggeration). Petitions were started, Twitter was buzzing about it, and national news sources got ahold of the story as the Facebook community was in an uproar. And what happened? This morning Facebook retracted their Terms of Service, apologized, and deemed they will be creating a Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Wow! Now that is a telltale sign of how business is working in the … Read More »

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Crappy Day? How To Suck It Up Like A Champion!

Ever have one of those freak out moments where you want to punch everyone and then dive out the window (OK little exaggeration…climb out the window).

The 5:00 AM wake up call from Orlando this morning was too early. I had a fantastic time speaking on the Gen Y Panel for National Speakers Association and after playing around in Disney it was time to come back to good ole St. Louis. Two flights later, my girlfriend dropped me off at 10:59 AM at my doorstep. I raced (up the steps would be a good impact-full … Read More »

Rise at Nite #2: Dr. Dembo Gone Wild

Dr. Dembo stops into “No Pleated Pants Studios” to talk about Valentine’s Day and well…the world’s worst date. Sigh….watch and find out on our special after hours show where anything (we mean anything goes).

Find out more about Dr. Phil Dembo and his really cool, unique program at 1st Date STL… Read More »

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How To Be Newsworthy: Down and Dirty PR Tips for Entrepreneurs

Sometimes being on TWO sides of a coin is extremely interesting…especially if it is the public relations coin.

Side #1:
I get this question all of the time: “How can I get on the show?!” “Will you feature my company on The Rise To The Top?” “Hey, David you are my hero!” (just kidding on the last one…waiting for THAT email).

On the other side of the coin I get these questions: Side #2

“You always seem to be getting into newspapers and magazines. How do you … Read More »

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Persistence: Following Up Without Being Annoying

In my last blog, I dove into the topics of “Who do you listen to?!” when starting a business and hopefully got you hopping on the correct foot by recommending going to friends and family and asking if they can connect you to proper people to build your business.

If you are still reading, congrats you are not afraid to ask for help. Pat yourself on the back. Group hug. All that jazz.

So, back to the task at hand. One of the most uncomfortable subjects in business is following … Read More »

Win A Minute on ABC! New monthly contest

Our next episode of The Rise To The Top on ABC could be featuring…you.

The Rise To The Top is all about building a community of entrepreneurs from those getting their feet wet to the experts at the top of the mountain offering advice.

Each month, we will be selecting fans of the show to be featured for one minute. This will be a feature on you and your business/business idea and will be critiqued by an expert from the billion dollar TRTTT Expert Panel to nudge you in the right direction.

This opportunity will be in front of hundreds of thousands of people watching on ABC in St. Louis and … Read More »

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Who Do You Listen To? Create Your Own Dream Team: Step #1

Picture this: You have a great idea for a business or just started a business, where do you go to for advice? Who do you listen to? Who do you seek out? Who do you avoid? Answering those important questions can often lead to success or very expensive failure in business.

I recently  had a chance to sit down with serial entrepreneur and speaking legend Sam Silverstein (during a recent taping of The Rise To The Top) who is currently the president of The National Speakers Association. Sam and I hung out about … Read More »