April 23, 2014 Need a scorecard? Blame it on the Pa-pa-pa- pal-alcohol. Lipsmark, makers of Palcohol, the powdered alcohol in vodka, rum, Cosmopolitan and Lemon Drop added to five ounces of water creating a standard size cocktail was all over the media last week when they unexpectedly...
April 22, 2014 Who didn't see this coming? Frankly, I didn't think it would happen so swiftly though. Jonathan Blum, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator (Medicare/Medicaid’s department's highest position) who helped oversee the unprecedented release earlier this month of detailed Medicare payment data for 880,000 physicians which also showed that 2% of...
April 20, 2014 A 63-year-old man went to a hospital in Delhi earlier this month saying he had swallowed a cap from a water bottle and wanted it removed from his body. He swallowed the bottle cap because he was mad at this wife (um-ok). Unable to...
Have you ever absentmindedly clicked "Like" on a Facebook post? How about for a product that was advertised on your Facebook page? First, it's getting increasingly difficult to tell the difference between a story and the ads under Facebook's new format which is somewhat deceptive...
Is it really a Bestseller? It turns out to be true you can't judge a book by its cover. Much like the celebrities who purchase Twitter followers or Facebook 'Likes,' to give the appearance of popularity to leverage endorsement deals, some in the publishing industry are...
April 18, 2014 When the word 'quota' is mentioned to anyone in sales expect a varied range of emotions and responses. It usually depends on two factors: 1. Is the quota fair and 2. How close is the rep to 'hitting' or achieving their monthly, quarterly,...
The word bully is getting a lot of play in the media. Kids on the school playground, to most recently, Jonathan Martin, of the Miami Dolphins and NFL fame, accusing a teammate of being a bully, all used the new buzz word. The problem is bigger than the...
“In a sign of how quickly social media has changed the digital landscape, consumers are now ‘pinning’ things like articles, photos and recipes to share with their friends more often than emailing links,” wrote Kurt Abrahamson of ShareThis. Pinterest is valued at nearly $4 billion (what?) and...
More and more is being written to expose who the real winners are in the startup world; and as I’ve written about, it’s not the employees. Not only are the employees likely to deal with EEOC violations being ignored by HR, possibly asked to engage...
Five years ago a good friend and trusted colleague emailed me an article from The Harvard Business Review titled Blue Ocean Strategy; and, attached to the email was the message "Call me right away!" (And for those of you reading in judgement (yes you) let's keep...