Monthly Archives: May 2009

Why does the mattress always win?

Well simple...people are lazy! OK, well maybe not all the time, but most of the time.  We are prone to the nasty procrastination bug and this bug spreads and infects those around you.  Sometimes procrastination can cost you a deal, family time and other valuable memories, yes, procrastination can rob you blind if you allow it.  ...

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How social are you?

My good friend Bruce Lee invited me to speak on one of his webcasts today.  Bruce is a very dear friend and the challenge with our relationship is purely that I don't get a chance to see him that frequently.  Of course, I picked the topic that I love ...

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Blackberry Training in Calgary and Red Deer

Are you the owner of a Blackberry Smartphone? Do you find yourself struggling with some of the basic functions of the Blackberry? Would you love to learn great tips and tricks that will save you money when roaming, cut down on your long distance and keep your blackberry use within your budget? Here is an opportunity for ...

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What are your employee’s saying?

This evening my beautiful bride, my youngest son and I took in Tom Hank's latest movie "Angels and Demons".  I was a great movie and I have some ideas spawn from this flick.  I will see if I get to them in tonight's post. Prayers go out first to.... When I got ...

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Put your own mask on before helping others

Many business owners attempt to be "everything to everyone." This is not a winning formula. In fact, the ‘right' things to do include narrowing of solution offerings and becoming focused on core competencies. These will be the real winning strategies for today's service firms. Over my decade or so of serving business with their technology needs, ...

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What really sells?

Pounding the Pavement Friday was a day for pounding the pavement, both virtually and in reality. The day started with adding some new content to our Bulletproof website and locking down the online processes for our Blackberry training in Calgary and Red Deer in June plus our Small Business ...

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Blackberry Training, Stimulus Package and Red Deer Chamber

What a great week so far... Bulletproof InfoTech has taken some great steps forward this week.  Not only are we enjoying that rewards of being Go Givers in both of our service communities of Calgary and Red Deer, we are hitting some of National trade magazines this week.  CDN Magazine did a story this week on ...

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My Blog Blew Up The Other Day

Bloggers know how frustrating it is when your blog fails you.  I now have a deeper respect for how my clients feel when a piece of software fails them or takes down their network.  Trust me, a much deeper appreciation for how they feel.  No one really is to blame, maybe me since I didn't ...

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When your service sucked or the referral you gave sucked

I have waited two days to seek some resolution to an issue from the Mother’s Day weekend.  Is customer service a dying art?  It seems like it is in the Floral industry.  Let me tell you my story.  Are you sitting down for this one.  It is a story of a referral gone sour - ...

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Is Samuel Insull the Godfather of the Internet?

OK, maybe it wasn't in Samuel Insull's thoughts back when he created the first electric grid in Chicago as President of the Commonweath Edison Company in the early 1900's however his thoughts and work in creating the electric grid in Chicago that drove down prices for electricity ...

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Has Donald Trump lost his mind?

I have to say that I rapidly starting to lose confidence in Donald Trump's show "Celebrity Apprentice".  Joan Rivers as the Apprentice.  Come on Donald, what are you thinking?  Ms. Rivers would not let anyone speak in the boardroom, she constantly interrupted Annie and never let her finish speaking. Annie never had ...

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