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Blog: 3H Hoopla
Glossopobia: Conquer Your Fear of Giving a PowerPoint Presentation
You are growing nervous by the minute. Your mouth is dry. You stumble on your words. Talk about hot seat. It’s so hot your face is red from the heat. The more you speak the more your boss looks disinterested. Then to make matters worse, he tells you to book a meeting...
Creativity: Which ‘creative type’ defines you?
What is creativity? There's a misconception on what or rather who can call himself or herself a “creative”. There are many types of creativity out there. You don't necessarily need to draw and paint in order to be a creative being.... so if you don't, don't sell...
How to Go Viral – Good News About Viral Marketing
Which do you want to know first? The good news or the bad news? I like to hear bad news first in order to assess damage control. And I still have something to feel enthusiastic about since the good news is yet to come. so, since this is my blog… here’s the bad news…...
By the Numbers: Two Killer Tips for PowerPoint Presentations
Some guy in a suit is yawning, another guy in the back is asleep, a woman in the front is reading notes, another looks at her nails and everyone else is checking their phone. And then there's you, standing at the front of the room, nervous and starting to sweat,...
Brand Persona: It’s not About you
It's hard to separate personal persona from your brand persona. If you are in charge of marketing for a brand or business you are probably passionate about what you do and how you do it. Being in charge of a brand and its performance can be intoxicating. However, like...
Suffering From Brand Intimacy? Wear Someone Else’s Hat.
Attention all Marketing and Brand Managers: We know our marketing and we know our brand. More importantly, we know who our target buyer, audience and groups are. That's important and is what makes for great creative. But there's a catch – we suffer from brand...
How to Avoid Procrastination
I finally got a “round twit”. Sure it’s an old joke, I hope that it’s so old nobody has heard it and it seems fresh again and people will think I’m incredibly funny. But even if you don’t think I’m funny you may have guessed it’s a joke about procrastination. There...
Juggle not Struggle: How to keep your work and life in balance
Are you finding it rough juggling your job with your home life? Do you struggle with your basic commitments, miss doctors, dentists, optometrists, appointments because you can’t seem to get the time off work? Even worse do your kids miss their doctor’s dentists,...
Business Success: How to become a Rock Star at work
How do you know when you are ready for business success? So you're right out of school or you're new to the market and you want to break into your field. But are you ready? Really ready? When after the umpteenth interview and the many false starts, or...
Getting it Right the First Time
A few years ago I was having a conversation with a photographer friend of mine. We were talking about business and giving each other tips on how we could become more effective. At one point in the conversation he turned to me and said, “There’s always time to do it...