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Friday, March 03, 2006

Slacking Around...

Yes, I know you are going to think the title of this post has to do with my blog posting...and you may be right...

I'll get into why my posting have been way off at another time (everything is fine, just focused in other areas).

Today started great with breakfast with Bren of Slacker Manger.  I was joined by my brother Terry and two of Bren's co-workers for a great visit and first face to face meeting.  Bren is a "blog god" and wonderful person.

Bren, thanks for looking me up during your conference visit!  Hope you got to see more of Dallas than just Addison!

Subscribe to his feed here.  Believe me, it's worth it.

Friday, November 11, 2005

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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Away, but Not Gone!

Sorry for the delay in posting!  It has been very busy and there was no time in the evening for me to focus on blogging.

I have lots of notes to get back to my regular posts but I thought I would let you know about a new Business Thoughts venture (big words for a blog/podcast I am sponsoring)!

I am pleased to announce that Business Thoughts is sponsoring Zen and the Art of Triathlon.  Brett needed help with his bandwidth, so I stepped up as a sponsor.

This is a blog and podcast that focuses solely on the triathlete and the triathlete lifestyle.  I have been following Brett's work from almost day one and he is providing a great service, info and entertainment.  There is a very natural connection between triathletes and business, so the sponsorship makes a lot of sense, especially with my triathlon passion.

Brett and I have had great brainstorming emails for nearly a year and I even got to meet him and his wife face to face at a triathlon in Shreveport.

So, welcome triathletes and visitors from Zen and for all Business Thoughts readers, I invite you to check out Brett's work here.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

What Are Your Customers Saying About You?

Business20magThis month's Business 2.0 is a fantastic read.  One of the stories specificially discusses companies that tap into their customer's passions.

This is so much more than focus group studies and telemarketing.  In fact, if you don't have a blog search for your company using Bloglines or other blog aggregator, you are missing out. 

In fact, you might just want to have a search titled  "[insert your company's name here] sucks".  For 2 examples of what I'm referring to, read what Engadget is saying about a few companies here and here.

[link] to Companies Tap Into Consumer Passion via

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

A New Blogger and Being Accountable

I'd like to introduce you to a new blogger, Alan Mason.  Alan with 2 others has a company called Goodratings Strategic Services and his main function is to be "a strategic advisor to successful radio stations across the nation".

Alan and I have crossed paths a number times in our careers and we began discussing a blog for his company after some good email exchange.  Every day, Alan sends out an email to his database of clients and subscribers called "Mason's Minute".

I'd like to invite you to check out his newly developed blog here

If you have a blog, you remember just getting started and the encouragement additional traffic, comments and emails bring.  Also, I'm sharing August 24th's Morning Minute entitled "Being Accountable" because it is good and gives you an idea of what rattles around in Alan's head.

Being Accountable
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise." Mitchell Caplan,
CEO, E*Trade Group Inc.  The word accountable is a fascinating one.  It means to be held to accounts for your work.  Sounds simple, right? 

Well, too bad it doesn't happen more where teamwork is concerned.  Have you ever been on one of those "teams" where a couple of people do all the work, most of the people do some work, and a few do almost nothing?  It's very frustrating and it's very unfair.  Oh yeah, and it's probably your fault. 

The "slackers" on a team have most likely been taught that slacking is OK, because there are no negative consequences to it.  When we let them slide and not put their full talents into something, we'reteaching them to do it again.  Most people don't like confrontations, and so they avoid them by picking up the slack from others. 

If you've been reading the Morning Minute long enough you know I love to use questions as a weapon. 

When I'm in those situations I'm likely to ask "And what part of this do you want to handle, Fred?"  Next comes "And you'll have that completed by the 13th?"  You might have something like that you use too. It's not such much the technique as it is that you find a way to get these people involved, and then work with the rest of the team to hold them accountable.

Otherwise you'll wind up doing all the work, and they'll never have the satisfaction of working on an exciting project with a team.

[link] to Alan Mason's Goodratings blog

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Sunday, September 04, 2005

Personal Blog

I've been doing some updating of my personal blog lately.  I try to keep all the personal stuff off of Business Thoughts, but sometimes it just fits.

If you want to check out my personal blog, the URL is www.ktoddstorch.com/k_todd_storchs_weblog/

Subscribe to it with this URL:  http://feeds.feedburner.com/KToddStorch

Have a wonderful rest of your Labor Day weekend!

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Hurricane Relief Efforts: How You Can Help

Information changes by the second with the disaster in the Gulf region.  The main question many of us are asking is "how can I help and make a difference?".

KRBE, a Top 40 station in Houston (Susquehanna Radio Corp.) has just launched a blog to help get this type of information out to their listening audience as well as anyone that needs this info.

[link] to 104 KRBE Hurricane Relief Blog

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

My Brother's New Adventure

Terry has a new "adventure" he has unveiled today.  I give him props for the tease campaign that he's been touting as well as the way he launched the info today.

I don't want to spoil it, so you have to click below to find out.

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Test Post

Just a test to check on RSS feed display.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Healthy Lifestyle = Business Success?

Leah Maclean, author of Working Solo has started a feature this week to answer the question: How important is a healthy lifestyle to your business success?

Leah asked me to contribute to her project and I gladly helped!

[link] to read

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