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Saturday, 19 May 2012

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Art of War in Business : Swift Victory

Waging Business Warfare means planning for Swift Victory. Companies that do not Marshall Adequate Resources will find themselves bogged down; something which good tactics cannot solve and good strategy should avoid.

Art of War in Business : Chapter Two from The Art of War : Waging War.

“Therefore, in war, swift victory is valued, prolongation is devalued.“as Translated by Victor H Mair*1.

In Chapter One from The Art of War : Initial Assessment (strategies) we learned that you must start with a strategy.  Now we say Swift Victory?!  Read more »

Does Social Media Literally pay off?

Text 244326 with PhxStrat to play in this Social Medial Experiment. Love a local business gives small business owners and interesting Social Media Marketing tool.

Ok, Social Experiment.  I stumbled across Love a Local Business late in the game!  This is a great marketing tool from Intuit (Quickbooks).  Local businesses register and compete for grants up to $30,000.  They use Social Media to promote themselves and solicit  feedback as to why people love them!

It’s fun with  payoff!  :-)   Being a slightly competitive type I decided to enter the fray even though I have no realistic chance of winning because of time constraints.  There are a couple of different ways to vote.  First is through a Map Interface (click through box below) where you find and click on a Business local to you to vote.  The interface is a bit clumsy and awkward.  I was going to vote for a great local business that I visit traveling but the map brought me to my own backyard (scary).

Next is the SMS interface. Pretty simple. You text PhxStrat to 244326 — they ask you for your name, any ole name will do; and then why you love the business! Try it! If you read my posts you already know how fun, creative, inciteful, oops, insightful I am :-) Or read the excerpt of my One Pager (below) for some ideas. You can keep it short. Read more »