tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89629668846378103112011-07-08T09:34:52.293-07:00Business insights, ideas, wit and wisdom. Entrepreneur fodder and motivation.Horace Glumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05697540681799032021noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962966884637810311.post-54621140689797935772009-08-14T19:01:00.000-07:002009-08-14T19:28:19.368-07:00

Yes I'm still alive and kicking. It's been a busy summer and I've been spending time harvesting the garden's bounty as well as harvesting delicious ideas for future posts. I've also been busy revamping my main blog: www.horaceglump.com and have decided to merge all future business posts into the new, improved, super deluxe version of www.horaceglump.com.Many of my "Wit and Wisdom" posts touch on

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Since the debut of the Digital Age a few years back, the printing industry has undergone significant changes. I have to admit that I recall the days when setting up an elaborate printing job with lots of photographs and graphics meant a lot of time and a lot of money. In order to make all the investment in pre-press production worth while, large quantities had to be ordered to make a full color

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As I have discussed in prior posts, today's work model is changing at a rapid pace. The days of a lifetime job position at Amalgamated Door Hinges with a 6.3% pay raise each year are long gone. Which reminds me of the tragic story of a fictitious friend of mine named Bob (yes as a matter of fact I do have a lot of fictitious friends.) Bob landed a wonderful job right out of college at the Acme

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If you've spent any amount of time looking for ideas (schemes) on ways to get rich on the internet, I'm sure you are ready for a mental vacation (my mind is currently swimming in the 85 degree turquoise waters of a tropical lagoon.) The seemingly endless opportunities out there to make money using one method or another all present an infinite number of rabbit trails to follow. And if you go down

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Copies of your bills of sale that is. One of the most overlooked resources available to a business, lies right in their own backyard-an existing customer base. Think about it, a happy, satisfied customer which you've served in the past is a lot easier to sell than a brand new prospect. You've already sold them once on the benefits of your product or service and hopefully they've become satisfied

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Here on the Glump farm, we have a small flock of chickens to provide us with fresh eggs. By-the-way, farm fresh eggs are so much better than the pale-yoked ones you get at the store and I'm convinced they are much lower in cholesterol (maybe I should feed them Lipitor just to make sure?). Now let me say upfront, chickens are not blessed with much in the brain department so needless to say they

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When I used to work at the cubicle farm, there was only one period of time when I did not dread Monday mornings. It was for a brief period when my benevolent employer allowed us to work a four-day work week (4 - 10 hr+ days) and that was because my day off was Monday! I actually really liked working the four day schedule because I felt much more productive. But alas the boss didn't like it

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Years ago when I left the traditional brick and mortar workplace and became a telecommuter from my home, I found one aspect of corporate life that I don't think I'll ever miss- business meetings. The years I spent on the cubicle farm were bad enough but when you add a regular staff meeting in to the mix, you soon enter a twilight zone where the seconds hand on the clock begins to slooow

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Never under estimate the power of word-of-mouth advertising for your business. Even in this digital age--it is still the back bone of many business' marketing plans. Today word-of-mouth marketing has morphed into a whole different beast when compared to what companies relied upon years ago. Back in the day, when commerce primarily took place within a limited geographical area, we often

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If you've visited my other blog (horaceglump.com) then you may have the idea that I tend toward a quirky view of life. I'd have to agree with that statement, but then this is a quirky world we live in. With that in mind, you might say that I'm "spot on" with the way I view things. The old school business model would flee from the word quirky. In fact, old-school business would run as fast as they

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