Chaz always made sure I looked good. For years I would drop by my local Men’s Warehouse to buy a couple of dress shirts, a pair of slacks, and sometimes a suit. Chaz always seemed to be there and he always seemed to remember my name. I don’t know how he did it, but he…

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(Part IV of A Business Model That’s Just Plain Bad For Business.)…

In my last post “Bad Management It’s Also Just Plain bad for Business“ David Ruggles brought up a good point when responding to a comment made by Steve Richards.

Steve stated that "The retail culture incubates mediocrity and as gross profits continue their downward spiral good luck attracting quality sales personnel. Can you name another product that sells for $30K…

This is the kind if passion you need if you are to truely succeed.

From 0 to $200M in revenue, Big Fish Games CEO and founder shares lessons on scaling



One thing that separates entrepreneurs from others is their bu…

By Jeff Perez 

This article was originally written by Carrie Thompson for L&L Automotive:

Car technology has advanced rapidly over the past 100 years, from a ‘horseless carriage’ to today’s electric…

Bad management runs rampant in organizations. For my discussion I will focus on Automotive Sales and Finance Management. I say this because this is epidemic in many Industries and I don’t want to appear to be singling out Automotive Dealerships.

All emotions stem from insecurity and must be controlled because it has no place in a work Setting.…

A new store recently opened at 298 Mulberry Street in downtown Manhattan.

And if you walk in the door, you'll see something truly amazing.

Something that's about to put 100 million Chinese factory workers out on the street...

... And launch a 21st-century industrial revolution right here in the U.S.A.

The Air Force already bought…

This article brings up so good questions. For discussion here do you think that, excluding the Mega Dealers, the big data lies within the databases of most dealers? And that the main objective of most dealers should be to concentrate on their own market area for trends, Do most dealers have within their own market areas the keys to their marketing success?

Instead of focusing upon the concept of big data, organisations should…

Facebook's attempt to bring in more ad revenue to mobile is about to pay off this in a big, big way this year.

The social network is set to see its mobile ad revenue shoot up over 333%, from $470 million…

The traditional business model of the Automotive Dealership works against itself practically at every turn and is just plain bad for business and it is time to think about change.

With all the advances in technology over the years from Marketing to DMS, CRM and diagnostics for repairs the changes have been…

Mood Map is an art exhibit created by New York-based E/B Office that expresses the mood of the South Korean populace by analyzing their tweets. The data is visualized through six fiber optic lights located on the roof of the Data Curation section of the Museum of Art, at Seoul National University.

Mood Map isn't the first…

This undated photo made available by Google shows colorful pipes sending and receiving water for cooling Google's data center in The Dalles, Ore. The blue pipes supply cold water and the red pipes return the warm water back to be cooled. (AP Photo/Google, Connie Zhou)

Google is asking the Obama administration for permission to disclose more details about the U.S.…

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They spooked the Microsoft founder into early retirement. Now they're going to bring down his empire.



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Nobody expected theatre relayed to cinemas would work – until National Theatre Live became a hit. Matt Trueman watches one show come together

Gunnar Cauthery is building up to his big moment. He's on stage at theNational…

What do you think about: The government has acknowledged tapping into servers of nine Internet giants?—including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and YouTube—even though the companies deny giving direct "backdoor" access

"All we have is shadows of information," he said. "We are finally learning some things. We need more whistleblowers."

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You have to treat social media like a fire. Add logs all day. And then watch your day go up in flames. Vooza‘s social media maven shows…

I cut my teeth selling at an early age selling door to door. From delivering newspapers to Fuller Brush to Cash is Best, for which Ted Turner was a fugitive from the US holding offshore on his yacht in international waters for purporting a pyramid scheme, to selling the original wind up fire and burglar alarms for the…

I came across this story and just wanted to share it with you. It reminded me of a talented and successful pre-owned sales manager that I worked for. He used to tell me that "Pigs get fat and Hogs get Slaughtered".

The…