Recently, I was in Asheville, NC. One of my favorite places to visit. The city of Asheville has some of the best marketing campaigns I have ever seen. One of the city’s primary marketing efforts includes the slogan, “Asheville Grown. Buy Localâ€. When you visit restaurants throughout Western North Carolina the owners and chefs [...]
Once upon a time, not so long ago… if someone went into business they were almost assured of financial security. Perhaps even becoming wealthy. Often they were held in high regard by the city and townspeople simply because they were in business for themselves, creating jobs and providing what people needed in their daily lives. [...]
Three years ago in 2008, prior to the economic collapse in October, almost every CEO, company president and business owner I talked to wanted to talk about employee motivation and employee problems. Companies had more business than they could handle and many were struggling with managing their employees to get maximum productivity. Business people talked [...]
