Comments for Accelerate and Performance Technology - Kewler, LLC http://blog.icyball.com Patent marketing, invention, production and distribution strategies Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Why take advantage of Facebook RECOMMENDATIONS by admin http://blog.icyball.com/2011/10/04/why-take-advantage-of-facebook-recommendations/#comment-5330 admin Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:23:38 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2011/10/04/why-take-advantage-of-facebook-recommendations/#comment-5330 LinkedIn is growing, faster than ever! Why? Because it is a network of business professionals with jobs and buying power. Here are 5 tips on how to effectively use LinkedIn to grow revenue at your Spa. Put an hour into your profile, from a clean head shot to the interesting details that make it easy to connect with you. Add connections - Think of this as giving out the best business card of your life, it is the card that lets you stay in front of your network with minimal effort. Who should you add? Friends, family, co-workers (past and present), alumni, etc. Try and add 1 new connection every day!!! Participate in the conversation - take 1 minute a day and scan your newsfeed, look for new potential connections and content within your network you can comment on and/or like. Share content with your network - this may be once a week or twice a week, do a status update and promote something you are working on - remember this is a business network! Promoting your company or blog is a great way to increase the quality of search of your content. Schedule real world meetings with people from your network. This is how you find the pot of gold!!! You decide how committed you are to growth. At the minimum once a week or as frequent as your schedule allows. LinkedIn is growing, faster than ever! Why? Because it is a network of business professionals with jobs and buying power. Here are 5 tips on how to effectively use LinkedIn to grow revenue at your Spa.

Put an hour into your profile, from a clean head shot to the interesting details that make it easy to connect with you.
Add connections - Think of this as giving out the best business card of your life, it is the card that lets you stay in front of your network with minimal effort. Who should you add? Friends, family, co-workers (past and present), alumni, etc. Try and add 1 new connection every day!!!
Participate in the conversation - take 1 minute a day and scan your newsfeed, look for new potential connections and content within your network you can comment on and/or like.
Share content with your network - this may be once a week or twice a week, do a status update and promote something you are working on - remember this is a business network! Promoting your company or blog is a great way to increase the quality of search of your content.
Schedule real world meetings with people from your network. This is how you find the pot of gold!!! You decide how committed you are to growth. At the minimum once a week or as frequent as your schedule allows.

]]> Comment on The Law of Precession & SMART Goals… by admin http://blog.icyball.com/2011/08/18/the-law-of-precession-smart-goals/#comment-4816 admin Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:09:42 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2011/08/18/the-law-of-precession-smart-goals/#comment-4816 We have heard many times—what gets measured gets done. The same thing applies to your business. The great thing about numbers is that they are not open to interpretation or emotion. They are what they are. That being said, what are the key metrics that drive your business. Benefits to having strong metrics include: + Clarity around performance—not only for your business, but your team as well + Sanity or health check—your business is either growing or dying (not standing still). Strong metrics will help confirm that things are going in the right direction. + Improvement—simply measuring different aspects of your business will often lead to improvement as people are a bit competitive Take a look at what drives your business today and define key metrics that will help you make good decisions in the future. We have heard many times—what gets measured gets done. The same thing applies to your business. The great thing about numbers is that they are not open to interpretation or emotion. They are what they are. That being said, what are the key metrics that drive your business.

Benefits to having strong metrics include:

+ Clarity around performance—not only for your business, but your team as well

+ Sanity or health check—your business is either growing or dying (not standing still). Strong metrics will help confirm that things are going in the right direction.

+ Improvement—simply measuring different aspects of your business will often lead to improvement as people are a bit competitive

Take a look at what drives your business today and define key metrics that will help you make good decisions in the future.

]]> Comment on Do you drink diet Coke or diet Pepsi?? by admin http://blog.icyball.com/2009/08/13/do-you-drink-diet-coke-or-diet-pepsi/#comment-4669 admin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:22:50 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2009/08/13/do-you-drink-diet-coke-or-diet-pepsi/#comment-4669 The thing is, some darned scientists decided study the dietary habits and overall health of more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 over a period of nine years. Sure, they found that the usual suspects of fried foods, refined grains and red meat contributed to an 18 percent increase in the risk for metabolic syndrome (the collection of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, such as abdominal obesity, high cholesterol/blood glucose levels, and high blood pressure.) What they didn’t expect to find (and why I firmly believe that sometimes ignorance really is bliss) is that we saps who drink a measly one can of diet soda per day were faced with a 34 percent higher risk for metabolic syndrome than those who abstain from the fizzy delight altogether. One measly can! You know what that means, right? That whole “everything in moderation” theory just had a gaping hole blown right through it! Hmph. The thing is, some darned scientists decided study the dietary habits and overall health of more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 over a period of nine years. Sure, they found that the usual suspects of fried foods, refined grains and red meat contributed to an 18 percent increase in the risk for metabolic syndrome (the collection of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, such as abdominal obesity, high cholesterol/blood glucose levels, and high blood pressure.)

What they didn’t expect to find (and why I firmly believe that sometimes ignorance really is bliss) is that we saps who drink a measly one can of diet soda per day were faced with a 34 percent higher risk for metabolic syndrome than those who abstain from the fizzy delight altogether. One measly can! You know what that means, right? That whole “everything in moderation” theory just had a gaping hole blown right through it! Hmph.

]]> Comment on FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE $7.25 but someone under age 20 can get as low as $4.25 for first 90 days by admin http://blog.icyball.com/2009/09/25/federal-minimum-wage-725-but-someone-under-age-20-can-get-as-low-as-425-for-first-90-days/#comment-4668 admin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:19:05 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2009/09/25/federal-minimum-wage-725-but-someone-under-age-20-can-get-as-low-as-425-for-first-90-days/#comment-4668 Note there is a scam going on through email asking you to pay for these posters. Just go to the link and print them out. B&W or Color http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/posters/flsa.htm Note there is a scam going on through email asking you to pay for these posters. Just go to the link and print them out. B&W or Color
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]]> Comment on Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins by admin http://blog.icyball.com/2009/04/02/cancer-update-from-johns-hopkins/#comment-83 admin Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:29:48 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2009/04/02/cancer-update-from-johns-hopkins/#comment-83 "Cancer" in your lawn can be attributed to high acidic conditions. Weeds love an acidic environment. Bring the pH up to an alkaline level (just above neutral 7) and the grass will flourish and the weeds will be gone. Tooth decay is also related to high acidic environments. Kevin “Cancer” in your lawn can be attributed to high acidic conditions. Weeds love an acidic environment. Bring the pH up to an alkaline level (just above neutral 7) and the grass will flourish and the weeds will be gone.

Tooth decay is also related to high acidic environments.

Kevin

]]> Comment on Getting an Authorize.net account for eCommerce by James http://blog.icyball.com/2009/03/12/getting-an-authorizenet-account-for-ecommerce/#comment-23 James Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:46:19 +0000 http://blog.icyball.com/2009/03/12/getting-an-authorizenet-account-for-ecommerce/#comment-23 Thanks for the info, we set a complete store up for much less than what Wells Fargo or our local bank would have charged us (almost 50% upfront and $10 less per month) Thanks for the info, we set a complete store up for much less than what Wells Fargo or our local bank would have charged us (almost 50% upfront and $10 less per month)

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