HUGH CULVER

Maybe I’m too old for Social Media

Maybe I’m too old for Social Media

I just poured a hot mug of Earl Grey, pulled on my slippers and I’m thinking about Facebook. Actually, I’m not thinking about Facebook at all - I’m thinking about getting old. I’m not really all that old, but I do remember watching the Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan...

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Should you share your best stuff on the Internet?

Should you share your best stuff on the Internet?

You work hard for what you know. As an author, public speaker, seminar leader, blogger, or coach, ideas are money. And then there’s social media - the wide-mouth, gaping suck-hole of content. Social media is where ideas gets shared. Holding back your best ideas until...

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Your first baby steps to getting started with SlideShare

Your first baby steps to getting started with SlideShare

For a couple of years I’ve been raving about the not-so-secret power of SlideShare. Typically, I am greeted with a response like “Huh? SlidesShare, what’s that?”. Well, for all you unwashed marketers, let me introduce you to a very exciting and creative way to get...

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Stop doing this (task hopping) and you’ll thank me

Stop doing this (task hopping) and you’ll thank me

I teach productivity. I don’t like to call it that. It’s the same with most motivational speakers. They prefer to say they talk on “leadership”, or “personal mastery”, but really it’s motivation. For me, it’s productivity. And one trick has been trumping all the rest...

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I want you to be brave

I want you to be brave

Okay this is something different. I was working on my next slideshare presentation this week and struggling to come up with a topic. I admit I don't recommend this backwards approach, but there it is. And what came up was the topic of bravery. I think we all know what...

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The fast and easy way to get testimonials

The fast and easy way to get testimonials

We all know that a client testimonial always outweighs our own claims to fame. That independent review is taken as truth, whereas our self-promotions are seen as, well, just that: self promotions. It the old days (when we used a thing called “the fax”) we begged...

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Ten cool tools I can’t live without

Ten cool tools I can’t live without

There is a danger out there what we need to be wary of. It’s called the bright shiny object. You listen to a podcast on your morning run and they mention some cool app, or plug-in, or software that is amazing, super cool, faster, or bakes pies. You have to have it....

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