Business

Retail Social Media Top 10 Big Brands

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Jeff & Tara

We thought this was a great info graphic about how many fans, friends, followers, +1′s etc. that the top brands have. Interesting stuff:… Read More →

Attending a Consumer Show This Spring – Here Are Our Tips

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Jeff & Tara

The Consumer Golf Show season is upon us. So how do you get the most out of the dollars you are spending to attend the upcoming Consumer Golf Shows? Here are some tips that we use for our clients… Read More →

Calls Made to a Public Golf Course [funny]

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jeff & Tara

Staff: Golf course, may I help you? Caller: Yes, I need to get some information from you. First, is this your correct phone number?

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Top 10 Biz Blogs of 2012

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

We’ve been blogging for about four years now. However about a year ago we decided to write two blogs, our original blog (now called the 19th Hole Blog) and this blog, now called our Biz Blog. The Biz Blog is largely about… Read More →

Pay It Forward – Panago Pizza

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

Gary Vaynerchuk has some great examples in his book The Thank You Economy that really expresses something that happened to us this week. We have a phone (a land line) in our apartment. No one knows the phone number as we don’t want to receive any calls on it. We prefer our cell phones as our only communication channels. So when the… Read More →

Speed Networking – What We Do

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

Networking is an important aspect of business, particularly if you are in sales and let’s face it, we are all in sales. We attend a number of meet-up events in downtown Vancouver mostly through our meetup.com groups. We previously blogged about “How to make the most of networking” here. What surprises us is how bad some people are at… Read More →

Does Your Staff Know Your Social Media Handles?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

I had an interesting thing happen to me the other day while out for a business lunch with a colleague at a restaurant we frequent near our home office. We arrived at the same time and proceeded to our table where I did the thing I do everytime I go to a restaurant. That is, I take a photo of something interesting (to me at least), check-in on… Read More →

Has Your Business Pivoted?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

How many times did Samsung pivot their business before becoming the No.1 smart phone seller in the world, beating Apple at their own game? 13 TIMES! Here’s how… Read More →

A Dumb Move for the Game of Golf

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

Today the Blue Coats (a term I will use to describe the powers that be at the USGA and R&A) decided that “anchoring” a club would no longer be permitted in golf. I really have no use for the blue coats who attempting to protect the history the game and the advantage that “anchoring” supposedly creates (although they have no proof of this). The Blue Coats… Read More →

Social ROI

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

Our good friend Bosco Anthony gave a talk during Social Media Week Vancouver about Social Media Monitoring a few weeks ago. One of his key messages was that there are both quantitative and qualitative ways to measure your social media success and that you must be aware of both. Relying soley “on the numbers” does not… Read More →