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6 Ways to Make Better Connections with Your Customers By Paying More Attention

11.29.11 By Raj Malik

Raj Malik is CEO & Co-Founder of KikScore, an exciting startup that helps small online businesses use their own track record of reliability and trustworthiness to increase sales and close more leads. Raj is a contributor to his company’s blog at blog.kikscore.com, a past speaker at SXSW and is passionate about helping small business and entrepreneurs succeed.

Entrepreneur Mark Cuban has said:  YOUR CUSTOMERS OWN YOU.  But take a close look at your business do you realize that without your customers your business basically would not exist and would be worthless.   The problem that many of us face as small business owners is that we often use the excuse that we are too busy to actually engage our own customers.  Better yet we even say that we have other more pressing priorities than talking to our customers after they buy from our businesses. Read more from Raj Malik

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Does Impossible Exist?

07.29.11 By Michael Grandinetti

Michael Grandinetti is one of the world’s leading experts in the art of illusion. Over the past 20 years, his magic has been featured on NBC television specials, in sold-out baseball stadiums, at Heinz Hall with Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch, at New York’s Grand Central Station, and at The White House. In addition, as the founder of Michael Grandinetti Magic, a custom illusion production company, Michael has designed and provided original effects for Fortune 500 companies and major corporations around the globe. Find Michael at his website or on Facebook.

Does “impossible” exist? This is a question that I challenge myself with on a daily basis.  Since the age of five, my love for the art of magic and my passion for taking my life in unique and sometimes untraveled directions have allowed me to truly explore the concept of what is “impossible” and, I hope, push the boundaries of what is expected. Now, I’m not just talking about the visual impossibilities of my art form, such as walking through walls or floating in the air, but I’m talking about setting big goals, larger than you ever might think possible to achieve, and then going after them wholeheartedly and bringing them to life. Read more from Michael Grandinetti