Hooray for Monday. Time to kick off the sheets. Clear out the cob webs. Kick out the jams.
We are the ready, willing and able. Bring us a whole case of the Mondays. We’ll grab a bottle, shake it up and dance in the champagne shower of awesomeness.
While the drones dread Monday, we see it as a starting line for dreamers and doers. There’s a fresh week of days on the clock. And countless possibilities for our boundless potential. We’re relaxed, recharged and reloaded. Ready to tackle the work we were born to do. Ready create something remarkable.
This is not the day to be back at the grindstone. This is the day to be back at our passion. Breathing new life into our projects. We are conduits of innovation, imagination and inspiration. It’s Monday. And we can’t wait to get started. On your mark…Get set…
What are you working on?
#makeithappen
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Focus. Put all this pressure to good use. Create diamonds.
Stress, challenges and deadlines aren’t going anywhere. If you don’t learn to shine in tough situations, neither are you.
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Jettison the head trash, bullshit and distractions that weigh and delay you. We’ve got important work to do.
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My new favorite quote comes from the legendary lover, adventurer, writer and librarian named Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt better known simply as Casanova: “One who makes no mistakes makes nothing at all.”
A big chunk of success in this world comes down to resiliency. Let them laugh and nay say from the sidelines. Get back up and try a different approach. Just never stop trying. Start. Stumble. Facepalm. Learn. Grow. Experiment. Fail. Continue. Adapt. Fail. Retry. Innovate. Succeed. Win. Repeat.
Casanova’s quote inspired the latest #makeithappen poster. Download a copy for your wall and get to work. We have important things to accomplish.
Bonus: A good tune to listen to whenever you have ass to kick. Ali in the Jungle
You are the front line of content quality. Don’t just post to post. Post WISTfully. Tell a story. Make it sparkle. Take a stand. Give it a twist. Humanize it. Sing it. Relate it. Feed our inner Cliff Clavin. Capture the moment. Find the beauty. Build the brand. Before you post it ask yourself one question: “Would I Share This?”
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Be an AND person.
It’s where you’re going AND how you get there. You can’t buy your integrity back after you’re a success. Do good and you’ll do well.
Out: Plastic people. In: Your people.
Nothing makes a company more forgettable than stock photo people on your home page. Sure, stock art plastic people are prettier than your real people, but you can’t build a relationship with a stock photo.
We do business with people we know, like and trust. Plastic people make your brand look like a commodity. Generic. Disposable. Forgettable. Replaceable.
Use photos of the actual people your customers will being working with (and hire a darn good photographer to help show them in a good light). It will help humanize your enterprise, engender loyalty and a sense of ownership from your team all while helping you build relationship with customers and prospects.
Your people are integral to your brand and brand experience. Online. Offline. All the time.
And while we’re bitching about stock photos… Take a look at the technology photographed in your brochures, collateral and website. Are the computers, laptops, cell phone and headsets in the photos older than your new intern? Dated technology sticks out like a sore thumb. Refresh and stay relevant.
Is it time to add photography as a required competency in schools?
We’re a visual society. We skim more than we read. And we love to look at pictures. A lot.
Take a gander at just about any marketing case study these days, and you’ll see smart marketers are using photos to drive traffic with Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, Picsa, 500px, DailyBooth, TwitPic and Tumblr.
And that’s not even mentioning the insane numbers YouTube and Vimeo put up every day. Maybe we should be talking about adding video production/editing to the required curriculum?
The old world looked down at folks who could write or spell. And while that won’t change anytime soon, I believe the day is quickly approaching where we will snub job candidates who cannot light, compose, capture, retouch, edit and share.
Photo by the most excellent photographer Brad Stanley.
http://www.stanleyphoto.com
My new favorite artist is a vacuum.
I love this collection of light art photos taken by a few creative folks with a Roomba iRobot Vacuum and a wild imagination.
The folks who built Twitter never imagined it as a real time news gathering tool. The makers of Jif didn’t foresee it’s use as a furniture polish. Steve Jobs and company didn’t set out to build a better menu, textbook or diagnostic tool when they were creating the iPad.
What unexpected ways are people using your product? There may be a great marketing story waiting for you.
Add a little Napoleon to your Napoleon Hill. Positive thinking is a whole lot more effective when combined with liberal amounts of kicking ass. Keep in mind the ass most in need of kicking may very well be the one you’ve been sitting on.
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