by Craig Rentmeester | Aug 28, 2007 | Business, Business Profile, Miscellaneous
Late Friday afternoon (3:30 – 4:00pm) I was ordering brochures. I placed the order online and then submitted my artwork to the Web site by uploading the files. Then comes the curveball. Rather than being able to view my proofs online, both front and back, I was...
by Craig Rentmeester | Aug 27, 2007 | Business, Marketing & PR
In most situations, you have a limited window of time to make a first impression. It may be grabbing an audience’s attention, representing a brand through personal appearance, or displaying confidence with good, firm handshake at an interview. Once this initial...
by Craig Rentmeester | Aug 27, 2007 | Business, Marketing & PR, Miscellaneous
The ability, and need, for personal branding has taken off more than ever, because of the Internet. This has happened because it’s free. Start a blog, make a LinkedIn profile, etc. The cost to promote yourself has reached a price that everyone can afford. With...
by Craig Rentmeester | Aug 22, 2007 | Business, Miscellaneous
Most job hunters these days use the Internet to find job openings. Guy Kawasaki had an interesting post today about his experience posting and filling a job opening on Craigslist. Since I recently completed the post-college job search, I thought that I’d share a...
by Craig Rentmeester | Jul 29, 2007 | Business, Marketing & PR
A big thing in business is creating customer value. I used to work for a company that used the phrase "customer profit"; the customer leaves feeling as though they got more from the business than the business got from them (product, experience, service vs....