Jan 14, 2019 | Light The Fuse Blog
It’s easy to blame the bankruptcy of Sears on Amazon, but are you going to accept that excuse when a new competitor comes out of left field in your market? Many retailers are actually expanding in the age of Amazon, both in e-commerce offerings and more stores....
Dec 6, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
There’s something about the beauty of saying, “What’s your email? I’ll have my assistant reach out.” It immediately communicates that you’re worth meeting with – otherwise, why would you have an assistant? Most sales teams these days are running pretty slim and...
Oct 22, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
I’ve seen this same marketing mistake so many times – I just have to talk about it. It’s really quite simple: Stop talking about yourself! That may seem counter-intuitive. Isn’t the whole point of marketing to tell people about your business?...
Sep 25, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
Maybe not literally “you”, but there is a national crisis in recruiting for our law enforcement agencies. According to Jesse Williams, New Mexico State Police Captain, “We have 650 officers now with 17 recruits in the academy. With retirements, resignations and...
Sep 3, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
I’m typically on the optimistic side, but this is a case where the glass really is half empty, particularly when you think about how quota is often just enough to make it worth having that salesperson. Imagine what would happen if we could fill up the glass! A group...
Jul 27, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
There is a question that I get fairly regularly, either from a friend that knows what I do, or a client for which we’ve done some limited work: “Should I run this ad? It seems like a great deal! It’s a big discount, and they’re going to run free banner ads for me!”...
Jul 10, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
Lots of websites get started, but not nearly as many get finished. Almost none get finished on time. Why is it so hard to get a quality website built on time and on budget? It’s not because of the graphics, and it’s not because it’s so difficult to actually build a...
Jun 14, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
(Message from Bill Bice) I love it when people follow their passion. I’m happy to announce that I’m doing exactly that, coming back as CEO of boomtime. Mark Canon, who has contributed tremendously to the success of our company, is taking a step into semi-retirement....
Mar 2, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
You spend a small fortune to build a beautiful website. But after a while, you start to wonder… Is my website working? In other words, does your website make your phone ring? How in the world can you tell? I’m going to let you in on a little secret:...
Feb 1, 2018 | Light The Fuse Blog
That seems like a bold statement: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) doesn’t work. But unfortunately, the vast majority of what is passed off as SEO is actually Old School SEO – things that worked 5 and 10 years ago, but are now completely out-of-date. Old School...
