Instead of a lot of text this week, how about a few videos? Namely, a new video series of “True Tales” now launching on our site....
Only the headache, credit card bills, and the faint smell of cigar smoke remain.
Big news for those of you coming to the inaugural SMART Show Dallas. Our show keynote speaker — Scott Ginsberg, aka “The Nametag Guy” — is...
BIG NEWS for those of you coming to the inaugural SMART Show Dallas. Our show keynote speaker — Scott Ginsberg, aka “The Nametag Guy” — is...
In 2006, a Duke University researcher did an experiment which showed that more than 40 percent of the actions people performed each day weren’t actual decisions,...
How far have you gone to get people to “like” your business page on Facebook? Have you begged? Told sad stories? Plastered “like” buttons all over...
Going back over some old book notes this weekend, and I came across a few lessons to live by from Seth Godin’s “The Dip”, a book...
At The SMART Show, a jeweler told me that she was hesitant to comment on stories on our redesigned website because of our Facebook-linked commenting system....
Sales guru Harry Friedman tells retailers what to do to double their sales.
One of the reasons the SMART Show is the best in the business is because it’s also the most fun, as David Squires details in this...
One of the major benefits of using social media is the ability to reach a large audience without spending loads of money or time. On Friday...
Everybody sells diamonds, so how do you stand out from the crowd? On Friday at The SMART Show in Chicago, diamond expert Maarten de Witte said...
On Friday, David Liu spoke to a full house at The SMART Show in a special lunch session, “He Said, She Said: The Engagement Ring Shopping...
Don’t get stuck in your store this summer. Be creative. Be ambitious. Do something adventurous. This video shows a recent company trip of ours. (One point...
I was just reading about one of the more arresting corporate initiatives of the past year — the “Common Thread Initiative” from outdoor/adventure apparel company Patagonia....
Sorry blog-followers, last week, I left you hanging. If you read my article “Putting Your Strengths To Work: Step One”, based on the writing of Marcus...
Awards are funny. Over the years, we’ve probably entered INSTORE into the Neal Awards (think “the Pulitzers of business publishing”) six times. For the first four...
[dropcap cap=W]hen I first read The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr two years ago, my first thought was: I can’t wait...
[dropcap cap=F]irst impressions are so important that Tom Peters (author of The Little Big Things) recommends creating a new C-Level job for it. So in addition...
[dropcap cap=Y]ou’re sitting in the store, bored out of your skull, and want something to do right away? Go to INSTOREMAG.COM. Between our “Work...
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