Be Remarkable & Get Rich!

by Dan Ross on July 19, 2010

Be Remarkable

I came across this quote recently by Warren Spahn, a former MLB player (pitcher).
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers – .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation – Warren Spahn
Twenty wins by a pitcher is a phenomenal season, not an average season.  Today pitchers start less than in [...]

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Success – Not an Overnight Destination

by Dan Ross on July 10, 2010

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Over the last year I’ve come across some amazing examples of breathtaking work (articles, quotes, infographics) specifically on this topic.  I thought I would share them with everyone in one spot.  I will update this over time if I come across further examples but here is what I can share with everyone right now.  If [...]

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Failure is the Path to Prosperity in Business and Life

by Dan Ross on July 7, 2010

Business Failure

Michael Jordan commented “I failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”  That very quote has become a marketing campaign for Nike as seen by the below 30 second clip.

Sports provide great insights into failure because each year every individual, competitor or team is trying to win a [...]

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Twitter Tip – Provide Your Followers With VALUE (ie. original content or links to good content)

by Dan RossApril 13, 2010 Social Media
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Twitter is 140 characters long and, if your followers are going to pass along  your message via a “retweet”  you typically don’t want the message to be more than 120 characters long.  I personally try to make as many tweets 100 characters or less but I will save that discussion for another day.
The key is [...]

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13 Business Facts You Might Find Interesting

by Dan RossMarch 3, 2010 SMB Advice
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Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938
63 mln US households to pay bills online by 2014 Source: Forrester
Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars.
During the holiday season, approximately $220 million worth of Poinsettias are sold
Amazon.com’s sales were 1/17th of Walmart [...]

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20 Great Tweetable Quotes About Ideas

by Dan RossFebruary 15, 2010 Personal Development
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Today we operate in what Peter Drucker, a great business philosopher, called the “knowledge economy.”   We have shifted from an agricultural economy, to an industrial economy to one that is now driven by education and knowledge.  Technological, pharmaceutical and nano innovation comes from ideas as they didn’t exist in any “natural form” on this [...]

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20 Great Small and Medium-Sized Business Facts You Should Know

by Dan RossFebruary 8, 2010 SMB Advice
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“The future of our economy relies on the Imagination of entrepreneurs- President Barack Obama”
Given the quote above I thought I would share with everyone some facts/figures I have found and shared on Twitter over the last few months.  If you like the quotes below I would greatly appreciate it if you would retweet the post [...]

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5 Great Social Media Slideshows

by Dan RossFebruary 1, 2010 Social Media
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Are you looking for knowledgeable presentations about social media?  In the post below I’ve embedded 5 of my favorites that I have posted to Twitter in the last few months.  These are knowledgeable, thought provoking presentations.  Topics include: Twitter Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Hacks (game the system.)
#1) Mary Meeker (Morgan Stanley Analyst) – October 2009 [...]

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