Monday, March 18, 2019
MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up
Recommended Reading
What Will You Do Next Time Social Media Hiccups?
Facebook and Instagram broke last week. In case you missed it… the sites were either down or malfunctioning for several hours last Wednesday. A minor inconvenience for some. A major business headache for others.
Lots has been written since. Here’s one article I thought was especially on target: Last Week’s Facebook Outage Proves Why Email Marketing Is Still So Valuable
Marketing Tips
Lessons from Lightbulb Shopping
I love this article about the author’s visit to Home Depot to buy light bulbs. It’s a great lesson about how businesses overemphasize features, not benefits, when selling.
Health and Well Tips
Five Minutes to Wellness with Dan Fazio
Dan Fazio is a physician who focuses on helping individuals identify threats to their health and make the changes necessary to overcome those challenges. He and I are among 27 experts in a community called e4e (experts4entrepreneurs). The e4e website is loaded with useful videos to help business people grow more quickly, run more productively and live the lives they deserve.
Several of the videos feature Dan’s “Five Minutes to Wellness” tips. I learn something every time Dan dispenses wisdom.
Recommended Listening
Sally Jaye Nails It With This Song About Unconditional Love
If you’re a parent, if your kid has ever been suffering or been in crisis, you know the feeling… You just want your kid to be alright. It’s all that matters.
Sally Jaye’s “All I Ask For” captures this feeling beautifully. It’s a sad story. But it’s a beautiful testament to a parent’s undying, unconditional love.
I like this quote…
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
– Honore De Balzac, novelist
Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip.
Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend.
Tom