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NEW GSA Services Schedule PSS 99 is NOW OPEN at IDEAS
November 23, 2015IDEAS has been proud to work with the government on both a state and federal level. It made sense...
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Watch Your Step!
November 20, 2015One of our editors at IDEAS was recently on assignment in Palm Springs and it triggered some very funny...
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It’s Never Too Late
October 5, 2015So – you’ve been very successful in your career choices and have done an outstanding job receiving promotions and...
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The Tickle File
September 10, 2015You are probably thinking this is a file to hold jokes or funny stories – not really. It’s more...
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Living in the Moment…
September 9, 2015I read an article quite some time ago by a journalist who shared some of her newly changed behaviors...
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How do You Top the Previous Acts?
July 7, 2015When you have had five wonderful and unique greyhounds come in and out of your lives, you really do...
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Business Development in the 21st Century
July 17, 2014Business development in the 21st century… when you started in the 20th! It is amazing that you can really...
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John Lux Named Orlando Business Journal’s 2014 C-Level Honoree
July 2, 2014IDEAS Chief Operating Officer John Lux has been named one of twenty-eight honorees of the Orlando Business Journal’s annual C-Level awards...
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How Social Media Can Reinvent Your Old Sales Tactics
July 2, 2014Originally posted on the Inc. website, excerpts below: A pioneer of merchandising and sales, the founder of Wanamaker’s department store,...
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IDEAS Renewed as Preferred Vendor by Disney
June 20, 2014IDEAS was recently renewed as a preferred vendor by the Walt Disney Company. IDEAS has been a preferred vendor...
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Reflections on Holiday Past
January 9, 2014Imagine it’s the week before Thanksgiving and you are putting together that list of all the items you will...
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World War II Honor Flight
October 11, 2013Part 1: The anticipation of doing something rewarding and unusual can certainly take over your entire routine – checking...
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How To Improve Any Service By Simplifying It
June 4, 2013Originally posted on the FastCo.Design website by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn, excerpts below: It may seem counterintuitive, but in a...
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Understanding Your Unique Selling Proposition
February 15, 2013Originally posted on the Entrepreneur website, excerpts below: Before you can begin to sell your product or service to anyone else, you...
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Compete on Value, Not Price
January 25, 2013Originally posted on the Inc. website by Vanessa Merit Nornberg, excerpts below: More than ever before, customers are choosing to buy...
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For Customer Experience, “Just OK” Is Not OK
January 3, 2013Originally posted on the Fast Company website, excerpts below: The brands we celebrate unequivocally have superior customer experience–something only 3% of companies...
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Voting – Why Should I?
November 5, 2012Just recently I received an email from a gentleman I haven’t seen or spoken with in years. We were...
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Animals Rescuing Humans
October 29, 2012I’m not a strong Facebook user so I check in every few days to run through entries of friends...
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Proofreading, Grammar, and Spelling
October 25, 2012Lately, it seems the topics of proofreading, use of grammar, and spelling in general, are front and center on...
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Why Stories Sell
September 26, 2012Originally posted on Ezine Articles website by Alen Majer, excerpts below: There’s an undeniable truth about stories. Most people absolutely...
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