Favorite entrepreneurial sites

I'm sure all small business owners have sites and magazines that inspire them to greater things.

Here are some of mine:

Magazines: Inc. FastCompany Entrepreneur

Sites: www.inc.com www.fastcompany.com www.entrepreneur.com http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/beyondstartup/u/manageandgrow.htm
http://www.toolkit.com/
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/
http://www.dondebelak.com/
http://www.ben-means-business.com/

And a daily email that makes me think is "Sparkling Gems From the Greek" (www.renner.org)

Do newsletters work?

Lots of companies use regular email communications with their existing customers to let them know about new stuff happening, and we do the same. We've found readership has gone up since offering a prize. Marketing books tell you that it seems everyone listens to WII-FM - "what's in it for me?" - so we try to make the information useful and rewarding! With our May newsletter - celebrating our 20th Anniversary - we gave away a $200 GPS logger to one lucky customer. This month we gave our customers a chance to win a radio-controlled Multidirectional Plane – it cuts through the clouds in thrilling 10-minute runs! The foam-construction plane features stylish details and a twin motor design, and includes controller/charger and rechargeable LiPo battery. It uses six AA batteries (also included) for the hand-held controller. If you didn't get our newletter email, write to us at info@saelig.com with "Newsletter Please" in the subject line and we'll send you the details.

Feedback

At least somebody is reading my blog - thanks "B"!!

"Alan........I love your humor. Add the following to the list....

"There are 10 kinds of people in the world......those who understand binary and those who don't"

Thanks to B. W.

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Very Punny

Where would we be without work being fun? Bored.

The Internet has brought us many things both positive and negative. On the plus side, a plethera of good, clean jokes:

-- I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
-- Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
-- Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
-- To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
-- The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
-- When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
-- The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
-- The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
-- A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
-- A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
-- A will is a dead giveaway.
-- A backward poet writes inverse.
-- A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
-- With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
-- A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in linoleum blownapart.
-- A calendar's days are numbered.
-- A boiled egg is hard to beat.
-- If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
-- When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
-- Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis

Free "Word of Mouth" Book

A blog I respect and regularly read is by John Jantsch of
Duct Tape Marketing (http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/).

This month he's offering great advice on how to create
word of mouth as an experiment for how to create word of
mouth - the best form of advertising. Dave Balter, creator
of BuzzAgent, wrote a book called The Word of
Mouth Manual: Volume II, price it at $45 on Amazon,
but it is available as a free copy by download.

http://www.bzzagent.com/downloads/wom2.jsp?src=duct_tape_marketing

The book is a valuable explanation of the art of word of
mouth with helpful examples.

Go get your copy to help in selling your products
- and thanks for reading my blog!

All I Need to Know about Business I Learned From My Poodle.

Well not quite, but it makes for a good title, doesn’t it?

Here are my thoughts, gathered from various sources and in no particular order:

1) Be a distinctive individual.
2) Be relentlessly optimistic, completely present and entirely without falsehood.
3) Ensure that what you see is definitely what you get.
4) Be a great listener.
5) Always put forth your best effort, and happily and breathlessly run until you can run no more.
6) Tug on your lead – push forward, don’t hold back.
7) Never hold a grudge, and always be willing to lick (be appreciative of) the hand that feeds you.
8) Seek out hidden opportunities – even if they’re hard to get.
9) Don’t pace about worrying when the food will come or if it will be enough.
10) If the food is not there, ask for it! Communicate!
11) When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
12) Take naps and stretch before rising.
13) Play daily.
14) Be loyal.
15) Get help from others to look your best.
16) Accept input from others to be your best.
17) Never pretend to be something you're not.
18) Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Drink more water.
19) If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
20) When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
21) Spread affection.
22) Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
23) Make new friends when you’re out. When you leave your yard, make it an adventure.
24) Bond with your pack.
25) On cold nights, curl up in front of a crackling fire.
26) When you're excited, speak up.
27) When you're happy, let everyone know.
28) Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
29) Warn others if you see danger or problems.
30) Don't hesitate to throw up if something is definitely unacceptable.
31) Be faithful to – and trust in - your Master.

I know what LG means!

Saelig Company Inc. has been chosen to represent and market the range of world-beating ultracapacitors from LS Cable (Korea) who became independent in 2003 from the well-known Korean manufacturer LG Group, when ‘LG’ was changed to ‘LS’ (see http://www.saelig.com/pr/lscable.htm).

As you probably know, ultra-capacitors are next-generation core energy storage devices used for energy-efficient vehicles and industrial systems. They overcome both the low energy density of conventional capacitors and also the low output of secondary batteries. They can be used in a wide range of applications where batteries are inappropriate, since they have a wide operation range (-40degC to +70degC). And unlike batteries, ultra-capacitors have great long-term reliability and no maintenance issues.

One puzzle that was solved with our negotiations is that we now know what LG really stands for! Want to know? Write to me at feedback@saelig.com!