“Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves” by Adam Penenberg

  This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You … [Read more...]

Why I Love Cirque du Soleil

Yesterday, I took a respite from all the writing that I have been doing of late so that I could take my wife on a fun day trip to Boston (MA). We once lived in downtown Boston and we always enjoy going back and walking around Quincy Market, Newbury Street, and the Rowe's Wharf area. As an added bonus, we took in a performance by Cirque du Soleil of Quidam. Now, this was probably like my sixth visit to a Cirque performance. But, this visit nevertheless was, once again, … [Read more...]

“Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit” by Leonard Inghilleri and Micah Solomon

  This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You … [Read more...]

“The Third Screen: Marketing to Your Customers in a World Gone Mobile” by Chuck Martin

This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]

“You Gotta Deliver (on Your Promise)”

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“Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose” by Tony Hsieh

This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]

“You Gotta Promise”

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“What Would Google Do?” by Jeff Jarvis

This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]

Market Leadership Makes a Difference

OK, I admit it. With the name of my consulting firm being Partners for Market Leadership, I have a huge bias as to the importance of market leadership.  Quite simply, I believe that good things happen to market leaders. And, dog crap happens to those who aren't market leaders. Of course, my views as to the importance of market leadership have been challenged frequently in the fifteen year history of my consulting firm. Executives of companies that are not market leaders … [Read more...]