How the Nordic ski team wins at the Olympics: The Ski Team That Sleeps Together Wins a Lot of Gold Medals Together
1.Joy
2. MIndfullness
3. Compassion
4. Competition
“First, companies don’t focus on a content area where they can be the leading provider of that information to a particular audience. To cut through all the clutter and build a loyal audience, they need to deliver amazing information.
The second mistake is consistency, he adds. “Generally, it takes 12-18 months for a content-marketing strategy to start delivering revenue of some kind,” Pulizzi says. “Sadly, most brands do not deliver consistently over that period. If we have a weekly newsletter, we should be delivering at the same day and time each week and never miss. Content is a promise to our customers. If we don’t deliver, they simply will forget about us and seek out other information.”
source: https://www.ragan.com/9-dreadful-opening-line-errors-that-will-doom-your-pitch/
Here’s my advice on avoiding mistakes in PR pitches, supported by the openers of actual emails, along with my italicized comments. (Fleur: this can also be used in general emails, content, and more)
“Every time you see a #message from a #charity, they’ve probably paid to get it there. And advertising is not cheap.”
Mindshare is planning to release #free software that allows companies and individuals to #donate space in their #outofofficeemail messages for use by charities. (…) estimates this space could be worth £1 for every thousand emails – the equivalent of £51,000 worth of media space each day in the UK.”
Studies show that roughly 15% of the world’s population has some form of disability. That’s over 1 billion people.
1. Create perceivable content
2. Offer several ways to navigate
3. Make sure your app or site plays well with others
4. Test, test, test
If you’re looking for a casual, open-ended way to kick off a one-on-one, ask “How’s life?” instead. It may not seem like a big difference, but it makes a big difference. “How’s life?” gives permission for someone to talk more personally about life — about what they did that weekend, how their family is doing, how their personal side project is coming along, how they’re managing their workload.
A one-on-one meeting isn’t a reporting session. It’s not an accountability tool. A one-on-one meeting is your radar. It’s your metal detector. It’s one of the only ways you have to unearth what’s actually going on in your team, and what an employee is thinking and feeling. Possibly my favorite question to ask to instead of “What’s the latest on X?” is “Can you tell me about what’s been most surprising about working on X so far?” If an employee has found something surprising, good chances that you’ll find it surprising too.
“How can I help you?” The intention behind this question is fantastic. It’s lazy. It makes the person receiving the question do all the hard work of having to come up with the answer. It’s also a very hard question to answer, especially on-the-spot and given that you’re a person in a position of power. You’re asking a person to critique you. Suggest something you think you can be doing to help. Then ask, “What do you think?” For example: “I was thinking I’m being too hands-on on this project. Should I back off and check-in with you only bi-weekly? What do you think?” By being targeted in what you suggest — and suggesting it yourself — you make it easier for that person to share the exact ways in which you can support them.
Focus your efforts on asking specific questions, instead of defaulting to general ones. For instance: “What do you think is the most overlooked area of the business?” or “Where do you think we’re behind in, that other companies are excelling at?” Notice how specific each of these questions are. The more specific the question, the more effective they are.
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Life lessons from surf hero Laird Hamilton
You are what you measure
” Hoogte van de omzet, NPS-scores en duurzaamheidspunten. De kans is groot dat we door het meten en belonen die scores ook daadwerkelijk behalen. “You get what you measure” ,”