Executive Edge Newsletter: 4/7/06 to 5/15/06


Welcome. Here is a quick index to the past 30 business articles I have posted to our weblog.  This new, briefer format for our newsletter will help you save time and quickly get to specific articles and postings that are of interest to you. Thanks again!

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Index to Articles Published from 4/7/06 to 5/15/06
Sales (8) Noteworthy News (12) Your People (4)
Marketing (15) Premier Press (2) Your Process (3)
WV Events (2) Personal Interest (5) Your Technology (8)
WV Business (6) . .
  1. Incredible Graphic of World Oil Production
    Here is a fantastic one page graphic of the world's oil production from 1859 to date and projected until 2050. Very informative!
    - Posted on 05-09 to categories: Noteworthy News
     
  2. Beware the 5 Deadly Mistakes of Business Startups
    From CNN Money - It's great to chase your dream, but learn from those who have gone before. This is a short article with some great examples of the key mistakes startups make.
    - Posted on 05-09 to categories: Sales
     
  3. Newspaper Sales Decline, WebSites Gain
    Interesting news from the nations largest newspaper. The top 50 newspapers, with combined circulation of 21 million, attracted more than 58 million readers in print or online on a typical weekday. But still the industry is bracing for the changing habits of readers.
    - Posted on 05-09 to categories: Noteworthy News
     
  4. Marketing Brochures Won't Sell for You
    Here is a great article from Keith Rosen on AllBusiness.com on how to get the best results from sending your collateral materials to clients. I love his quote that, "Sending out a brochure does not overcome any objection. Rather it multiplies them."
    - Posted on 05-09 to categories: Sales | Marketing
     
  5. Forbes Best Places for Business & Careers
    Here are the new rankings for 2006. Over half of the top ten areas are new this year.
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Marketing | Noteworthy News
     
  6. Forbes 400 Richest Americans
    From Forbes: "For the third consecutive year, the rich got richer. In this, the 24th annual edition of the Forbes 400, the collective net worth of the United States' wealthiest climbed $125 billion, to $1.13 trillion"
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Marketing | Noteworthy News
     
  7. Business Week Top 50 Performing Companies
    From Business Week: "Start here for in-depth information about this year's top performers. On each page you'll find a corporate snapshot, vital investing info, data about the CEO, and links to drill deeper in each category"
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Marketing | Noteworthy News
     
  8. America's Top 10 Millionaire Counties
    From CNN Money "The number of millionaires rose to a record level in 2005, and more than 1.1 million of them can be found in just 10 counties."
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Marketing | Noteworthy News
     
  9. Most Spectacular Photo's of the Earth from NASA
    NASA's spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date.
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Noteworthy News | Personal Interest
     
  10. 29 Year Old, Kevin Rose Changes News with DIGG.com
    From CNN Money and Business 2.0 - "By starting a Web site that gives complete control to the community, Kevin Rose was trying to improve the media, not reinvent it. But with Digg, that's exactly what he's doing."
    - Posted on 05-05 to categories: Your Technology | Noteworthy News
     
  11. Fibernet Merger & Acquisition
    Here are the two summary press releases for the Fibernet, Conversent Communications and Choice One Communications Mergers.
    - Posted on 05-04 to categories: Your Technology | WV Business News | Noteworthy News
     
  12. Inc Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2005
    Learn from the CEO's of America's fastest growing companies. Understand what markets are hot and being well-served by these leading companies in each industry.
    - Posted on 05-04 to categories: Sales | Marketing | Noteworthy News
     
  13. WV County Taxes Online
    You can check up on your real estate or personal property value/tax assessments with out having to visit the courthouse.
    - Posted on 05-04 to categories: WV Business News
     
  14. CEO Express Business Tools
    Here is a one-page website that has the best collection of links for executives I've ever seen.
    - Posted on 05-04 to categories: Your People | Your Technology
     
  15. Free Business Tools from Inc Magazine
    Inc. Magazine has published a great set of over 100 free business templates, checklists and tools.
    - Posted on 05-02 to categories: Sales | Marketing | Your Process
     
  16. WV Young Guns Recognized
    Each year WV Executive Magazine honors a select few young business leaders. Here is a complete profile of the twenty-five individuals recognized in 2006 and 2005:
    - Posted on 05-02 to categories: Your Process | WV Business News | Premier Press | Noteworthy News
     
  17. New WV Business Directory
    WV Executive Magazine (COMAR) launches a new statewide business resource. This is one of the first really solid online commercial business directories to be established.
    - Posted on 05-02 to categories: Marketing | WV Business News
     
  18. Summary: How to Win Friends & Influence People
    A concise one-page summary of one of the best selling sales & personal leadership books of all time, Dale Carnegie's 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' - A good summary of the four key points in the book.
    - Posted on 05-01 to categories: Sales | Marketing | Your People
     
  19. Our First Wedding Photo
    Our first photo together as husband and wife!
    - Posted on 05-01 to categories: Personal Interest
     
  20. Business Week Top Business Books
    Here is a one page list of Business Week's best selling business books as of May 2006
    - Posted on 05-01 to categories: Sales | Marketing | Your People
     
  21. Gizmodo, the Gadget Weblog
    Read by over 9.9 million people per month... Gizmodo is a web magazine dedicated to everything related to gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics. Are you interested in staying current with the newest, coolest, cutting edge gadgets each day? If so  then Gizmodo is for you.
    - Posted on 05-01 to categories: Your Technology
     
  22. Convenient Screen Capture Tool
    Enjoy this fantastic, free utility to help improve your presentations and documents. Press one key and capture/copy any portion of your screen to your clipboard and save the image capture to your hard drive. An exceptional tool!
    - Posted on 05-01 to categories: Marketing | Your Technology
     
  23. Entrepreneurial League System
    Check out a great resource for entrepreneurs who would like to be coached and mentored in growing their business.
    - Posted on 04-28 to categories: Sales | Marketing | WV Business News
     
  24. Got Press? A Great Way to Memorialize your Fame!
    Preserve your magazine or newspaper articles and showcase them in your office. Get a high quality wood lamination of your newspaper or magazine article from In The News, they have a national customer base with over 500,000 clients and do a great job for your or your clients.
    - Posted on 04-12 to categories: Marketing
     
  25. Search Local Computer Files Fast
    Here is a very powerful, free tool from Google. Have you ever had a hard time locating one of the thousands of files on your hard drive? Now you can find any peice of information you have stored locally instantly.
     -Posted on 04-12 to categories: Your Technology
     
  26. Unplugged and on our Honeymoon for a Week
    I'll be 'unplugged' for a week and enjoying our honeymoon in Riveria Cancun.
    - Posted on 04-12 to categories: Personal Interest
     
  27. Free PDF Creator Software
    Here is a free tool you can use to make your own PDF files of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Simple, Free and Easy to use!
    - Posted on 04-11 to categories: Marketing | Your Technology
     
  28. WV Venture Capital Conference
    A great event. Learn about the capital and funding aspects of high-growth businesses. I encourage you to check out this conference. Learn about how to raise venture funding, finding angel investors and how to leverage local resources to help launch your company. A great selection of speakers and programs are focused on helping entrepreneurs enjoy the highest level of success.
    - Posted on 04-08 to categories: WV Business Events
     
  29. Paul Helmick & Kristen Peros Wedding
    A very exciting personal announcement to share right away!! Here is our engagement and wedding announcement:
    - Posted on 04-07 to categories: Personal Interest
     
  30. Premier Strategies Blog Goes Online!
    The launch statement for our new Web Log (BLOG). An exciting, new and improved way to share news, and sales, marketing and technology tips to help grow your business and make you more productive and profitable. An added bonus, this content is always on the web, and searchable - so you can enjoy past articles and resources that might not be in the e-newsletter!
    - Posted on 04-07 to categories: Sales | Marketing | Your People | Your Process | Your Technology | WV Business Events | WV Business News | Premier Press | Noteworthy News | Personal Interest

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