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Sensible Social Media Daily Tactical Action Items Checklist

v2.0 For Regional and Local Businesses

- Blog post:

1. Share the link on FB, LinkedIn and Google Plus;
2. Write new blog post(s) each week;
3. Target keywords;
4. Pro tip: Use your target keywords in post titles and blog content.

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Do you want to grow your business without working more? Find out ways to move the rocks in the road that are stopping you from moving forward. That's this week's tip on Think Tank Tuesday.

Part of my life was spent in Southeastern Oklahoma.  I remember teenage boys coming to the ranch dressed in their "good jeans" with a tucked-in "nice shirt" and driving their daddy's "dress truck".  The purpose was to show my aunties and uncles, that they were gentlemen and worthy of the responsibility of the social company of the young women in the family.   Then I went to Japan, I took notice of the polished professional uniform.  Even though this population of the labor force looked a bit like they were cut from the very same bolt of fabric, the lack of individualism or variety did not deter me from being overwhelmingly impressed with how extraordinary they seemed to be…they looked ready to do some serious business.

Clearly, human beings use visual cues among others to determining credibility.  Cultures have unique…

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Work your pay plan.” It doesn’t matter whether you held a position in sales, service, or parts, this advice has always been considered good. Towards the end of the month, when Sales Managers need those extra units sold on the weekends in order to hit bonuses from the manufacturer, they throw cash bonuses at the salespeople. The same thing happens in the service drive when it comes to tires or other service goals. It’s easy to see how a little extra cash might help motivate staff to work a little harder to achieve a sales goal. Recently a Nissan dealership in the San Francisco Bay Area provided a $30.00 incentive to the service writers for each pre-paid maintenance plan they sold in the service lane.  They quickly sold over 250 plans in one month generating…

Apple has just released its latest “Play” into the automotive sphere.

CarPlay is Apple’s BRAND NEW in-car infotainment system which promises to give you “The best iPhone experience on four wheels.”

The tech giant explains its recent endeavor as a:

“Smarter, safer way to use your iPhone in the car. CarPlay takes the things you want to do with your iPhone while driving and puts them right on your car’s built-in display. You can get directions, make calls, send and receive messages and listen to music all in a way that allows yo to stay focused on the road. Just plug in your iPhone and go.”-…

If Facebook wants to maintain its dominance over our social lives online, its acquisition of hot messenger platform WhatsApp indicates it could do so without becoming the hellish, share-everything-with-everyone company fromDave Eggers’ “The Circle.”

With WhatsApp, Facebook now offers a significant dark social product — a way for users to share content with small groups of people away from the spotlight of a public social network. While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the term “open” eight times …

Reading between the lines of subprime lending to infer important data about used cars.

Moody analysts Jeff Hibbs, William Black, and Mack Caldwell, published a report in late 2013 that, "Auto lenders will continue their return to higher levels of risk-taking, a trend that emerged in 2013 and will gain momentum in the coming year”.  In our opinion, this is now occuring for three reasons:

• Increased competition between lenders
• Demand for red-hot subprime bundled securities
• Relaxed vehicle parameters for subprime lending

Our focus will be on the third as this is our area of expertise (not the quantum complexity of modern day investing). Prominent subprime…