Jeff Blackman

Taxes, water and sewer rates, police staffing and illegal aliens are the four topics of most concern to Marco Island residents, according to the results of a long-range planning survey conducted by city leaders in November. However, there is a ...

The Marco Princess is known among tourist and locals as the large, floating attraction that offers sunset and sightseeing cruises. The 90-foot yacht carries up to 149 people on daily, narrated cruises, including lunch and sunset dinner tours near Marco ...

The Artist Colony at the Esplanade on Marco Island held its third People’s Choice Art Walk July 28. Loyal patrons of the colony once again enjoyed an evening of food, fun and art. There were colorful interpretations entered in the ...

The basis for the “Go for no” concept, is to intentionally increase the number of times you hear “no.” To achieve significant success, top performers don’t see yes and no as opposites; rather they’re opposite sides of the same coin ...

How does one inspire and attract the media to cover and feature their business?

Here are more tips, techniques and tactics from the “Visibility Coach,” David Avrin, a speaker and author of the new, bestselling book, “It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You!”

If you’re ever lucky enough to have a fun and focused dialogue with David Avrin, there’s a pretty good likelihood he might ask you, “What are you doing to be noticed and remembered?”

Perhaps the most striking example of the power of visualization is Olympic decathlon gold medalist, Bruce Jenner.

Most people don’t plan to fail, but they do fail to plan. Therefore, you need to plan for success. You need to set goals. And, you need to apply the seven strategies of the GRASP IT goal achievement system:

To help you successfully kickoff a new year, let’s revisit a topic first covered here five years ago.

Because it’s time for holiday cheer and celebration, I thought it only appropriate, to offer you a savory smorgasbord of success... A bountiful buffet of brilliance... A plentiful plethora of possibilities...

A workshop participant once said to me, “Jeff, we’re living in the days of the Jetsons, but we’re serving our customers like the days of the Flintstones.” There’s always a better way. Your challenge, is to find it.

Jeff Blackman extrapolates a frustrating airport experience to business practices

There are lots of ways to find new customers: referrals, advertising, public relations, writing, speaking, etc.

Creative "back door" strategies to find new customers