BEWARE Internet BoastersTIPS Subscriptions Explode! [365 words]
What an incredible 60 days we’ve just experienced. TIPS subscribers are not approaching 60,000 readers. The Common Sense Managing book sales are approaching 127,000 copies. I received my second Ph D and have been asked to serve on the Boards of two Fortune 150 companies and one dot.com startup. WOW!
Unfortunately, none of the above paragraph is true. However, this is the kind of "stuff" that I perceive I am running into quite often on the Internet. Beware! Anybody can claim anything on the net and most of it is unverifiable. If there was ever a need to use some basic common sense this is it.
This editorial comment is prompted by one of many ad swaps offers I receive each week. Rather than accept them, I check out their web sites so that I do not expose you to Internet "stuff". So far I have not accepted any swaps. Maybe that’s why TIPS has 600 subscribers [for real] instead of 60,000.
The particular site I went to claims 18,000 subscribers and 270,000 web page views per week. The site has published four newsletters. The newsletter I reviewed was riddled with typos and grammatical errors. Same with the web site.
I have also run into what appears to be suspicious degrees and other research claims on discussion group sites. In our ever increasing business pace it is easy to get sucked in by people’s claims. Use you own common sense to look before you leap. Use our discussion group [http://www.commonsensemanaging@eGroups.com] to verify information. Another option is to contact me. I will include your query in this newsletter and ask you fellow readers for verification.
I have checked the resources that are listed on our web site. This doesn’t mean that what these company’s offer is right for you. It does mean that these organizations' provide legitimate information and services.
I could go on, but I have to fly to LA to work with Shaq on his foul shooting and passing skills. At 6’8" and only 237 lbs. this is a push for me . . . For a real background and picture you may go to http://www.growthassociates.org and click on About.
Bill Werst founded Growth Associates, an international consulting firm specializing in practical and lasting customer driven organizational improvement, in 1973. He may be reached at 541-386-1117 or bill@growthasociates.org.
Bill’s second book, Common Sense Managing: Simple Actions That Produce Results, blasts through twenty years of management trends with proven simple common sense leadership tools and actions that produce lasting results. Available at http://www.growthassociates.org or www.amazon.com
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