Blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer delivered the opening keynote for Nationwide Marketing Group’s PrimeTime show in Phoenix on February 6 and shared a powerful message with attendees about how to use challenges and adversity to propel their businesses to new heights. Read More
Around 2015, Facebook changed its News Feed ranking system to weigh videos more heavily than links. Then in 2017, MTV announced it was “pivoting to video.” Read More
Before you ask yourself if you can accomplish a big goal, maybe take a moment to ask yourself why it's important to you. If your WHY is strong enough, the HOW isn't just possible, it's probable. Read More
In June 2020, Gwyneth Paltrow launched “This Smells Like My Vagina,” a candle that started as a joke, but became a huge hit when it sold out on her Goop.com website. Naturally, her next step was getting into the mattress business. Read More
Throughout the early years of an adolescent’s life, sleep is a key factor when it comes to academic success, quality of life, and mental stability. Read More
Dos Marcos hosted what might be the world’s first webishow featuring Greg Law, owner of Sweet Dreams Mattresses and Furniture, and Dr. V, director of strategic development at Miskelly Furniture. Read More
Broad River Retail has a laundry list of initiatives that work for them, so The FAM caught up with CEO Manny Rodrigues to see what they are. Read More
Don’t be the unconscious incompetent. What does that even mean?! It means, know what you don’t know. Read More
For years, regardless of what actually took place during a market, the story that the trade press would report was remarkably predictable—“Traffic was mixed, but order writing was strong.” Read More
Have you ever learned something and then suddenly it seemed to appear everywhere? The strange occurrence is often referred to as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, or Frequency Bias, but how do you know if it’s real, or if you really are seeing this thing everywhere? Read More
I recently found an old passport that reminded me I had taken my first business trip to China early in 2002. In the almost 20 years that have transpired, I’m certain I would no longer recognize many of the industrial hubs I visited, including Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Zhejiang. Read More
In my first column for The FAM, I made you a simple promise. Simply put, I would never sugar-coat any of my columns. Read More
