John Boitnott
Journalist, Digital Media Consultant and Investor
Business Travel
6 Ways to Convince Your Boss That Traveling is Important
Love to travel? Remind your supervisor that the potential ROI from the trip is greater than the trip's cost.
Employee Retention
15 Things Your Boss Is Tired of Hearing
Before saying any one of these statements, review in your mind how it will be received.
Team-Building
10 Ways You Hurt Yourself When You Won't be a Team Player
Consider the feelings of others on the team. They want to accomplish the same things as you.
Customer Experience
6 Refresher Courses Every Employee Should Take Each Year
Reduce workplace conflicts and business liability by training your staff.
Time Management
5 Ways to Make the Most of a Long Commute
Nobody can afford to let the time spent getting to and from work go to waste.
Raises
15 Daily Habits That Will Help You Get a Raise
If you bring more value to your job the boss is going to see that you are worth more money.
Make More Happen
15 Tips for Livening Up Things When Your Brand Is Getting Stale
Have a plan for what you will do when what you're doing stops getting results.
Social Media
How to Have a Personal Social Media Account Without Hurting Your Business
Share your unabashed self online with the people who love you. Don't assume that includes everybody you're doing business with.
open office
7 Ways Workers Can Have an Open-Door Policy Without Going Crazy
Collaboration is the essence of teamwork, but interruptions are the bane of anyone trying to concentrate. There is a way to make this work.
Virtual Reality
In a Matter of Months You Could Be Marketing With Google DayDream
Very soon and very fast, virtual reality will be available to everyone. It's the biggest change in marketing since TV ads were new.
Managing Employees
How to Focus Employees Who Are Too Helpful With Their Ideas
Managers must find ways to encourage input while also insisting employees get their work done.
Pitching Investors
How 2 Maine Lobsters Rolled the Shark Tank
It was more than a new startup, it was a destiny born in childhood. With that sort of momentum, rules don't apply.
Grammar
Bad Email Grammar Ain't Good for Getting You a Job or a Date
Whether it is the cover letter for your resume or your profile on a dating site, people are judging how you wrote it before they consider what you said.
Millennials
6 Tips for Developing a Mentorship Program That Keeps Millennial Employees Growing
Millennials are likeier to stay with a company that helps them learn, advance and prosper.
Presentations
8 Tips for Making a Presentation That Dazzles the Boss With Your Creativity
It's not unusual to have stage jitters. When the audience is your boss, it's unusual not to.