by Extreme John on March 10, 2010 |
As I rip through another mayhem filled day here at the Extreme Tan and Smoothies home office I came across this video from our second Town Hall, some of you old schoolers are thinkin, “Town Hall? WTF is that?”. Basically it’s the new “in” way to say “meeting” without actually saying the word meeting, you had to figure meeting would die after “mandatory” died a few years back. Thank you HR!
Anyway, this video is from our second Extreme Tan and Smoothies Town Hall. Instead of following the typical “meeting format” a bunch of associates voluntarily showed up to sit down and discuss issues within our small business tanning salon business, since I typically listen during these things I decided it would be fun to cook breakfast for everyone. It kept me focused 
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by Extreme John on March 8, 2010 |
I really have been milking these videos for way too long, but the reality is that I have been super busy lately with it being indoor tanning season as well as season for our limousine business. Since I want to keep things short today I will get down to the video instead of rambling on about what I have been busy doing lately, I will save that stuff for another update.
Anyway, enjoy “A Day in the Life of Extreme John Episode 7“.
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by Extreme John on March 4, 2010 |
I really haven’t decided if I like numbered list posts or if I am just totally getting sick of them, when I first think of doing a list post my first thought is that it will be a really quick and simple post to knock out. The more I write list posts the more I am starting to think that my thought process is a little skewed, I think they take longer in most cases and they demand a lot of extra work.
One of the things I enjoyed doing most while I was employed with Home Depot was training new managers and watching new managers grow through the training they received, regardless if it were team building skills or people skills. One of the things I learned even as I grew in my positions with Home Depot was just how important it is to gain the respect of your associates if you want them to perform for you.
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by Extreme John on March 3, 2010 |
I can’t really remember ever posting my “goals” here on my blog any other time in the past and I can’t really imagine why I asked Dawn to make the graphic for this post. Those of you that don’t subscribe to my rss feed or connect with me via my Facebook Fan Page probably have no idea who “Dawn” is, Dawn does the graphics around this place and certainly helps each post look a little less painful. haha.
There’s really no sense in pretending that I am going to come with anything really ground breaking or any business tips or blogging tips that you haven’t already heard. Goals are important to reaching any kind of success, having obtainable and consistent goals is an entirely different story and in my opinion can bring even greater levels of success when done right.
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by Extreme John on March 2, 2010 |
Those of you that stop by my blog on a daily basis or subscribe to my rss feed for instant updates of my daily ramblings know that I am one of those weird blogging CEOS. In addition to keeping this blog updated with fresh small business tips, business blogging tips, social networking and blogging tips I also am the founder of Extreme Tan and Smoothies and Insane Limos. Extreme Tan and Smoothies is a chain of six indoor tanning salons and Insane Limos is a limousine business featuring exotic SUV limos that are truly wild InSaNe.
Earlier today we launched our Ambush Interview Customer Feedback Project for Extreme Tan and Smoothies, a video series dedicated to catching customers off guard and getting real feedback about their tanning experience. Every once and a while I will share a few of the projects that I am working on within our small business as a way to help other new small business owners.
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by Extreme John on March 1, 2010 |
I hope everyone had a great weekend and had a chance to do all of those fun, exciting, life rewarding things that most of us dream of doing upon each weekends arrival. It’s around 9pm on Sunday night as I put this post together for the sixth episode of “A Day in the Life of Extreme John“, a series I did due to your comments and suggestions here on my blog.
Chances are this post is going to be pretty short since most of you either got here by accident or came here to see the video, not to mention I am in the middle of watching The Cleveland Show. Rolo’s hair always cracks me up for some reason.
by Extreme John on February 28, 2010 |
I don’t care if your one of those overnight fans or a die-hard hockey fan if you watched the Gold Medal game between Team USA vs Team Canada you couldn’t help but sit on the edge of your seat. Team USA got off to a slow start and Canada capitalized taking a 2-0 lead over Team USA early in the game, if you wanted to see the United States come out and take the lead early you were tortured until Team USA finally scored to make it 2-1.
As the final seconds ticked away in the third period and Miller was pulled from net for the extra man advantage I couldn’t help but think that I just wanted to see Team USA pull it off, with every second it seemed less likely. Every second of the final game of the Men’s Olympic Hockey Gold Medal game ticked away it hurt, then with only :24 seconds left in the third period Team USA scored to tie the game and send it in to overtime.
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15,000 Comment, THANK YOU!
by Extreme John on March 10, 2010 |
Waaaaay back on November 30, 2009 I celebrated reaching 10,000 blog comments here on my blog, something that I honestly couldn’t have reached without all of you that are nice enough to comment here. Shortly after celebrating the 10,000 comment milestone I celebrated reaching 10,000 tweets on Twitter, the Twitter milestone was reached on December 3, 2009 and closed out the year of 10,000 milestones.
Now that we have the 10k’s out of the way it’s time to get on to the 15k club, all though a little behind schedule a milestone is still a milestone. Thank you for helping Extreme John.com reach 15,000 comments, here’s a few shout outs to some of my top contributors.
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