Happy early Easter everyone! I met Ed Gandia back in 2006 when we worked together for a software company. I was in sales and he wrote copyright for the firm. He’s been a wonderful friend and mentor from afar the past several years. His LinkedIn profile is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edgandia/ and is a master at what he […]
Happy March Madness everyone! My team, the Kansas Jayhawks, got knocked out early in the NCAA tournament, which was not exactly a surprise. This post today will be very short. I was recently asked by a facilitator at Johnson County Community College to give a presentation to a group of entrepreneurs and small business owners […]
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000 here. Does anyone remember the movie “Bed of Roses” back in 1996 starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson? It’s about this guy who delivers flowers to random people, falls in love with a gal, etc. Romance movie. I connected with a local florist here in […]
Happy New Year everyone! Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000 here. I survived the holidays and no in-laws or relatives got harmed in the process. (I’m kidding.) Personal story: My wife and I got married Memorial Day weekend in 2005. We agreed the first year of marriage we wouldn’t start a family or get any pets […]
Clients, Prospects, Friends, Readers, and Everyone Else, Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Wishing you success, joy, and prosperity in this December holiday season! Cheers from the Connect 5000 team, Ray, Danita, Patti, Anne, Hanna, Eric John, and Linda
Hello everyone! Ray Ruecker here with Connect 5000. Happy belated Thanksgiving! I hope your holiday was wonderful! Busy holiday week last week. I was in Boston, MA to see a potential client on Monday and Tuesday. Then back to Kansas City to finish working and spend the holiday with my family. A while back, I […]
Happy Tuesday everyone! I came across this article yesterday. Apparently, there are more than 440 million blogs in the world! For comparison’s sake, there were 325.7 million people living in the USA as of 2017. That’s more than 1 blog per man, woman, and child in the United States! Yikes! Is blogging important? Depends on […]
Happy October everyone! Fall and football are here! College basketball starts later this month. Rock Chalk Jayhawk! I wish I had something profound to say on this blog post, but I don’t. One quick update from last month’s post seen here. One company moved forward. Another company who was looking for a fractional Sales VP […]
Happy Labor Day everyone! Ray Ruecker here with Connect 5000! Hope you all are having a relaxing Monday! This past Thursday, I hopped on a plane at 12 pm and landed in Oakland around 2:00 pm. I checked into my hotel, changed and then took a Lyft to downtown San Jose. I met with a […]
Happy August everyone! I came across this article recently: https://www.businessesgrow.com/2014/01/06/content-shock/ Quick summary: Some expert somewhere said that you should blog. So everyone and their brother started blogging. Then content marketing became the next hottest trend. So everyone and their sister started developing marketing content. Key takeaway verbatim from the article: “Of course the volume of free content is […]
