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Reading the Tea Leaves

by: Danny Summers
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Jan
09

Reading the Tea Leaves

by Danny Summers

The ability to read your audience (and market) is probably one of the most important roles in managing any business today. I sometimes call this "reading the tea leaves."

I wonder if anyone truly has all the secrets for doing so. But establishing a culture or practice for you and your team to monitor trends and understand your audience on an ongoing basis is essential. With this in mind, I want to challenge you to develop a regular schedule for discussing this topic as a team. Maybe call it "Trend Watch" or perhaps even... Reading the Tea Leaves. (just kidding)

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Are You an Experience Maker?

by: Danny Summers
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Oct
20

Are You an Experience Maker?

by Danny Summers

Unless you are totally new to GROUPtalk (joining the last week or so) or maybe GROUPtalk has been directed into your SPAM folder the past 5+ months, you know Becoming The Experience Maker has been a major subject for us this year.

We first introduced the subject by promoting Dan Gingiss to be our keynote presenter at The Fall Event 2025. That was back in May. You have had the opportunity to see and hear Dan three times over the past month. Two times at The Fall Event 2025.

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When Does Spring Begin?

by: Danny Summers
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Jan
06

When Does Spring Begin?

by Danny Summers

The answer to that question varies by who you ask, where their Garden Center is located, and of course... the weather!

For a technical answer, we can turn to the Old Farmers Almanac, which says the answer is:

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