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Read MoreBelated Big Reveal – Mantis a ProKarma Company
Is it still a big reveal when you are over a week late?!? After months of due diligence, Mantis leadership decided there was great benefit to becoming Mantis a ProKarma Company! You can read a copy of the official press release on our website, but this blog post is my own personal perspective. I just celebrated my 13th year with Mantis. It was my most recent (and most satisfying) stop in what I call...
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Read MoreSpin Sucks – Unless you are a tennis ball
OK, spin can be your friend if you are a baseball (that was for Bill Dorman and Ken Mueller), basketball, football, golf ball…heck, even a bowling ball. Tennis is my sport, so I get to pick the balls with spin on this blog! Put the right spin on a tennis ball, and you can be lethal. Apply the wrong spin to a tennis ball, and you get an unforced error. And as the number of errors creep up, you lose:...
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Read More12 Most Ultimate “U” Ultraisms of Uber-Great Leaders
“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” ~ Les Brown. Successful people are self-motivated, are willing to set lofty yet attainable goals, and are unstoppable in their pursuit of those goals. Uber-Great leaders take it a step further by infusing entire organizations with that same attitude. Thanks for joining me in another...
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Read More12 Most Thrilling “T” Trademarks of Great Leaders
“One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.” ~ Frank Tyger. I welcome all of you talented readers who have traveled with me through this 12 Most ABCs of Leadership series. I hope you enjoy a couple of curves coming your way via these Thrilling “T” Trademarks of Great Leaders, and I would love for you to contribute your favorite T’s in the...
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Read More12 Most Brand Saving Reasons for Social Media Monitoring
I am digressing from my normal 12 Most post (sports-related, coffee-related or self-deprecating) to discuss a hot topic: social media monitoring. We all see businesses, and we may be the culprits ourselves, that are getting caught up with the herd jumping into social media. But other than “because everybody is doing it” rationale, do we take the time to ask “why?” And if we come up with good...
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Read MoreContent Marketing is NOT Perfect Pitch with a Bullhorn
You can find me in church services on most Sunday mornings, and the music is the part of the service that tends to resonate with me the most. In fact, I’ve sang on adult vocal teams as well as lead worship for elementary and middle school services and Vacation Bible School (VBS). Because I’m a musician, I’m also easily distracted when the music is “off”. I was distracted...
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Read More12 Most Scintillating “S” Sparks of Great Leaders
“Too many leaders act as if the sheep… their people… are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.” ~ Ken Blanchard. Thanks for joining me on this installment of the 12 Most ABCs of Leadership series. Only eight letters remaining in the alphabet, and I tried to pick some outliers for the S’s. Since there are so many S-adjectives, I hope you...
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Read More5 Branding Lessons from a Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Win
It is with a heavy heart that I AGAIN end an NFL season lamenting a Denver Broncos loss in the playoffs. This team shattered records while overcoming adversities like having a head coach undergo emergency heart surgery and having a defense get decimated by injuries. However, the Broncos fell flat in a Super Bowl where “everything that could go wrong – did” against the buzzsaw that was the...
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Super Bowl Stories, Smack Talk and Brand Affinity
No, this is not another post critiquing Richard Sherman’s social skills. Instead, this is a post about all of the compelling Super Bowl stories and how they build player brand affinity. Similar to what I...
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I play indoor tennis in a men’s doubles league on Thursday nights. As a...
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As the NFL playoffs loom, Denver Broncos fans are constantly heckled about...
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About Brian Vickery
I love my wife and two daughters. I am blessed as a principal and EVP of the Rocky Mountain Region for Mantis Technology Group. I am excited to promote our Pulse Analytics social media monitoring and sentiment analysis solution as well as our software development and business intelligence services. I love football, basketball, tennis, and judo. I graduated UT-Austin. Follow Mantis
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