Archive for October, 2008

How to avoid unbalanced political and sales messages

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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photo by superfantastic 
There’s a pretty common saying when it comes to software development and implementation (I’m sure it applies to other projects as well).  It’s all about balance.
Good, Fast, or Cheap - You can pick two of them.
It’s always [...]

Overwhelmed? Feeling Run over? Here’s a quick fix!

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Do you ever feel like you’ve just been run over by a car (or decided to lay down dramatically in the middle of the road?)  ;-)  You know when you’ve got a ton of stuff going on, you haven’t had a free moment to yourself for quite a while and your work is piling up [...]

What are the 5 steps to the Big Picture?

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

photo by Never Cool In School 
There’s a lot going on with business owners these days - you’ve got the everyday challenges of just running your own business, you’ve got an economy that’s in the tank (and media outlets doing everything they can to make that as scary as possible) and you’ve got an election making [...]

What you need to win the Marketing Game?

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Photo by Daexus 
I haven’t been able to play golf in a while (kids and a relatively new business tends to squeeze out your free time).  But I’ve played enough to recognize the one secret that all of the pros have that allows them to be great.  Without this trait, all the talent, brilliance, training or [...]

Success Tip: Are you hanging out with the right crowd?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

photo by Tony the Misfit
 
I had a couple of great meetings last week with the kind of people that I would like to hang around with (or work with).
I imagine everyone knows that person that’s always happy - you know the one that can almost be annoying except that they make you smile.
On the [...]

Is your marketing eye-catching?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

 
photo by Spacepotato
There are  a lot of things you can learn about advertising and marketing - there are hundreds of books, online courses, blog posts and ideas floating out there.
Some of them even make sense and don’t contradict each other…!
But there are a few things that seem to be fairly common - simple in [...]

Why did you set off on your own business?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

photo by today is a good day 
Are you sick of the word ‘bail out’ yet?
How about all the negative ads on the election?
Has the media convinced you yet that the world has ended?  Now all we’re waiting for is the coup de grace, pigs to fly, hell to freeze over, etc.
With all of the doom [...]