This post was inspired by a post I read on copyblogger.com this morning, Become a Content Marketing Secret Agent with Competitive Intelligence, by Beth Hayden. My main approach to business is not to worry too much about what your competition is doing. I believe you do better spending your time and energy just making sure you're delivering the best products and services to your clients and … [Read more...]
Have you heard about this? As historic and amazing as this story is, I just found out about this guy on Friday. I guess I've been so caught up in all the recent news about the debates and upcoming election that not much else made it through. Felix Baumgartner and the 120,000 foot Free Fall In case you're in that same political bio-pod (or have your own set of distractions)... Felix … [Read more...]
I just wanted to let everyone know about a new video series for entrepreneur that is being produced by Marc Silber and Guy Kawasaki. I first learned of Marc Silber when I started to get more into photography a couple years ago. Marc produces and hosts an online series called Advancing Your Photography. I've spent many hours on this site. Thanks Marc! :) I learned via Marc's blog today that he … [Read more...]
Passion and Inspiration are still two of your greatest resources for achieving anything you're trying to accomplish. This obviously works for both personal and professional goals. I believe it's extremely important to remember to go to these wells daily. Don't just get into the mode of coasting through the day. Consciously engage your passion and inspiration. Constantly make the effort and let it … [Read more...]
Whether you are an entrepreneur, run your own business or work for a company with 1000 other employees, it's important for you to develop your own professional identity online. The business model of getting a job when you're 22, then working there until you retire is really not realistic anymore. Far from it! It would behoove you (yes, behoove you) to develop your independent professional … [Read more...]
Want to have your website do more for you? Probably, huh? I'm sure most people would like to see their website doing more for their business (and income). One Word… Downloads One way to let your website take more of an active role in your business is through offering downloadable files to your visitors (customers). If people can download information and products directly from your … [Read more...]
Static websites are dead and have been for sometime now. There are very few businesses that wouldn't benefit more from having a blog based interactive site. Chris Brogan wrote an article recently, Magazine Thinking, that describes using the magazine business model as a good way to think about current and future business projects. The basic formula is: Content - Community - … [Read more...]
Do you want to accept payments on your website for your products or services? That's obviously one of the coolest roles your site can play for you - a tool to help you directly get paid! There are several ways you can do this. One of the simplest ways is to use PayPal as your method of collecting payment. Now, this probably isn't groundbreaking news for a lot of you but I've found that … [Read more...]
Do you know where your site's traffic comes from? Do you know how to find out? These are two questions that, if you know the answers, could help you determine where to focus more of your attention to drive more traffic to your site. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube could be helping more than you know. Google Analytics If you're not using Google Analytics on … [Read more...]
In almost any job you involve your self in, you do many different things. Or at least need to have knowledge of many different things. It's rare that you do just one thing all day long. (Thankfully!) But What Is It You Are Best At? What do you do that you know you are great at? What areas do you excel in? What do you do that you know will be effective in making a difference for … [Read more...]
This is the second design I've done for Ryan Frank and his business, Aqua Have Spas. The first one … [Read More...]
I was reading a post from Hostgator (affiliate link) this morning that gave tips on picking the … [Read More...]
If you recall, last week I reported that there has been a recent onset of WordPress sites being … [Read More...]
I love street photography. I've already got two other photography blogs/sites, so I didn't really … [Read More...]
