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Business

Time to clean a little house.

February 23, 2010

I recently asked a couple questions on twitter – but I’m not even waiting for a response. I have a new project in the works (quite literally, it’s technically for a class, but I’m double tasking it for business as well) – and I was going to create a fully separate persona in Twitter and [...]

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On the Importance of Momentum

October 8, 2009

I want to share a lesson I’ve learned (often times the hard way) over my last 4 years of entrepreneurship. That lesson is: Momentum is the key to almost everything.
Now – there are a lot of things that allow you to build momentum, those things being the core tenents of motivation (passion, ambition, drive, etc…), [...]

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Business model switchbacks.

October 5, 2009

[Edit: As I sit here awaiting a conference call, I forgot to mention one thing.  All the "Labs" sites that I'm working are not only to generate revenue.  They are also areas that I genuinely know a good bit about outside of marketing, and am also very passionate about. I would create these sites even [...]

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Quality over Quantity.

September 25, 2009

As I was running today, I was reflecting on all the things I want to accomplish professionally. I was especially thinking about my time management and the methods I use to get work done.
With my wedding coming up in 8 days, I found I was getting worried about getting behind and not getting “enough” done. [...]

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Freedom from Fear of Failure

September 23, 2009

A few days ago, I blogged a bit about how perfectionism ruined everything. I wanted to take that one step further and think more about why that project didn’t go off as planned – and, on a higher level, why many projects die on the vine.
And, I think I have it figured out – Fear [...]

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How Perfectionism Ruined It All

September 20, 2009

Sunday mornings are a good day to reflect – and that’s what I’m doing this morning. As an entrepreneur, my greatest weakness is the fact that I am, for lack of a better metaphor, like an untrained border collie in a room full of shiny objects. I am constantly torn between my desire to continue [...]

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Managing a Busy Business Schedule

September 15, 2009

Over the last few months, I’ve made a pretty strong transition away from client facing consulting work and towards building up (hopefully) sustainable business units that will be a source of recurring income.  Ideally, these business units are scalable to the point that once they are going full blast, the time I have to spend [...]

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Content Development Strategies for your Website

September 3, 2009

Despite what several hundred snake-oil salesmen would have you believe, the single most important process you should have in place for growing your online business is the simplest – content development.
Developing a Content Generation Strategy:
Content development is a very simple thing – just produce one original, meaningful, interesting, and high-quality piece of content each day.  [...]

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Human Capital and How to Fix the Economy

September 2, 2009

I’ve recently been reading “Naked Economics” by Charles Wheelan. I’m kind of an Econ nerd, so I’ve found it really interesting. He raises several good points, but the most important statement he makes is one that America and her politicians should heed wisely. That is – (to paraphrase) “It all starts with human capital.”

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Step away from the Blog…

September 2, 2009

Today, I basically fired a client. Not an ongoing client – but a project that was intended to be a small Wordpress site with a few theme customizations. I figured I could manage that, and I’d worked with them before – so I decided to go for it. This morning, I let them know that I wasn’t going to be available to continue helping them.

This decision was reached for several reasons

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