The last few days my client has been me (well, ColorMetrix, the company I own half of). It's felt like the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) work I've been doing on the website has been very slow going. I stopped and asked myself if I was the client, would I accept being billed for all the hours put … [Read more...]
Do your activities feed each other?
Here's how the activities I engage in each day intertwine and work together to fuel current and future success. Reading fills my conscious and subconscious mind with the fuel that inspires my writing and also provides good content to share on Twitter. Writing solidifies my ideas into plans and … [Read more...]
Owning Your Future Time
Planning your work and powering through it when you don't feel like it will lead to owning your future time. How do I know this? Because today, I stuck to my plan all day and now at a few minutes after 5pm I'm doing what I want to do - writing this post. Proven productivity first. Pick the tasks … [Read more...]
Ideas + Discipline = Success
"How do you pick which idea to write about" and "how do you write every day" are the two most common blogging questions I am asked. They are great questions, because you need the ideas and the discipline to write regularly in order to achieve blogging success. First, the ideas. Now that I have … [Read more...]
Sharing Success – The ApplyMate.com Story
A while back I got an email from Tim Murphy of ApplyMate.com which contained the following excerpt: "...I recently launched ApplyMate.com - a free web-based tool that helps users track school and job applications. Most job hunters submit dozens and dozens of job applications, and most students … [Read more...]
But I Don't Have The Time
The most common complaint I get when sitting down with would be bloggers is "but I don't have the time" to write a post every day like you do. It's OK, neither did I until this year. What has changed is my perception of the importance blogging has in my life. I don't goof around much anymore. I'm … [Read more...]
I Work Without A Job Or Time Clock
I don't have a job and haven't for more than fifteen years. I do work and quite often I'm working my butt off. I network, I hustle, I sell stuff, I juggle money and all the other crazy stuff small business people do. Trust me it's nothing like a job. How do I know? Well, if all goes according to … [Read more...]
The Calm Before The Launches
Ever have that feeling that things are about to change in a big way? Well, I've been sitting on that feeling for about a week and today it started to materialize in my brain. First, as the phase "the calm before the launches" and then as a stream of consciousness I share here. I've been restless. … [Read more...]
Audience Engagement: It's All About Them
When preparing to speak, choose talking points that focus the dialog around the audience point of view and will resonate with them. Here is how I prepared for the opportunity to speak for the Milwaukee Likemind group about using your blog as a homebase for all on-line activity. Topic selection. … [Read more...]
Keep Working On Your Projects
Just because a project feels stalled and is not ready on the schedule you thought it would be is no reason to quit. Keep working on the project in little bits and pieces whenever you can. Big important work takes time. Stop rushing yourself, unless it's client sponsored work you are being paid for, … [Read more...]
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