Recently, I signed up for the free version of TripIt. I liked the free version enough to give the Pro option a try. The first 30 days are free anyway, so my risk was zero. Then I found out that TripIt Pro is partnering with Regus Businessworld to include a year of free access at no additional cost. … [Read more...]
What I've learned by using TwUnfollow.com – Jim Says
This week for our She Said, He Said posts we decided to tackle use of services like Twunfollow to grow a following or curate your network. I lead off today with my take and Shelby will follow up tomorrow. Due to the kickoff of football season with a Packer's game tomorrow, #shehechat will not take … [Read more...]
7 ideas for the next step after a product launch
Have you ever reached the end of a project and then realized you aren't actually quite there? Me too. There are a couple of options when you reach this point: Quit or dig in and figure out how to fix or finish the project. You aren't a quitter or you wouldn't be reading this. So what do you say we … [Read more...]
How Public Speaking Helps Grow Your Business
No, this is not a post about making a living as a public speaker or even using your public speaking career as a lead generation machine. Instead, I'm going to share with you how public speaking experience prepared me become a better presenter in sales situations. This is about the ability to … [Read more...]
Picking Partners To Grow With
When you realize it's time to grow, you also need to realize you can't do it alone. You need partners who compliment your strengths and other partners to evangelize what you are doing. The best and brightest companies in the world have holes in their capabilities; and the best products and services … [Read more...]
Creating ambassadors and agents of you
Last year, with the exception of software development for our company, I pretty much did it all myself. To some extent, the economic times dictated that's how it had to be for awhile. As the recession eased and our market began to invest in color verification tools again, I was ready. It was time to … [Read more...]
Editorial Planning
For one guy who also manages to run a successful business, I generate a fair amount of content. That does not happen by accident. I have an editorial plan and I constantly refine said plan. If you have a blog where you don't publish regularly (like this blog was until July 1, 2010), you know how … [Read more...]
The 2011 Plan
For me, 2010 marked a year of radical changes in the way I do business. It was in many ways a year of rebirth, learning and growing. While the learning and growing will continue in 2011, it will also be a year of solidifying positions established in 2010. In 2010, I developed an over-arching … [Read more...]
Solve problems and grow stronger
However bad your problem seems, I can promise you there is someone out there dealing with something a whole lot worse. While the previous statement should give your perspective it does not in and of itself solve the problem - right? The problem you are facing may in fact be the worst problem you … [Read more...]
Define your own pond
For a while ColorMetrix was a big fish in a small pond. Then, the pond grew and other fish jumped in "our" pond. The pond, however, was getting bigger, so while we noticed we just kept swimming and growing like the rest of the fish in our pond. Finally, there was a drought and the pond stop … [Read more...]