Category Archives: Business

Crawling out of the flaming river of death

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Note: Today’s post is a bit out of the ordinary for me, but it’s what came out of a terrible, head-pounding day. We’ll get back to our regularly scheduled strategy-talk on Thursday.
Today was awful. I can actually say it was the worst day in the history of my entrepreneurial career. One of those days where [...]

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Five principles of web strategy I’ll still be harping about when I’m 92

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

I love old people. There’s a lot of freedom that comes with the experience of living for a long, long time. It’s fascinating how time changes us.
Web design is notorious for changing every 5 minutes. But there are some principles of effective web strategy that I’m still going to be rallying around when I’m 92 [...]

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How to change people’s minds about you (Final step: Turn on the launch sprinklers!)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Holy crap, this has been a long series! This is part seven (and final!) in a series on changing your online image. If you haven’t read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth posts in the series, you might want to check them out for full effect. Also, everyone who joins in on the discussion will be added to [...]

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Rock your audience, Part 2: Transitioning out of peanut-hood

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

This is the second part of a series on rocking your audience at whatever stage you’re at. As we go through each stage, I’d love to discuss it like crazy and do some q&a before moving on to the next one. So got comments? Leave ‘em. I’ll be adding everyone who participates to the Twitter [...]

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(How to give me) advice on hiring

Friday, December 4, 2009

If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you know that I’m into useful content. I don’t post crap that’s not going to directly help, inspire, or promote you and your Big Dream. So most of what you read here is about “How to use your website to quit your day job” and [...]

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