risk-management
This is how you need to think when it comes to credit card fraud: I am going to get pwned one day. What measures can I put in place to proactively minimize the damage? You’ll quickly find out that having your card defrauded is not the end of the
data-privacy
On my personal Twitter, I’ll follow just about anyone and let most people follow me. Twitter is about common interest. On my Facebook profile I’m a little more cautious about who I’ll allow to see my information, but am still reasonably open. Facebook is about relationship. LinkedIn
entrepreneurship
1. What am I passionate about? 2. What am I really really really good at (another way to ask this – “What could I be the best in the world at?” 3. What types of people do I enjoy connecting with most? You’ll be tempted to ramble, so try to
gtmtutorial
http://www.submitexpress.com/free-submission.html If you’ve started a website or a blog you need to tell the world its there. The slow way is to wait for the search engines to come a find you. The quicker way is to submit your site. A free service that
entrepreneurship
Here is the working list of goals for 2011… As is my custom there are only 5 goals, and they are more “set of the sail” type goals then your classic S.M.A.R.T goals. 1. Be the kind of Dad who can raise an whole, healthy, and
entrepreneurship
I had a guy steal a bunch of copy from the Tall Poppy Group Facebook Fan page recently. Pretty blatantly too – he made no effort to spin it, mix it up, or try to conceal it – much less actually customize it to make it suit his own business. On one
business-strategy
As I post this, Skype is still down globally. There’s little doubt that Skype is the largest player in the VOIP and Internet chat communications market globally – 6.8 billion billed minutes in the first half of 2010 alone… 0.57% of the worlds Internet traffic is Skype traffic.
opinion
Here’s how to tell if your Internet Marketing guy is a noob… I can’t get over how often I see this – Even from companies that are reputable. 1. If your marketing guy is charging you to optimize for your company name, he’s a noob (unless you company
entrepreneurship
OK, I admit it, I wrote the title like that just to suck you in… The truth is that 99% of entrepreneurs hate business plans. Unfortunately for us it’s also true that 99% of ANYONE who would ever even THINK to give or lend us money will expect to
business-strategy
Being able to succinctly define and communicate what your business does is important for two reasons… 1. It helps you to define what the heck you’re actually DOING with all that time and energy (admit it – sometimes we all need a bit of help here), and 2. In a
business-strategy
One of the most difficult things any business owner faces is that murky and usually somewhat awkward period between invoicing and payment. I hear it all the time, particularly from solo service-type businesses like consultants, coaches and speakers – “I have a bunch of invoices out there, I’m just waiting
entrepreneurship
My two year old has this expression that she busts out whenever I’ve been away for too long – it’s goes “Daddy I MISS you…”. That’s kind of how I feel, with all of the crazy stuff that has been going on over the past little while it’