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A lot of my recent blog articles have been inspired by the book “Rework” written by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson, the

founders of 37Signals. One of their mini-chapters hits on the topic of

learning how to say no. While reading this, it was like getting sucker punched in

the gut. The entire chapter was written entirely for me. It’s like they knew

me without ever meeting me.

The…

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I’m sure you have heard by now that Twitter is the hip thing to do now online. What is Twitter? Well besides a website that loses money, it’s a micro-blogging platform that allows you to post your thoughts in 140 characters or less. A majority of users look to Twitter for a social outlet, but some are actually making money using Twitter. Here are 5 easy ways to make money on twitter.



1. Turn Followers Into Creators

Ask your followers for help, and offer prizes for those… Continue

If you’re like me, you meet a handful of new people every week. On an average week I’ll run into 20-30 new people at networking events. One of my biggest struggles when networking is remembering someone’s name when running into them the following week. I am horrible with names, absolutely horrible. Almost to the point to where it’s embarrassing because the person’s name whom I forgot looks at me with that blank look as if they were thinking “Do you really even care who I am?” It’s time to work… Continue

I recently read an article about next year’s SEO trends in Website Magazine by Brian Lewis. I will try to do the best I can by relaying the message to you.



There are 4 key areas that will likely impact our search tactics for 2010.

- Enhanced Marketing

- Refined Measurement

- A greater role of social and rich media

- Industry Developments



ENHANCED MARKETING:

Landing page testing will become a priority. There will be a greater use of… Continue

Owning a business and working for oneself seems to have a lot of perks, right? Why wouldn’t everyone want a flexible schedule, no boss, freedom to make their own decisions, etc?



It’s not as easy as it seems. A lot of people don’t make it through their first year of business with their start up company. Here are 10 common mistakes people make when starting their own business that lead to failure.



1.Not doing your homework: Before getting into an industry make sure… Continue