Recently, a local business owner asked me some really great questions about hiring freelancers and what the secret is to getting the most out of freelancer-marketplace websites such as Elance.com. I answered and tried to be helpful. Of course, I thought of a better answer much later. So, I thought it would be good to come […] Read more
Hubspot is one of the best Internet marketing resources out there. This post from their blog offers some advice to graduates that applies to everyone regardless. [slideshare id=29586462&doc=hubspot-career-advice-131230213334-phpapp01] The original story can be found here […] Read more
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6yG8JZMwt8[/youtube] Do you own your identity online? Who controls your domain name? Can your hosting service pull the plug on you? Would that mean you would lose all of your files and the rights to your identity? These questions are the sort of things that won’t matter very much to you. . . until they […] Read more
Business Lessons I Learned From Richard Rawlings of Gas Monkey Garage The Discovery Channel TV show “Fast N Loud” reminds me of a comic strip dreamt up by Harvey Pekar and/or R. Crumb. Pekar and Crumb have published some of the most creative and insightful comics with the same sort of irreverent tone of Fast […] Read more
Email marketing is still a vital resource. How to write an email newsletter from Freelance Switch http://ow.ly/q4DpY […] Read more
Hubspot is a huge resource for writers of all description Here:Copywriting101 http://ow.ly/q4CgP […] Read more
Seth’s Blog: The complaining customer doesn’t want a refund. Seth Godin is one of the most insightful writers on the topics of business, management, social media and entrepreneurial-ism. My own experience has been that the angriest customer is your best, most loyal customer, who feels let down. If you give them the respect of listening, […] Read more
Calculated Risk: Shiller on 401K Plan Investing. Behavioral Finance Shiller gives his thoughts on the the behavior of savers regarding their 401Ks. I’m pretty sure he’s on to something really big and ugly. In the short-term, these “low cost” pension alternatives seem like a boon for the public and the institutions that peddle them. I […] Read more
http://youtu.be/7D-JLIcxeaA What are the guidelines for naming a business or creating a DBA name? That’s a question I’ve been asking recently. This video goes a long way to answering that. What matters? Should the name be descriptive? Do you test it and seek a consensus on what name to use? Mark Ramsey has some pretty […] Read more
Thanks to Kirsten Bullock at The Non-profit Academy: Learn how to reach your fundraising goals faster takes an incisive look at the role of three aspect that must form the foundations of your plan. Read the article to find out what they are. via Three components of your fundraising plan […] Read more
