Archive for Starting a new Business
Lessons from a Jewish deli
Years ago I use to work in Cleveland Ohio. One of my favorite restaurants to eat in was a Jewish deli. The problem was that at lunch it was always full. So when I would go, they would seat me with other men who were eating alone. I always looked forward to those lunches because [...]
Choose Plans That Get Traction and Stop Wasting Time
Jeffrey Eisenberg spoke at the Austin SEO Meetup last Thursday evening on The 21 Secrets for Top Converting Websites. Good stuff. One of many great tips we came away with was #19 — A System for Prioritization.
100-yr-old Virginia Writes limericks On iPad
Moderators/authors of blogs ( are you the same person?) should always read and moderate their readers’ comments and post them ASAP. Otherwise the people who commented will think you thought we were shmucks.
Online Ad Spending WAAAAY up.
Think about your pay-per-click ads. When one customer clicks, a handful of change flies out the door. Ka-ching. So….um, Did you close a sale? Compared to traditional ads (print, radio, TV) you might feel like you’re getting a bargain with digital ads. Or you can feel like you’re being nickled and dimed to death. Either [...]
Composing a Survey: 8 Pointers
That progress bar is there so that your kindly respondent can measure how much longer he has to endure your pesky questions before he can leave, and if it fills up too slowly, he is bound to lose interest. Keep it as short as possible and don’t waste his precious time. He’s doing YOU a favor.
Procrastination and Wildflowers
You must elevate the importance of all the things you’d rather do, especially if they are not of immediate importance. Take all phone calls, write your grandmother, clean out your sock drawer, sort photos, whatever it takes to avoid the inevitable.
“Transforming” Your Internet Business
As it is now, the Internet is practically the embodiment of liberty and capitalism, in all its untethered glory… Anyone can make money and tell stories and lie and preach and chase dreams and do evil and get into all sorts of trouble; all in this boundless unmonitored field of work and play. Everyone has access to it; and it’s virtually free. This must not be.
The Gathering Clouds of “Cyber-Katrina”
We’re wading through an era of massive, protective government like I’ve never imagined. What used to sound like science fiction is now a plausible possibility. Last May, when President Obama declared cyberspace to be a “national security priority,” he asserted, “Let me also be clear about what we will not do. Our pursuit of cyber [...]
Hey, That’s My Niche!
“Toy building blocks to fix the ravages of time on permanent structures.” Out of nowhere, the tired old walls are transformed with color and childlike handiwork, and the pedestrian spirit is lifted.
Washington: The Gloves Are Off
Unwavering business men and women kept their heads in the game while government assumes power of yet another private industry — our healthcare, no less; by nationalizing private insurance and inserting itself into the private lives of its citizens in the most intrusive way…How do we go about our business while a small group of people organize together and yank our God-given rights under the guise of making laws? Horror.