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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.
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.
“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 [...]
Small Business Advice
I totally agree that training for coaches is so important. But it seems odd to me that someone who may have no or very little experience as a small business owner would be dishing out advice. That reminds me of the person who has big opinions on child rearing; yet has no children.
Feedback
Respect your customers by acknowledging that you don’t know better than them. Use their generous input to help shape your company’s future or, if you disagree, provide a point from which to “continue the conversation.” Your business may look different from what you originally envisioned, but you will gain the goodwill of potential clients and customers who are looking for integrity in their vendors, shopkeepers, and consultants.
The only time you should stop when you’re almost finished.
I find this keeps creativity on two wheels, sort of in mid careen, so that the next day it’s not so difficult to get going again. Delayed gratification of finishing a thing keeps your creative edge a little sharper, and if all you have to do is finish one small part, it’s all downhill from there, right? Pretty great way to start the day.
To COD or not to COD
Sure, growth was hard. I could only grow at the level of my internal funds. But as a business, nobody could shut me down. No single vendor, no single supplier and no single customer could control me. What a strong position I ended up in.
Living the Dream, Part 2: Back to Basics
“Gentlemen, this is a football.” I am reminded of the story of Vince Lombardi: at the beginning of every season, and even when the Packers just came back after a really big win, he would have them start the next practice by getting back to basics. So what are your basics? What are your core [...]