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How To Fix The Mistakes You Made In 2007

Posted December 3, 2007 in Productivity 10 Rockin' Comments »

Nobody’s perfect, and we’ve all made our share of business-building mistakes in 2007. But your results come from your daily habits, and if you don’t want to make the same mistakes in 2008, you need to have a plan to change the right habits, right from the start. Here’s how kick it all off.

Step #1: Get Clear On What You Should Have Done Differently

Take five minutes (ten max) to sit down with pen and paper and reflect how you ran your business in 2007. What were the key things that held back your business? Was it a personal issue like procrastination or lack of focus? Or was it a more strategic failing such as not spending the time to improve a neglected segment of your business or marketing? Just ask yourself, “what issues sting the most,”and your gut will tell you what you need to know. [Click here to read more →]

2007-12-01 Saturday Links Folder

Posted December 1, 2007 in Uncategorized 5 Rockin' Comments »

Hello everyone, time for another ‘links folder‘ post, it’s been quite a busy week for me, well so was my week-end! :)

Don’t worry your to-do list will still be there when you’re done reading these posts. Make sure you hit ‘save‘ in Photoshop, Fireworks ,Flash, [insert software here], because you surely don’t want to lose anything, it’ll only take a couple of minutes (maybe a little more) and you’ll be back to work! Maybe with some new ideas and a fresh perspective.

Here we go:

• Six Essential Questions for the Business Blogger
• A lesson to all freelancers (part 2) (part 3)
• 9 Things Freelancers Should Do Before the End of the Year
• 37 Unhabits of Highly Successful Managers
• The Flickr Guide, Part 2: How to Caption or Credit Photos in Posts
• My Puppy Can Teach You Marketing
• The Toolbox Toolbox: 100-Plus In-Depth Resource Collections for Web Workers
• 10 types of programmers you’ll encounter in the field
• 20 questions that clients ask before choosing a designer

[Click here to read more →]

Fire Them Up!

Posted November 29, 2007 in Uncategorized 6 Rockin' Comments »

You know, one thing I absolutely love about blogging and working online is you meet so many creative, talented and motivated people, it’s crazy!

Usually it happens in the comment section of a blog, but sometimes it’s ‘behind the scene‘ by e-mail. Not so long ago I got an e-mail from Carmine Gallo, a communications coach, author, speaker and columnist at BusinessWeek.com. Carmine asked me if I’d be interested in reading his new book, and he’d send me a copy.

To be honest, since I started blogging I must have received more than 25 e-mails from people who wanted me to read their book and write a little something about it on my blog(s), and none of them actually sent it to me. But Carmine did, and I’m happy he did because this book is just awesome! The kind of book you’ll want to read twice (I did). [Click here to read more →]

I Know You’re Out There My Friends!

Posted November 28, 2007 in Lifestyle 13 Rockin' Comments »

I just read one brilliant post titled ‘freelancer’s guide to sales: making friends‘. You guessed it right, the article is about building relationships and making friends, and it really is worth reading.

Here’s a quick excerpt from Shane’s article:

Most of our gigs don’t land on the initial contact, nor the second, not even the third. They come from having built a relationship with someone and being top of mind.

Think about it, how often do you get a gig ‘just like that‘? It didn’t happen to me really often. All the contracts I got, I got them because I took the time to network, make friends and build relationships, not even thinking about the business. Like Shane wrote in his post: sales is making friends. [Click here to read more →]

How To Prepare Your Business For A Kick-A$$ 2008

Posted November 26, 2007 in Business, How-To 15 Rockin' Comments »

While most people are winding down for the holidays, you should be making December an action-packed month to build your business so that you hit the ground running in 2008. Here are 5 great tips that will put you ahead of the competition on January 1 - and beyond.

Tip #1 - Plan Out Your Yearly Goals in December, and Look At Them Every Freakin’ Day.

Here’s a tip: “Do better this year” doesn’t count. If you want to tear into 2008 and take what’s yours, you need to be absolutely clear on what it is. Don’t settle for weak goals like “I want to make more money” (an extra quarter would fulfill that, but I doubt that’s what you really want). Get specific on dollar values. On number of customers. On list size, or RSS subscribers, etc. … in short, anything you can actually measure, rather than get warm fuzzies about. Then look at them every day to keep yourself focused and on track. [Click here to read more →]

2007-11-24 Saturday Links Folder

Posted November 24, 2007 in Uncategorized 6 Rockin' Comments »

Hello folks, I hope you had a productive week and a great Thanksgiving, it’s been an extremely busy week for me but still I took some time to read blogs and found many great posts that I think are worth reading. :)

Take a minute (or two, or three) to visit these blogs, you never know you might learn new things. Take that well deserved break, go grab a coffee (or tea, yeah tea is better).

I hope you will like these posts:

• 100 Resources to Keep You Productive When on the Move
• Like it Or Not, You’re a Marketer
• How C.R.A.P is your site design?
• Are You Using the Right Content Development Strategy for Your Website?
• 7 Lesser Known Ways to Increase Productivity
• bring people with you - a recipe for a small business revolution
• 6.5 Ways To Irritate Your Customers
• 10 Absolute “Nos!” for Freelancers
• Top 100 Social Media Sites
• The Importance of Taking Time For Yourself In Business

[Click here to read more →]