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Category Archive: Business

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When the lights go out with Mika Epstein

Literally, the lights went out in this episode! But hey, if you’re listening to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher – you won’t even notice. Seriously though, what happens when the lights go out on your client’s WordPress website? Mika leads the WordPress support team at Dreamhost and is part of the core WordPress team… Continue Reading »

Facebook and Twitter play catch up to Google+

Aug 24, 2012 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Social Media No comments

The social space is quickly coming to an interesting fork in the road. Facebook’s IPO didn’t just shine light on bloated tech company valuation, but also on the social giant’s lack of innovation. The void of improving our online social experience is filled with attempts of injecting new ads in mobile as an attempt create… Continue Reading »

Aug 24, 2012 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Social Media No comments
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Listening to your gut could save your ass

May 22, 2012 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Thinking No comments

For better or for worse, I make a lot of my decision based off of gut feeling. There are times when you’re making the wrong decision and you can feel it in your gut. You read all the facts, hypothesis, reviews, and hear all the feedback. Can you think back to when you should have listened to your… Continue Reading »

May 22, 2012 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Thinking No comments
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The Free Fall Of A Startup Entrepreneur

Oct 31, 2011 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Featured ,Thinking ,Web Professional No comments

You know the dream where you’re free falling from the the sky? Your whole body weightless as gravity pushes you to the earth. A massive knot in your stomach wrenching in fear. Panic sets in as you scramble for the parachute. Grasping and tugging at your vest to find the right one. There is no… Continue Reading »

Oct 31, 2011 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Featured ,Thinking ,Web Professional No comments
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UPDATE: How-to Earn A Customer For Life

Sep 29, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,Business ,101 ,Business 2 comments

UPDATE: What I left out from this story was a not so stellar experience I had with a third party vendor at the mansion. After I wrote this, I notified Sandy at the mansion and told her of my pleasant experience with the stay but not the vendor. She immediately apologized and escalated it to Rick the… Continue Reading »

Sep 29, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,Business ,101 ,Business 2 comments
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Build Your Hub For Success

Sep 15, 2011 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Featured 4 comments

In part one of connecting the dot’s of web marketing series, we discussed building a foundation. Today we talk about building your hub. Recently, we mapped out the foundation of our online business. Sketched out major features and functions we plan to implement then cut out anything that could hold us back from agile marketing.… Continue Reading »

Sep 15, 2011 by Categories: Blog ,Business ,Featured 4 comments
How To Boost Your Traffic, E-mail List, And Social Media Following Without A Blog

How To Boost Your Traffic, E-mail List, And Social Media Following Without A Blog

Sep 6, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,101 ,Blogging ,Business ,101 ,Business ,101 ,Social Media 6 comments

Are you planning to launch a new blog or website soon? If so, you may find the techniques to increase your traffic, e-mail list, and social media following all without a blog very useful. That’s right. Without. Even. Having. A. Blog. Jonathan Morrow is announcing his new blog over on Copyblogger to help guide folks in… Continue Reading »

Sep 6, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,101 ,Blogging ,Business ,101 ,Business ,101 ,Social Media 6 comments
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Buckets-O-Cash

Aug 29, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,Business ,101 ,Business 8 comments

I was having an interesting discussion with my Father the other day. We were discussing the topic of offering too much. Being involved in multiple business models. Spreading ourselves thin. In other words, we have many buckets of revenue. My father has been in business for over 40 years running his own dealership, sporting goods… Continue Reading »

Aug 29, 2011 by Categories: 101 ,Blog ,Business ,101 ,Business 8 comments