I’m Going Client-Side Well, it’s over. Agency life is officially finished for me. I’m onto other challenges. After growing from an SEO specialist to the senior specialist, up to becoming the Head of Digital (Products) for a large agency, and after 3 years of blood, sweat and way too many tears, I’ve left the agency […]
Inspired by a post on Inbound and the follow up about processes, I wanted to ask you this question: How long does it take you to blog? Does that feel like the right question? I tried to answer it and felt like maybe it wasn’t. Writing Time – Does It Matter? Business blog posts generally fall into […]
This shit’s chess, it ain’t checkers! – Alonzo in Training Day I love that quote. What I mean to say with it is “this is marketing – it’s always hard and confusing. It’s a lot harder than, say, washing laundry. That’s just how it goes.” Too many small business owners dip their toe into just one […]
Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence. – Lisa M. Amos I have a friend, Jordan, who’s really going through the struggle at the moment. He’s a new entrepreneur and he’s experiencing the growing pains of
Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan. – Larry Winget By now you should have read the first and second parts of this goal setting series. As a reminder: Part 1 – Anything But Not Everything. Part 2 […]
A goal is a dream with a deadline. – Napolean Hill In Part 1 of Setting Goals & Milestones we spoke about choices and goal-setting. You can’t do everything so you need to make hard choices about which dreams to follow. Once you know which dreams are important, let’s put a deadline on those dreams. Setting […]
You can do anything but not everything. – David Allen We’re going to look at goals and goal setting in three posts. This one, the first, will focus on choices. The second will focus on time and the final post on the motivation for goal setting and goal accomplishment. Ready to dive in? You can […]
Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever. – Charles Xavier Last year I turned 40. I worked for the last 25 years of my life – from Dunkin Donuts cashier to student work at the college library and then online. I ran a successful photo studio, worked in affiliate […]
Everybody has a dream, but not everybody has a grind. – Eric Thomas This year has 366 days, 1 more than last year and 1 more than next year. An extra day represents opportunity. It is a chance to spend a few more precious hours working toward your ends. What will you do with your […]
Time Management? “I can do this myself and make more money! I’ll have more free time and no boss.” A year later you don’t sleep, worry about paying the bills, and haven’t been outside in over a week. Where did it all go wrong? Was there a day when it all fell apart? Business owners […]