Online Backup: Are You Working Without A Net?

Image credit: Mark Setchell Many, many moons ago, I finished a lengthy document and saved it to one of those portable thumb drives? Shortly thereafter the crappy little thing died, the document was irretrievably lost, and I had to do it over. A short and somewhat ordinary story in retrospect, but ...

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June 30, 2008

Checklists and Worksheets and Samples… …Oh My!

If you read Business Card Gallery: Beyond The Template way back in the day, you know that I'm not a big fan of a blank page. Frankly, I hate 'em. A blank sheet of paper can be threatening instead of thrilling when there's a lot at stake or there's a lot ...

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June 27, 2008

Gone Fishin’

Image credit: johnshepherd How long can your business last without you? This is not a new topic, of course, but I've been sick and the necessary time-out brought alarming clarity to some things. Among them, we're walking a knife's edge when there's nothing in place to earn for us when we can't ...

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June 25, 2008

What’s So Great About SEO?

Image credit: Eoseye Like we talked about earlier, word-of-mouth marketing is tops for spreading the word about a microbusiness. We could spend money on advertising and hope for a return, but it's more cash flow friendly to get new business referrals from delighted customers, and then pay them a commission for ...

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June 20, 2008

Making A Million With 1000 True Fans Update [MiniPost]

Did you catch the 3-part case study about Alexandria Brown's information marketing money machine? The one where Ali provides 750 Silver Mastermind group members with exclusive access to monthly teleseminars at $47 per month? The membership fees total $423,000 annually. Yup. So anyway, this post is an extension of Part 1's "Selling ...

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June 19, 2008

The Dream Meme

Yesterday we shared our kid dreams of what we would work at when we grew up, and got a peek at the totally wicked cool kids you all were! Every comment made me smile or giggle or wonder in awe at your clever, imaginative, and daring younger selves. Y'all haven't ...

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June 18, 2008