Most of the time, getting paid 101 is everything you need to know about getting paid from a delinquent client. But sometimes, you get left on the hook by a fly-by-night company. One day … poof! … they’re gone. Email bounces, the phone is cut off, the website has been sold, and the office is … Read more
There’s a balance somewhere in between what works and what’s never been tried yet that always yields the best results. No matter what you’re doing. On the one hand, success that’s repeatable is your best friend. On the other hand, someone else will always try something completely different and innovative that rockets past your process … Read more
A good friend of mine recently decided to start his own business. You might remember me talking about it and how leverage works. He’s partnering up with his brother, who has his own small painting business. There are a lot of decisions to make as an entrepreneur and their latest one involves transportation. They have an … Read more
Ever wonder why that cool little indie film you wanted to buy was released on DVD for rental only? Well, it wasn’t exactly, but you wouldn’t want to buy it. Not yet. There are two radically different ways to price a flick when it first gets released on DVD. Sometimes the cost is 20 bucks. … Read more
One of the things I’ve wanted to do lately is go timeless. What I mean by that is getting rid of the date in my WordPress permalink structure. The problem with doing this kind of thing after you’ve started your blog is that it breaks links. And by that, I mean all of them. The … Read more
Every leader has fires to put out. To do it right, you need the right hat. It’s time to put the Fire Chief’s helmet on. There are many hats to juggle when you’re leading a company or an organization. Some of the others I’ve talked about are the dunce cap and the inventor’s hat. The … Read more
Love her or hate her, Paris Hilton’s camp has mastered the art of business. And her business model is driven by the turbo-charged law of self-fulfilling prophecy. Her core business is not acting or singing. It’s promotion. She promotes people, places and products. And she does that by promoting herself and then attaching herself to the … Read more
One of your biggest challenges as a leader is to take the complicated and make it simple. There are a lot of fires to put out when you’re running a business. And it’s easy to run around and stamp out every new fire without stopping to survey the whole landscape. The reason is, the fires … Read more
What if you could narrow your search to find the best information on the web? Google Co-op is a cool little feature that allows you to create your own custom search engine. It’s a little different than Site-search because you can add as many different websites to search as you want. It also has a number … Read more