I won’t give the same old advice about not visiting Starbucks every day. Instead, I’m sharing seven steps I personally used to save money as I moved into the role of entrepreneur. As a home based business owner, you’ve already got a head start since you won’t be paying rent. Other ways you can save:
6 Rules for Tech Success Ramon Ray spoke in the late afternoon at Grow Smart Business Conference, which was sponsored by Network Solutions and the Washington Business Journal. Despite the late hour, his presentation style—he talks fast and loud—energized the audience. I tweeted him that his talk was like an injection of caffeine in my [...]
A friend of a friend had a book on the New York Times best-seller list. I questioned for how much longer the best-seller list would impress anyone — a year, five years? With newspapers slowly going down the drain, how much longer will we care what they have to say about books we read on [...]
Recently, I submitted requests for quotes to several businesses for work I need done. Each potential vendor came highly recommended from someone I trust. I reviewed the work of ten vendors and contacted five of them. If you are wondering how to get more business, I’m going to share a huge “secret” with you. First, [...]
Time is money and money is time. If you’re running a business, then time management is an issue. It’s even more of an issue for a boot-strapping — starting a business with small funds and no loan — business. To be a success, you have to learn to get things done in an efficient way. [...]
Imagine looking at the time, realizing two hours went by, and you haven’t completed your major project for the day. Has this ever happened to you? It was August and the scent of lavender and mint blew in through an open window. Somewhere a neighbor was mowing a lawn, and I could hear children at [...]
DoshDosh at the Make Money Online blog wrote about 8 ways to optimize yourself in your business, in your personal life and in your living space. Essentially, he shares how to optimize yourself. Since it’s that goal-setting time of year, I’m sharing three ways to keep your business and personal goals realistic and possible.
That is the phrase I typed into Google recently after rebooting my laptop for the third time in a row. Two weeks ago, I expressed gratitude for having such a great computer. This week, I wanted to pitch it against the wall. Now, I’m back to thinking my PC the best thing since SEO. I’ll [...]