Today is Thanksgiving Day. For Canadians, that is. I was of two minds about what to write this year, considering current Internet trends. Should I do like so many other bloggers, post up a holiday notice and go enjoy a day with my family? Or should I treat the day in a business-as-usual manner? After [...]
Drive-By-Shooting Sundays: Creative Texture Tools
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Harry looked around the studio. “James? What month is it?” “October. Why?” The yellow and purple, the flowers and spring… “Could’ve sworn it was Easter.” He moved around the benches, picking up some tools. “Is this a pottery studio?” James stood observing the sign that hung above the shop. “Should be.” At least this site [...]
Who Would You Date In the Blogosphere?
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Every so often, we feature guest bloggers rising up in the world. Two of our good friends (and upcoming hits on the Internet) have graciously offered us a look into bloggers and online dating – they’re not so different as you may think. Please welcome Alex and Elizabeth Fayle and their very first collaborative guest [...]
Focus to Plan Your Business Future
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We have many people who email us for help with their business direction and focus. We sometimes do the same. It’s good to have someone who you can write to and ask questions, get answers or bounce ideas around together. We’ve noticed from mentoring requests that most people have one common problem: They don’t know [...]
The E-Myth Revisited: A Review
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We’re huge proponents of working smarter, not harder. We want to build a business with a solid foundation for growth and keep on growing it. We also try to model these beliefs by testing theories and applying them to reach our future goals. Recently, a book we read confirmed we were heading in the right [...]
Drive-By Shooting Sundays: The Enhance Life
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“What are you doing?” James didn’t even look up. “Going green, dude.” The shovel he held struck the dirt and lifted some aside, leaving a nice hole. Harry took in the scattering of gardening tools and supplies that littered the ground around James. “Really. Since when?” “Since I decided I could make money selling organic [...]
Feed Reader Heaven or Email Inbox Hell?
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It’s been an opinionated week for us, and it’s not quite over yet. Bear with us, folks. At Put Things Off, Nick Cernis is suggesting that everyone remove RSS subscription from their blogs. The theory is that feed readers “are attention-seekers, time-hoggers, virtually benefit-free, hard to promote or evangelise, and almost impossible to scale and [...]
Are You Here for a Good Time or a Long Time?
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I’m consistently amazed by the number of people who are determined to build a business online and resort to flinging ideas in the hopes that something will catch on. It’s like tossing shit on a wall. Yeah, eventually some of it sticks – but what kind of business is that? Ah, yes. It’s the type [...]
