The secret recipe to being uber productive: Get it done!

The secret recipe to being uber productive:     Get it done!   How do you know what to do when you have time to do work, and then get it done? You’ll need to prioritize and delegate. In many cases, you may be delegating to yourself – and if you can learn to treat […]

The secret recipe to being uber-productive

The secret recipe to being uber-productive   “If I told you, I’d have to kill you.” I’ve heard that line in a ton of movies, and never thought that it’d also apply to business. After all, isn’t business open-source? Especially with the internet, and when everyone is sharing what is working for them? While that […]

Hacking Your Office Productivity

Hacking Your Office Productivity With a little bit of coffee and a comfy space you can hack into your productivity mindset. If you don’t know where you’re working from and you don’t enjoy the space that you’re in, there is no way that you’re going to get work done. Imagine this, you’re working at your […]

Your Calendar Should Rule Your World

Your Calendar Should Rule Your World Do you know what you’re doing today? What about tomorrow or next week? If you have an idea of what needs to be done, do you know what your priorities are? Are they getting done? As a business owner, a calendar should literally rule your life. Your calendar is […]

Should You Offer Payment Options?

Should You Offer Payment Options? What do you want? How badly do you want it? What are you willing to give up to get it? Those thoughts go through your mind – whether you realize it or not. And those exact same thoughts go through your customer’s mind – whether you realize it or not. […]

Abandon the human connection at your own risk

Abandon the human connection at your own risk I want to cry every time that I use a self-checkout lane at the grocery store. Even if it’s only for one small item – the business person inside of me just shudders. Why? Because it’s so wrong at so many levels. I get that it’s supposed […]

Conference Calls: Connecting a Virtual Team

Conference Calls: Connecting a Virtual Team Let’s start off with a laugh, just to keep things interesting. To be completely candid, conference calls, in general, are a huge waste of time. They are highly unproductive and are a pain in everybody’s rear-end. This is how a real-life conference call generally goes. But in order to […]

Do your customers have to think? That’s a problem.

Do your customers have to think? That’s a problem. You’ve heard the saying… “You can’t put lipstick on a pig” right? Well, that phrase is applicable in so many areas of business. However, there’s one area where it is especially fitting. But before I get into that… let me ask you this: Do your customers […]

Hiring and Managing a Team of Outsourced People – Part Two

Hiring and Managing a Team of Outsourced People – Part Two In Part One of our two-part series “Hiring and Managing a Team of Outsourced People” we talked about the dreams and reality of running a business and what it takes. Remember, you can’t run any business without help, unless of course you want to […]

Hiring and Managing a Team of Outsourced People – Part One

Hiring and Managing a Team of Outsourced People – Part One When you are running an online business for a certain target market, its not a bricks and mortar business – meaning you can run it from anywhere. When running an online business, ultimately there is a lot of work to be done. One person can’t […]