Today, I’m guesting on BizologyBuzz with Donna Price. You can check out her website and tune in for our call here. If you are tuning in now — or after the show, I’m so excited you’re here! If this is you first time to my site, you might want to check out my welcome page [...]
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Steve Jobs (1955-2011). Like many, I’m struck by the tragedy we all feel at losing someone so innovative, so extraordinary … so young. In spite of all his amazing contributions to modern culture, I’m wondering, Did we receive all of his gifts? A heavy thought to ponder, no doubt. But one thing is certain: he lived to give them. An intense, driven creator, there’s no question that he lived his life as one committed to giving us all that he had–and he took a lot of heat for it.
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My friend, Laura Click (@lauraclick)just posted a great blog about a couple of new buttons you should add to your website or blog to support the sharing of your content via social media: 1) Twitter – Make it easy for site visitors to follow you on Twitter right from your website. Twitter has updated their [...]
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I just found my way to a blog post that stopped me dead in my tracks and lit my bottlerocket to the moon. This guy is bananas – as a bit of a marketing snob and wordsmither myself, I’m mesmerized by Peter Shallard’s (@PeterShallard) poignant way of communicating the honest-to-God truth about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur.
In his post, “The Truth – Why Solopreneurs are destined to stay that way forever,” Peter cuts right to the soul of what is keeping so many independent professionals stuck
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“How much does it cost to create a good website?” It’s a misleading question, in many ways – in truth, the actual cost for designing your website is minimal compared to the costs for making it “good.” Or even “great.” For independent professionals (speakers, authors, executive coaches, consultants, trainers, etc), the actual design of your website could be as inexpensive as “free” if you’re a do-it-yourself-er who knows WordPress and wants to use a free template. Or, you could have a custom HTML template created with custom programming for integrating things like eCommerce and subscribe forms, styling sidebar widgets via CSS and other such techi-ness. The REAL upfront cost of building a great website is in creating great content.
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