Live and work in harmony with technology
Case Study: How Not To Keep Subscribers On Your Email List
Here's a quick post to share some insight around how you should communicate with your email list. I know that I've been beating the email drum pretty hard around here. I hope that you've gotten a sense of how important this is for your small business. I also haven't...
Grow Your Offline Business
A free four-module course for creative small businesses on how to build a profitable and responsive email list. Just because the goods and services you create are offline, doesn’t mean you can’t significantly grow your list of clients, increase your sales, or have a...
Why Your Business Doesn't Have a Website and What to Do About It
"I know I should have a website, but..." If you own or are in the process of launching a small business, you probably don't need me to tell you that you need a website. Yet I am shocked by how many small business owners who don't have a website, especially when they...
Evernote 201: Posting by Email
Evernote is a fantastic note-taking service and application that I like to use as my external brain. Its a fantasic way for writers, artists and musicians to capture ideas on the go. If you're new to Evernote, you may want to check out Part 1 of this post, which was...
The Kindness of Strangers: Why You Get Ignored Online
My guest post on Kind Over Matter got me thinking about other forms of kindness on the internet. And what I realized, is that the internet is one big ball of kindness, if you play your cards right. Now, before you change the channel- We turn to the internet with all...
Manage Email, Not Time
I don't believe in time management. A lot of "time management" systems are all or nothing: Either buy into a specific methodology with all of its rigid rules and forms, or do nothing at all. I think we need to learn how to do things a little bit faster. Or, if...
The Power of Asking for Help
It happens to the best of us. We are cruising along on our computers, working on our next great project or idea, when all of a sudden we hit a wall. Then, one little challenge becomes seemingly impossible to move beyond. We are so close to solving it, but it just...
How to Really Take Control of the Technology in Your Life
I’ve spent a lot of time helping people figure stuff out. And you wouldn’t believe some of the things that I’ve heard. "I want you to watch the way I'm doing this so you can see how stupid I am" and my favorite "This is so easy for you, I'm just never going to get it"...
Undo send can save your life, plus other great gmail labs
Undo Send We've all been there: you spend half an hour writing a strongly worded letter, hit send, and realize you probably shouldn't have done that. Thankfully, Gmail Labs' Undo Send feature is there to save you from yourself. After sending an email, Gmail will wait...
Attention Artists: State of the Art – A Simple Swipe on the iPhone, and You’re Paid
Look, credit cards are great. There’s a paper trail, there’s fraud protection, there’s incredible convenience — just swipe and go. But why is it that only companies accept them? Why can’t we use them to pay the piano teacher, the baby sitter, the lawn-mowing teenager,...
Seth's Blog: A shortage of digital coaches
A shortage of digital coaches Here are three things that are true:1. Digital technology, especially computers and cell phones, can dramatically increase productivity.2. More and more users of digital technology are small firms or individuals.3. The vast majority of...