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The Non Writers Guide to Writing Great Blog Posts

The Non Writers Guide to Writing Great Blog Posts

Write something. Write anything. Just write. This can be a challenge for someone whose expertise is not writing. Yet your ability to write is at the core of your ability to build a business online. In the offline world, you can rely on whatever your talents are and...

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Why do People Fear New Technology?

Why do People Fear New Technology?

A reader recently contacted me with an interesting question. He writes: I am the IT department for a small business. My biggest day-to-day problem is driving adoption rates among my 20 users. Despite being given strong tools I find a lot of people want to continue...

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Reconnecting with your Inner Designer

Reconnecting with your Inner Designer

Last night, I had a mindblowing experience. A design experience. I sat down with Milford Cushman, of the Cushman Design Group. Milford is a close friend of the family, and is one of the most talented architects I’ve ever met. Well actually, he’s not an architect. He...

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Evernote and Blogging: A Match Made in Heaven

Evernote and Blogging: A Match Made in Heaven

I'm a huge fan of the (free) service, Evernote. I use it to capture and organize ideas, websites, images and audio notes for pretty much every project I have going on in my life. And believe me, I have a lot of projects going on. I don't think I'd be able to keep...

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A Business is Born: The Cloud Coach Annual Review

A Business is Born: The Cloud Coach Annual Review

Being that this is the first year that Cloud Coach has existed on the great wide internet, I can't write a clever intro about how I like to look back each year, or about the progress we've made here on the site. I can't compare my results this year to my results last...

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Improve the SEO On Your Website with a Firefox Plugin

Improve the SEO On Your Website with a Firefox Plugin

Having people find your website through google search results is important to the growth of your website and business.  Here's the problem though: I'm not an SEO wizard, and you probably aren't either. The internet is awash in SEO advice (many of it conflicting), and...

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Are You a Technology Defeatist?

Are You a Technology Defeatist?

Is this you? You greet every technology issue with the same level of panic. You always assume that something is "broken.” You never think that anything is going to just work out of the box. You, my friend, are a technology defeatist. There are people in my life who I...

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Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Google Analytics Account?

Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Google Analytics Account?

For the last 8 years, one of the first things I did when I set up a new website was dutifully install the Google Analytics tracking code. Do you want to know how many times I've used the data from analytics to make changes to my website and improve conversions, sales,...

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