By SMac, on August 31st, 2010
Today’s post is from a personal perspective, but I just have to share. A few weeks ago a wrote about making sure that you have Internet back-up plans just in case your service goes out at home. Well, I had done all of that research myself recently because I am about to move to a new . . . → Read More: Is That Perfect Timing or What!
By SMac, on August 24th, 2010
I’ve just seen a really cool idea for building your list – instead of just a plain old opt-in page, why not give a short and relevant quiz for your prospect to fill out? That way they can have fun and get signed up for your newsletter/ezine at the same time. As long as your quiz . . . → Read More: Quizzes as Opt-In Forms
By SMac, on August 10th, 2010
So I’ve just started looking at Freshbooks to see if it would help me manage my invoicing better. You see, every month I have to find the time to create timesheet reports for each client, then all of the timesheets from my associates, and then combine all of the info into invoices. After that . . . → Read More: Freshbooks ~ Trying out a New System
By SMac, on August 3rd, 2010
I think that this philosophy applies in pretty much every type of business.
Think about it, picture yourself starting out in some kind of industry and you manage to find someone who seems to know what they’re doing, and they’re willing to share their knowledge – wouldn’t you be pleased and grateful?
And think about it from the . . . → Read More: Mentoring is a Good Thing
By SMac, on July 20th, 2010
As you may or may not have noticed I’ve got a new look to my blog. I’m in the midst of updating my website and re-creating it on Wordpress, and the theme that I decided to use for both my new site and my existing blog is called Atahualpa.
Atahualpa is a free theme, . . . → Read More: An Easy Wordpress Theme to Customize
By SMac, on July 13th, 2010
I’m sure every soloprenuer has been caught in a similar situation – last week I had to run into town to do some errands before the weekend rolled around and most things were closed.
It seemed like a simple enough plan, however nowadays going to town means a half-hour trip each way so of course we try . . . → Read More: Don’t Panic ~ Unexpected Days Away
By SMac, on July 7th, 2010
If anyone out there has ever had to move their office, they will know exactly what I mean. It’s quite the undertaking to move an office, and I’ve done it a couple of times now.
One of the things I decided to do that helped me out a bunch was to create a spreadsheet with little checkboxes . . . → Read More: So Many Things to Do When You Move Your Office!
By SMac, on June 29th, 2010
Luckily I have one of those weird brains that stores random information that just seems to pop out at the strangest times, right exactly when I need it. And everyone else around me is shaking their heads saying, “how the heck did you remember that?”.
Let me explain: I have recently moved to the Kootenays from Northern . . . → Read More: Always Have a Backup Plan for Internet Connection
By SMac, on June 22nd, 2010
Have you ever heard of the book called Death By Meeting? When I first saw it I thought the cover picture was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen – a man sitting at a boardroom table with his head and hands flat down on the table as if he’d just keeled over!
Back in my non-virtual days . . . → Read More: Making Meetings Productive
By SMac, on June 15th, 2010
I’ve been thinking about moving my entire website over to Wordpress lately, mainly because it would be nice if I could get someone else to do some edits now and then for me, and I can’t decide whether I need to get a pro theme or not.
I’ve checked out both Thesis and Studiopress themes since they . . . → Read More: Wordpress Web Sites: Free Themes vs. Pro Themes