Six months ago my computer started to die. Honestly, I hadn’t bought a machine with a enough hardware power to handle what I throw at them so I tend to burn them up (literally) too quickly. So this time I decided to get serious and get a machine that was beefy enough to last. Which meant I had to order it online. I determined what I wanted and did my research. I found a company that could do what I wanted at a reasonable price and had terrific reviews. It was great! Six months later I received an email from the company asking about my experience. It wasn’t stellar at the beginning but part of that was my fault. So in all fairness I answered their questions. I received a confirmation thanking me for my feedback and letting me know if I went to Google […] Continue reading
Knowing Your Roles
We all occupy so many roles – in just one day for my clients I am counselor, adviser, tech support, strategist, researcher, brainstorming partner, copy writer, website designer, programmer, designer, and friend. And then I go home to be a whole host of other roles. At some point, it is important to look at those roles and determine which ones are appropriate to your business, which ones make you unique and which ones is it time to dump. For instance, I do not ever market myself as a tech support rep because I am not doing it every day and therefore don’t have the up-to-date knowledge I would need to do it as well as I used to handle it. On the other hand, my role as counselor is one that means my clients call me for more than just the immediate project need which […] Continue reading
A Plea for Tolerance
It is that time again – the time in which reasonable, wonderful business people suddenly get indignant that their holiday isn’t being celebrated properly. It doesn’t matter what holiday you celebrate (or if you don’t celebrate one), “everyone else” gets it wrong. It is awful! The one common feature of all the holidays are what they are to celebrate in each other – unity, understanding, peace, etc. NOT exclusion, criticism, or an expectation that they should do what you do because you do it. So please – be kind to each other. Understand that not everyone celebrates the same holiday in the same way or for the same reasons. Recognize that in a business context, you need to be neutral so that business can continue. My solution? For the next couple days I wish people a wonderful holiday season. Starting December 8th, I switch to […] Continue reading
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