Have you ever been on a rollercoaster? They can be fun and exciting. As a small business owner, have you ever been on the cash flow rollercoaster? That, my friends, can be scary! What is the cash flow rollercoaster you ask? It is the cycle of feast or famine that plagues many small businesses (especially solopreneurs). How…
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I was sitting on a plane last night on a flight coming back from giving a speech in LA, and I thought to myself, how much space do I have to work here? I boarded the plane with the best intentions of getting some work done, but I found it hard to be productive while on the plane. There were so many interruptions, like…
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One of my favorite movies is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table and King Arthur are on a quest to find the cup that Jesus used at the Last Supper (the Holy Grail). Wikipedia says – According to legend, it has special powers, and is designed to provide happiness, eternal youth and food…
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People have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I can tell you that kids left Facebook in droves and headed to Twitter, because their mothers were logging on to Facebook. The people who love Twitter are tech savvy and like the quick messaging platforms. The people who hate it just don’t understand how the platform works. With the…
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I don’t know about you, but I am time zone challenged. I live in Chicago so we are in Central Daylight Savings Time, which is -5 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and not to be confused with Universal Time (UT). On top of that, some states in the U.S. don’t adhere to Daylight Savings. It gives me a…
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Back in the old days (1980’s and 1990’s), producing a video took a lot of technology and talent. Today, it still takes talent (maybe you and a guest), but the technology thing has gotten a whole lot easier. YouTube brought personal video into the mainstream, to the point that people have their own channels today. These people…
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Do you remember the movie “The Truman Show“? It’s a movie starring Jim Carrey as an insurance salesman whose entire life is actually a live TV show. At the time it seemed so far fetched, but today it’s the new reality TV! With mobile, phones, tablets and computers having better than average built-in video cameras, people have…
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I like to talk. As a matter of fact, I learned at a very early age that I am an auditory learner. There are three basic types of learners: visual – those who love to read and respond to pictures, auditory – those who respond to listening and talking, and tactile – those who like to work…
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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain Every time another social media tool is added to the sandbox, it waters down the sand. Periscope, Meerkat and Vine are tools for video. There is Snip.ly for content, Sumo Me for connections and so many more where you can visit and spin your wheels. Most of us can barely handle the top…
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There is an ongoing joke about social media, “Kids are leaving Facebook in droves, because their mothers are logging in.” There is a lot of truth to that, but where are they going? They are jumping onto Twitter and Instagram. They love that short attention span theater and quick messaging platform. Twitter and Instagram are more one-to-one. They…
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