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Charge what you’re worth

Chris Brogan charges what he's worth. He's worth $22,000/day. He's OK with that, and if he can get it, so are we. Are you charging what you're worth?

Business of Happiness

I just finished reading The Business of Happiness by Ted Leonsis. I recommend it! Check out the website to get some background on the author and book. To summarize, Ted grew up in Brooklyn the son of immigrant parents. Through hard work and fortunate timing he was very successful at a young age. But he wasn't happy. A near death experience opened his eyes to his second chance at life and he decided to dedicate himself to being happy. Ted's theory is to not confuse being successful with bei...

Staying Human: Google is great, until it isn’t

We blog about Google a lot and up until now it's all been positive. We've run across a problem we can't fix and it revolves around the way Google handles their products. Google is successful because so much of what they do is automated. For the most part this works great as Google excels at knowing what people need and fulfilling that need in a convenient and usable online format. The problem is that even with Google's technical capabilities some issues still require commonsense and a huma...

Multitasking is a myth

Courtesy of @rands on Twitter: In a previous blog post we summed up multitasking as: Multitasking is the ability to shift between tasks very quickly. Also known as timeslicing, these transitions happen so quickly it appears like multitasking. However, each time you switch between tasks you must back up just a bit and review where you left off to make sure you don’t miss any critical information, essentially doing the same work over and over. The constant starting and stopping of tasks le...

Will’s Wisdom

Saw this video over on www.smbitpros.com It's worth reposting. Will Smith has a great attitude on life.

Virtual Assistants: Adventures in Delegation

We all have limited time in each day. Looking to increase my productivity and free myself from mundane tasks I decided to try a Virtual Assistant service called AskSunday. With AskSunday you can delegate tasks like ordering food, flower delivery, purchasing event tickets, booking travel plans and many others. My experience with AskSunday was not good. Here's a breakdown. Inputting Service Requests. To start a new request you can send an email, login via the AskSunday website or call. Since...

Our Reading List

We recently had the privilege of hearing Verne "the Growth Guy" Harnish speak at the ConnectWise Partner Summit. Thanks to Verne we have a lot of reading to do! Here are a few of his recommendations. Not shown but still on the list is: Reality Marketing Revolution. To this list I would also add Free: The Future of a Radical Price and The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired Magazine. Links to the books in the picture ab...

Economic Stimulus Act Provides Tax Benefits to Businesses

Back on November 24, 2008 we blogged about Section 179 and the tax advantages available to businesses. These same advantages are still available for 2009! From section170.org: When your business buys certain pieces of equipment, it typically gets to write them off a little at a time through depreciation. In other words, if your company spends $50,000 on a vehicle, it gets to write off (say) $10,000 a year for five years (these numbers are only meant to give you an example.) Now, while it'...

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