Jun
25
Bootstrapping means starting a business without external investors or debt finance. Seth Godin has written a book about this. Over at ChangeThis is a version available as ebook, The Bootstrapper’s Bible. I have re-read my copy and in the book is a great explanation of entrepreneur and freelancer.
A freelancer sells her talents. While she may [...]
Jun
23
Chris Garrett writes about Attracting Customers Without Selling and Overcoming Sales Objections the Easy Way.
Freelance Folders writes about 5 Kick-Ass Tips To Build A Strong Rapport With Your Clients
May
26
At Put Things Off is a great article about Think Different – Buy a Bigger Envelope! which is about how to consider whether you really need a Macbook Air or any other new shiny thing.
This post gives 5 easy rules to help you discover whether you really need new kit, or if you’d just be [...]
May
25
I came across an interesting article at Signal vs Noise about How “Why Startups Fail” Fails. The article at Signal vs Noise comments on Why Startups Fail.
I love the end of Jason’s post since it sorts out responsibility:
Natural disasters are out of our control, bad business decisions are in your control.
Putting the blame elsewhere does [...]
May
16
Jason Alba writes about Happy Birthday To JibberJobber… and Buy-One-Year-Get-One-Year-Free!. The offer is for a limited time:
Through midnight, May 19th you can upgrade for $99 and get 24 months of premium features. This means that each month will cost just $4.13, instead of $9.95.
Congratulations to Jason and JibberJobber!
May
15
Freelance Folders posts about The Building Blocks Of A Successful Freelancing Career. There is an interesting question: Would I hire myself?
Want to leave your office and work elsewhere? Anywired has a post about Chasing Coconuts: From the Cubicle to the Caribbean.
Daily Writing Tips lists a few things all freelance writers can do to make the [...]
Apr
10
April 10, 2008 – 11:57 am
Over at ChangeThis is a free eBook about The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free.
For decades, the only way to spread our ideas was to buy expensive advertising or beg the media to write (or broadcast) about our products and services. But now our organizations have a tremendous opportunity [...]
Apr
10
April 10, 2008 – 10:49 am
Darren Rowse at Problogger explains how he went From 10000 to 0 Emails in an Inbox in 24 Hours. It involves using Google Gmail, its filters and coloured labels. I use Gmail myself for my subscriptions and mailing lists, very easy to figure out what is important and what is not.
Leo Babauta has a guest [...]
Apr
7
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations is written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckström. It is a very interesting book that compare two different kind of organizations but also mentions a hybrid or combo version, best of both.
Spiders are centralized, command and control, organizations. Historical examples are the Spanish army, [...]
Apr
4
I recently came across Free Starbucks Wi-Fi & The Ultimate Customer Voice Survey. Starbucks has created My Starbucks Idea as a way to get ideas and feedback from their customers.
Help shape the future of Starbucks—with your ideas
You know better than anyone else what you want from Starbucks. So tell us. What’s your Starbucks Idea? Revolutionary [...]
