Category Archives: Note

Training for Work at Home Workers

Posted on July 10, 2008 by bengt

ProBlogger has a post about SparkplugU – Training for Work at Home Workers. It is about SparkplugU and their courses plus their newsletter and a free e-book. Their courses are reasonably priced and there are some that interest me, like … Continue reading →

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How to find your passion

Posted on July 3, 2008 by bengt

Please note: There is an updated and expanded version of this post. Coaching is often about change, a new career, better balance in life or adding something new to “spice up” life. And in those contexts we often talk about … Continue reading →

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Using WordPress as a business directory

Posted on June 30, 2008 by bengt

I use hosted WordPress for my blogs and also as a CMS for my coaching business at Key Coaching. When using WordPress as a CMS (content management system) the emphasis is on using pages, not blog posts. Since I find … Continue reading →

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A Practical Guide to Earning Six Figures

Posted on June 29, 2008 by bengt

Skellie is a solid writer with great content, over at AnyWired she has created a series of posts titled A Practical Guide to Earning Six Figures. The first post is Changing Your Mind and I love the post intro: How … Continue reading →

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The five easy pieces of marketing

Posted on June 26, 2008 by bengt

Seth Godin has a really interesting post about Five easy pieces: Never mind the “P”s. Marketing has five elements: Data, Stories, Products (services), Interactions and Connection. The “P”s are the standard four P’s (Product, Pricing, Promotion and Place) of marketing. … Continue reading →

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Are you an entrepreneur or a freelancer?

Posted on June 25, 2008 by bengt

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 … Continue reading →

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Meditation and intuition as business tools

Posted on June 23, 2008 by bengt

In the book Do Less, Achieve More is mentioned that Harvard and INSEAD see meditation and intuition as the business tools of the future. A search using Google showed just one source apart from quotes from the book. In a … Continue reading →

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SEO from a layman perspective

Posted on June 20, 2008 by bengt

I must confess that I thought SEO, search engine optimization, was something consultants sold to the big guys and not for small blogs like mine. More for the sake of it I did install the All in One SEO Pack … Continue reading →

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Macbook Air and shiny new things

Posted on May 26, 2008 by bengt

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 … Continue reading →

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How and why startups fail

Posted on May 25, 2008 by bengt

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 … Continue reading →

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