Archive for May, 2009
What businesses are you in? Really? This is a question that 90% of small business owners forget to ever answer – and it’s the most important question regarding your business!
I am amazed by how many people have never Googled themselves. In today’s world, it’s increasingly important just what the Internet says about you – whether true or fiction. Most of you understand this, and have taken the proper steps to protect yourself from online brand-hijacking. Just think of how awkward that next job interview will be if the hiring manager comes in with an image of you painted by negative search results from the night before. How might you be put at a disadvantage?
In celebration of Memorial Day, I will be taking the day off. I’ll see you all again bright and early on Wednesday!
At a sales training seminar a couple weeks ago, the presenter spoke on the topic of separating pay time from no pay time. I was very familiar with this concept, but not in quite the way he put it. All of us recognize the importance of tracking billable versus non-billable hours, but “pay time” doesn’t necessarily mean billable hours.
I’m not afraid to admit it, but I use Match.com. I have for a while, actually. At least until today.