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What’s In A Business Address

While perhaps not a massive decision, selecting your business address is nevertheless critical to consider.
Of course, when running a business out of your home you’re going to have to put an address at the top of your letterhead. Other than using your home address - which has the potential of having clients show […]

The Power of a Great Checklist

It’s no secret: the checklist is the stereotypical secret passion of many “type A” personalities. These individuals are usually the ones you see wandering around the office supplies store looking for the next best organizational gadgets.
Yet, checklists are frequently underrated. Many business owners think they have their job “down.” But no matter how well […]

Can We Do Lunch?

With the inevitable blur between work and personal life, many business owners often work straight through lunch. They come in an 8 a.m. and plow through until the late night. The best case scenario is that some find a way to eat lunch at their desks, yet even then, there is no separation of […]

Make the Most of Your Marketing: Google’s Website Optimizer

If there’s one thing a professional marketer will tell you, it is test, test, test. One great tool—for testing both online and offline marketing efforts—is Google’s Website Optimizer. Website Optimizer helps you find out which web page headlines, images, and layouts convert the most visitors. Not only is it a great tool to […]

David Zinger - Spotlight Interview

Our guest this week is David Zinger.
David is the founder of David Zinger and Associates and writes for the wildly popular blog, Slacker Manager.
David’s a leading expert on both employee engagement and strength based leadership.
He is a professional speaker with over 25 years of experience. He has 20 years background as a University educator […]

Contract Management Made Easy

I loath paperwork.
But if you own a business, it’s unavoidable. You’ll have sign W-9s so your customers don’t withhold 28% of your receivables for tax purposes.
Likewise, you’ll have to send out W-9s to your vendors.
And that’s just the beginning.There’s I-9s, W-4s, sales tax exemption forms…you know the virtual avalanche of paper pushing requirements […]

Susan Evans: Co-Founder of Office Nomads (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is Susan Evans, Cofounder of Office Nomads. Office Nomads is one of a growing contingent of co-working facilities popping up all over the country.
Co-working offices are café-like collaboration space for developers, writers, & independent professionals. The idea being to help at home office workers to get out of the house […]

The Printable CEO Series

I’m going to gush here.
David Seah is a brilliant, brilliant man. I don’t want to come off as a stalker or anything, but I love about everything he puts out.
At this point, and this is saying a lot for me, he’s right up there with David Allen, Dale Carnegie and ohhhh I’m […]

Molly Gordon - Shaboom, Inc. (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is certified business coach, Molly Gordon. Molly is the author of 4 books including her most recent endeavor, the Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur.
In it she shares her story of how she became a business coach and the Three Instructions she uses to guide herself and her clients to a […]

How to Save 1,022 Hours This Year…

photo credit: Ange Soleil ( a.k.a Tweng )
Hint: Let someone else do the work.
So. You read Timothy Ferris’ book the ‘4 Hour Work Week.’
You, like I….like everyone… got all excited about hiring a Virtual Assistant to do all your grunt work.
And I bet I know what happened next.
You went to delegate something and […]





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    Pre-paid legal services refers to individual or group employee benefit legal plans in which members pay […]

    What’s In A Business Address

    While perhaps not a massive decision, selecting your business address is nevertheless critical to consider.
    Of course, when running a business out of your home you’re going to have to put an address at the top of your letterhead. Other than using your home address - which has the potential of having clients show […]

    The Power of a Great Checklist

    It’s no secret: the checklist is the stereotypical secret passion of many “type A” personalities. These individuals are usually the ones you see wandering around the office supplies store looking for the next best organizational gadgets.
    Yet, checklists are frequently underrated. Many business owners think they have their job “down.” But no matter how well […]

    Can We Do Lunch?

    With the inevitable blur between work and personal life, many business owners often work straight through lunch. They come in an 8 a.m. and plow through until the late night. The best case scenario is that some find a way to eat lunch at their desks, yet even then, there is no separation of […]

    Make the Most of Your Marketing: Google’s Website Optimizer

    If there’s one thing a professional marketer will tell you, it is test, test, test. One great tool—for testing both online and offline marketing efforts—is Google’s Website Optimizer. Website Optimizer helps you find out which web page headlines, images, and layouts convert the most visitors. Not only is it a great tool to […]