Cheaping Out In Your Business

I understand that business starting out are trying to save money but this is one thing I think that holds many businesses back. What I’m talking about is trying to use free or “discount” services to run their business. Now before I get too far, there are cases where there are perfectly good free applications…

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Am I Teachable?

In an excerpt from a book titled “Talent Is Never Enough” from John C. Maxwell, he comments that all the advice in the world won’t help if you don’t have a teachable spirit. To know if you are teachable ask yourself these questions: Am I open to other people’s ideas? Do I listen more than…

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Missing Or Poor Use of Your Website Title

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I’m back with another episode of the Frank Deardurff Show. In this episode I share another one of my favorite quotes, Share a tip on how to simplify life by organizing your digital files and the business tip with the topic of this post. [powerpress]   Here are the “show notes”: 50 Biggest Website Mistakes…

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Did you Forget it?

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I Have a free video tip for you in just a second but first wanted to share a thought (and a good post) I pushed myself to get up early this morning. Not that 7:30 is early for most but as many know I don’t sleep much anyway. But I was determined to get another…

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Forced Add-ons

Adobe Flash Upgrade pushes McAfee scan

OK, this is a bit of a rant but I find this SO annoying! You go to install the suggested Adobe Flash update and if you’re not paying attention you get something more. As you can see the check box is already checked by default. Why would you want to push someone else’s product on…

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Podcast Question

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I’ve been listening to podcasts off and on for several years some I listen to more than others and I’m seeing more and more of my friends, mentors and clients starting their own podcast shows. I have a question for you about podcasts but first I must explain what a podcast is for those who…

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Weight Loss, Marketing Similar?

Over the last couple of months I’ve been working out at the gym pretty regularly and have been working on losing weight at the same time. I’m doing this for multiple reasons, like loosing weight due to sitting at the computer for 12+ hours a day, being healthier so that I can be around longer…

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Apprentice Marketing Mistake

My wife and I really enjoy watching the Celebrity Apprentice each season, and this year is no exception. I know for myself, I like watching the ideas and creativity they come up with. But something has caught my attention on almost every episode this season. At first I tried to keep it to myself then…

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Enough With The Addon Domains Already!

Ok this may seem like more of a web guy rant, but I’m also wanting to inform you so that maybe you will understand why I think addon domains can be a very bad thing for your online business. Before I get into why I dislike them let me clear up the domain differences. Besides…

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Click To See Price

OK a quick web rant today. In recent searches for some technology upgrades I needed/wanted to make I’ve noticed something a little irritating to me and in my opinion is not a good marketing strategy. (I’d love to hear if you agree.) First let me explain… You search the internet for a what you’re looking…

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Customer Usability

This in my opinion is one of the most over looked aspects of any business. My interpretation of customer usability is getting the customer to use or consume your product. With the recent holidays just passing my wife and I purchased a couple of gifts for each other for the house. We picked up a…

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