What is the secret that is going to help you achieve your dream? It’s building momentum. Don’t let the fear of failure, the distance you need to travel, or the length of time it will take to get there keep you from taking the first baby step toward your objective. Because the first step leads […]
Five Good Reasons to Start a Blog as a Professional
Can’t think of any good reasons to start a blog? Let’s see if I can change your mind, shall we? I remember the first friend I had who started blogging. This was back in 2002 and it seemed really strange. Keeping your journal online? Sounds like a good way to attract stalkers to me. Now […]
By Invitation Only
There’s something about the hard-to-get that drives people crazy. It’s probably the fact that everything is so freely available these days in the so-called information economy. Google has been utilizing “by invite only” for over a decade. I remember the first classmate I knew who had a Gmail account. At that time, I’d never heard […]
To Schedule or Not to Schedule
When blogging and tweeting, there’s a divide between pro-schedulers and anti-schedulers. The argument is simple to understand for each: Pro-schedulers Having the ability to write multiple posts in a single day and provide them to people on a regular schedule can help a writer maintain consistency and still take days off. Anti-schedulers Blogging and tweeting […]
Melding Personal & Professional Life | Freelancer Experiment
As a freelancer, my job is to help create and shape other people’s businesses to reach their goals. My clients are a full-time job, meaning that my remaining waking hours are spent between working on my business and trying to keep up the appearance of a personal life – as a mother, sister, daughter and […]
Inspiring Customer Loyalty
I read an article today that said one of the most incredible achievements of Steve Jobs was inspiring loyal customers. And I have to agree. I am an Apple user and am not ashamed to say so. It’s an interesting phenomenon I’ve often thought about – how Apple users are so fanatic. Even when I […]