If You Don’t Have a Web Site…

If you don’t have a web site yet, you probably fall into one of the following categories:

1) You firmly believe your product or service would not be benefited by a web site.

2) You’d like to have a web site of some kind, but you’re worried it’ll cost too much or simply not be a good return on your marketing dollars.

3) You’re a bit intimidated by the technical issues involved with getting a web site going.

I have to admit, there was a time I didn’t think a local retailer would be well served to invest in a web site. And then I started looking up some of my local stores, restaurants, etc. and I was much more inclined to do business with the stores that had some kind of web presence. So, for the purposes of this post, let’s talk about the local retailer with a storefront. Read more »

Do You “Doodle” At Work?

This is a very interesting video showing how “doodling” can be a valuable exercise.

Hidden Inflation?

I was shopping the other day and I was caught off guard by a container of Breyers Ice Cream. The price seemed similar to what I had remembered, but the SIZE of the container was strangely different.

The overall size was smaller but not in a way that was immediately obvious. The sides were angled inward.

Okay, fair enough, Breyers has done a good job of making their containers “optically” appear similar to the size we’re accustomed to.  Read more »

Searching Google…
What Does Google Actually Do?

You might be surprised what Google does behind the scenes when you perform a “Google search.”

This short video explains what Google is up to and how it makes a difference in the results you get.

Saving a Life in the Workplace

This is not your ordinary business advice, but watching this video could easily save a life in your workplace. Ideally you should get all of your staff to watch this.

Are You Marketing to Teens?

If teenagers are an important part of your customer base and you are using email to reach them, this graphic will give you some good insights into this market.

Data and infographic by AWeber Email Marketing

The 30 Day Challenge!

If you’re interested in producing income online, consider doing “The 30 Day Challenge.” This is a completely free course loaded with tools to help you succeed. I did it last year and it was VERY helpful. Almost all of the training is by way of short videos. The producers went to great lengths to give you quality and quantity info.

Here’s the link for more info.

Full disclaimer on this link: Everything on the course is free. If you choose to purchase something later on from the guys and gals who made the course available, they’ll send me a commission that will offset my frappuccino habit.

Further disclaimer: I do not stand at red lights waving a placard that says, “Will Work for a Frap.”

Check out the course. You can do it at your own pace. And you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much quality content you’re getting with no strings attached.

Business Success and Flying the Grand Canyon

This video is breathtaking! Watch it full-screen if you can. The guy was determined to fly. He took care of all of the details of making that happen. And then he flew.

Well, business success is right along those lines too.

Enjoy!

More (Free) Online Storage For You

Amazon is offering five gigabytes of free online storage in the cloud. The “cloud” is simply a location online (other than your computer) where your information is stored.

There are two other very popular cloud storage sites out there: Carbonite and DropBox.

I use Carbonite and I like it. At first, I had difficulties getting it to run smoothly. More specifically, it seemed to slow down my computer when it was busy storing information. But the tech support section was very helpful and we got that resolved. You get unlimited storage at Carbonite for $59 a year.

I also use Dropbox. I wrote a more detailed post on Dropbox which includes a short video on how it works. You get 2.5 gigabytes of free storage but you can access it directly on any of your computers and most smart phones. In other words, your files are in a folder on your desktop computer, in a folder in your laptop and in the cloud. You make a change to one of these files on your desktop and the updated file shows up in the cloud AND on your laptop (as long as your laptop can access the Internet).

The Amazon cloud drive seems pretty simple and straightforward. It looks like they created it initially to give people a place to store music purchases made at Amazon. But you can upload and store any kind of file there.

I have not heard any horror stories of folks having their files stolen at any of the three storage sites mentioned  here.

To get started with Amazon cloud drive, click here.

Make Your Email Signature Work For You!

Here’s a service that will allow you to create a fully functional email signature: