May 2009
How to Look for a Super Small Office Space for Freelancers
One of the most enjoyable things I’ve done as an entrepreneur is look for our first office, which we affectionately called The Dorm Room. It was a simple…
Continue readingNew Business WordPress Theme Released: Charlie
We just released a new blue and white WordPress biz theme called Charlie at iThemes.
Continue readingThe Value of an Active, Simple To-Do List
Over the years of working in pressure-cooker situations like as a newspaper editor with daily deadlines, I quickly learned the value of a simple to-do list. I’m writing…
Continue reading‘As Seen on TV’: Marketing Ideas Gleaned from Infomercials
I stumbled upon this CNBC Original Episode titled “As Seen on TV,” a revealing report on the $150 billion informercial industry … I tried to take decent notes…
Continue readingSocial Media’s Great Opportunity Is …
… Search Engine Optimization. I just touched on this when I said that the day a social media platform (like Facebook or Twitter) outranks me in Google for…
Continue readingGo Where the Conversation Is
It’s taken me a while to finally realize that “the conversation” isn’t on my blog. In fact, unless you’re like Penelope Trunk (an awesome, sharp writer with big-time…
Continue readingHow to Start Your Own WordPress Web Development Business Today
I remember the first weeks and months of trying to break into the web design field … It was hard. It was drastically different from my print design…
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