Business

One of the issues I wrestle with on an almost daily basis as an entrepreneur (a rookie one) is negativity. Personally, I simmer, stew and dwell on any kind of negativity that comes my way — self-generated or otherwise. And for me, it’s one of the issues I have a hard time letting go. (Probably…

I really love this post from John titled Tis Better to Be Found Than to Find. It’s at the core of what we’re trying to do with iThemes — build quality web templates in WordPress that take away the pain (time, money and hassle) of creating beautiful and effective websites. I think a big part…

As part of getting our name out there at iThemes, we’ve started to do some significant advertising on blogs out there. After dealing with numerous sites and their respective owners, and trying to finalize ads with them, I thought I’d share a couple of tips for bloggers wanting to offer advertising on their sites. Here…

After almost two months of being a full-time entrepreneur, there are a number of first-time experiences, feelings and lessons I’ve walked through that I thought I’d share simply for therapeutic reasons and also because they might help someone else starting out for the first time. A lot of these particular things I’ve learned may have…

Amazon is brilliant … Here’s why: If you’re read the Long Tail, you know that Amazon is a Long Tail-type business. So just this week, I just stumbled upon a new on-demand publishing business called Create Space. They offer a lot of similar services as Lulu and other on-demand businesses, including DVD, audio CDs, audiobooks,…

I’m fascinated by personality tests and other tools that help clarify who you are, what you’re good at, etc. I took the Myers-Briggs Test Indicator in college and that started my immense interest in the subject. So a while back, I bought the book Now, Discover Your Strengths and took the StrengthsFinder test. I thoroughly…

He who controls the traffic — the mass of Web users logging on each day — is king. That company or website who can steer and siphon and redirect the majority of Web surfers is Google controls traffic through search. Now … Google is a verb. When your brand name is used commonly as a…

I was just cleaning out some programs on my computer that I don’t ever use … you know those ones where the icon sits on your desktop forever, but you never click it. Or worse, the one that boots up with your computer automatically but is an irritation. Well, I wouldn’t say Skype was one…