Last week, I mentioned rewards can sometimes be detrimental to business, and this required another whole article to really get to the bottom of. I was specifically referring to tangible, material rewards and incentives, like money or “things”, that we get as a result of reaching a set goal. They can and do work very [...]

Many of my clients and other entrepreneurs I have admired over the years have taken their past journey and experiences and turned that, in itself, into a successful business. This could take the form of teaching others how to duplicate their success in a particular field, or sharing their interesting life experiences with others to [...]

In my previous post, Why Leave A Six Figure Salaried Career For Online Entrepreneurship, I wrote about the various business ventures I have tried and tested over the years. One of those ventures was the creation, establishment, growth and sale of an e-commerce business.  In this post, I want to lay out the details involved [...]

In this article, we’re looking once more at Dr. Stuart Brown’s play personalities, in particular, the one that consistently plays to win, and usually does. In previous articles, I’ve discussed how play holds the keys to your creativity, and to demonstrate how this works, Dr. Brown’s play personalities feature substantially in my writing. There is [...]

The old adage that most people are more afraid of speaking in public than they are of snakes and even of dying is most likely true, judging by what I have seen and heard from even the most experienced and well versed speakers today. If you can swallow your nerves enough to speak in public, [...]

As I write this I’m listening to a podcast from Armin Van Buuren, the world’s number one trance and progressive DJ. Armin is dutch, however he speaks very clear English on the podcast. During each episode Armin will talk in between songs briefly with updates on upcoming gigs and shout-outs from his listeners. I’m always [...]

The first collection that my handbag company charm and luck ever designed was gaming-themed. Inspired by my partner’s love of bridge, we created beaded bags with a variety of gaming themes – the Blackjack bag, the Four Slots bag, one shaped like a die, and so on. Before we even did our first trade show [...]

Outsourcing! Such a beautiful word. It’s the magical word that can almost eliminate you from your business and make life so much easier that you’ll be sleeping on a bed of roses with money falling from the sky. When I thought about outsourcing, I thought about uncle Scrooge from the cartoon “Ducktales” from back in [...]

That reads like a very serious headline doesn’t it? Well, it is really… there is one thing that annihilates creativity quicker than anything else. It costs you time, money and causes a higher staff turnover, so it’s really worth knowing about. To find out about this, we’re going on a tangent away from one of [...]

Last night, Google published this article on their official blog – Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it. Yes, Google has directly accused Microsoft of copying its search results. The post was written by none other than Amit Singhal, the guy responsible for day-to-day innovation in Google’s search algorithm. Hooked? Read on. You’re gonna [...]

Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the text link and choose save as or save link. Download the MP3 [ 58 Minutes - 14 MB ] Many years ago a new writer came on board a blog I used to own called SmallBusinessBranding.com. His name was Jeff Barson and his industry [...]

Earlier during the day, we talked about how you could enable the unread message icon in Gmail so that you the Gmail browser tab can tell you if there’s a new email in your inbox, and you don’t need to look into your inbox frequently to check the unread mail status. Gmail has come up [...]

Most of us tend to have Gmail open in a browser tab all day. That’s not completely a bad thing though. It allows you to see if there’s an important email that needs an urgent response. The problem, however, is that you need to click on the tab and look at your inbox to see [...]

A couple of months ago Gideon Shalwick hosted a webinar with Leon Jay, the founder of FusionHQ. I promised a recording of the webinar and I finally have it for you. Here is the page were you can watch the full webinar replay – FushionHQ is an internet marketing tool that makes it a whole [...]

There is a silver lining to every cloud, and many challenges can indeed provide an opportunity to connect with your community and give something back, while generating exposure for your business and yourself at the same time. The recent floods where I live have demonstrated how this can be achieved, and many examples of individuals [...]

One of the Google products I really wish is made available internationally is Google Voice. I know, there are workarounds but I am talking the legit way. Yeah, it’s not easy, Google has to work with carriers for that…I know all that. But this service has so many amazing features that it’s just hard to [...]

You might know that in order to serve the ads on the web that align with your interest and seem relevant to you, companies make use of ad-tracking browser cookies. Like any other cookie, these cookies stay in your browser, track your browsing habits and serve ads accordingly. Now, whenever anything on the web tracks [...]

A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a social media experiment to see if I could start a blog from scratch and generate a big enough buzz to get a good discussion going. I was on vacation in Florida and had more time on my hands than I normally do, so I decided to [...]

Google Cloud Print is a fairly new service by Google that helps you connect your printer to the cloud. That means you can print from anywhere around the world as long as you are connected to the internet, the application you are using supports Google Cloud Print, the printer at your home is switched on [...]

In Neroli’s second article on how creativity can help your business and you as an entrepreneur, she looks at the character of the “Joker” (no, not the Batman Joker) and how it can help you to form connections and build relationships with people. You will also find a link to the character profile survey Neroli [...]