What’s with the ugly websites?
Do ugly websites sell more than professionally designed websites? Some people tend to believe that ugly websites are as effective, or more effective, than their professionally designed counterparts. I...
View ArticleGet Ready for the Holiday Season – Tips for E-Commerce Stores
Are you ready for the holiday shopping season? Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here soon, and you better have your site ready now because people are out in force shopping online so they don’t have...
View ArticleDid you do everything you could have this holiday season?
It’s the end of the busiest shopping season of the year, and a lot of retailers are probably thinking they could have done more to spark growth in holiday sales. Did y ou do everything you could to...
View ArticleE-Commerce 101: Conversion Rates
Your e-commerce store’s conversion rate is the ratio of visitors to customers. It’s the percentage of visitors that actually complete a sale online. Simple example: 20 sales / 1000 unique visitors =...
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Holiday Sales Forecast Q4 2008
There is a lot of speculation about whether this online shopping season was a bust or boom. Some reports just before Christmas shows online shopping down 1% over that same time last year, and other...
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Leadership Troup 2015 Kick Off Retreat
I’m really excited to be a part of the 2015 class of Leadership Troup. Leadership Troup is a leadership program led by the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, where existing and emerging...
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Are you growing or dying?
You are either learning or forgetting. You are either building or decaying. You are either growing or dying. In business and in life, I am shocked at how many people I know that haven’t read a book in...
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My Reading List for October 2014
I read a lot. I read books about high level business strategy, personal growth, and marketing. I also love to read books about history (specifically American history around the time of the American...
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Work Life Balance is a Myth
I don’t believe in the phrase “work life balance.” I think it’s too dichotomous. Regardless of whether you have a J.O.B. or are an entrepreneur, work is a big part of your life. Especially in today’s...
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Recapping 2014 and Looking Forward to 2015
I’m not generally fond of resolutions. But for the past several years, with a few exceptions, I’ve spent some time at the first of each year to recap the previous year’s goals and accomplishments (and...
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Free Speech isn’t Free of Consequences
Every year I speak to high school and college students about how social media can affect landing (and keeping) a job, and I’m often surprised that they should be able to say and do anything they want...
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Zirtual shut it’s doors: What does this mean for outsourcing?
Check the bottom of the page for several updates! This morning I received the following email from Zirtual, where I have been a customer for about six months using their “Zirtual Assistants” or ZAs...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program
I’m excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. The 10KSB program is a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs with the goal of helping...
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Leadership Troup 2015 Kick Off Retreat
I’m really excited to be a part of the 2015 class of Leadership Troup. Leadership Troup is a leadership program led by the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, where existing and emerging...
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Are you growing or dying?
You are either learning or forgetting. You are either building or decaying. You are either growing or dying. In business and in life, I am shocked at how many people I know that haven’t read a book in...
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My Reading List for October 2014
I read a lot. I read books about high level business strategy, personal growth, and marketing. I also love to read books about history (specifically American history around the time of the American...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Work Life Balance is a Myth
I don’t believe in the phrase “work life balance.” I think it’s too dichotomous. Regardless of whether you have a J.O.B. or are an entrepreneur, work is a big part of your life. Especially in today’s...
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Recapping 2014 and Looking Forward to 2015
I’m not generally fond of resolutions. But for the past several years, with a few exceptions, I’ve spent some time at the first of each year to recap the previous year’s goals and accomplishments (and...
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Free Speech isn’t Free of Consequences
Every year I speak to high school and college students about how social media can affect landing (and keeping) a job, and I’m often surprised that they should be able to say and do anything they want...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zirtual shut it’s doors: What does this mean for outsourcing?
Check the bottom of the page for several updates! This morning I received the following email from Zirtual, where I have been a customer for about six months using their “Zirtual Assistants” or ZAs...
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