No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him. Napoleon Hill Google should post that as a disclaimer on searches on people’s names! Some of the nicest, brightest, most spiritual people I know have been the brunt of someone’s negative rants online, and unfortunately, if they...
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Why I’m Finally Switching from GoDaddy Hosting
Besides the whole SOPA thing, I’ve been increasingly frustrated with GoDaddy performance issues. I’ve called them like five times, and while they’ve been nice enough, and given me some useful performance tips, they keep saying they can’t replicate the problem and they don’t see it in their logs. Ugh. So I finally set up...
Free hosting and $9.95 .com domains? Seriously?
I’ve grown increasingly unhappy with GoDaddy, for a variety of reasons, including poor performance, constant upselling, SOPA, etc., I’ve been looking for a new hosting/registrar service. I’veheard good things about HostGator and others, but I came across one on Warrior Forum that is just pretty fantastic, so I thought I’d share it with my...
Productivity, Focus and Purpose
Productivity = Getting things done Focus = Doing one thing Purpose = Knowing the right things to do Any of them on their own is useful, but they’re even better in combination: Productivity + Focus = Getting one thing done (but maybe not the right thing) Productivity + Purpose = Getting useful things...
I DEFY HOPELESSNESS
This morning I received possibly the best marketing email I’ve ever seen, from Ray Edwards. It started like this: Yep, blood in the streets. In the financial markets, and literal blood, too. …that’s what’s on the news. I speak out against spreading more bad feelings, and it offends a certain number of people. I...
Lessons from Sociology: 5 Factors to Help You Sell More
I’ve read dozens of books on sales and marketing over the years, and while I learned a lot, some of the best, simplest advice I ever got came not from one of them, but from a sociology textbook. While you may never have heard of Diffusion of Innovations, it’s the foundational work on which...
Your Website Will NEVER Generate Leads (And 9 Things That Will)
That’s right. Your website has never generated one single lead, and it never will. It may capture leads, qualify leads and convert leads, but it will never, ever, generate leads. Think about it. How does someone end up at your website? No one just types it in randomly. Somehow or another, they heard about...
5 Budgeting Ideas for Every Small Business Owner
Cash flow problems giving you headaches? Check out these simple budgeting tips from my OPEN Forum article, 5 Budgeting Ideas for Every Small Business Owner: Managing cash flow is one of the most challenging aspects of being a business owner. Learning to budget, however, can help you overcome this challenge. Many entrepreneurs leave a...
12 Ways to Save on Business Insurance Premiums
A penny saved is a penny earned. With our attention focused on acquiring new customers and growing revenues, it’s easy to forget this simple maxim. And while some cost-cutting measures may actually be trade-offs against long-term success, others just plain make good sense. One place many businesses can save money without a lot of...
Are You Achieving Your Goals, or Just Setting Them?
It’s January again — the time of New Year’s resolutions, annual planning, etc. — in a word: goals. Life is a list of goals. Personal and professional aspirations motivate us to act every day in order to attain a result that will put us ahead in the game of life. Maybe you want to...
Hi, I'm Scott Allen. I've been speaking, writing and consulting about social media since 2002. This is my personal blog, where I write about whatever I feel like, from Austin to entrepreneurship and yes, social media. Have a look around and join the conversation. More »