5 Ways to Strike a Work-Life Balance with Social Media
June 11, 2009 :: Steve FisherIt is hard building a business and even harder keeping up with all the technologies that go into participating in “Social Media” to help support and promote your business. I haven’t even touched upon how many personal accounts you might have that don’t stray or even worse, blend into your work life.
There are so many [...]
Just Because You Give It Away…
June 1, 2009 :: Mike DoughertyThe campaign was clear, very honorable in its intentions, and was giving something away a gift thanks. And this wasn’t just a cheap give away item. It had value both financially and use. The campaign had all the makings of a successful campaign if the appropriate effort was put into it, but what happened?
It’s Not Information Overload When You Can Control It.
May 7, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungOne of the most common issues surrounding social media these days is trouble we’re having getting our message across through the noise. Everyone is online using sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr or even participating in various social programs like bookmarking, blogging, etc.
So just how can we break through it all and help avoid what [...]
Five Do’s For Consulting Newbies
April 21, 2009 :: Mia ValloWith over 533,000 people laid off since November 2008 as reported by Forbes.com, it’s no surprise that many people choose to start their own business and become consultants. If you’re just jumping into the field as an independent consultant or starting a new consulting business, here are five do’s to follow.
1. Do focus on your [...]
Year with GTD - 3 Months in and falling off the wagon
April 3, 2009 :: Steve FisherAs you all know, I began my journey to incorporate the “life management” methodology of David Allen’s Getting Things Done or GTD. I spoke about my beginning the journey on January 1. During the last three months I have learned a lot about myself, my approach to time management and that not everything can be [...]
One Year and 500 Posts - The Best of the Best and the Future is Looking Bright
April 2, 2009 :: Steve FisherFor all of our readers out there, we are marking a milestone of our 500th post here at Solutions Are Power and it has been an awesome 16 months of growing, learning and listening. We hope we have provided you valuable and timely information along with some humor thrown in for good measure. We plan [...]
On Office Pools, Social Networking and Productivity
March 27, 2009 :: Joe LoongSince we’re heading into the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games this weekend, I figured it’s not too late to look at how the office tournament pool, mixed in with a little social media, can be a tool to help improve inter- and intra-office communications.
Earlier this week at The OPEN Forum Blog, there [...]
Writing a Winning Business Card
March 11, 2009 :: Steve FisherAs many of you know, I seem to have taken on this mission of trying to be the “Dr. Phil” of Business Cards. Some people need it told to them straight, some need to be saved from themselves and some people, well you just can’t save.
Recently, I wrote the post “Don’t Get Your Business Card [...]
Choosing Product Lines that Sell
March 3, 2009 :: Steve FisherThis Guest Post is from Becky Goudy, a UI Designer/Mompreneur from St. Louis, MO. By day, she designs ecommerce software. By night, she runs a successful online baby boutique that has doubled its gross sales each of its last three years in business. She’s the wife of an incredibly supportive lacrosse coach, Chris, and mom [...]
Thoughts on Coworking: Can you use it as a way to subsidize your empty office space?
March 2, 2009 :: Steve FisherWith a bumpy economic road still ahead, here at Solutions Are Power, we brainstorm about creative ways you can leverage what business resources your do have to go that extra mile. In conversations with people a trend that I believe could develop as an aspect of this struggling economy is for businesses that may have [...]
