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I almost killed both my kids yesterday by accident. Then, later, I had no money to pay for a meal we had already eaten. On [...]

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The Road To Somewhere… on Lyved.com

Check out my guest post on Lyved.com

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In search of a timid trapeze artist

Good luck with that, there aren’t any. If you hesitate when leaping from rope to another, you’re not going to last very long. And this is at the heart of what makes innovation work in organizations, why industries die, and…

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Noah, The Wright Brothers, Big Questions… and Us?

All great events in history first started from hearing a voice. Noah built an ark and the Wright brothers were the first to fly. It could have gone many ways but because these guys heard the call and chose to act, the course of history was changed. Everyone knows when they face the big questions. [...]

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How to Instantly Transform Your Landing Page Images from Good to Great

Let’s say you place a photo of a client on your landing page. Just the photo. No client name. No title, or business name. No clue as to what industry that client is in, or where they come from. Now, photos are a great addition to landing pages. Photos of happy clients help to build [...]

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Yoga has Shamed Me

“Ok,” I said, “I’ll take 50 of these.” It was about $1 for the 50. On the back of the pills it clearly stated “FOR [...]

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Honest Customer Experience and a Very High Quality End Product!

“Excellent-Sites were extremely professional and a pleasure to work with. The communication was top notch despite the time difference and they always took on board my visions. I would recommend Excellent-Sites to anybody wanting an open, honest customer experience and a very high quality end product!” -Oliver Brennan, Music Amplified

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Insatiable

Long-lasting systems can’t survive if they remain insatiable. An insatiable thirst for food, power, energy, reassurance, clicks, funding or other raw material will eventually lead to failure. That’s because there’s never enough to satisfy someone or something that’s insatiable. The…

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Things I wish I had written

In therapy lately I am learning to identify my feelings. Maybe you’re thinking this is elementary, but did you know that envy is about wanting something you don’t have, but jealousy is the fear of losing something you already have?
I am thinking about those two things. I am almost never envious, but I am often [...]

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The problem with reassurance

The taxi’s waiting, it’s honking its horn, time to go to the airport. Yes, the passport is in my pocket. I checked five minutes ago. Of course, the cost of checking again, just one more time, is tiny. Hardly worth…

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Corporate crapware – will consumerization help drive it or eliminate it.

Online Marketing

Barely a day goes by without more news about Macs gaining in the enterpris and I still see the occasional rant about crapware (e.g., the loads of preinstalled software that comes loaded on consumer PCs by hardware manufacturers). On the surface, these seem unrelated concepts. But I think there is an interesting connection. Crapware in [...]

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3 Content Marketing Ideas You Should Steal from Coca Cola

Joe Pulizzi over at the Content Marketing Institute recently shared a fascinating video presentation from Coca-Cola about their upcoming marketing strategy. The short version? Content marketing has arrived. For more than 100 years, Coca-Cola has been one of the world’s foremost practitioners of what they call “one-way storytelling.” (You and I call that an advertisement.) [...]

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A Lesson From Bing on Conversion.

I have a dog. Not an ordinary dog – he’s got a big personality. And he converts. His name is Bing. If you didn’t like dogs before you met Bing… he’ll spend some extra time with you and when he’s done, you really might consider liking dogs. At the least, I guarantee you’ll always [...]

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They Were Fantastic!

“They were fantastic! They helped every step of the way and were a joy to work with. ” -Rob, Our Lady of Ink

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Their Website Review Works!

“Used Nancy and David for a one hour phone consultation. They were both pleasant to speak with and very knowledgeable. They helped me understand the how-to’s of selling an eBook online with strategies, marketing and website design. They helped layout a model to follow. Would enjoy working with them again. Thanks Mike!” -eBook Consultation

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These Are My “Go-To” Guys!

“Wonderful to work with! Cannot wait to start the next project.” -Denise Heitmann

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Freelance Yourself.

Even though I had advertised for a freelancer, what I was really looking for was some honesty. I didn’t need good salesmanship and marketing, and not some sort of PR spin. Just a simple request for some expertise and efficiency. The projects were small and the timelines aggressive. In the real world, that would be [...]

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5 Signs That Prove You Are Ready For A Do Over.

I admit, I was also in denial for some time. I was accustomed to working 70 hours per week and generally felt like a pile of refried beans as a result. Recently, I had read an article surmising that many “a-type” personalities are actually addicted to stress – arguing that certain chemical reactions created a [...]

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