Archive For The “Business Development” Category

If Truly “Content is King,” Why Do So Many Crown their Crap?

By | May 12, 2013

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The stuff you put on the Internet under your name should be your best work, presenting a novel perspective of insider information that others won’t easily find elsewhere. Never put a crown on your generic crap and call it good, simply for the sake of “being present.”

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When Should You Hire a “Jack of All Trades?”

By | April 28, 2013

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Specialization matters. But sometimes, a generalist is the right person for the job.

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Workspaces: Six Ideas for Independent Creators

By | April 14, 2013

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Every creator needs a space to work. Every space option involves a cost-benefit matrix. Pick the solution that’s best suited to maximizing your productivity, even if the solution tugs at your pocketbook. Your goal, after all, is to get things done.

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Protect Your Rights with Google Authorship

By | April 8, 2013

It may pay in the long run to associate your Google Plus ID with your online written work product.

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Relative Risk: Managing the Muddle in the Middle

By | March 17, 2013

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Smart risk management helps insulate you from the worst consequences of recklessness.

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Let Your Psychology Determine a Parallel or Serial Approach to Big Projects

By | February 24, 2013

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It’s easier to give time to one big thing in an otherwise hectic life, than to try to do a whole bunch of little things that you can’t keep straight in your own mind.

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Are You Insured?

By | February 3, 2013

Given the low cost for most business liability plans, it’s foolish to ignore insurance as a way of protecting your business from the costs associated with lawsuits.

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The Vision Thing: Signs You Don’t Have It

By | January 27, 2013

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Visionaries neither lead nor follow. Rather, they see the world as it is — divorced of hype and hope — and follow a path that, five years hence, will seem brilliant. Even if today, it doesn’t.

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Analytics, Informatics and Distinctions That Aren’t Distinctions

By | December 2, 2012

Within the rarified field of information analysis, several different skillsets must be baked together to eke the most wisdom from raw data. There’s no inherent right way to do it, but there are several ingredients that are integral to the recipe — although their ratios may change to taste.

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Ten Ways to Improve Your Organization’s Data Competence

By | November 11, 2012

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Ten quick thoughts about making your enterprise more data savvy.

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