We all get rejected at some stage. Whether it’s a pretty girl/guy or a business proposition, “Get lost creep” could well be a phrase you hear. I can’t help you score more with the ladies (!), but here’s what to do when a prospect rejects your web site proposal. It’s a simple enough strategy – […]
How Having Confidence Can Destroy Your Business
After yesterday’s post, someone asked me if having absolute confidence in yourself can be a bad thing. Of course it can. It can be a terrible thing. 2 of my brothers and I all have similar personalities – we’re very driven and very, very competitive. One brother goes as far to describes his drive to […]
How I Learnt Tons Of Brilliant Marketing Ideas (For Free)……And You Can Too
Over the years I’ve used literally hundreds of great marketing ideas. These marketing ideas have been instrumental in helping me build my web design business to exactly where I want it. How I learnt a lot of those marketing ideas is pretty simple……… I cheated! Here’s what I would do: 1. I’d visit someone’s web […]
Brilliant Marketing…..Or Crap Marketing (I Don’t Know Yet)
The Prime Minister of Australia (Kevin Rudd) now has a Twitter account. If it’s really him writing in it then it’s brilliant, savvy marketing. If it’s not him, then it’s the worst marketing in the world. On reflection, it has to be him. He can’t lie about it being him doing the writing.
Why Your Web Design Skills Don’t Matter
I wondered where to start with my new focus for this blog in terms of getting back to the basics of building your web development business and web marketing. Your web design/web development/whatever skills don’t matter. Those skills don’t matter in helping you to get clients or be successful in business. Why The Best Graphic […]
Awards Mean So Much to Some People
I’m off to my kid’s school awards tonight and they always fascinate me. The parents of the kids who win stuff are so damn proud. Just like the kid getting the award. No matter how cool the kid thinks he/she is, they’re always thrilled to get the recognition. (I boo kids as they get up […]
Why You Shouldn’t Get (Some) Sponsors
One of the things we did for our charity bike ride across Australia was get lots of great sponsors. The other thing we did was not get some sponsors. You see, some sponsors aren’t worth getting. The amount of work to provide value to attract and service some sponsors can far outweigh the value. Here’s […]
Why The Hell Don’t They Know My Name?
On Saturday I took my family, mother and mother-in-law out for dinner to a restaurant I’ve been to 6 times before. I spent $297. No-One Knows My Name It occurred to me later that the staff/management don’t know my name or where I live or how to contact me. As times get tough we all […]
Yahoo On The Slide (Still)
After their incredible decision to reject the Microsoft buyout offer, the dumb asses management at Yahoo have announced they’ll be firing 10% of their staff on the back of falling revenues. Check out CEO Jerry Yang’s email to employees here. I can’t believe Yang is still running the company.
You Can Do It…..Whatever It Is
When Jack and I told family and friends we were going to ride across Australia, quite a number were very skeptical. A few even told us outright “You can’t do it.” One even bet another mate $100 we couldn’t do it in 30 days (yes Tim, I’m talking about you!). We stopped visiting a family […]