by Drew on September 16, 2009
This morning I received an email from an acquaintance asking two simple questions: “How much would it cost to make a basic website for my church?” and “How much would it cost per month?”. Okay, this is good. Someone is interested in hiring me. However, their straight-to-the-price approach is a little tricky to defuse. I [...]
At the client meeting today, Paul (the custom home builder), talked briefly about the growing popularity of shared offices. Offices with a couple shared conference rooms, printers/copiers, break rooms, receptionists, etc. Where small business, or more commonly, sole proprietors like myself, can rent one or two offices. This allows them to get out of their [...]
We’ve officially gone connection crazy. You can hardly blink without a new social networking gizmo sprouting up. Are we spreading ourselves too thin by trying to stay connected? More often than not. The web can lead us to make mindless connections simply because, well, it’s easy. The threshold of how valuable you are to me [...]
by Drew on April 17, 2009
Welcome, my friend! I am going to teach you my top secret techniques to making tons of easy cash using social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. But, before I do that, let me clarify that I am actually not going to teach you any of those things. In fact, that’s not what this [...]
by Drew on February 4, 2009
After reading Tim Ferris’ book The 4-Hour Workweek, everything seemed so simple! Find your muse, eliminate waste, automate everything, and travel the world while money comes pouring in. I was fired up and ready to start building my fortune. In fact, I was so sold on Tim’s methods that I started a new company, Soccer [...]
by Drew on January 30, 2009
I work for the web development company, Web Logic Now. For years, we have focused almost exclusively on serving the client base, relying on word of mouth to bring in new clients. This worked very well and we have grown at a comfortable rate since 2001, but it’s time to go out and find new [...]
by Drew on January 28, 2009
This morning a big story broke in the tech community. Michael Arrington, founder of the tech news giant TechCrunch, posted an article titled, “Some Things Need to Change.” In this article, Arrington laments the stress level of his job and his plan to take time off. He speaks of the verbal abuse he has to [...]
by Drew on January 27, 2009
In Part One of this post I hit on some really powerful concepts that I want to retouch for the sake of clarity. Humans possess a strong natural bias in favor of perpetuating the status quo. We are creatures of habit. It’s hardwired into our brains. Change causes us stress – which is the grown-up [...]
by Drew on January 25, 2009
Human beings are wonderfully creative. Our minds offer limitless possibilities for change in business, education, and personal development – but there’s a problem. Our brains are hard-wired to avoid change. We are creatures of habit. Habits are easy. Habits keep us alive. The truth is, when given the choice, humans possess a strong natural bias [...]