Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Think business is tough for you? The day Stanley Fischer started his job as Israel's Central Banker, Israel was suffering hyperinflation of 400% per year. He got it down to 1%. Here's his story.
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
UK-based Business idea guy John Crickett compiled a great list of the top 100 business blogs.
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Transactional emails are comfort food. "Thank you for your order from ourstore.com ..." with a shipping estimate and order management link is the sort of post-sale follow up most customers expect. They get opened and read. So why are so few marketers leveraging them?
Elaine's suggestion is great. I think I'll ...
Posted in Email, Marketing | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Just listened to Stephen Covey's Four Disciplines of Execution. Classic Covey, no big surprises. The four disciplines are:
Focus on your Wildly Important Goals
Create a compelling scoreboard
Translate lofty goals into specific actions
Hold each other accountable all the time
What differentiates a Covey book from the typical "execution" or "decision-making" tome ...
Posted in Books, Motivation | No Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2007
I received a really nice looking mailer from Judo Marketing. I really liked the fact that they lay out their entire product portfolio in one small brochure, with specific pricing information - don't you hate people who are coy about pricing? Anyhow, I expect great things ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Today's Monday Morning Motivational topic is CMU Professor Dr. Randy Pausch, who is suffering from terminal cancer of the pancreas.
I'm sure you've heard about Professor Pausch and his last lecture, but if you haven't actually seen the lecture video yet, take an hour and watch it - it's tremendously ...
Posted in Motivation | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
An excellent list of 21 Cart Usability Best Practices from eCommerce Opimization.
Number ten is an interesting one:
10. Make sure shoppers can easily access their cart contents and that it can easily be modified or adjusted.
A lot of carts (and Zen Cart in particular) don't have a notion of "editing" an ...
Posted in Human Factors, Cart Design | 2 Comments »
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Anti-Social Networking
You knew it was coming ... Wired talks about MIT's response to social networking.
Peace Prize Committee Disbands
No need for a contest; future awards will go to the real peace keepers.
Freelancers: Are your prices too low?
Here are some signs that you may be charging too little.
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
A list of financial calculators for entrepreneurs from Bootstrapper
A list for homebuyers from Mortgage-Calc.com
Business Calculators from Entrepreneur.com
Calculators for your web page from Instacalc.com
The hourly rate calculator from FreelanceSwitch.com
The PayPal Fee Calculator
Posted in Tools, Money | No Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
PositivityBlog has a 7 point list from the Scary One. My favorite: number two.
Write a draft. Then let it rest.
Your subconscious is still working on the piece when you walk away. You'll have fresh insights after a break. This is also a good technique of moving the yardsticks on a ...
Posted in Blogging, Communication | No Comments »
