Advice

Stop Drinking from the Outlook Food Bowl

With the recent popularity of the book 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris, there has been some talk about various entreprenuers re-thinking the way they structure their business lives. One of the overriding points of the book is outsourcing and the power of hiring virtual assistants. But, another point of [...]

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Using Camtasia to Quit My Job

Camtasia is a very popular video screen recording program created by TechSmith. Its probably the best screen recording application for Windows - at least that I know of. We here at PC Media make routine use of it for our video tutorials. The simplicity of it is that you start up the recorder, start recording, [...]

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Terrorism - How Internet Businesses Should Plan

When I’m working, I like to listen to podcasts and talk radio. Well, talk radio has a lot of current events being discussed, and one of the most current events today is the war on terror. Now this subject very easily gets into the realm of politics, which I have no interest in discussing on [...]

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Time to Light the Fire Under my Ass

Well, I am back in the States now, fresh off the honeymoon. Italy was fantastic, but as with any longer trip, I’m always ready to get back to work when its over. With the wedding and honeymoon, I haven’t really had uninterrupted worktime for a few weeks now and there is so much to do. [...]

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7 Actions for Success

I recently found an article in Entreprenuer magazine entitled 7 Secrets to Success. The article talks about the seven C’s, however it has a 7-point small action plan that I like even better and thought I would pass along to you. For each, I am going to include my own comments on it, because I [...]

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Instant Messaging…The Way To Go

I found a post over at LifeHacker about a new study. The study, done by Computer Standards and Interfaces, says that instant messaging is more efficient that email when it comes to non-face-to-face meetings. According to the study, “It seems that teams that collaborate using a instant messaging software like MSN messenger or GoogleTalk generate [...]

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Don’t Fail (Again) At Your New Years Resolutions

Well, its time to say goodbye to 2006 and howdy to 2007. This is that time of year when many people like to create a list of New Years resolutions - things to accomplish in the coming year. Many people are totally apathetic about it and don’t even create resolutions anymore. This is because they [...]

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Will Politics Affect our 2007 Business Plans?

It is that time of year again. Time to end one year and move onto the next. I always spend some time each year reviewing what I accomplished in the year and set plans for the next. On that note, I will likely share a few thoughts in that regard here on Buzzscreen in the [...]

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Envision Your Ideal Scene

One of the big parts to starting and running your own business is to think ahead. In fact, one of the chief reasons for failure when doing your own business is losing grip on your original goals and instead being a day-to-day technician. When you start your business, you have high hopes and you are [...]

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Getting the Work Done - Time Management

Time management is a bit of an art, but it is something every webmaster has to be pretty good at. Let’s face it - running a website can and usually does take a lot of time. Most webmasters usually work full-time jobs at the same time, working on their websites at night or over the [...]

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