Don Dalrymple — August 31, 2017 Follow @dondalrymple — August 31, 2017 stux / Pixabay It is true that when we find ourselves in a hole, the first thing we should do is stop digging. Sometimes that pull to keep digging or keep trying harder can overwhelm our sensibilities. Instead of being smarter, we simply … Continue reading The Terrible Idea of Trying Harder
Category Archives: Productivity
Want To Avoid Failure? Ditch Rigidity And Develop Flexibility
Serenity Gibbons — August 24, 2017 — August 24, 2017 hafielally / Pixabay Learning to develop flexibility isn’t just about bending the rules as circumstances change. Being flexible can also include changing the way you run your business day-to-day when something isn’t working. Flexibility is having the awareness that life is ever changing, and adaptation … Continue reading Want To Avoid Failure? Ditch Rigidity And Develop Flexibility
Onboarding for the Digital Workplace: Get Employees to Productivity Faster
Tobi Anderson — August 23, 2017 Follow @tobianderson — August 23, 2017 How optimizing onboarding for the digital workplace can get employees to be productive faster (and save you money!). A key theme we focus on when working with clients is clarifying what business value they will derive from their efforts. One way to do … Continue reading Onboarding for the Digital Workplace: Get Employees to Productivity Faster
3 Self-Imposed Ceilings of High Achievers
Dominick Quartuccio — August 23, 2017 — August 23, 2017 Meditations / Pixabay Hot Roast Beef with Gravy?? During my senior year of high school, I never came off the football field. I was a receiver, cornerback, kick returner and punt returner. I was one of the best-conditioned guys on the team, at least during … Continue reading 3 Self-Imposed Ceilings of High Achievers
How to Prioritize Like a Billionaire
Taylor Pearson — August 22, 2017 Follow @TaylorPearsonMe — August 22, 2017 Meditations / Pixabay “Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight Eisenhower In Justin Mares’ and Gabriel Weinberg’s book Traction Marketing, they offer a method for evaluating potential marketing opportunities called a bullseye analysis. A bullseye analysis is an expected value calculator … Continue reading How to Prioritize Like a Billionaire
Time: Marketers’ most precious resource & ways to maximize it
As marketers’ jobs become increasingly fast-paced and 24/7, columnist Scott Vaughan shares four ways to help you overcome the time challenge and meet ever-growing expectations. Scott Vaughan on August 21, 2017 It’s August. The perfect time for a summer holiday break. But wait, there’s no time. We’ve got programs to deliver, content to craft, nurture … Continue reading Time: Marketers’ most precious resource & ways to maximize it
5 Writing Tricks That Will Keep Readers With Short Attention Spans Interested
Heather R. Morgan — August 18, 2017 Follow @HeatherReyhan — August 18, 2017 bluebudgie / Pixabay Ask any copywriter to name their biggest challenge today, and ten to one will tell you it’s writing for the ever-shrinking attention span. Whether we really do have shorter attention spans than goldfish, as the news tells us, or … Continue reading 5 Writing Tricks That Will Keep Readers With Short Attention Spans Interested
Improve Productivity: 3 Ways to Work More Efficiently with Clients
Karen Cordaway — August 18, 2017 — August 18, 2017 Pexels / Pixabay Improve productivity on a regular basis. Productivity and efficiency seem to go hand and hand. If you can get things done more efficiently, it can make you more productive. I worked with a client this summer that structured how we worked together. … Continue reading Improve Productivity: 3 Ways to Work More Efficiently with Clients
Own Your Time
Adam Woodworth — August 15, 2017 Follow @woodworth1970 — August 15, 2017 stevepb / Pixabay A few years ago, I was working for a national nonprofit organization that regularly promoted “work-life balance.” And, while the regular promotion of this was present, it was not practiced. Often I would come into the office and someone would … Continue reading Own Your Time
How to Recognize and Recover from Burnout
Matt Brennan — August 15, 2017 Follow @MattLBrennan — August 15, 2017 3dman_eu / Pixabay Blogging and producing content can be a time-consuming business task – being able to recognize and recover from burnout will help. Small business owners and freelancers should be commended. There is a misconception that they go to work, and from … Continue reading How to Recognize and Recover from Burnout