Tag Archives: Good

Who Thought That Was A Good Idea? 10 Spectacular Business Fails

Steve GillmanJune 20, 2015 Six years ago, I stumbled upon RantBlogger.com, a website that paid for visitors’ opinions. I submitted a two-paragraph rant on a political topic and received $ 8 via PayPal within an hour. Great idea for a website? Maybe not — the website was gone within a few months. Apparently more people … Continue reading Who Thought That Was A Good Idea? 10 Spectacular Business Fails →

How to Know if Your Business Idea is Good Enough

Business Guides

Alex SholemJune 9, 2015 Welcome to the second part in our Starting a Business series. You can find the first part of the series here. This week we’re going to look at one of the most anxiety-inducing steps in starting a business – testing whether your idea is good enough. It’s natural to be protective … Continue reading How to Know if Your Business Idea is Good Enough →

Bad Business Decisions From Good Statistics

Business Effectiveness

Dennis YuJune 6, 2015 I charge a premium for consulting. Clients pay for your years of experience, not how many minutes you spent on an issue. If you were to compare a jet aircraft versus a Greyhound bus, you might conclude the cross-country trip of 3 days and 2 hours (74 hours) is a great deal for … Continue reading Bad Business Decisions From Good Statistics →

10 Awesome WordPress Plugins That Will Take Your Blog From Good To Great

WordPress

Priya Florence ShahJune 2, 2015 Part of the magic of using WordPress is the fact that this amazing open-source CMS comes with a community of talented developers that continually creates plugins to boost its functionality. At present, there are over 29,000 WordPress plugins that you can choose from, to take your WordPress install from basic … Continue reading 10 Awesome WordPress Plugins That Will Take Your Blog From Good To Great →

How To Curate Good Content That Makes Your Brand Look Good In Social Media

Content Management

Nuno FigueiredoJune 2, 2015 Last week I wrote about the problems in content curation platforms. How we are flooded with lots of content and don’t have a way to filter the good from the bad. Or how the ones we have are not good enough. This week I’m going to talk about what we are … Continue reading How To Curate Good Content That Makes Your Brand Look Good In Social Media →

Five Good Reasons to Ignore Google

Google

Mark SchaeferJune 2, 2015 I’ve been exploring ideas for creative new content forms and I’ve come to a realization. Google is holding us back. Think about how much of what we create, and how we create it, is influenced by Google’s rules (or what we know of them). Conforming to SEO best practices forces us … Continue reading Five Good Reasons to Ignore Google →

Google “Buy” Button Good News for Email Marketers

Email Marketing

John W HayesMay 27, 2015 Google is rumored to be entering the world of eCommerce with the imminent launch of a “Buy” button on its mobile search results pages. It’s a move, many pundits believe, is designed to grab marketshare of the search market from online retail giants like Amazon. You might not think of Amazon … Continue reading Google “Buy” Button Good News for Email Marketers →

How To Change Your Beliefs And Stick To Your Goals For Good

Career Development

James ClearMay 13, 2015 In one of my very first articles, I discussed a concept called identity-based habits. The basic idea is that the beliefs you have about yourself can drive your long-term behavior. Maybe you can trick yourself into going to the gym or eating healthy once or twice, but if you don’t shift … Continue reading How To Change Your Beliefs And Stick To Your Goals For Good →

When Groupthink Kills A Perfectly Good Website

Web Design Guidelines

Jon-Mikel BaileyMay 9, 2015 With things like big data and GoToMeeting, large groups of people can collaborate over great distances, using this data to make a series of decisions about their new website. And then once they’ve implemented these decisions, a new group of folks comes in to question everything – usually a board of … Continue reading When Groupthink Kills A Perfectly Good Website →

Online Forums Are Good For You

Online Communities

Graham JonesApril 26, 2015 As you read this, millions of people are busy chatting away in forums somewhere online. They may be taking part in traditional forums, or in LinkedIn Groups or Facebook Groups, for instance. Whatever system they are using, online discussions are undeniably popular. However, many people think they just waste time or … Continue reading Online Forums Are Good For You →