Tag Archives: Hard

Those Hard to Forecast Numbers

Alan HartAugust 5, 2015 Learn to use readily available data to forecast and display key financial information Readers of this blog have seen several posts focused on the importance of regularly forecasting things such as a company’s Balance Sheet, a Statement of Cash Flows, key financial ratios, loan covenants compliance probability and more. Why is … Continue reading Those Hard to Forecast Numbers →

When to Stop Trying So Hard

Productivity

Liz KislikAugust 4, 2015 Some executives are too hard on themselves. They anticipate failure or disaster when all they’re really facing is the relentless, ongoing effort that’s necessary for leadership and management success. They let fear and anxiety take up headspace and sap their energies, when what they really need to do is apply their … Continue reading When to Stop Trying So Hard →

Party Hard And Win SEO

Search Engine Optimization

Jonathan BrightJuly 24, 2015 What if I told you that 85% of SEO drivers happen off page? What if all that keyword stuff you’d dedicated so much time to only accounted for 15% of its total impact? Would that feel like wasted time, or would you suddenly feel liberated to refocus your efforts? We uncovered … Continue reading Party Hard And Win SEO →

Getting Started: Why It’s Hard And What You Can Do About It

Email Marketing

Jessica SwiftMarch 17, 2015 © Jessica Swift Consider something you’re procrastinating on. Something that feels big and scary, but that you know if you would just buckle down and do it you’d feel a sense of accomplishment / happiness / pride / relief. Really get it in your mind and think about the thing you … Continue reading Getting Started: Why It’s Hard And What You Can Do About It →

Hard to Say Goodbye: Are You Ready to Sell Your Business?

Business Tools

Business.comMarch 12, 2015 There’s an old saying that the two best days of owning a boat are when you buy it and when you sell it. The same expression applies to your business. As The New York Times points out, you only sell your business once. Even if you currently have no intentions of selling, … Continue reading Hard to Say Goodbye: Are You Ready to Sell Your Business? →

Bad Habits Die Hard. A 2015 Social Media Strategy Is A Must

Strategy

Olivier ChoronFebruary 26, 2015 Yes you are probably thinking a social media strategy for 2015 is a bit late in the day, but with increasingly busy schedules it may just be one of those tasks you are currently winging. Hoping it will just work out for itself. To expect great results you have got to … Continue reading Bad Habits Die Hard. A 2015 Social Media Strategy Is A Must →

Follow-up: Why Is It So Hard?

Sales Guide

Elisa Ciarametaro November 26, 2014 Follow Up Tips for Sales Professionals It’s happened to the best of us, whether as customers, prospects, partners, business associates, employees, relatives, or friends: a lack of follow-up. Either we need to get back to someone, or someone owes us something, and it never comes. Why does this happen? Why … Continue reading Follow-up: Why Is It So Hard? →

It’s hard to find the words to describe writer’s block

General

By Rowan Pelling Does literature have any finer representation of the brain-fog known as writer’s block than James Mortmain – aka “Father” – in Dodie Smith’s great coming-of-age novel I Capture the Castle? Mortmain’s first book, Jacob Wrestling, was a critically acclaimed, if “difficult”, work, but he lost inspiration following a prison term … Continue reading It’s hard to find the words to describe writer’s block →

Nigel Farage teaches you how to do Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing

Let me get this straight right at the beginning. I believe that Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, frequently talks nonsense. His party’s policies seem to be made up on the spot and his relentless focus on immigration is a divisive force sending Britain backwards not forwards. As you may gather, … Continue reading Nigel Farage teaches you how to do Internet Marketing →