What Are You Worth An Hour?

May 12, 2011   //   by Tim Ruswick   //   Business  //  Leave a Comment
Outsource your work

In today’s fast-paced world, the entrepreneurial minded are always looking to do two things with their business: do it faster, and do it cheaper. Those two concepts alone are enough to found an entire business on, yet small businesses everywhere continue to do time-consuming and exhaustive tasks themselves, because they want to “Save Money”. Here’s the thing about saving money though: just because you saved a dollar, doesn’t actually mean you saved a dollar. Confused yet? Let me explain. In the business world, everybody has [...]

How An Editor Can Kill Your Content

May 5, 2011   //   by Tim Ruswick   //   Content  //  Leave a Comment
Writing Editor

You may not consider yourself a writer, but let’s face it: all of us who have started anything online have probably at some point written content of some sort. Some of you may have written articles, stories or even digital books, and some of you may even be professional writers. Regardless of your experience, we can all agree on one thing: that feeling that you get at the end of the writing process is awesome. That sigh of relief and accomplishment comes all too soon [...]

Social Media Sucks, But I Use It Anyway

Apr 28, 2011   //   by Tim Ruswick   //   Social Media  //  19 Comments
Social Media

Social media is everywhere. On your phone, on your computer screen, in the news, and in the mouths of all the hot marketing gurus these days. But why? What’s with all of this social media hype? Are all of the gurus driving the majority of social media advertising just plain wrong? The answer is yes, because social media sucks. With the rise of the social web, the internet has drastically changed over the last 5 years. It seems that the internet itself has now become the major [...]

The Business-Consumer Paradox

Apr 21, 2011   //   by Tim Ruswick   //   Business  //  1 Comment
Angry Customers

For as long as the concept of free enterprise has existed, there have been those that have been relentless in achieving the unachievable – the business man, a legendary icon. He aims to crush his competitors in every way possible to make a ton of cash…Oh, and deliver the goods to consumers while he’s at it. The point of a business is usually to make the most money it can off of the least resources. But what happens when the consumer walks in and wants [...]

Top 5 ‘Yeah Buts’ That Will Kill Your Business

Apr 14, 2011   //   by Tim Ruswick   //   Business  //  6 Comments
Stop Making Excuses

There are a million things that pop into our head on a daily basis that we immediately think we should implement in our lives, our work, or our business, but almost instantly they seem to get shot down by doubts or fears. The “Yeah But” factor kicks in, and our mind tries to find ways to make an excuse to not do the things we’re uncomfortable with. These ideas are sometimes fantastic, but they hold no weight in our mind because they are immediately discounted [...]

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