What's working right now?
I recently did a webcast for RGD Ontario called “What’s working right now: Real World First-Hand Success Strategies. I interviewed one of my clients, Jen Neal of K9 Design, who is completely “swamped” with work. Find out why in this interview. It's a video that is 60-minutes long, but the audio is what's really important. Watch/listen to it here: www.vimeo.com/7773562 Don't waste December -- it's a great

Growing your business with marketing, week 48: Thankful
This is Week 48 of a 52-week project/experiment in DIY marketing. Armed with nothing but a copy of the 2009 Grow Your Business Marketing Plan + Calendar and my bare wits, I'm applying the skills you need to grow a business in real time, day by day, and reporting on them week by week. See the Project Companion Blog, A Virgo's Guide to Marketing, for in-depth posts, additional links and other marketing-related goodness.Week 48 was a rare week of

Being thankful
Welcome to Week 47 of my adventure of following the Start Up Grow Your Business Marketing Plan + Calendar and Week 10 as a member of the Marketing Plan Group. In my posts, I talk about my voyage down the road of self-employment as a website copywriter, my achievements and roadblocks along the way, and what I’m learning from my group experienc

Smile For the Camera
In the last year, I’ve started appearing on video a lot more often…though not in the way you might think. I’m getting a growing number of requests from creative partners to replace phone conversations with videoconferences. I have several clients who regularly communicate this way, and have also used it to keep in touch with friends in Germany and Belgium. Videoconference technology isn’t new, though until recently it’s mostly been seen in corporate boardrooms. In the last few years it’s become more common among creatives as video support has been added or improved in applications such as AIM, iChat,

Growing your business with marketing, week 47: Marketing is talking to people
This is Week 47 of a 52-week project/experiment in DIY marketing. Armed with nothing but a copy of the 2009 Grow Your Business Marketing Plan + Calendar and my bare wits, I'm applying the skills you need to grow a business in real time, day by day, and reporting on them week by week. See the Project Companion Blog, A Virgo's Guide to Marketing, for in-depth posts, additional links and other marketing-related goodness.Week 47 found me contin