December 28, 2008

More Tips from the Trumpet Player

Last month I wrote about how playing trumpet helped me to succeed online and offline. Well I’ve grown as a player since then, and there are even more lessons I’d like to pass on. Trumpet players share a lot in common with bloggers, or any online business owner looking to get ahead. Applying the lessons [...]

December 27, 2008

How to Take Advantage of the New Year

A change in years is a great time to seriously evaluate and advance your business. Everyone is expecting change, and your customers will be willing to follow you into new ideas. This is the time of the year when you can be completely radical with your business, so why not take action and try something [...]

December 20, 2008

7 More Tips for When Being Productive While Sick

A little while ago, I rolled out some tips on how to be productive when you’re sick. Today (because I’m sick again and have nothing better to do…) I’m going to give you guys some more tips on how to blog when sick or just having a “chill day.”

Brain Storm Ideas
When your sick, there’s a [...]

December 2, 2008

Why Being Sick Makes You Slightly More Productive

I’m sick. Being a freelancer can be a hassle, because you can’t call in sick to work. The client has deadlines, and so do you. However, the important thing about working with a cold is to effectively leverage your time. You won’t have the energy to crank it on high gear for four hours (unless [...]

November 14, 2008

How to Improve Your Skill Level Over Time

(This is actually more a mini-autobiography. Hopefully some of you will find it interesting. If you want to know even more about me, check out the self-interview.)
At the start of my designing career, I used  a lot of free templates, because there was never one that looked good enough to me. I was obsessed with [...]

November 11, 2008

How I live in 30 hour days and how you can too

Time is relative to perception. If you think you have a lot of time, then you generally do, based on your goals. There are three principles of time you can use to keep your day productive, and actually feel as though you have more time to get things done.
Still Time
When you begin your day, you [...]

November 10, 2008

How to Always Have Ideas

There are many times when blogs or business fail because the owner simply doesn’t have enough ideas to develop. Many successful people are always asked the question, “where do you get your ideas?” Well I’m here to tell you how you can always have ideas on hand, if you think about it.
Write Everything Down Somewhere
Being [...]

November 4, 2008

How to Make Unusual Methods Work for Your Business

Many businesses today fall into a market or defined “niche.” In this way, many business owners might encounter the problem of being too much like their competitors. The best way to combat this is to learn how to use your quirks to your advantage.
When I’m sitting in class, I don’t sit in the desk with [...]

November 3, 2008

How Trumpet Playing Taught Me to Succeed Online and Offline

For those of you that don’t know, I am a 100% pure blooded trumpet player. It’s my only instrument, and I attribute much of my personality to the instrument and the art of playing it. However, you don’t need to play trumpet to learn the lessons that every trumpet player knows. For those of you [...]

October 27, 2008

What SPORE Can Teach You About Business Management

Learn to manage your business from the video game SPORE.