Small Business Essentials

It’s Family Friday

I’m writing this post on my "break". You see, my daughter has been sick for a couple of days—and anyone with a 2-year-old can tell you that a toddler barfing all night is enough to knock a few years off your life span. Instead of actually resting, I thought I’d take a moment on my [...]

I’m a Location Independent Professional!

Disclaimer: I’m not picking on the people who really do live like that. Really, I’m not—if it works for you, then great.
I saw a blog entry today on Problogger from someone saying she is a "location independent professional". After immediately thinking that sounded a whole lot like a "hook of a brand-like name" (straight from [...]

Carnival of the Capitalists

The Carnival of the Capitalists for 11/26 is up at Money Walks. Some posts I’d like to discuss for this week’s carnival:

Feeds, Readers, and Providing Value

I really think there’s not enough said about what feeds can do, and what they can do for your business. During the remodel of this site, and the building of two others that I am working on, I have been doing a lot of thinking about feeds and their uses. And now, I’d like to [...]

Carnival of the Capitalists

The November 19, 2007 Edition is now up at SEO ROI. It got up a bit late so I haven’t had time to review, but I’ll post some of my favorites and a discussion later this week.
UPDATE ADDED
Noteworthy content coming out of this weeks CotC:

5 Powerful Techniques to Help your Business Stand Out

If blogging is a business itself, much like publishing or content production, then it only makes sense that the rules of good blogging would be the a variation on the foundations of running a business. As I was reading a guest post by Skellie on Problogger entitled "5 Powerful Techniques to Help Your Posts Stand [...]

The Art of Quitting

I’m an only child, which makes me a natural candidate for the sort of perfectionism that legend is made from. Most people who have met me would laugh when I say that I am an insane perfectionist because my psychosis is so complete that I have learned to hide it extremely well. I don’t know [...]

Carnival of the Capitalists

Today’s CotC is hosted by Business Opportunities and Ideas. Of note:

New Business Ideas: Convenience at Your Doorstep at Small Business TrendsI had to mention this one because I used to work with a local Aussie Pet Mobile Franchise in Walnut Creek, CA. It’s really a great little franchise to own—and the owners really don’t work [...]

Let’s talk about SPAM

Today’s post is a montage dedicated to SPAM: what it is, why it’s bad, how to prevent it, how to not send it, and what happens when people just can’t take it anymore. Enjoy!

Today’s Inspiration: Sketchnotes from Mike Rohde

I found these sketchnotes on Flickr while wandering around the web tonight. (You can also see a discussion and a slideshow of the information at Mike Rohde’s blog.) The images of the sketches are remarkable in several ways:

Amazon.com Redid Their Site

I owe a lot to Amazon.com; back in the mid-90s, when I had just entered college in the middle of nowhere, Amazon fueled my entrepreneurial spirit by providing me with all the content I needed to learn my craft. (These were the days before the entire documentation for languages like PHP and CSS could be [...]

Carnival of the Capitalists

Hello, and welcome to the November 5, 2007 edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists. This blog is called Small Business Essentials, which has been recently relaunched after a hiatus and redesign. I also run a web design and marketing firm, NHG Consulting, which mainly works with small businesses and entrepreneurs.
A small note: This carnival [...]