Carnival of Trust

January 9, 2008

The January edition of the Carnival of Trust is up now. I’d highly recommend it for some thought-provoking reads. The Carnival is spearheaded by Charles H Green of Trusted Advisor; you can see other editions of the Carnival of Trust here. I know that not all of the entries in this particular carnival are completely business-related, but I feel that the discussion of trust and relationships is missing in business to the point where we really need to talk about it. You can’t build relationships in business without trust—and without relationships, you can’t build a business.

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Carnival of the Capitalists

January 7, 2008

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists for January 7, 2008. This is the first CotC for the year, and perhaps the last of its kind. This site, Small Business Essentials, provides information for small business owners and entrepreneurs on a variety of topics. My company is also available for hire if you need any services in the areas of web, print, marketing and/or writing. Contact me if you would like to discuss guest posting on your blog as well.

Out of 49 entries for this edition, these 26 were chosen according to the rules of the CotC and my own editorial discretion about what constituted quality. And now, on with the carnival:

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Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship

December 10, 2007

The Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship #2 is up at Bootstrapper right now. I wanted to point out the entry, The Single Fastest Thing You Can Do to Increase Trust, from Trusted Advisor. This interested me because Charlie’s reasons really did make sense, but I read a lot about Tim Ferriss and the The 4-Hour Workweek for last week’s post on Entrepreneurial Time Management and Discipline. While reading Tim’s work, I was thinking about the kinds of ideas that Charlie is talking about in his article—that is, scheduling your e-mail and making people wait on you may be good for you, but it’s probably not the best idea for building solid client relationships. I think there’s a careful balance between Tim’s response and Charlie’s. Currently, I tend to lean more towards Charlie’s response.

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