I had the great fortune of meeting Larry Benet, known as “the Connector” at Blog World, where he was the opening keynote. A few days later I heard Larry speak at Peak Potentials Training’s Master of Influence seminar. There, Larry shared some strategies which landed him a meeting with Larry King among many other high [...]

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Linkedin.com has become the standard for online executive level networking. I have found that most networking events that I attend result in a flurry of Linkedin.com invitations afterwards. It is also being used a tool to do reconnaissance on you before meetings and business deals. Therefore, it is important that you have a strong presence [...]

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Are you short on money or do you need to create a large sum of cash within a short period… legally? Well then, Napoleon Hill offers these six steps in his book, Think and Grow Rich.

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Generally, I insist that a business with a website also maintain a blog. In particular, a WordPress blog (see what Matt Cutts of Google has to say about it). Following are the reasons I believe a blog can be of spectacular benefit to your business.

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Every new year, I take some time to review Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Following is a list of quotes that I think are worth reviewing periodically.

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For many, the new year will be a time to launch new businesses. In this fast paced Web 2.0 digital world, we don’t have time to create big binder sized business plans before we get started. Instead, Guy Kawasaki offers a excellent method, in his book the The Art of the Start, to get your [...]

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Richard St. John gave an excellent presentation at TED about success. In the spirit of Napoleon Hill, he interviewed more than 500 successful people to come to his conclusions, and he presents it all in 3 minutes. Following a written summary of the talk.

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Every small business is faced with a host of legal challenges, from forming your business entity to defending yourself against lawsuits. Here I will present some of my favorite free or low cost resources to help you navigate the legal minefield.

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This snippet is used to hide specific elements on the front page only, that are not hide-able using the home menu parameters (menu->main menu->home). For example, you may want to hide the breadcrumbs only on the front page.

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Unfortunately, most websites are still not usable with Pocket IE. Either its an issue with Javascript, which hurts the functionality, or the formatting makes its painful to view. In particular, I am talking about the Windows Mobile 5 version of Pocket IE. Following is a roundup of the best usable websites I use regularly on [...]

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