(This was originally published in May 2013, in a slightly edited form at Kelly Diels’s blog as a guest post; I’d like to collect most of my writing into one spot on the internet, so I’m reposting this and some other pieces. It’s also worth noting I’m not on medication any more which is a […]
Shock: January kinda got away from me. Probably due to any number of factors (I’m guessing mostly a huge switch-up in routine!), I didn’t get this post done in anywhere near the timeframe I’d originally imagined. So now I’m combining the looking ahead at 2014 post + the January recap post; I want to do […]
Ages and ages ago, I saw a paper planner that really piqued my curiosity – I believe it was on Gala Darling‘s site. And then, I promptly forgot about it for a few years until I started wondering the other day if they were still in business, as I looked at planning tools for 2014…and […]
I’m not sure if anyone actually reads these recap posts, but, they’re going to be a monthly thing from here on out (more on that later), and I know it’d be a useful exercise for me at least to get all of this down. I’ve broken it down into the overview, and then categories for […]
After almost five years of working for myself, I recently went on the hunt (successfully, thankfully!) for a full time job. Lots of people were incredibly supportive. It was great. On the other hand, I also had a multiple people express disappointment, implying that I had “given up” on my business, that I was throwing away […]
IT’S FINALLY UP. I’ve only been trying to get this going since, uh, March. Listen to Shenee and I jam on an awkward story of a major OKCupid faux pas, with the booze part starting at 10:23, I upend the bottle of rum into my drink at 11:46 (let’s be fair there wasn’t that much […]
(The maintenance dude came to fix my toilet right as I was wrapping up the video. Whoops!) Improvely is my favorite analytics tool I’ve tried so far, and I cover how/why it’s super useful in the video above. Here’s a quick breakdown: Price: $29/month for the freelancer plan (which should suit most needs) Features + usefulness: […]
Notes: Contactually has several incredibly useful features & it’s actually my favorite CRM tool to recommend to service-based business owners. Here’s why: Built in email templates let you check in with colleagues on a regular basis or with previous customers/clients without having to reinvent the wheel every time There’s also nifty features for sharing content […]
(some eternal productivity wisdom via Ron Swanson of Parks & Rec) One of my repeated lessons this year (I know I’m a stubborn student but I think I’ve finally learned it, let’s all cross our fingers) is that I have a touch of a tendency to overload myself. Here’s what was on my docket for […]
Getting referrals is every business owner’s wet dream. More clients and customers, without you having to actively beat the pavement looking for them? Yes, please. The problem that a lot of people run into is that they have no idea what to actually do to get referrals, so they just kind of put something like […]