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What Prepared Plumbers Can Teach You About Winning Business
July 22, 2022
Recently, my wife and I noticed our faucet was leaking. Now, I’m not a DIY guy. I’m thankful that computers exist because I can’t do anything with my hands. But I decided to try to fix it myself. Long story short…it didn’t work. I brought the faucet neck to Home Depot and they were less than helpful. So we called two plumbers. One was the clear winner, and here’s why (and what you can learn from them).
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News | Streamlined Solopreneur Podcast
Season 8 Wrap Up: Vet Clients and Build Your List
June 26, 2020
Books
Books Recap for July 2019
August 1, 2019
In August I finished 3 books and read about 970 pages. That brings my grand total up to 20 books. I was hoping to hit my goal of 21 in July, but my current book is a grind, and finding time to read it has been equally difficult. Let’s take a look!
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Business | Thoughts
Some Truths About Web Design
February 5, 2019
I’ve been thinking a lot about the changing landscape of web design and development, and I believe there’s already a fast-moving shift in how customers are approaching getting online. I may elaborate more later, but here are the overall thoughts.
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Thoughts
Clients Always Mess Things Up
January 28, 2020
Imagine you’re buying a new phone. You walk into the store and you overhear a conversation with 2 of the sales clerks. One says to the other, “Ugh. One of my customers put an ugly case on the beautiful iPhone I gave them. Customers are so stupid. They always mess things up.” You probably wouldn’t want them helping you buy a new phone. Why would you want that kind of ridicule? Wouldn’t you take your business elsewhere? But somehow, we think it’s OK to say this about clients pretty regularly.
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Business | News
Now Available: License An Introduction to Gutenberg Course
August 31, 2018
With WordPress 5.0 quickly approaching, it’s time for us to start thinking about educating our teams, clients, and employees on Gutenberg and the new editor. Today I’m happy to announce that you can purchase bulk licensing for my Introduction to Gutenberg course.
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Business | Productivity | Quick Tips | Websites
Quick Tip: Manage Call List with Google Maps
March 5, 2010
This year I resolved to be moreÂ aggressiveÂ in getting clients, my marketing campaign, and my business in general. a few days ago I started compiling a list of business in my target market to reach out to. I decided to choose Google Maps to create a custom map of Â those business. Here’s the Why & How.
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Computer Stuff | Productivity | Quick Tips
Manage Email Correspondence with GMail
September 21, 2009
This seems like a silly title, since GMail is an email client and all. However, wouldn’t it be nice if you could have all of the conversations you’ve with with the same person in one place, at the click of a button? As it turns out GMail’s search and a labs function called Quick Links makes that very easy to do.
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Code | Computer Stuff | Productivity | Software | Websites
7 WordPress Plugins that Make Your Client’s Life Easier
July 28, 2009
WordPress is becoming an increasingly popular content management system on top of it’s popularity as a blogging system. More developers are choosing it as a solution to enable clients to update their own websites. And while WordPress out of the box is an excellent system, it could use a few tweaks to give most clients the freedom they need. Here are 7 plugins that will make your client’s job of managing their own website easier.
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