- Here’s what happened when an employee told Steve Jobs something couldn’t be done
One former Apple and NeXT employee told Business Insider what it was like to face Jobs and tell him one of his assignments was impossible.
- 15 Tools to Create Automation in Your Small Business
The Wall Street Journal describes how marketing is becoming increasingly automated as a result of new technologies. "It's not that the goals of marketing have changed, but the means to achieve them." A wide-variety of automation tools are available to enhance your small business's digital presence and marketing campaigns. These business automation tools can make your business reach a success by leveraging email, social media and web services.
- Jim Straw’s Secret to Making Insane Amounts of Money
J.F (Jim) Straw — the “500 Million Dollar Man” — will teach you how you can achieve any goal in his #1 best selling book. Get it now!
- 12 INEXPENSIVE SEO TIPS
Wouldn’t it be great if your website came up at the top of people’s search results no matter what they were searching for? Of course it would, but that’s not ever going to happen. If you listen to some of the SEO companies out there, however, you might think it could. They’ll promise you guaranteed results in climbing the search rankings, a claim that the folks at Google surely chuckle about every time they hear it.
- Top business tips for 2016
Here some of the best business leaders - and rock music legends - profiled in 2015 for the BBC's The Boss slot share their thoughts on running or setting up a business in 2016.
- Super Niching: The Dirty Little Secret Of Successful Bloggers Everywhere
I’m Michaela. I write a blog for trades and building contractors. I have less than a 1000 visitors a month and I still make money from blogging.
- Copywriting Headlines That Sell (with Templates & Swipe File)
How to write copywriting headlines that are strictly designed to sell stuff.
- A serial startup employee explains 4 key steps to building a $1 million business in under 48 hours
Mr. Noah has quite the start-up résumé. He was employee No. 30 at Facebook, No. 4 at Mint, had previously worked for Intel (where he frequently took naps under his desk), and had turned down a six-figure offer from Yahoo.
- The Only 10 Slides You Need in a Pitch [Infographic]
Putting together slides for your pitch? Studies show that you really need only 10. Guy Kawasaki offers, in the infographic below, tips for what each slide should include.
- 9 Ideas to Make a Side Income While Growing Your Business
What if you could get a side hustle that would help bring in a healthy secondary income to alleviate some of that financial stress?
- 7 Insights for Social Media Success from Industry Experts
In this article I have made a list of some riveting ideas for all things social media; by listening to webinars, wading through slide decks and reading blog posts – good, bad and mediocre.
- 5 Common Mistakes Made When Hiring a Web Designer
Finding and choosing the right web designer can be a confusing and frustrating process for many people. There are so many options and different factors to consider. When you are in the situation, here are 5 common mistakes that you’ll want to avoid.
- 20 Lists Every Entrepreneur Should Create
Yet there’s one extremely critical skill that I never seem to hear anyone talking about: list management.
- How to Persuade Anyone of Anything in Ten Seconds Altucher Confidential
The ideas below have worked for me in the hundreds of times I’ve had to be persuasive. Either in writing, or in person. In business and in friendships and in love. I hope variations on it can work for you. You decide.
- The Success Blueprint for Entrepreneurs Show with Kay Sanders
The Success Blueprint for Entrepreneurs Show is a weekly podcast for entrepreneurs hosted by Kay Sanders. Kay is a coach specializing in personal development, business, and sales. She is also a co-author in The Change – Insights in Self-Empowerment book series and her chapter, “The Power of the Mind,” can be found in book 5 of the series.
- Tony Robbins Money Tips Visualizing, Healthy Rituals, Ritual
In light of Robbins’ success, it’s no surprise that so many seek to learn from his story. Here are seven key habits that Tony Robbins has used to build his wealth, achieve success and enjoy a more fulfilling, higher-quality life.
- 7 Tips to Becoming a Millionaire
Money is like the sun. It does not discriminate. It doesn't say, "I will not give light and warmth to this flower, tree, or person because I don't like them." Like the sun, money is abundantly available to all of us who truly believe that it is for us. No one is excluded.
- 5 Really Good Reasons Why You Should Start a Business in 2016
That advice comes from the personal finance site GOBankingRates. The site's editors asked best-selling author and career coach Josh Felber for his best finance tips for the coming year. His top piece of advice was that "2016 is the year to break free from mediocrity and society's 'norms.' Now is the time to quit your 9-to-5 job and become an entrepreneur." Why now? Here are some of the best reasons.
- My strategy for turning $15,000 into $200,000 every month
Let me tell you the story of two businesses that are exactly the same-except for one simple difference.
- The Top *10* Marketing Trends You Better Know About or Else Your Business Will Flatline or Fail
Enjoy this overview of John Di Lemme's teaching,The Top *10* Marketing Trends You Better Know About or Else Your Business Will Flatline or Fail.
- 50 Surprising Tips for Getting Attention in Mass Media
The pursuit of sales will never cease, but ensure media attention is never a problem. Here are some tips for getting attention in mass media.
- Billionaire John Paul DeJoria says the smartest thing he’s ever done with his money is a habit he started at age 6
Before building Patrón tequila and John Paul Mitchell Systems hair products, which led to an estimated $3.1 billion fortune, DeJoria spent time in a street gang as a boy, lived out of his car for a while, and was fired more than once.
- Why Handel Never Went Baroque
By the end of his life, according to several contemporary sources, Handel was worth at least 20,000 pounds, or 2.39 million pounds in today’s money.
- This man grew a $2 billion business in 6 years by studying Larry Ellison
Pandey is not cut from Ellison's brash cloth. Pandey's a contemplative man, your classic thoughtful-engineer type. But studying Ellison has worked wonders for him so far.
- Engaging Audiences through Twitter in 15 Minutes a Day
I want to share with you a 15-minute daily plan that will help you utilize Twitter to connect with influencers and your ideal audience. I only wish I could travel back to 2009 and give this to myself!
- Mastering Your Money Happens One Step at a Time, So Don’t Get Discouraged
When you’re drowning in debt, managing your personal finances probably seems downright impossible. You read all these headlines about investing and financial independence and you just want to give up, because you’re so far from that. But don’t be discouraged—it takes time to get your money in order.
- 3 Resources to Help You Write Thought-Provoking Content that Gets People Talking
While we want people to view, talk about, and share our content, we’re often afraid of negative reactions.
- Le Bernardin’s Chef Eric Ripert Reveals the Most Important Advice He’s Gotten from a Mentor
Mentors can play a huge part in shaping not just your career, but the way you develop as a person.
- 5 Tips for Selling Products on Instagram
To make the most of interactions with customers on Instagram, your images and descriptions need to stand out and purchasing needs to be as easy as possible.
- Read This Before Chasing the Dollar
I live in a nice part of Silicon Valley, and I do whatever I want for less than $5,000 per month. There are more metrics to consider. More important, I’m “happy” by all conventional measurements. But I’ll be the first to admit… it hasn’t been this way for long. Only in the last three years have I really come to understand the concepts of time as currency and positional economics.
- 12 Brainstorming Techniques That Will Blow Your Mind
Brainstorming is the starting place of all good ideas. From “What should we do today?” to “What’s our next company logo going to be?” brainstorming is what gets you going. And although it’s so important, sometimes it can be seemingly impossible to think up new ideas. That’s where this list comes in. These are our favorite brainstorming techniques. Give them a try next time you have a meeting at work — your coworkers might just be impressed with your creative approach.
- 7 Leadership Qualities You May Not Know You Have
Build on these personal traits to become a more effective leader.
- 9 proven ways to enhance UX with microcopy
Microcopy is more than just verbs on buttons. It’s the words that show someone how to sign up for your newsletter. Or the instructions that guide buyers through your website.
- The Second Leap: How to Go from Lone Freelancer to Full-Fledged Entrepreneur
You’ve been freelancing for a few years now. Perhaps business is booming and you’re considering hiring help. Or you’re tired of working “for others” and see yourself as more than a lone gun for hire. You may not have much capital or a 10-year business plan, but the evolution from freelancing to small business feels like the natural progression.
- 9 Real Estate Code Words That Should Send You Running
Whether you’re searching homes for sale in Athens, GA, or Sioux Falls, SD, here are nine commonly used code phrases. Knowing the deeper meanings of these real estate terms could help you avoid wasting your time on a home that isn’t right for you.
- How to get the busiest people to reply to your emails
One of the best ways to initiate a conversation with someone you admire — whether they're in your industry or someone with an interesting career — is through a cold email.
- How to Write Email Subject Lines that Make People Stop, Click, and Read
Today we’re going to cover the elements of captivating subject lines and how to discover which types of subject lines work best for your specific audience.
- A psychologist explains how to organize your computer desktop for optimal productivity
In the digital age, the state of our computer desktop is arguably more important than that of our actual, physical desk.
- Elon Musk uses this ancient critical-thinking strategy to outsmart everybody else
Over 2300 years ago, Aristotle said that a first principle is the “first basis from which a thing is known” and that pursuing first principles is the key to doing any sort of systemic inquiry — whether in philosophy, as he did, or in business, as Musk does.
- I was earning $500,000 a year at 30: Here are the 10 best pieces of advice I can give you about money
The beautiful side of the hard work is that I have a much better sense of my purpose in the world. I love being a practicing certified financial planner because it equips me to make a difference in my clients' lives. I get to help them make all the right moves with money. It is rewarding to watch them achieve the goals we set out together, and I even wrote a book so I could reach a wider range of the population, from the young to the seniors who might not be able to afford a certified financial planner.
- 5 Things Real Leaders Do Every Day, According to Henry Ford
Here are five things real leaders do, inspired by the leadership of Henry Ford (along with some of his great quotes).
- Harnessing Entrepreneurial Manic-Depression: Making the Rollercoaster Work for You
This is a guest post on capitalizing on — vs. countering — the “entrepreneur’s disease” (manic depression) through 4 cyclical stages. This is done by pairing appropriate activities to specific — though not necessarily positive — emotional states…
- How to Start-Up in 60 Days
Michael Schneider started exploring the idea of an “on demand customer service” app just 60 days ago. Two months in, he has already raised a pre-seed funding round, made his first two hires, helped over 500 customers in 5 countries, and fields inbound inquiries daily from prospective new investors.
- How a dev who couldn’t code built one of world’s hottest photo apps
Merek Davis is not a coder. The developer never even made an app before 2013. Yet on his first iOS at-bat, he hit an App Store grand slam with Mextures, his photo-editing app that quickly became one of the top photo apps of the year.
- The Myth Of Warren Buffett Is One Of The Greatest Misconceptions In The Financial World
Few myths in the world of finance are more pernicious than the many that surround the career of Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett is the most glorified and respected investor of all time.
- Productivity 101: A Primer to The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique can help you power through distractions, hyper-focus, and get things done in short bursts, while taking frequent breaks to come up for air and relax. Best of all, it's easy. If you have a busy job where you're expected to produce, it's a great way to get through your tasks. Let's break it down and see how you can apply it to your work.
- 5 Ways to Build Your Business Instead of Being Trapped By All Those Freakin’ Distractions
What good are inspirational tips, after all, if you are held captive by the high-pressure and incessant demands of making your business go? Are there any tactics to actually help you achieve this sweet-sounding “on, not in” approach?
- Creating a 1-Page Quarterly Action Plan for Your Business
A powerful format and 3-step process to create your own 1-page quarterly strategic action plan to grow your company.
- Secret Negotiation Theatrics That Make You Stronger
In a negotiation, you can use theatrics to appear stronger or project the appropriate image of a secretpersona. The theatrics you engage in will determine the flow of the negotiation. Continue reading to discover how you can project the image of different characters to enhance your negotiation efforts and outcomes … action!
- The Essential Guide to Writing a Business Plan
President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” If you’re starting a business, you should have a business plan regardless of whether you’re bootstrapping it or looking for outside funding.