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“Auntrepreneur” Melanie Notkin Offers 20 Lessons Learned for New Solos
Melanie Notkin, a new Twitter pal, is right in the midst of her launch of Savvy Auntie, her new web-based business. She’s been blogging about this experience, and now, she offers “20 Tips for the New Entrepreneur.” They’re right up the TIS alley — she’s subtitled them “Secret Weapons” to help business owners “Stay Motivated, [...]
Update on TIS Plans and a Question
First things first: I was pleasantly surprised today to learn that USLegal FormsPass has offered to contribute to the gift pack for one lucky survey-taker. (Read more about the survey here.) I’ve received on suggestion for the prize pack in a comment to that post, and a few via email (respectively, Touch iPod, Starbucks gift [...]
Wackiness Ensued, For a Time
Thank goodness that’s over.
I deactivated a couple of plugins (Twit This and the All in One SEO pack, if you’re interested) and it seems OK now. Those who saw the site in the interim got a sneak preview of what it’s gonna look like soon, though — well, a partial preview, anyway!
Social Bookmarking
Um …. What Happened?
I honestly don’t know what happened here. But it seems that my header has disappeared. Completely.
I don’t go tinkering in my code, as a rule — certainly haven’t done so lately, so I have no clue what’s up with this.
I do apologize and am trying to sort it out. Hang tight.
(One more [...]
Why Shinyung Oh Is
TIS’s New Hero of the Month
(Pardon the unusual use of profanity in this post, if it bothers you. I can only offer this from my college chaplain, who’d just called “bullshit” on some machination by college administrators: “Sometimes, no other word will do.”)
You have to have read this by now.
If you haven’t, here’s the Twitter (less than 140 characters) [...]
About Your Posture: Looks Like Mom Was Wrong, After All …
UPDATE: Ed. from Blawg Review sez this is the perfect chair. Hey, so does the manufacturer! Consensus is cool. (It does look comfy, no?)
“Sit up straight!”
Remember that old Mom-ism? Turns out dear old Mom (sorry Mom!) might have been wrong after all.
Research shows the ideal posture is not straight-back upright, which apparently [...]
Avvo In Colorado and Oregon Now
Solos in Colorado and Oregon can now take advantage of the marketing opportunity Avvo presents: the algorithm-driven lawyer rating site has expanded its presence into those states as of this week.
Some in the legal commentary blogosphere got mighty up in arms over Avvo when it debuted, with arguments that generally boiled down to “I [...]
Marketing Briefs (Week Ending 5/9/2008)
Each weekend, I’m going to round up the best of other blogs and websites in various topics. This will be in addition to “7 Days of Inspiration.”
This week, the debut entry is about marketing.
RainToday.com: “Two Rainmaking Traps Smart, hard-Working Professionals Fall Into“
RainToday.com: “12 Ways to Keep Your Business Relationships Alive“
RainToday.com: “LinkedIn 101: How [...]
You Can Have It All — Right Now
Dave Navarro writes a bit about this in his post about not waiting for the goals to cross the finish line:
So the question here is this: Do you really need to take your goals to the finish line to get the results you want? This is an important question. When I started [...]
