7 Tips to Help You Trust Your To Do List

A few years ago, I read David Allen’s Getting Things Done – a right of passage for any entrepreneur it seems. The book was an eye opener, but it took me more than a year and a half from reading it before my day looked even remotely close to what Allen describes...
5 Tips to Resurrect a Dead or Dying Company Blog

5 Tips to Resurrect a Dead or Dying Company Blog

A friend of mine called last week with a question. Having recently started a new job for a small publishing company, he was tasked with resurrecting the company’s long dead blog. His boss rightly noted that it was a good way to engage with readers and prospective...

Do You Need a Swipe File?

I’m not originally a copywriter by trade. That’s a common misconception. Things have changed in recent years, largely because the consistency and quality of writing needed for even a local website to compete has increased dramatically. Content needs to be clever,...

How to Define a "Doable" Task

One of the biggest general obstacles to productivity is the idea of “doability”. Goals, dreams, and tasks become interchangeable to a point that the average to do list is too vague and extremely hard to take action on. If you’ve read any books on productivity, you...

10 Best SaaS Services for Freelancers

When I started freelancing, my sole expenses were Internet access and my Elance Membership. My computer was slow and didn’t hold a charge. My software was outdated and limited the projects I could take. I did accounting and scheduling in Excel and Word. But I made it...