I had the pleasure of attending the Mesh Marketing conference here in Toronto this past week. It was organized by the founders of Freshbooks and assortment of consultants and writers. Aside from the plethora of standard “you need to be engaged in Social media” and “content is king” sessions, there were some interesting speakers from which I...

As part of my ongoing series featuring fiery entrepreneurs, today I finally have chance to showcase in detail the great Anthony Green of Take Care of Biz, a business blog for aspiring entrepreneurs. Anthony has been appearing quite frequently here as of late because well, he’s fine gent and a good friend. Is there a company that this many hasn’t run?...

Guest post by Anthony Green of Take Care of Biz At the expense of being an absolutist, I’d like to share two truths about cash as it relates to entrepreneurial success: 1. If you have too much cash, you’re going to kill your motivation. There’s nothing worse for staying entrepreneurially motivated than having a big, fat wad of money sitting in your savings...

Sometimes I like to dedicate entire posts to entrepreneurs that I’ve met and admire. Sometimes interviewing them or sometimes putting up a short blurb about them and their business. These are usually my favorite types of posts – I love talking about the work of others and being inspired by the work of my peers. And as a bonus, everyone always appreciates...

Search engine optimization. Most people get it, few people understand it. Business know they need it, few businesses actually invest in it. So what makes SEO such a mythical and often misunderstood online marketing method? Well for starters, any acronym on the web is going to intimidate anyone except those who are tech-savvy web terms, and/or geeks. Look at RSS...

As some of you may or may not know, I’m huge points collector. My wallet has more points related cards than it does anything else, including cash (which is a whole other matter on its own). I only use credit cards for the points that I collect from them. In fact, I usually don’t buy anything unless I know I’m benefiting with points one way or the...

The other day I was listening to a podcast from one of my favorite bloggers Pat Flynn. In this episode he came up with a list of 5 questions one should ask themselves to improve their online business, blog or website. I couldn’t help compare the topic to theme of online positioning, which I write about here on this blog. The importance of first impressions,...