Originally published June 5, 2009 on Viralthinking.com We all have a certain passion in life some of us pursue it full time other pursue it when time allows. The only failure is not taking the time to pursue it at all. I was having a peaceful moment earlier this afternoon, watching a deer graze in the field and I started thinking about the decisions I have made in the past ten years and how I …

Originally published June 10, 2008 on Viralthinking.com. Interesting to see how some things have changed and others have not as far as my ideas on business and marketing in just over a year and a half. As I prepare myself to head into my third BNI meeting this morning and kick off my second day as a full time freelancer, I got to thinking about networking, advertising and how to create new business. Lately my …

Originally published on ViralThinking.com June 25th, 2009 One thing that I am not terribly afraid of when approaching my own business is the thought of making mistakes. In fact over the past ten years I have made mistakes in business on a fairly frequent basis, some that have certainly cost me money. Call it lack of experience but none the less it doesn’t bother me, I am ok with the thought of failure. Still to …

Today is a day for a rant post of sorts. I get a lot of emails enquiries for work, client correspondence, spam, sales pitches so on and so forth. Here are some things that drive me crazy. Using ALL CAPS to show me you really mean it. Email is fairly easy to use but some people are not good at getting the point across. Sometimes ideas are a bit more complex than what can be …