Recently had an issue with the Amazon Associate (Affiliates) SiteStripe bar not showing up. Was screensharing with my good friend Jodi and we were both mystified as Amazon showed that the SiteStripe bar was enabled / active. Solution to the SiteStripe not showing up It was just hidden / minimized! Doh! I can’t get it […]
Home
The MAIN Character Aspect to Make-or-Break Business Success
I’ve carefully watched those who are successful and those who are not… The big make-or-break character strength or flaw seems to be: Do they seek counsel from others? I truly think this character aspect determines success in a wide range of life arenas: relationships, family, church, school, health, finances, etc. In the business realm there […]
Entrepreneurs: Don’t Allow Yourself Excuses!
One of the best aspects of doing the entrepreneurship life with a co-conspirator is that they provide an invaluable service in checking your attitude and discipline. Josh gave me some pushback recently when I was whining about the economy and the general political distraction making it tough to do business. Making Excuses Will Steal Your […]
Grammar Rant: I’m Not Putting Periods Inside Quotes Anymore
I’ve decided I’ve had enough with the idiocy of American-English grammar – only took me nearly 3 decades… I am now going to (usually) put periods outside of quotes rather than inside. Consider these two sentences: Henry Higgins realized she had just said “the rain in Spain”. vs. Henry Higgins realized she had just said […]
Your Obligation to People Visiting Your Web “House”
Yahoo is in the midst of sorting through the wreckage of a massive hack. Over half a billion accounts may have had their info stolen. The verdict is still out on Yahoo’s culpability: could they have prevented this, who was ultimately responsible, etc. No matter the case, Yahoo and its users will be experiencing a […]
The 3 Hardest Things for Start Ups in the USA
These difficulties probably apply to most small businesses in the USA. Look for a follow-up post on the positive flipside. I’ve been in the entrepreneurship game for almost 7 years now. I enjoy the unique lifestyle it has formed. If the following 3 hard things weren’t in the mix, or the pain was lessened, I […]
The Redemptive Entrepreneurial Effects of Laziness
I promise there is a point to my contrarian thesis. I’m teasing out a phenomenon that is responsible for many wonderful and innovative tools of modernity. Consider Stan He gets the same email every Friday with a log of the week’s new customers. He has been dutifully hand-copying that info into a spreadsheet for 8 […]
Disable / Prevent ShareThis “See more” text when Copying and Pasting
I ran into this on a recent project that involved tedious copy / pasting of tons of text. The issue is that if the site you are copying from has a plugin like ShareThis installed the pastes will have this garbage attached at the end of every text paste… – See more at: http://www……..com So […]