How to Say No (and Yes)
Lately I’ve heard a lot of people ask the question how do you say no to something constructively? Maybe you’re busier than you know what to do with, but someone’s emailing you with this one project, thing, idea that they must talk with you about, get your input on, a review of their book/blog/business plan, an interview, a quote, or just help with promotion. Sometimes they use the following line: “I know you’re busy but…”.... Read More
Top 5 Posts on Chelpixie.com in 2010
Looking back through my content for the past year, I noticed that the longer more research intensive posts were my top content. Much a surprise to me given content has somewhat become a #bite140 world. The posts are some of my favorites as well so I thought I’d do a short list of them here for new visitors. How to Market with Google’s Social Search Lessons from an Oil Spill: Green is the New Black Get Habilis to Email Files to Dropbox What... Read More
3 Words for 2011
Chris Brogan is right. When I started thinking about the things I wanted to accomplish in this shiny new year, I realized it does boil down to 3 words to me. Not goals. For that, I have a mind map of goals that I need to accomplish this year which are measurable. I’ll add this. There will be changes and it’s okay to reevaluate if something shifts significantly. Change is inevitable. Actualization. Transition. Fearlessness. Actualization... Read More
2011 Challenge: Learning to Love Sales
I hate sales. Let me rephrase that. I hate the idea of cold calling prospects, pinging Twitter accounts, filling people’s inboxes in hopes to get their attention long enough to take money from them. I find it highly distasteful. I hate the subtle sales pages that make promises for only $47 dollars you get a short education on how to make thousands of dollars. (I’ve been told those pages work to sell products. I have no direct experience... Read More
Tools for Web Development
As a web developer, I use many tools to wrangle websites and designs on a daily basis. Photoshop is a godsend when doing mockups but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some other tools that help me with different aspects of the design and implementation process. Themes for WordPress Quite often, a client comes to me already having found a theme to modify for WordPress. I will take that theme and customize it to their specifications. ... Read More
