So far this week, we have learned about the big picture of pricing in small business from John Jantsch , and tips on the inner game of pricing from Mark Silver . Today we get some great, detailed information about transitioning from giving away all your content for free on a blog to selling well-priced products and services. Our guest expert is Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You… Read the rest

A poem about the flood of work Work flows like a raging river washing over sandbags of effort all sense of calmness washed away and “where the hell is that file?” Our stress management skills no longer hold back the flood of demands, threats, conflicts and hassles. Even a broken paper clip can snap us into stress. We are mired knee deep in irritation as our heels sink into… Read the rest

About 15 million Americans are looking for work and guess what President Obama has planned? A meeting tomorrow with a bunch of CEOs. It seems a bit odd that the administration would want to meet with the very individuals who have downsized, furloughed and cut benefits for the very workers he’s trying to help. OK, there will also be some economists and labor leaders at the much-hyped job summit,… Read the rest

If you get fired do you automatically get unemployment. I’m being bullied by management at my job and I want to quit. I’m telling myself to start looking for a job abd not quit because then I’m out in the cold. I’ve been called unrealiable and screamed at here. I’ve winessed others get the same treatment. It’s a small business so we have a million tasks and it’s always high… Read the rest

So much of what you learn about pricing focuses on the external market. But in the daily practice of being an entrepreneur, much of the confusion and angst about pricing comes from an inner feeling. Mark Silver, co-founder of Heart of Business , has a very unique perspective on the inner game of pricing which is specifically tied to the spiritual side of business. In addition to being a… Read the rest

Last week The Chicago Tribune ran an article on job seekers who felt geography was the hindering their job searches. According to the article, “In the first quarter of this year, 14.3 percent [of job seekers who found work] relocated for a job; in the second quarter of 2008, 11.4 percent moved for work.” We’ve mentioned before the roles of your city and state in job hunting. Location, location,… Read the rest

When I graduated from college, my priorities were: getting a job doing something I loved, having opportunities for advancement and making enough money to pay the rent. Not so different from what Generation Y wants now, is it? And, I have even more in common with them: I needed a job when the economy was basically in the toilet. I know what it feels like to look for work… Read the rest

The guy who sold me my car cancelled the plates the very next week. Luckily, I didn’t know that because there was a November expiration sticker on the plate. So the fact that I was driving the car illegally for three months did not bother me. Until now. But now I’m at the DMV. I know your first inclination is to say that I’m an idiot for waiting until… Read the rest

It’s sickening to read the story of the 38-year-old, ex-Miss Argentina who died after plastic surgery on her buttocks. Some people would argue it’s just a hazard of her job — fashion model and former beauty queen. I would argue it’s J-Lo’s fault. Well, not really J-Lo herself but her rear. J-Lo’s butt is the latest must-have look in the entertainment world and since we can have anything we… Read the rest

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