What I Do When I’m Down
25 January 2010This was a response I received to a tweet I sent out asking for content ideas because I want to make this more about helping others rather than simply reflecting on my own thoughts over my final week of 30 in 30. First off, Kelly, thank you for your input. The quick answer is yes, I get down and you'd be shocked how often it happens. A single thing in a day can go wrong and that can be it for me, I'm off the rails. I guess that's part of what makes me so interested in entrepreneurs because they constantly seem to be hitting walls and coming back for more. There are four primary things I do when I get down though to get back on track: 1) Eat an great meal. I normally eat pretty poorly and getting an awesome meal at a restaurant I love can make me feel 10x better in an hour. I won't go out and grab a 1500 calorie monster meal either. If you see me racing down to Chompie's for a hot pastrami sandwich, Saigon Nites for some Broccoli Beef or the Penne with Chicken and Broccoli ...
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Top artistic resources for those who simply aren’t
15 January 2010I am not an artist. I do not understand how to move either pen or pixel in an original way that makes sense visually. I am insanely jealous of those who can. With that confession in mind let me describe how I remain able to create documents like this: Yes, that will be one side of my new business card which will be here in a week and yes I really like it. Typography First off, even though I can't draw anything while in middle school I took a calligraphy class. No I didn't think it was cool and the only time I ever used the skill was to write up an invitation to a girl to come to me to my senior prom (which for those asking, she said "no"). That stated, in design, fonts can be the non designer's saving grace. They can create a feel and mood in document that simply is hard to ignore. 1001freefonts.com and comicbookfonts.com (paid for fonts) are real friends here and each should be thoroughly explored to find that perfect font that conveys the information you want in a great way. Stock Photos iStockPhoto is the first ...
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Deep Listening – The Overview
01 September 2009One of the things that I get asked all the time is how the heck I know so much about the internet space, the companies and people that operate in it. It's not because I live my life by constantly searching the net for the next would be phenomena or that I know everyone in the industry. It's because I use an elaborate process that I call Deep Listening. I have no doubt that Gary Vaynerchuk's Crush It! will cover a small portion of this but I don't think even the mighty GV goes into the crazy level of detail that I do. Maybe I'm just a bit more thick headed than he is and am willing to dig that much deeper regarding things or maybe he simply knows when enough is enough. Over the course of the next few days I hope to explain each of the steps and more importantly why I am doing each of these. The first thing I do is specify my target. This is typically a business or industry. If it happens to be an individual person or group I'll find some connecting thread between all the individuals. After I have this I do some ...
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