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Why Do We Need An Office?

When I got the opportunity to write this for Cloud Powered Work, it was funny because I’ve been operating my small business like that for a while. I closed my offices a few years ago, and Rob and the rest of our team now work remotely, as well. What would we want with an office? We visit our clients where they work. Or more often, we just talk to them via Skype or GoToMeeting.

But how does that work?

Communication and Collaboration

The other day, I got a Dell XPS10 tablet with a keyboard accessory.…

The next phase of this blog is upon us. Starting this week, I’ll be talking a lot more about what it takes to own your business and to own your work, no matter if you’re the boss of the company or just the boss of your cubicle.

As evolutions go, this is simple. I’ve written for the last little while about the human business way, my way of explaining how to build a sustainable, relationship-minded business. Now, I’m turning the lens back on you, the owner.

So anyway, keep your eyes open. It’s going to get a bit different, and yet, you’ll know the drill. : )

Oddly, I’ll talk a bit more about the tools of the trade, too.…

You might not yet have decided whether you’re coming to join me for ImpactNEXT on Tuesday. I wanted to share the agenda with you so you’d know what we’re planning:

ImpactNEXT Agenda

8:00AM Arrival and Checkin
8:35AM Kickoff of Mastering the Digital Channel
8:40AM Business and the Digital Channel (MSS)
8:45AM The “B” Strategy, The Homebase Strategy
8:50AM A mobile-first world
9:00AM 10 minute assessment
9:10AM Review
9:20AM Finding Your Buyer, Earning Referrals
9:30AM Seven Quick Fixes for Your Main Website
9:40AM Your Online Presence – Make Some Changes
10:00AM 20 Minute Break (check your email and stuff)
10:20AM Homebase and Outpost Strategy Deeper Dive
10:40AM Presence Management – The Tools (including listening)
11:00AM Engagement Strategies
11:20AM Topic TBA – (Clay Hebert &Julia Roy)
11:40AM Creating Info Products/Content Marketing Products (Michael Port)!…

If you think my blog is neato, you should see all the great stuff I share every Sunday on my amazing newsletter. The next one comes out tomorrow, and it’ll be about “work-life harmony,” and how we can get over that obsessive need to be always checking the stream.

I’m telling you this because a good lot of you still subscribe to only the blog, which is good (don’t get me wrong), but it’s not where I’m sharing my best work these days. Why? Because I’ve come to discover that my newsletter is a lot more responsive. People hit reply by the hundreds every Sunday, and talk with me directly.…

People have asked me in the past for an hour of my time by phone, and it wasn’t really a service I wanted to provide at that time. But I decided to sign up with Clarity.fm and use that platform to make myself available from time to time for consultations.

What’s kind of cool is that you don’t really have to buy an hour of my time. You can actually just pay by the minute, which make it even less expensive if you can be concise. : )

So, if that’s a need, I can help. Click this thingy to look over the mechanics of the offer:

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This is evidently the course you’ve all been waiting for, if presales are to be any measure.

How Can You Make Something Happen Online?

You were told that if you just showed up, blogged, tweeted, and maybe posted the occasional YouTube video, that money would come rushing into the cash register. That didn’t happen, and so now you’re working to figure out what needs tweaking. Do you do more of something? Are you not on the hot new platform? (That’s not the answer.) What is going to help you get the results you want?

Well, first, let’s talk about the results. Do you want more sales?…