I have been drinking blender drinks for about 6 or 7 years now on a daily basis. I feel like they help keep me much healthier than I otherwise could be. Generally, they just consist of:
They are easy to drink while I work and keep me full while also allowing my brain to be fresh and aware.… read more “Blender Drinks”
I looked around for a good programming challenges site to continue to hone my programming skills and the best one I found was HackerEarth.com. The site is built by an Indian so the English is pretty poor, but the functionality of the editor is the best I’ve seen and it is a easy and user friendly site.… read more “HackerEarth”
I always start my service for free, and tell them at some point I’m going to charge pricing, but the first 100 users don’t have to pay EVER.
After I get ~50 – ~300 users, I tell them I’m going to set pricing. I usually do this with a pop up or email. They then have a drop down with “how much would you be willing to pay monthly for this service”
Usually you get some range, say $5/month to $100/month.… read more “Pricing advice from HN”
We have lots of clients who have seen insane increases in their results… I am talking increases from $271k a month in organic search revenue to $440k a month in organic search revenue in just a twelve month period… Cancel! It’s absolutely insane.
I think the problem is that I need people on the ground in their offices.… read more “What I hate worst about the agency business”
I am going to try build up management tools in my Scoretask application for the rest of Coalition’s internal processes. I have already built awesome tools for recruiting, training, management feedback, task management, and link building. Copy management is in progress. After that, I will work on SEO metrics and checklist, sales, management reports, retain and web development management tools.… read more “Big Business Goals For Next 3 Months”
I think I am going to work on getting my private pilot’s license. This seems like it would be a pretty useful skill to have.
I forgot to do my blog post this morning and don’t have much energy left for it now as I have been in the office since 8 am this morning and even missed my nap today.
Laurel and I continue to debate about where would be best for us to live long term:
I will expand on my previous post where I quoted someone from Reddit saying basically that no one knows what to do with their lives and when you try something you often build more enthusiasm for it.
I think that this is something that is very true. If you bring passion to your job (whatever it is – garbage man, graveyard shift shelf stocker, financial analyst, etc), you will over time grow more excited about your work.… read more “Expanded Career Advice”