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Entrepreneurs? Reunion
2008-03-05 05:25:00 I love our annual InfusionSoft Users Conference. Not just because it?s great to see longtime friends and customers (which it is), not just because I love to see our numbers growing stronger each year (which I do), but because I love the entrepreneurial fire that each customer brings to the conference. Tomorrow we kick off our ... More About: Entrepreneurs , Reunion
CEO = God
2008-02-22 08:11:00 The other day, Stephanie (our copywriter) and Adam (one of our Affiliate Sales Reps) were having a conversation and Stephanie expressed her anxiety over a presentation she’s putting together for our upcoming User Conference. Here’s how the conversation went: Stephanie: “I just can’t do it. I need some help from a higher power.” Adam: “You ...
Small Business Summit 2008 Review
2008-02-20 18:12:00 Contributed by Carolyn Acker, Infusion Marketing Supervisor Look, no matter how long you’ve been a small business owner–there is always something you can be doing better. Too often small business owners get caught up in running the daily gauntlet. They forget to invest in growing and improving their businesses. That’s why conferences, like the Small Business ... More About: Small Business , Review , Summit
The ?Big Idea? Syndrome & Analysis Paralysis
2008-02-12 01:35:00 I’ve talked with thousands of entrepreneurs. Some very successful and some not-so-successful. This morning I was thinking about the not-so-successfuls and I realized they could be bucketed into two groups: those with the Big Idea Syndrome and those with Analysis Paralysis. With all due respect to Donny Deutsch’s The Big Idea (love his show), the big ... More About: Entrepreneur
Super Bowl XLII, GoDaddy.com, and $4300 tickets
2008-01-30 23:22:00 Super Bowl XLII is right around the corner and I’ve got front row seats! Well, not really. My front row seat will be on my nice, soft couch watching the game in high def on my Samsung DLP. You see, even though the game is just a few miles away from my ... More About: Events , Super Bowl , Super , Tickets
The Illusions of Entrepreneurship
2008-01-30 19:49:00 A recently released book, The Illusions of Entrepreneurship , has me completely distressed (and I haven?t even read the thing yet!). In the book, economics professor Scott A. Shane shares some of the ?less than pleasant? facts about entrepreneurship. As a precursor to the book?s release, a ?quiz? circulated the Internet. You can ...
Leads are like salad
2008-01-30 17:51:00 I read something from Joanne Black the other day that’s been bothering me. I like Joanne Black. She’s the author of No More Cold Calling and I recommend her stuff. But she wrote a column the other day suggesting small businesses should throw out all the people in their database that are not highly qualified. ... More About: Entrepreneur , Leads , Salad
Killer Conferences
2008-01-24 22:27:00 I’m a big fan of conferences and events. Not the touchy-feely, rah-rah ones, but the events where you convince your spouse that it’s going to be good and then you travel forever to get there… and within the first hour you think to yourself, “I could go home right now and it would have ... More About: Events , Killer , Conferences
Recession Impact on Small Businesses
2008-01-24 18:08:00 I was watching the 6pm news last night, and heard a story about the impact small businesses have on the job market. It related: how small businesses generate 60-80% of all new jobs and are at the heart of our economy, how a recession would impact small businesses, and, again, how much small businesses impact ... More About: Technology , Entrepreneur , Small , Small Businesses , Recession
Someone, Please Take My Money!
2008-01-14 15:46:00 Contributed by Tyler Garns, Director of Marketing At a previous job, I received a $2,500 prepaid American Express awards card for being amongst the top performing sales people. Since the expiration date on that card is approaching, my wife and I decided to book our vacation to Mexico for this March. We’ve had it ... More About: Money
Making the new year great
2008-01-12 06:54:00 I love this time of year. Resolutions, goals and high hopes are all around us. And hopefully, their alive and well within us. For small businesses, it’s an especially good time to kick off new goals and habits… and resolve that this year will be the best year yet. I read an article the other day by Rhonda ... More About: New Year , Entrepreneur , Great , Year
Mac Mini Media Center
2008-01-03 05:01:00 Okay, I know I have blogged about Apple products a lot lately (1st post, 2nd post). I just have to write one more blog about Apple and my new Mac Mini . Over Christmas I got a Mac Mini to use with my home theater system as a media center computer. I have been using ... More About: Media , Technology , Media Center , Center
New Development Room!
2008-01-03 04:52:00 The development team is growing! This last quarter we expanded our office space and the development department moved into our new development room. The team is loving it! To give you an example of what we were up against before, we worked in a back office that had little air-conditioning with a ... More About: Technology , Development , Room
I Love the iPod Touch!
2008-01-02 23:32:00 I wrote about some things that I like and also some gripes I have with Apple products a few months ago: http://infusionblog.com/technology/i-love -apple%e2%80%a6-almost/. Since then I have purchased an iPod Touch and a Mac Mini and I love them both! I will write about the Mac Mini in a follow up blog. A lot ... More About: Technology , Love , Ipod
The Office: Infused
2008-01-02 04:14:00 Visit 38ways.com to learn how to Double Your Sales! Post your comments about the video below. More About: Technology , Office , The Office , Entrepreneur , Product
Small Biz FUN (Lighten Up!)
2007-12-31 23:30:00 I don’t usually sport a stache… (at least not like this). But every December, I thoroughly enjoy participating in Infusion’s “Beard-Off” competition. Though poorly named, this annual tradition is all about who can put on the most facial hair–and then craft it into a work of art. Several prizes are awarded: Narc (Best Mustache) Norris (Best Overall Beard) Ozark Hobo ... More About: Small
Be The ?Odd Man Out?
2007-12-27 16:55:00 In a previous blog post, I mentioned how valuable it is to break the status quo to extract new or inreased value. Well, my wife happened to clip a quote the other day that fits right in line: “For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it… For every nine people who do things the way they ...
Focus and Grow Rich
2007-12-24 22:55:00 I remember my first MBA strategy class well. At the end of a semester studying core competence, Porter’s 5 Forces, SWOT Analysis and a bunch of other strategy-planning mumbo jumbo, we had a long discussion in class one day where we summarized the whole semester into one word: FOCUS. That’s what all strategy work comes down to. And ... More About: Rich , Entrepreneur , Focus , Grow
Santa Calls It Quits!
2007-12-19 01:52:00 Learn more about Infusion CRM at www.infusionsoft.com/santa More About: Calls , Santa
Marketing And Sales
2007-12-19 01:22:00 I was at a conference the other day with a bunch of True Small Business owners and one of the attendees made an interesting comment to me. He said he noticed that Infusion Software uses the term “marketing and sales” all the time. He added that everyone else out there uses the term “sales and ... More About: Marketing , Entrepreneur , Sales
How to Increase Your Deals by 67% with Three Simple Words
2007-12-18 15:42:00 Last week, I was holed up at the amazing Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe for our annual strategy session. After checking in and making my way to my room, my bags were promptly delivered by the bellman. I was planning on tipping him a few bucks for the two bags he brought up, but the ... More About: Words , Simple
How to Increase Your Deals by 67% with Three Simple Words
2007-12-18 15:42:00 Last week, I was holed up at the amazing Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe for our annual strategy session. After checking in and making my way to my room, my bags were promptly delivered by the bellman. I was planning on tipping him a few bucks for the two bags he brought up, but the ... More About: Words , Simple
The Perfectionism Pressure-Cooker
2007-12-11 15:59:00 Joel Spolsky recently blogged about a topic that I think applies beautifully to small business owners: ?You will frequently hear the claim that software engineering is facing a quality crisis of some sort. I don?t happen to agree with that claim?the computer software most people use most of the time is of ridiculously high quality compared ... More About: Technology , Entrepreneur
The 4-Hour Workweek Myth
2007-12-07 15:38:00 Just finished a book by Timothy Ferriss called The 4-Hour Workweek. It was recommended by a some fellow marketers, so I decided to read it. I’ve got to admit, there were a lot of attitudes that bothered me. Here are a few: 1) Live ”rich” on your cash flow (instead of building long-term value or wealth) 2) World travel and personal indulgence outweigh other ... More About: Myth
What?s Your System?
2007-12-04 15:47:00 Contributed by Tyler Garns, Director of Marketing, Infusion Software The other day, while at the mall with my family, we stopped a the food court for lunch. Of course, all three kids wanted food from different resturants, I felt like some chow mein, and my wife goes for the plain turkey sandwich. So we ended up dividing ... More About: System
White Paper Lead Gen
2007-11-29 06:54:00 In a previous life when I sold web-based Human Resources software, my “marketing funnel” included a step to send a white paper to the prospect. I recall how much a pain the process was… checking e-mails, seeing which white paper was requested, responding to the e-mail, finding the PDF white paper & attaching it to ... More About: White , Paper , Lead
Helping (true) small businesses grow
2007-11-29 00:02:00 First off, I’ve gotta say that the term “small business” has always bothered me. When I was younger, I’d tell others about my budding business ventures and it seemed the responses I got always smacked of condescension. “Well, good luck with your small business.” Their emphasis always seemed to be on the ... More About: Entrepreneur , Small , True , Small Businesses , Businesses
Killer Domains (Like Googol.com)
2007-11-27 15:18:00 Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a flash of insight about a perfect domain name that is sure to bring instant success… …And keep your hand up if you’ve ever spent (wasted) a significant amount of time at your favorite registrar (mine) searching over and over until you find one that’s available. OK, if you’re hand’s ... More About: Killer , Domains , Mains
Simplicity – part 2
2007-10-02 17:07:00 I recently blogged about “Elegant Simplicity ” and dumped a bunch of ideas related to simplicity in a stream-of-consciousness brainstorming format. I wanted to revisit some of the ideas that I listed, particularly the software design concept of “wizards”. I’ve built software for many years now and the first wizards I can remember came in the format of installation routines that paused to required user intervention. Like “Please insert next disk”. Yikes, now I’m feeling old because I remember floppy disks. Anyway, these early installation routines were not really what we think of when we think of wizards, but they were wizards nonetheless. Wizards are really just user interface elements that lead the user through a sequence of dialogues. It is typically helpful to use a wizard for any task consisting of many steps, which must be completed in a specific order. In my experience, wizards are best suited to tasks that are unfamiliar to the user. Hence, wiza... More About: Part
Simplicity - Part 2
More articles from this author:2007-10-02 17:07:00 I recently blogged about ?Elegant Simplicity ? and dumped a bunch of ideas related to simplicity in a stream-of-consciousness brainstorming format. I wanted to revisit some of the ideas that I listed, particularly the software design concept of ?wizards?. I?ve built software for many years now and the first wizards I can remember came ... More About: Technology , Product , Part 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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