Alastair commented on the following stories on BizSugar
4 GREAT Habits of Highly-Effective and Productive PROCRASTINATORS!
":) I am definitely with you in this regard Yoni but in my house this was just called lazy. Which is what I apparantly am. I don't think I would overstate the benefits of procrastination but certainly the last minute school and college work and thriving under pressure were great preparation for consulting work. Needing to produce your best work in the next day (or few hours) is certainly commonplace in business and being able to deliver in those situations is pretty priceless. There is perhaps a danger that one begins to thrive on the pressure and actually cause more and more last minute situations until it all falls down? "Is Your Blog Where it Should Be? Why Logisitics Matter.
"It is a bit surpring. There seem to be a few issues that lead people to separate blogs from a main site. Sometimes they feel they can be more free in their tone in a way they don't see as appropriate on a corporate domain. Sometimes they just find the blogging platform or Facebook easier to update and understand than their site. I think for a while blog.blanketyblank.com just looked cool to people. There are actually potentially valid tactical SEO reasons for doing it at times too (although more often not). In the vast majority of cases though, the advice in the article is spot on. The blog is the main engine of interesting and link worthy content on most business sites in particular and if there are links and social mentions to be gained, you want that credit going to your main site."Small businesses learn to use social media to boost sales, fix problems - chicagotribune.com
"I nearly didn't read this because I generally find newspaper articles on the Internet and business so terrible. This one is a really good find, thanks. It's nice to see examples of small businesses actually acquiring sales rather than counting followers."Franchise Prices Slashed! Huge Rebates! Yada, Yada, Yada...
"Great post. I would have thought that franchises would be better off having a model that can make profits for their franchisees. And focus on demonstrating it. Your blog post makes a really great point. If you're a franchisor and you can really attract franchise buyers based on price, do you want them? It's a long term relationship after all and both parties need to be thinking long term, surely."Subscribe
5 Signs Your Web Designer Knows Nothing About SEO
"Specialists are a joy. People who understand that they have specific skills, value them and are confident enough to realise that there might be something of worth in what other people do."