Google Apps – Why you should – Right Now!
August 31, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Web Technology
It is amazing the number of times I see an e-mail from someone where they are using a hotmail or yahoo account for their business. These are on business cards, marketing material and even on their websites.
Nothing screams louder to me, “I am a brand new business and I have no idea what I [...]
Blood dripping from the knife
August 31, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Owner Thinking
With blood Dripping from the knife in his hand, and looking at the lifeless body on the table. The man came to a sad realization there were not going to be any more golden eggs.
Too often managers, like the man with the knife, kill the goose laying the golden eggs before they realize their greed.
Working [...]
5.5 ways to make e-mail easier
August 28, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under DMGSouth, Help for You, Web Technology
If you have your own small business there are a couple of things you need to make your life easier.
1. Email first – The first thing is a gmail account. Sure there are other e-mail accounts but gmail includes lots of things that will really make your life easier.
If you have one, or two, [...]
Adding Fun
August 26, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Fun
I just realized if I am going to be putting new updates often. They can’t all be about the web, wordpress and twitter. So I decided to add a category called Fun. There is a user on twitter that has only been posting for a couple of weeks and he has gotten a ton of [...]
You Ain't Play'n With My Money
August 25, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Owner Thinking
That’s what she said as she walked out the door. Never to return! She was one of the three that quit that first night.
We were already having trouble getting the work done every day. How were we going to get the work done? Deadlines were a joke. We were missing deadlines [...]
Gluing rocks together is Awesome!
August 24, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Owner Thinking
The day after high school, my dad being the nomad that he was had decided, instead of trying to stay in Sacramento after the owners we were renting from decided to move back in, we were going to move to St. George Utah. A little town with about 35,000 people. One stop light, [...]
Host or Not to Host – That is the question!
August 24, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Advice, Web Technology, Wordpress
I got a DM(Direct Message) From a user last week that I had helped before that asked the question. Should I use the free Wordpress.com or should I host my own site.
I will give a couple of reasons why either is a good choice. I try to stay away from the cons unless it’s there [...]
My first experience with Pay for Performance
August 22, 2009 by Dee Gardner
Filed under Owner Thinking
I want to show in this story that thinking like an owner helps people to work harder and think like an owner.
When I was about 14 I wanted to start making my own money and looked for things to do. My brother mike and I went around the neighbor hood and asked if we [...]
