Who Said That? December 9th 2007
We close out each week with our “Who Said That?,†where we give some link love to other blogs and posts that have really caught our attention.
But before we get started: be sure to submit your best post of 2007 for our ‘Most Powerful Posts of 2007′ eBook. This is a great way to get some additional exposure and linkage! Space is filling up fast so be sure to get yours in while we’re still accepting posts!
Now on to this week’s notable posts!
Why You Shouldn’t Be a Perfectionist
Maki at Dosh Dosh writes and excellent article about how perfectionism in blogging can lead to procrastination, fatigue, and become a mental burden. Overall, he says act more and worry less about being perfect.
When it comes to generating income online or marketing your business, the strive for perfection can cripple your ability to achieve objectives. The desire to create the best product, website or content in your niche is a worthy goal to hold in mind but sometimes, the need to be perfect leads to a lot of unnecessary obstacles.
Why You Shouldn’t be a Perfectionsist
2008 Goals: Scare Yourself
If you’re an enterprenuer and you haven’t subscribed to the Shane and Peter blog, do yourself a favor and subscribe now! These guys have gone from professional technicians to building a strong, successful business in record time.
the way I pick goals for our company (being the CEO I get the prerogative) is to keep pushing the bar mentally until I feel myself getting unconformable, then nervous then afraid.
What do You Do When a Client Won’t Pay?
If you work with clients, you’ve no doubt been stiffed. Collis shares some humorous examples of clients who tried to dodge payment for design and provoked a long list of stories from other freelancers and how they handled the situation!
[We had] One client who micromanaged us to the point of detailing how many pixels text should be spaced apart, called us up one day to say that they didn’t think we’d done any “real design†and they hadn’t expected to have to “do the work themselvesâ€.
What do You Do When a Client Won’t Pay?
Go Big or Suck
When Naomi at Itty Biz writes a post about how to get noticed, listen! Naomi has made a name for herself in the blogoshpere in a short amount of time. It seems everyone is talking about Naomi or linking to Naomi. Even her story about how she started this blog (which she tells in this post) is a ‘go big or suck’ story.
Think about what you can do to blow people’s minds. Yes, I know you have no budget, so don’t whine about it. I don’t care. Within your budget, I’d be willing to bet I could think of 100 things you can do.
Have You Ever Ripped Your Pants At Work?
Get ready for some laughs! Day Job Nuker talks about an embarrassing situation where he realized that his pants were ripped while on visit to a client’s office!
Sitting in a room full of desks and workers who I did not know at all, I got up to go to the bathroom and something didn’t feel right. I sat back down to survey the problem and to my horror I realized my pants were split in the middle. With some more exploring, I discovered my pants had a good 5 inch or so rip all the way around to the back! There was no way I was going be able to wear these pants and I needed a plan just to get to the car!
Thank you! I will happily reside on a list with these awesome folks.