How to Hire Your First Employee
Hiring your first employee is an important step. This is the first person you’re letting into your closely guarded domain and exposing to the inner workings of your startup, fueled by your passions – however organized, chaotic, or quixotic they may be. Avoid stumbling out of the starting gate. Here’s how to hire your first [...]
Full Story »The Effective Marketing Plan: Marketing Action Plan
In previous posts we discussed how to start your marketing plan and how to analyze your target market. Next, in the action plans section of your marketing plan, you’ll develop a detailed marketing “to do” list. It’s a task list that describes what will be done, when each task will begin and be completed, and [...]
Full Story »How to Write an Elevator Speech
Step into an elevator (or lift as the English like to call them) and chances are you’ll hear piped-in music designed to soothe and relax, though repeated renditions of Fur Elise can prove to do just the opposite. What you’ll rarely find are animated conversations between complete strangers, which is why it’s ironic that an [...]
Full Story »Envato’s 2010 Birthday Bundle – $20 For $400 Worth of Value
Happy Birthday to us! It’s Envato’s 4th Birthday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a Birthday Bundle packed with $400 worth of files for only $20. The bundle includes four Tuts+ Premium tutorials, a $50 MediaTemple hosting voucher, five blog and website themes, five Flash and Unity3D files, six code packages for CSS, JavaScript, WordPress [...]
Full Story »Jared Goralnick Interview: AwayFind
Recently the Netsetter had the opportunity to speak with Jared Goralnick of AwayFind and Set Consulting. Check below the jump for both audio and text versions of Thursday Bram interviewing Jared about himself, his business, and his advice for you. Listen now: Download the interview. (Right-click and “Save link as”) Transcription: TB: Today I’m here with Jared Goralnick [...]
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