Over the last decade I've started and sold several successful companies. Along the way I've made a lot of mistakes that have also served as fantastic lessons. Below you’ll find an archive of posts that involve general thoughts on topics that surround running and marketing a business.
Yesterday I came across the Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck by Julien. I found myself nodding in agreement with each point he made. These were lessons I learned long ago thanks to the most courageous person I've ever known - my son ... Read More
I've been speaking on search and affiliate conference panels for almost 8 years now. In the early days, landing a speaking slot wasn't super hard because the pond was much smaller. In fact, I ended up on my first panel completely by chance. I was ... Read More
Once again we're hiring at PushFire and once again that means I'm going through a slew of resumes to try and find some new - and awesome - members to add to the PushFire team.Add to that my post last week railing ForbesWoman for explaining how ... Read More
When we launched PushFire, we "of course" put a blog on the site. The theory was using the blog to build the brand and posting awesome content on it. But it didn't take long for PushFire's client roster to be full, which meant our team is busy ... Read More
I entered the online marketing space 15+ years ago now - first running a non profit website and then falling into the commercial side of things in the early 2000's via affiliate marketing.While I was solely an affiliate until 2009, I tended to ... Read More
A few weeks ago, we (my other company PushFire) exhibited for the first time ever at Affiliate Summit East. Not only was it PushFire's first time exhibiting, but it was the first time anyone on our team had ever taken part in exhibiting at a ... Read More
I woke up at 5 a.m. this morning completely unable to sleep. Why? Because in 24 hours I was supposed to be on a plane en route to attend my kid sister's wedding... and I knew there was no way I'd be able to get on that plane.Edited to add: ... Read More
It's no secret... organization has never been my strong point. For a long time, I've been able to try and convince myself I just need to "accept" that I'm not "the organized type".But, during 2011, as my businesses kept continually increasing in ... Read More
Disclaimer: This is more of a personal post. So, if you're not interested in reading a personal post, I would highly suggest that you stop reading now. ;-)A lot of successful people like to fool the world into believing that they never make ... Read More
At first most people's motivation is the same - pay the bills and make your business profitable.But even with the most basic of needs, sometimes, you can still lack the motivation needed to get through the latest Dip.My solution to this for ... Read More
I did an interview recently with Lynn Terry, who is someone I've "known" for a long time on the Internet (and yes, have met in real life). Lynn is one of the most genuine people I've met on the net (she reminds me a lot of Christine Churchill) and ... Read More
I’ve been lucky enough to primarily work from home for the last decade. I have offices that house employees for MFE Interactive in Guelph, Ontario:But not all of my employees are in-house for my companies and I have no shame in admitting my ... Read More
