It’s no secret. Most employees, and probably yourself included (admit it), don’t like their boss. After all, no one wants to be told what to do every day, be accused of something they didn’t do, or disciplined for a mistake that was made. The reasons for not liking your boss are vast and sometimes very...Continue reading
Cautious Optimism
Optimism is good and positive, but too much of it can make you blind to losses and vulnerable to cheats and scams. In starting and running your business it can certainly help your attitude and overall outlook to be optimistic, but one must also temper it with prudence and good judgement.
Anything can be made into a business … hmmm
If you want to make it big, then you either have to be the best or be the first. Being first to offer some sort of product or service depends on one’s ability to spot the needs or wants for these goods or services. And by this one would think that anything can be...Continue reading
Is Social Media Using You?
Guest post by Darla Mittler, CEO of Darla Mittler Document Magic. Recently a friend was attending an event on Facebook that caught my eye. When I read the details I was amazed! Facebook had made a change without telling anyone and to top it off they were not passing the information on to everyone...Continue reading
Quote of the Month
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. (Jack Welch)
Setting your PDF documents to open at page 1
Recently I received a pdf document from a client to proof read. I was told the document had a cover page, table of contents, about 50 pages or so of text, an index, and bibliography. When I opened the document to work on it however, instead of seeing the cover page (page 1) as I...
Be Real
Guest post by Darla Mittler, CEO of Darla Mittler Document Magic. It’s great that the internet has opened up so many channels of expression. Voicing your opinion has never been easier. This ease of use has also given rise to the use of false identities. Faking who you are on the internet is...Continue reading
Email Basics
Originally posted at: Email Basics Email is part of our daily lives. We’ve been using it for so long we take it for granted we know how to use it. Here are some tips about using email that you may or may not know: Reply and Reply All Hitting the ‘reply’...Continue reading
Quote of the Month
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. (Stewart B. Johnson)
Formatting Tips – Save Money on Professional Formatting Services
Originially posted at: Formatting Tips – Save Money on Professional Formatting Services When the fine folks at Fireblade first suggested that I write a blog about formatting, I was reluctant to divulge any tricks of the trade. In light of some of the recent manuscripts I’ve seen, however, I have changed my mind. Here...Continue reading