Being Personal while being Virtual…

I hear it all the time…

“Virtual is about efficiency and streamlining…”

“I prefer email to telephone calls or snail mail…”

“We don’t even order stationery anymore…”

“Of course I told my clients Happy Birthday, I sent them an ecard…”

“Of course I have not forgot the need for a personal note card here and then, that is why I subscribe to sendoutcards.com…”

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Forget One Liners!

“Take my wife, please” is probably one of the most famous one liners there are. I’m not a big fan of one liners; it’s just not my brand of comedy. And when it comes to project management, I’m not a big fan of one liners, either.

In project management we bring together numerous smaller pieces so that, by the end, we have a completed project – whether that’s a book or a product or an invention or a new business. There are many different kinds of project management tools and techniques out there and the one that is used most often is the “one liner”. Click here to read more »

Tools that I use in our Businesses – Virtual and Brick & Mortar

This is going to be a short post, it is something that I have been meaning to put up for awhile. I get at least a dozen questions a week either via email, twitter, phone call or another form of communication – with people asking me “What do you use for invoicing?”, “What do you use for project management?”, What do you use for X, Y, Z”. So, I wanted to take a minute and list the things that I myself use, or I have my staff at IAC Professionals, IAC-EZ or IAC University using. Click here to read more »

When the going gets tough -the tough get richer

Everyone is discussing the economy. I recently saw someone say on Twitter “Will the Great Depression still be the Great Depression? Or will this one be the Greater Depression”. I had to laugh inside, because these times really are not affecting me or my organizations. Click here to read more »