Reading Time: < 1 minI’m a big fan of marketing automation, when used correctly. We use it at GreenMellen from time to time, and it can be an effective way to send out information. However, automation doesn’t get you off the hook. People still ask questions and may want responses directly from you — and that’s a good thing! […]
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A different look at 86,400
Reading Time: 3 minThere are 86,400 seconds each day, and we’ve all heard the motivational phrases like “If you had $86,400 and someone took $10 from you, would you throw away the rest of it?“. It’s a good way to see things, but I recently heard a slightly different take on this that got me thinking. It was […]
Busyness vs Clutter
Reading Time: 2 minA few days ago, a friend of Facebook posted a screenshot of their computer desktop and it was total chaos, with hundreds of folders and files filling the screen. She was proud of how busy she was, and I don’t doubt it, but it got me thinking about the intersection of busyness and clutter. I […]
Spend your time wisely, but pick up the napkins
Reading Time: < 1 minAs your business grows, a big key to success is for you to “get out of the weeds” and focus on the growth of the company. While that’s certainly true, and it’s something I’m working on a lot, it’s important to be willing to do anything you can to help. Dan Cathy, the President of […]
Keep control of your digital business assets
Reading Time: 3 minWe’ve long been believers that our GreenMellen clients should keep control of their digital assets. Among other things, their domain name and website hosting should always be something that they own and that they pay for. There are a lot of tricky technical pieces that we handle for them on a daily basis, but in […]
Go Ahead, Pick My Brain
Reading Time: 8 minIn late 2009, I got an email from an acquaintance from church named Barry. It was your typical “can I pick your brain” email, which I was happy to respond to. Here’s what he asked: “I would like to meet for coffee sometime to ask some advice on internet marketing. I am looking into a […]
My new morning routine
Reading Time: 4 minA few weeks ago I was inspired by an episode of the Contactually podcast to work on setting a more focused morning routine. As I began working on building a good routine, Adam Walker talked about a great app during this episode of the Tech Talk Y’all podcast called “Morning Routine”. That app is only […]
Anki vs Brainscape
Reading Time: 4 minI’ve been a heavy user of Anki for a few years now, and it’s changed my life quite a bit. This post from late 2016 explains it quite well, and you should probably read that first if you’re not familiar with Anki and these kinds of learning systems. Earlier this year I dug into Tinycards, […]
Contactually vs Cloze
Reading Time: 4 minI’ve been using Contactually for a few years now, and it’s a great system. However, I recently made the switch to Cloze and I’m quite pleased with it. In looking for what I need in my system right now, these two are the only ones that were serious contenders and I’ll explain why in a […]
Caring sells cars
Reading Time: 5 minI was recently nearing the end of the lease on my Ford Taurus, so I started looking for new options. I really loved that car, but was looking for a bit of a change of pace. I still wanted a four-door sedan with decent horsepower, but was pretty open. The two things I really wanted […]