Reading Time: < 1 minI recent had an interesting conversation with a developer from another web agency. He was showing me a site they had just launched, and it looked great! However, I quickly noticed there was no SSL on the site, so it was showing “not secure” at the top. It’s an important thing to have these days, […]
Trust
Make the personal connection, or why Liberty Mutual is much better to us than Allstate
Reading Time: 3 minEarly in the morning of August 20, 2011, our neighbors tree fell across both of our cars. The tree had been leaning for years, and did some serious damage (but not quite enough to total them). We called Allstate, they had us call Marietta Tree Service (who was great!), and we started the process of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Think before you donate, for sure
Reading Time: 3 minYou’ve undoubtedly seen this image passed around on Facebook during the holiday season, but virtually every claim in the image is false. I’m not sure why someone is presenting the info like this, but let’s dig in. The American Red Cross Claim: President and CEO Marsha J. Evans’ Salary for the year was $651,957 Plus expenses […]
Do you REALLY trust your system?
Reading Time: 2 minAs I continue to grow in my use of GTD, I’m discovering just how important the trust factor with your system can be. David Allen says that you need to really trust your system for it to work. You can say you trust it all you want, but that’s irrelevant. When it comes down to […]
Verizon’s math skills are deteriorating
Reading Time: < 1 minI have Verizon Wireless for my cell phone and I’m reasonably happy with them. However, they seem to be having a very hard time figuring out what their rates are. First was the very amusing story of George Vaccaro, who couldn’t convince Verizon that $0.02 and $0.0002 were actually different numbers. Now we have a […]
The Gerber Life Grow-Up Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve not looked close enough at this plan to see if it’s anything that parents should do, but I have no confidence in their ability to keep track of money. Check out this chart they show during their commercials: The bar on the left represents $10,000. The one on the right represents $20,000. Notice anything […]