I received this exact email in my inbox a few months ago (formatting and content preserved). Hi {{First Name}}. I’m [My Name], a [College Name] student from [City]. In the past three years, I’ve helped my clients generate an additional $250,000 in revenue, and have worked for major brands across Canada and the United States through my web development agency, [COMPANY]. I came across your [INDUSTRY] site, and it hasn’t been updated since [YEAR]. Here’s…
I asked a question on a forum last week and the next day I had received a badge for asking the question. Not helping with the question. Not answering the question. Not solving the question. But I got a badge because I asked the question. This wasn’t a revolutionary question either – more of a – how do you do this because what I’m reading doesn’t work. Anyone can ask a question on a community…
If you’re working with a team and no one is following you then you haven’t done the work necessary to reach them. If you haven’t done the work necessary to reach them, then you are focusing on the wrong things. If you are focusing on the wrong things, your team doesn’t know what to work on next. If your team doesn’t know what to focus on next, they are going to produce “meh” work. If…
I don’t have a demo, but there are a few people I know who this is their thing, this is what they strive towards and toil on, late in the evening and early the morning. Will you listen to my demo? Will you take time out of your day to listen to everything that I have poured into this one cassette, CD, DVD, MP3, iTunes song. There is something great about having someone approach you…
We put way too much stock into working about the Days of the Week and the “core” hours that go along with it. If I can, I make every day of the week different – sometimes I do a drop-off, other times I take my time, I might take a bus or drive, I go into different offices. There are days I work like a madman from seven till noon and then stop for the…