I’ve always if you want to enhance your success, increase your failure rate. Now my friend, Barbara Weltman, has written a new e-book called Smooth Failing. Through extensive interviews with entrepreneurs whose ventures fail for a variety of reasons – some stunningly unexpected, some painfully inevitable – Weltman gleans valuable insights about the small mistakes […]
I was extremely touched to receive an e-mail from a young lady in India who had read, and was reacting to, a column I wrote years ago called “The Trouble With Kids Today.” In that article, I commented on the lack of entrepreneurial spirit and drive in a younger generation accustomed to having things given […]
Nearly every day, someone asks my advice on the best way to promote their business or themselves. I get the question at speaking engagements, at the office and, yes, sometimes at home. I don’t mind at all, because I’ve always got a good answer: Write a book. “A book?” some say — with obvious horror. […]
Building a Following is a Marathon, Not a Sprint, Says Corporate Exec-Turned-Novelist If you want people to read your book, you have to be more than a talented storyteller or researcher – you will need plenty of persistence, says Darlene Quinn, a 75-year-old award-winning novelist whose passion for the written word trumped her lucrative position […]
Google’s algorithm is the secret formula it uses to rank websites, and decide whether they appear on page 1 or 35 in search results. Google continually updates and refines it to provide users with the best possible search results. Recently, Google implemented the most extensive changes to its algorithm in a long time. We’ve watched […]