Dial2Do is my new favorite tool to get things done on the go. Let’s start with basics. You can call in, Dial2Do records your message, and you can have it email or text that message to one of your contacts. You can also specify Reminder, and the service will transcribe what you say and email…
The Product: Epson WorkForce 600 all-in-one wireless printer Short and Sweet Review: Great for small workgroups.Who should use it: Small businesses ready to move up from basic printers.Patrick Gevas of Walt and Company sent it to me for a review. I set it up in my home office, where it feels really big, compared to…
I’m cheap. I bought a new laptop for business, but I balk at paying $400 or more extra for software, for a laptop that cost $700. What should I download to install on my new small business laptop? Here are my top picks for no cost programs that are actually useful for the majority of…
Tourism businesses have an array of new tools. Today, I’m talking about those tools at the annual tourism conference of the Red Carpet Country tourism association. When another speaker canceled at the last minute, Jeanne “OkieJ” Cole asked me to fill in. I put together these ideas to share. Here are the links from the…
The Two Week Perspective is a different way to view your schedule. I use Google Calendar. I like the weekly view, but when you’re on Thursday or Friday, mostly you see the past. So I changed to a Two Week view, and made that the default. Now I see more of what’s coming up. I’ve…
One of the perks of blogging has been getting sent books to review. And this time, it’s one I was excited to read, Bounce! by Barry J. Moltz. I read Bounce! while on safari in Namibia. Your attitude toward failure is going to determine a great deal of your success. Moltz has ten building bands…
My plan to redefine failure has a new partner: fellow Oklahoman D. Scott Cooksey, author of Powerful People Overcome Powerful Failures, Your Daily Guide to Becoming Powerfully Successful. Cooksey isn’t shy about owning up to his own failures. We had a great conversation about responding to failure. He gets it. That’s why he wrote such…
Computerized accounting is best when it’s simple, so I was pleased to get this short email from Kevin Reeth: I was reading your blog post today and thought you might be interested in a new web site (http://gobootstrap.com)that offers really simple online bookkeeping for businesses that just don’t get or want to learn accounting (which…
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