Articles about Advice – Page 9 of 11

PopCap’s John Vechey on the power of listening, and how they turned down a $300M buyout

Entrepreneurs need all sorts of personality traits in order to be effective leaders, from honesty and passion to confidence and… Read More

How to pretend you’re a startup (Hint: call me when you offer stock options)

It’s become depressingly trendy to be a startup. Even the United States Federal Government is out stumping the benefits of… Read More

The Job Decision Matrix: How to make your next big move

Changing jobs can be scary and confusing. Everybody has things that are important to them at a particular point in… Read More

Keeping your workplace culture on the cutting edge

As a tech community, most of us were impacted by the “Great Recession.” As the business climate improves, it’s also… Read More

Productivity Porn: How to achieve ‘inbox zero’ in 60 minutes or less

Whether you perpetually have hundreds if not thousands of emails in your inbox, or you’re coming back from a long… Read More

How to find that special someone: Your co-founder

My fiancee isn’t the jealous type but she likes to joke that I’m already married to my co-founder. Paul and I are… Read More

Productivity Porn: 8 key steps to going paperless

I love paper. I hate paper. Independent of format, print or digital, what I want is information at my fingertips… Read More

Advanced content marketing strategies to take your brand to the next level

You can’t be a marketing professional and NOT create content. In fact, the Content Marketing Institution said so when it… Read More

Hey, startups, users aren’t free

“Seattle’s great at building technology, but we don’t understand marketing. San Francisco’s great at marketing. That’s why great B-to-C companies… Read More

6 do-or-die tactics for Facebook success in 2012

While social sites like Pinterest and Tumblr are growing like wildfire and offering marketers plenty of opportunity to leverage new… Read More

Productivity Porn: 7 tricks for beating procrastination

We procrastinate for a variety of reasons. Fear. Intimidation. Laziness. Distractions. All reasonable obstacles. But if you’re prioritized your tasks… Read More

An advanced guide to using Instagram to build your brand

It’s the pictures, stupid. That’s basically what the people at Facebook will tell you when it comes to the most… Read More

Facebook Timeline: Is your business ready? What KING 5 learned in making the switch

Have you switched your business page to Facebook’s new Timeline yet? The new format becomes mandatory for all Facebook pages with… Read More

7 common SEO mistakes you’ve been making since 1995

As an industry, SEO has been around since 1995, born during the early days of Yahoo. It really began to… Read More

Productivity Porn: 7 ways to achieve work/life balance

Productivity too often can become more than a means to an end. If left unchecked, being more productive can simply… Read More

10 powerful branding insights that will keep your business moving forward

Just because you’ve built a successful company doesn’t mean you can relax. Succeeding in this ever-changing business world demands that… Read More

How to make your customers love you in seven ways

It’s not an exaggeration to say “the customer is king.” Customers are the ones who will pay your bills as… Read More

Productivity Porn: 7 tips to make yourself more efficient right now

You’re busy and don’t have time to read a lengthy intro (especially in a piece about productivity). So let’s get… Read More

Book excerpt: Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership

Editor’s note: Seattle area entrepreneurs David Nilssen and Jeff Levy provide practical advice and tips for those considering starting a new business… Read More

Networking is a good thing to do, but not good enough

In a GeekWire guest post last week, Bob Crimmins said I was “flat wrong” when I advised a group of… Read More

9 bootstrapping ideas for small business publicity

Free publicity is one of the best tools that you can use to promote and grow your small business or… Read More

How do you win Startup Weekend? Follow the money

I had the pleasure of mentoring as many of the 19 teams at Startup Weekend Redmond as our limited time… Read More

Poker pro Phil Gordon’s 6 steps to startup (and gambling) success

Professional poker player and commentator Phil Gordon is coming to Seattle this week, and he’s really looking forward to taking your… Read More

Rand Fishkin: How to earn tons of customers without spending money on crappy ads

One of the most compelling things about SEOMoz co-founder Rand Fishkin is his complete transparency about the entrepreneurial voyage. Not… Read More

Why Glenn Kelman is wrong: A defense of networking

First, a big thanks to Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman for stepping up and delivering a thoughtful and illuminating presentation at… Read More

Zillow’s Rich Barton: Why 50-50 equity splits between co-founders are extremely dangerous

Entrepreneurs need to be flexible and pick themselves up even after things don’t go as planned, because invariably things will… Read More

Spotify’s secret to adding 8,000 paying subscribers a day

Ever since its U.S. debut last year, the popular music listening service Spotify has been adding 8,000 subscribers a day. And… Read More

How a small business can build a billion dollar brand

Do a quick, little experiment with me. Think of your favorite big brand — could be Amazon or Virgin or… Read More

10 steps to building a brand that triples sales and grows customer loyalty

If the past five years have taught us anything, it is that branding is more than just a web presence.… Read More

Can’t find a partner? It’s probably you

When I was in middle school I saw a fantastic one act play called Sure Thing by David Ives. The… Read More