Today’s guest post is written by  Ingrid Abboud aka ‘Griddy.’. Well lookie here – it seems I get to hang out at Aunt Gini’s house again. It’s been a while since  I totally ignored her 500 word limit rule for guest posts my last visit. Oh, and here’s a head’s up – I’ve thrashed the word limit this time round as well! Sorry Gin – but Lisa said I could muwahaha! Lisa’s note: Nuh-uh. deny such claims.). The Art of Saying No: In Life and Business. There’s even a couple written on this blog that touch upon the subject. Why We Say No. MORE >>

Last week I asked via Twitter what the shelf life of a blog post was. got some interesting answers. The essence was that there is no shelf life-they last forever. In marketing, digital marketing, email marketing, and social media marketing our success needs to be measured by both hard and soft metrics. Often times we are urged or encouraged to fail fast and fail often because that’s the best way to learn and the secret to digital marketing success. Let’s make sure that we can add an element of longevity to digital content that extends beyond the lifespan of the campaign. MORE >>

Moses with Muchiri, MtoPanga, Mombasa Oct 10th 2011. I’ve never been left with such a strong sense of enterprise and innovative thinking as I have now after this past week in Coastal Kenya. In fact I asked Muchiri if he’d been specifying some high standards for the introductions made to various cyber cafe owners or was it that we just happened upon the amazing crowd of people that we did. He had a thriving business around creative services – graphic design, screen printing, photo touch ups etc right down printing your choice of photograph onto a ceramic mug for you. MORE >>

If you really care about a craft, you'll want to be consistent about it and maintain high quality. That goes for athletic pursuits, hobbies, careers, family, or whatever provides you with reward for effort well done. For me, after several thousand blog posts poured into this site for more than five years, gaps are noticed. I'd like to make up some story about how I took ten days off from blogging out of respect for Steve Jobs' passing , but that'd be nonsense. So would any belief that I'm overworked and overtired. What's changed, at least in the short term, is what I consider valuable. MORE >>

Has the versatility of the iPad left you searching the app store for that perfect solution to your busy business life? The iPad has developed into a solution for almost every problem you can come across, heck, you can even order Chipotle to-go on this thing! Have you really utilized the full potential of this super-tablet though? There are numerous apps to increase your daily productivity. They range from note-taking, to virtual computer control, to file synching and more; and just like the iPad, they’re so user friendly you’ll think you invented them yourself. Evernote. Close the Smart Cover. MORE >>