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How to build confidence as a new entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur, confidence is everything. But if you’re just starting out, it can be hard to develop it naturally. In this guide, we’ll explore how to build confidence as an entrepreneur, to help...
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Envision, believe and obtain — meet author Gabe Smith
Few of us have had to overcome adversity like Gabe Smith. Growing up in Washington DC, Gabe had to claw his way out of misfortune — and that’s exactly what he did. “I was homeless,” he recalls, “but I...
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When are business taxes due and how can you prepare now?
This article was originally published on Aug. 18, 2017, and was updated on Jan. 10, 2019, and Jan. 15, 2020. As the expression goes, “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Everyone knows you have...
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How to write an email that people will read
When you learn the best practices for how to write an email for your business, you gain a lot of power. You can create a connection with your audience, build trust and authority, and even generate...
View ArticleThere Is No Future of Tech Without Modern Software Delivery
The future of tech will shape how your business thrives in the coming years. But without a foundation of modern software delivery, embracing new technologies and business transformations becomes even...
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NamesCon Global covers all things domains in Austin
At the end of January, domain enthusiasts from all around the world will converge on Austin, Texas, for NamesCon Global — an annual conference all about domain names. NamesCon Global 2020 is slated...
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All Systems Go: How Event-Driven Architecture Aids in Your Software Design
We discuss using Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture to rocket-boost your software design. Designing software systems that deliver value better, faster, and cheaper is a complex affair. So...
View ArticleHow Quantum Computing Will Impact Healthcare
Quantum computing is no longer a thing of science fiction. The technology is here, now. Healthcare is one industry that holds a lot of potential to integrate quantum. If you watch the news at all,...
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How to create a newsletter editorial calendar
Have you ever jumped out of bed in the middle of the night in a panic because you just remembered that your email newsletter is supposed to go out in seven hours? If you had a newsletter editorial...
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How to write a sales email in 5 steps
If you aren’t exactly sure how to write a sales email that connects with customers or prospects, you’re in the right place. We’re going to outline sales email tips that you can implement in five steps...
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We’re handing off the Broken Link Checker and P3 plugins. Here’s why.
We’ve grown a bit in recent years. We’ve also continued to accelerate on WordPress. We simplified our WordPress onboarding, created new WordPress themes, launched more site management tools, and...
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How to write irresistible web design proposals that win clients
Writing a world-class web design proposal can sometimes feel like pulling teeth. After all, you got into freelance web design to spend time designing great websites, not to spend all your time on...
View ArticleA Few Nuggets of Wisdom from AWS re:Invent 2019
We share a few insights from the AWS re:Invent 2019 conference, focusing on points that will improve pain points and build on existing solutions. This year was my second attending AWS re:Invent. What...
View Article[Podcast] Rebooting Business Strategy
In this episode of the Centric Biz and Tech Talks podcast, we talk with Centric Consulting founder Larry English about reevaluating your business strategy. It’s a cliché the world is changing faster...
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9 best practices to follow when creating a newsletter
The email newsletter is considered to be one of the best, most effective ways of reaching your customers. Unlike most other forms of advertising and marketing — broadcast advertising, billboards,...
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Email design 101 — How to create a beautiful email
Email is one of the primary and most successful marketing tools available to small businesses and entrepreneurs. But what most of us struggle with, being we are not “designers,” is how to create an...
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Alexa, How’s the Surf? Transformed for Today’s Chatbot Technologies
In the third part of our “Alexa, How’s the Surf?” blog series, I explain how I transformed an Alexa Skill into a serverless, microservice, multi-modal chatbot platform. Part three in a series....
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8 email marketing trends you need to know for 2020
There’s no doubt that email is a key part of every business marketing strategy and, as such, email marketing trends are worth studying. In a survey conducted by emarsys and WBR Digital, retailers...
View ArticleMagic Monday: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
This Magic Monday, we think about the question “What am I doing for others?” In a blog post from The Story of Stuff Project, they conveyed a scene from “Parting the Waters: America in the King Years...
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How to recognize symptoms of entrepreneur burnout and what to do
I know a thing or two about entrepreneur burnout, unfortunately. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was March 2016, and I had been letting work pile up and didn’t have any energy or passion to...
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