Author: Quentin Pain
-
How Can I Get People To Recommend Me?
Have a pen and paper ready. Here’s the problem: “My list of contacts is growing and they seem engaged but they’re not recommending me, how can I get people to recommend me?” If you’ve got this problem, we’ll get it fixed shortly. Bear with me. Here’s the same problem rephrased: “I’ve got this product and it’s really…
-
How Much Does It Cost To Build A Website (Or Anything Else)
Below is a checklist you can go through to find out the value (and fairness) of whatever it is you want to buy but are stuck on (be it a website or anything else). First though, a look at why we get stuck. It matters to know this. Without the technical expertise to value something,…
-
Ambition – Why It’s Good To Want More And How To Get It – By Rachel Bridge
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose” – Dr Seuss The opening chapter of Rachel Bridge’s new book, “Ambition – why it’s good to want more and how to get it” kicks off with that wonderful quote and continues upwards until we…
-
Valuing People Will Always Pay More Than Undervaluing Them
I used the word ‘pay’ on purpose in that headline “Valuing People Will Always Pay More Than Undervaluing Them” since we all seem to be so focused on money – seemingly above everything else. Now that’s easy for me to say, because right now, I have some of the stuff, but what if you don’t?…
-
Agreement or Aggression? Which gets you what you want more easily?
If you want something, the obvious answer to all pacifists, bleeding heart liberals, do gooders, and most intellectuals is to get agreement (ie. not use aggression). Every self-help book on the planet tells you this is so. Almost every psychological study proves it to be the case. Even the idea of the pen being mightier…
-
Is Being Authentic All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
To thine own self be true? Are you quite sure? I recently read an interesting article by Tanisha Howard-James on whether being authentic is actually a good thing. She makes a good point. It got my brain in gear and I came up with a bunch of thoughts on what she had written. My reply…
-
The Amazing Coincidence Of My Super Thursday 8th October Publishing Day Book
By pure coincidence, my book, Legendary, was published on Thursday 8th October 2015. So what! The 8th October is also known as Super Thursday in the publishing world. The reason for that is it’s the international date for the lead up to Christmas in the world of literature and publishing. Everyone and their aunt makes…
-
What To Do When Someone Loses Their Way (on your site!)
You probably read the headline and thought it was some self-help stuff about finding your way in life. Apologies. We’re talking ‘404’ website errors here, the consequences, and how to leverage them to your advantage. If you’re not the slightest bit interested in directing people who got lost on your site then head on over…
-
First They Laugh At You, Then They Tell Everyone They Know You
A number of years ago when I was in the process of changing direction, someone told me I was an idiot. It wasn’t the type of support I was looking for, but it certainly made me make up my mind. Perhaps that’s the Taurus in me. I made the change and it changed my life…