Kent Blumberg

Reduce your FOPP* time

Time is the only thing you cannot create, borrow, steal or buy. If you waste your time Fixing Other People's Problems (FOPP time), it's gone. Gone for good. If you own or run a business, FOPP time, time spent doing things your subordinates should be doing, keeps you from focusing on the growth you so earnestly desire. If you'd like to spend less FOPP time and more Growth time, try these suggestions.

Paul Chaney on maximizing your marketing dollar via the web

Just a quick link to a recent post by Paul Chaney on Five Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollar Via the Web.  I heard Paul speak on this topic last Thursday and loved the simplicity of his approach.  Great stuff here for any business in 2009.

50 free small-business tools

In the January 2009 issue, Entrepreneur magazine lists 50 free tools to help you start and run your business.  Have a look!