Yesterday, Patch (the hyper local news publisher funded by America Online) launched a Westwood, Massachusetts site–the 11th town so far in Massachusetts. I met the editor and am impressed that they are making an effort to cover the news in this town of 15,000–potentially filling the void left when the Daily News Transcript stopped being [...]
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Business Planning
As I formalized the business organization for Dave Atkins Media, Inc., I learned a few things I am going to share here–sort of a corollary to my popular post on What I’ve Learned about Unemployment in Massachusetts. But First Things First Until you are seriously committed to starting a business, you don’t need to do [...]
I can plan, but I can also do. I posted my approach to strategy consulting a while ago, but then I realized, anyone can say that stuff. Listen to the client, help them. How hard is that? But I thought it might be useful to list some specific things I can do…things that presume a [...]
So, if you find typos…don’t even tell me. I have standardized my online identity around “daveatkins” but I need something to hand people when I meet them. So here we go: The backside of the card is simple and to the point: So, I’m banking on twitter to be around for at least 250 cards… [...]
The first rule of internet business is to find someone else who has done something similar to what you want to do and copy it. That’s because success is in the execution, not the idea. Many people have great ideas, but the truly great idea is figuring out how to make it work. As I [...]
Great writing is fueled by passion. It’s not just about organizing content and resources so they can be found; I believe the essence of connecting with people is to find the core emotional themes that matter–to identify what makes the content not only relevant and interesting, but necessary from a writer’s perspective. We must identify [...]
I want 5 minutes of your day. As I think about the content behind this resource for creative and innovative living, I realize my blog currently asks a lot from its readers. I’m verbose, and, as a consumer, I would not have the patience to regularly read DaveWrites. Cool People Care is based on the [...]