Archive of posts from July 2019

Daily Post #0597 • July 31 2019 • Experience

When Sales Stops Working

What do you do when ‘sales’ stops working in your (otherwise) sustainable business?

Daily Post #0596 • July 30 2019 • Experience

Strategy VS Hard Work

If we have the right business strategies, can we circumvent the need for hard work?

Daily Post #0595 • July 29 2019 • Experience

Carry The Curse Of Quality

Every time I make something, I’m haunted by this.

Daily Post #0594 • July 28 2019 • Momentum

More Important Than Profit

“Why is profit not the most important thing to your business?”

Daily Post #0593 • July 27 2019 • Experience

Social Good VS Shareholders

Doing good has always been hard.

Daily Post #0592 • July 26 2019 • Experience

Ads Don’t Work Anymore, Right?

We see 10,000 ads a day, according to Forbes. Ten thousand.

Daily Post #0591 • July 25 2019 • Momentum

How Do You Measure Progress?

We all measure progress a little differently, don’t we? Consider these scenarios…

Daily Post #0590 • July 24 2019 • Experience

The Customers You’re Turning Away

You’re turning customers away without realizing it.

Daily Post #0589 • July 23 2019 • Craft

The Replaceable Parts Of Your Cause-Driven Business

Which pieces are the replaceable parts of your cause-driven business?

Daily Post #0588 • July 22 2019 • Experience

Delaying Purpose

There’s a popular Forbes article doing the rounds at the moment, citing that social enterprises must put purpose second in order to survive.

Daily Post #0587 • July 21 2019 • Experience

Improve Your Website With Your Phone

Fascinating thing about website owners…

Daily Post #0586 • July 20 2019 • Experience

Social Proof VS Ego Stroke

Your social-conscious or sustainable brand has a website.

Daily Post #0585 • July 19 2019 • Experience

Optimizing For The Wrong Customer

Hey, we all do it.

Daily Post #0584 • July 18 2019 • Momentum

Why You’re Avoiding Progress

We all do it.

Daily Post #0583 • July 17 2019 • Momentum

Underestimate Your Competition

Why would you underestimate your competition? Isn’t that how you get overtaken?

Daily Post #0582 • July 16 2019 • Experience

Unnatural Marketing

Ever experienced marketing that feels ‘natural’ to you? Like it talks your language?

Daily Post #0581 • July 15 2019 • Craft

Increase Is Our Responsibility

If you’re a cause-driven or sustainable business, it’s time to change your relationship with sales.

Daily Post #0580 • July 14 2019 • Craft

Make Your Products Different, But Not Too Different

This may sound like a staunch aversion to innovation…

Daily Post #0579 • July 13 2019 • Experience

What’s A Simpler Way Of Doing That?

Most businesses have a resistance to the question, “What’s a simpler way of doing that?”

Daily Post #0578 • July 12 2019 • Experience

What Businesses Can Learn From Trump Fans

Whether you love him or hate him…

Daily Post #0577 • July 11 2019 • Experience

Will They Tell Their Friends?

It’s one thing for someone to like a product or service of yours…

Daily Post #0576 • July 10 2019 • Experience

But My Competition Doesn’t Do That

Most industries, be it ethical fashion on cybersecurity, have a thinking problem.

Daily Post #0575 • July 09 2019 • Experience

You’re A Designer Now

If you run a sustainable or cause-driven company, congratulations: you’re a designer now.

Daily Post #0574 • July 08 2019 • Resilience

Trade Your Fear

Working on a sustainable or cause-driven business is full of fear.

Daily Post #0573 • July 07 2019 • Experience

Giving Your Service A Try

How do you ask the marketplace to give your product or service a try?

Daily Post #0572 • July 06 2019 • Experience

You Don’t Have An Attention Problem

Do you think your brand needs more attention?

Daily Post #0571 • July 05 2019 • Experience

Better Marketing Requires Saying No

We’re our own worst enemies in marketing.

Daily Post #0570 • July 04 2019 • Narrative

Storytelling For Those Who Can’t Tell Stories

I’m not really very good at telling stories.

Daily Post #0569 • July 03 2019 • Experience

Service as Second Nature

Some companies seem to find good customer service really easy and stress-free.

Daily Post #0568 • July 02 2019 • Craft

Lake Como Merchant

Walking around Lake Como, I noticed a trend that plagues good online stores manifesting, in real life:

Daily Post #0567 • July 01 2019 • Craft

Being

What are three key things you can do to make your website world-class in your choice of market?

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