Matt Hopkins Retired early but still writes about business, marketing, personal development and technology.
Pricing your product or service is a difficult process that can involve multiple points of influence – cost, existing market, competitors, etc. But people frequently overlook or perhaps misunderstand the role that value plays in actually achieving any price ultimately set. The typical way we think about a sale Let’s look at both sides of […]
I am trying to improve my response flexibility. I came across this phrase last year and it has really stuck in my mind. Response flexibility is about creating a gap between a trigger and the response to that trigger – allowing you to make a conscious decision about who you respond. “Between stimulus and response […]
The forces that affect salaries for existing employees within a business are not exactly the same as those that affect starting salaries. With existing staff, you have a better understanding of people’s abilities, contribution and abilities. You can more easily compare them to their peers and have the benefit of the framework that you have […]
I’ve been using the Wordfence plugin on my site for about a year and I’m both impressed by it’s capabilities and shocked by the incredible number of hacking attempts on my site that it reports. This plugin really should be standard for any and all WordPress sites in my opinion. Core features First and foremost, […]
It’s all too easy to bash meetings as a manager. They can eat into your day and make you feel like you haven’t completed any “real” work. It’s what good leaders do But what can be more important than speaking with your employees and managers, checking in to make sure all is ok, communicating progress, […]
A couple of my employees were invited to speak at the local university recently to discuss their jobs and their career choices with students. They asked me if I had any advice for them that they could share; they may have regretted that question after 45 minutes of my response. You see, there seems to […]
“Meanwhile” is a great word for helping you (and others) focus on action. Use it as a reminder that although one path may be blocked, there's usually something else that you can be accomplished. It also reminds you that not everything stops while you are waiting, or procrastinating with or without good reason. For example: […]
In marketing, we are all told to clearly identify our ideal customer. We segment, differentiate and profile the people who we think are most likely to buy from us. Typically in any single industry, we have identified the same group of people as our competitors. That’s how it happens right? We all do the […]
It is so easy to become overwhelmed by Twitter. Once you start following more than a 100 people the timeline can quickly become a fast flowing “fire hose” of information. Once you start following more than 500 you could spend all day trying to keep up to date and informed. I think a lot of […]
I don’t listen to the radio. I dislike radio advertising for both the interruption, volume increases, and the overall quality. I also don’t like DJ’s generally – with the possible exception of morning radio shows. I just want to listen to the music – perhaps with some news every now and then. I listen to my own […]