Posts by Micah Choquette
How to set and achieve smart goals
You know why your goals aren’t getting met? They’re dumb. You’re probably making a handful of mistakes: not writing them down, not assigning them a home and almost certainly not reviewing them, outside of at the end of the year, when you get all depressed about how little you actually got done this year while…
Read MoreSix reasons you need a website and not just a Facebook Page
Since I love working with small businesses and small-town businesses, I get asked a lot about one of the most basic questions to having a website: “Why should I have one? How does it benefit me?” Many folks, because they just don’t understand the concept of online marketing, fail to grasp how important a website is to…
Read MoreHow To Get More Value From Your Website
When I first started designing and developing websites back in 2001, the web was just kind of coming into it’s own as a marketing tool for businesses and there wasn’t quite yet a URL on every business card. There was no Twitter. No Facebook. No WordPress. The dot-com crash was beginning to settle heavily on…
Read MoreWhen to quit serving
I’ve always been told that the best way to do business was to serve people. “Find a need and fill it,” they always said. It’s a great formula on the surface. It tends to make you a more sensitive person, more observant to the needs of those around you. It also builds up your faith…
Read MoreProcrastination is the Worst
Procrastination. Some of us are really good at it. I struggle with it almost daily. I’ve found that when something is difficult, I’ll default to procrastination if I’m not careful. I’ve also found that procrastination can be cleverly hidden in a couple of different ways, as well.
Read MoreBring Your A-Game to Your Business Facebook Post
Does it seem like everyone is outscoring you online? You talk to your other colleagues or friends who are business owners and they seem to be having a ton of success with Facebook, while you can only get a “Like” on a good day–nevermind a comment! If you’re a local small business struggling to get…
Read MoreWhy Planning (Too Far) Ahead Can Hurt You
“Change is the only constant in life.” —Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher Have you ever spent months on a project of some sort that had to eventually be scrapped for reasons that were beyond your control? Personally, there’s not much in life that’s more frustrating than for me to dedicate my time and energy into something and…
Read MoreHow to Step Up Your Game in Goal-Setting with One Change
Goal-setting is a weird paradox. It doesn’t sound like it’s a difficult thing to do, but every January people get serious about it, trying to figure out some magic fix or shortcut. Well, this isn’t a post that will give you a shortcut, but it will give you tools and techniques to help you set and…
Read MoreThe No. 1 Way to Stay on Top of Your Goals This Year
This post is publishing the week after Valentine’s Day. Many of you may have already forgotten about your New Year’s Resolutions. By this time, more than 35% of us have abandoned them altogether. Statistically speaking, only 8% of those who set goals for the new year actually reach them.
Read MoreThe Five Words That Radically Changed My Time Management
Five words. That’s all it took was five words to completely change the way I looked at my productivity. For literal years I’ve struggled. I’ve been running my own business since 2003 and during all that time, it’s been a constant tension to manage: the limits of my time versus the people who all wanted a piece…
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