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Eric Svaren

Member since: Nov 10, 2008
Last activity: Jul 17, 2009

  • Fantastic piece, Jennifer. I appreciate the demystification you offer, and the implicit encouragement to get started. Thanks!

    Posted Feb 02, 2009 WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK: Share Your Best Business Ideas with the World by Jennifer Manlowe, PhD, CPC

  • I'll be in Spokane Monday, but I'd like to come to a future meeting. Lisa: Do you plan to hold more?

    Posted Jan 03, 2009 Create Your Week - Mastermind Monday! hosted by Lisa Bradley, CPC

  • Kate, thanks for laying out your hard-won lessons, the challenges you faced and how you dealt with them. I appreciate your candid and unvarnished style, and the content gives me much to think about. --Eric

    Posted Jan 02, 2009 Eight Lessons My Business Taught Me in 2008 by Kate Phillips

  • Dan: I've started Outliers just this week but haven't yet finished it. So far, so good, but I understand there are some inaccuracies in the book, which is troubling.

    Ken: Thanks for your well-reasoned comments. I agree that investing in branding, marketing, and even advertising is essential. And, ironically, a downturn, frees up time to do those things. It is a mistake to draw back on marketing when business is slowing. You and I seem to agree that when work slows, you gotta "get out there" and make yourself visible.

    Posted Nov 28, 2008 3 ways to survive the downturn by Eric Svaren

  • Thanks, Lynn. I'm going to try to put this into practice with my blog this afternoon.

    Posted Nov 25, 2008 Do You Know the 3 Secrets to Writing Killer Headlines? by Lynn Baldwin-Rhoades

  • Thank you, Molly! I love the idea of abadoning ideas that don't improve my quality of life! We are always arriving at conclusions, judgments and interpretations--many of which rule us and harm us. Getting free of those stories opens up great possibilities.

    Posted Nov 25, 2008 Energy and Evidence by Molly Gordon

  • Dan and Lara: Thanks for a very informative event. I "get" Biznik much better and look forward to getting more involved in the community. I also enjoyed getting to know a few fellow Bizniks. I particularly appreciated Dan's explanation of Biznik's strategies for SEO and Web 2.0. Very interesting!

    Posted Nov 19, 2008 Networking the Biznik Way hosted by Lara Feltin

  • Lara, I've heard of people charging for fee events only if you did not show. In other words, it's free if you appear, you pay if you don't. You'd have to charge people in advance and then refund people who actually come. Another route is to charge no-shows after the fact--but I don't know how you make them pay. Maybe suspend their Biznik access? Sounds draconian.

    I think a $5-10 fee is still too little to discourage someone from skipping the event. Maybe $50 would do the trick. I'd pay $50 to come anyway.

    Or, if you fail to show up for an event, you can't sign up for another for 3 or 6 months...

    Perhaps the simplest is to simply overbook the event by 50% and plan than only 2/3 of those who sign up actually show.

    Hmm. That many no shows suggests that I could just show up myself Monday and there'd be room.

    Posted Nov 15, 2008 Networking the Biznik Way hosted by Lara Feltin

  • Looks like these Networking the Biznik Way events fill pretty quickly. I'd like to attend one. When's the next one?

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 Networking the Biznik Way hosted by Lara Feltin