My twice monthly mastermind group was today. I remain ambivalent about it but it’s ok. One of the guys is definitely improving his business slowly and I’m happy about that. The other guy is pretty hopeless. I’m doing some pro bono LinkedIn prospecting for him that will end this week because he doesn’t understand anything … Read more
Today was a pretty quiet day. We didn’t get much cooking done for the week and will see how that works. With everything being on lockdown from the pandemic, it is getting harder to keep track of time.
We finished watching the Tiger King. It continued to be a very interesting show. All of the characters are problematic and flawed. The editing and storytelling are very well done considering the trashy subject matter. Ultimately we can’t imagine anyone in the exotic animal / Tiger trade to be anything but despicable due to the … Read more
There is a LOT to do. I’ll be continuing work on some of it over the weekend. I was finally able to start a website migration in the afternoon and due to technical issues on the existing website and with the web guy who built the site, it took far longer than expected but I … Read more
I closed the deal with the guy I talked to Tuesday that I previously met at WordCamp, MN. Described exactly what he wants to do, quoted a price that made sense, and he paid soon after the call. Another paid email training call with the guy working with me from Oregon. He bought my 3 … Read more
Had some calls. Follow up with the personal chef related contact last week. I can’t quite figure out what her real troubles are. I mean clients don’t want chefs to come in the house. And maybe she really can’t find any commercial kitchens for the chefs to use or any restaurants that want to operate … Read more
More calls. One with an existing client starting her 2nd month of paid consulting calls with me. We talk about marketing. She asks questions. I give sage advice. One with someone I met at WordCamp, MN who wanted to talk and wants help finding clients for his web site building business. I think I can … Read more
Had a couple of calls. One call following up with an existing client who is going to sign up with me to hunt clients for him on LinkedIn. We’ll have our first official meeting about this Wednesday. I need to ask some deeper questions about who he is looking for and all and go over … Read more
I tried to make the Vietnamese soup Pho today. The inspiration was the beef and pork bones in Chris’ freezer from various bulk meat purchases. I chose the oldest 5 pounds and started. Over the last week I had gotten the ingredients I was going to need and started with making the stock. It uses … Read more
I cleaned the front gutters since we are expecting some rain and Chris made breakfast. We all did a little more yard work and I spent a couple hours catching up with this blog. I continue the rather annoying habit of neglecting it for a week and then having to wrack my brain for what … Read more