Apple has been granted a new patent for it’s iWork Numbers application. You might want to take a look at it.
It relates to when you want to copy data into a new chart that the new data is associated with the old data into a new data set.
That’s business.
Do you have a Mac and want to make some money? Do you have skills or talents that are underutilized? Are you just itching to do something more with your life?
I’m putting on a FREE Hour Seminar for those that have Macs that are considering starting their own business. From your “idea” to your “Grand Opening” I will walk you through the necessary steps to get started. I will cover:
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As an entrepreneur you either have time or have money, but usually not both. Later on as your business grows you’ll trade time for money by allowing others to do things they are better at than you are to free you up to do what you do best. But in the beginning if you don’t have the money then you have to do things yourself. But how can you save yourself time and money? Let’s take a look.
Buy Templates. You can take a look at Brad Gosse’s magazine templates and purchase them and make the adjustments you need and then create the documents. He has some great ideas and flair for this thing called marketing. Getting his templates will save you time, especially as low the price is for them.
I got an email yesterday out of the blue from someone I did not know who is the “Online Marketing Specialist” from this business. When you first get an email from someone you hope it is from someone you know, that you have previously connected with in some fashion or form so that you can at least begin to relate. But this was not the case here.
Here’s what was said in their first two paragraphs, I’ve added my comments in parenthesis:
One of the most crucial points of any startup or entrepreneurial business is how to price your products or services. During a recent radio interview with Kristin Tews she asked my thoughts about pricing your product and we got into a short discussion, but it needs to be clarified for those that listened to the interview what I was referring to. I was referring to the tendency to “drive toward the dirt of pricing” versus her thought about “no one will pay $80,000 for your services if they’re worth $40,000,” two ends of the sliding scale of the price continuum, not one side or another. So here’s an illustration.
“House for Sale.” One of the easiest ways of seeing pricing in action is watching the selling price of a house, so here’s an example:
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Here’s a great seven minutes on Direct Response Marketing vs Image Advertising by David Ogilvy. He says that results are better than creativity.
Here’s a short few minutes three lessons from David Ogilvy.
Here’s almost an hour long conversation with David Ogilvy interviewed by John Crighton in 1977. Here’s a great quote, “Most organizations use research as a drunkard uses a lamppost as support and not for illumination.”
When you become a startup entrepreneur you move from “idea” to “what’s your numbers” to find out where you are in your life and business goals.
Here’s a great link by KBJOnline (she’s a Mac fan girl to boot 
) to a guest blog post It’s the Numbers….Stupid! 3 Tips for Justifying Social Media Now and Beyond knowing numbers that affect your business and include social media.
