by chrismilton | Apr 20, 2016 | Personal Development
As many times as I’ve told this story, it just recently hit me. Math got me my first job. Let me explain. I was heading out with a friend on a Friday night, it was 9th grade, and it started to rain. I was equipped, but my buddy was just wearing a t-shirt. Being close...
by chrismilton | Feb 17, 2016 | Business, Sales, Sales & Marketing
Never before have we, as businesses, been able to learn so much about who we want to sell our products and services to. Its amazing how many sales and marketing pros miss the point. Every piece of data is talking to you. Telling you how to craft your pitch and get...
by chrismilton | Feb 11, 2016 | Personal Development
Just recently, one of my friends gave me some great advice about how to make better use of each workday when it seems like you have a million different tasks. The key there is different tasks.We all have a long to-do list, and usually it can feel easier to tackle...
by chrismilton | Sep 15, 2015 | Marketing
Creating Content doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Each of these creates boundaries for you to work within to create awesome content on your website. Creating content with the right mix will drastically improve your conversion rates in every step of your sales...
by chrismilton | Aug 14, 2015 | WordPress
It’s completely acceptable to see a beautiful, fully optimized WordPress website and drool a little. It takes more than just making the decision to build on WordPress and flipping the switch. Great WordPress website take a few good decisions and time to...
by chrismilton | Jun 6, 2015 | Optimization
Content quality truly counts. Both for ranking on search engines and for user engagement. I got it wrong. Initially, I launched with the idea of writing every day. While that is still true, I have quickly realized that I cannot publish every day. The time that it...
by chrismilton | May 31, 2015 | Personal Development
The short: I graduated from high school, went to college by default. Stuck around for 3 semesters, then 7 years later came back to finish my undergrad, a BBA in Business Management. The cliches came to mind when I thought about writing about going...
by chrismilton | May 22, 2015 | Reading List
I’m an advocate for reading. Its not something that I enjoyed for years during school but a strong reading habit is easily reflected in daily communication skills, leads to an increase in productivity and helps in conversation. Although it has been a...
by chrismilton | May 21, 2015 | Marketing
Situation 12:45pm: only a little amount of time to get lunch between meetings. Solution? McDonalds around the corner. Drive Thru makes it easy. Two entrances to the drive thru causing both lines of cars to merge. Left Lane. Right Lane. Left...
by chrismilton | May 20, 2015 | Personal Development
How many times during your day do you forget or almost forget something? For me, it can happen numerous times. To keep track it takes work. Reminders in calendars, notebooks, post-it notes… I even have a weekly playbook for each project that I’ve got on the go so...