The Four Hour Work Week Project - Allison Reynolds

Allison Vs Rolls Royce (or why I bought a .co domain)

I have always wanted to own Allison.com. Alas the chances of me doing so depends on Rolls Royce going out of business and I don’t wish that on them at all. You see, back in 94 they acquired Allison Engines a US motor company and the .com domain. They stuck an auto redirect on it [...]

Turning Up

Phew! For the last two weeks I have been laying low and not talking or posting anything about the Reality Challenge; and for good reason. I had to make sure that the people participating actually turned up under their own steam. That might seem like an unwelcoming kind of way to run things, but to get [...]

The Reality Challenge

If you are not aware of Ed Dale ‘s The Challenge (formally the Thirty Day Challenge) then please check it out so you know what I am talking about. For those that have participated you probably know who I am, a short refresher. I have completed the last 4 challenges and have been a moderator [...]

Niche Wars

If you are positioning yourself as a market leader then you are bound to hit some negative people along the way. Whether you are the brazen “newcomer” or the entrenched expert, there will be someone, sooner or later, who is going to disagree with you. So what do you do? Be Professional, Always One thing [...]

Just Keep Swimming

One thing you need to run an internet business is occasional access to…the internet. Alas that was sorely missing on my almost week away, with a massive degradation in wireless signal reducing access to less than dial-up speeds. Rather than get pissy about the whole thing, I spent the time thinking through how I could further increase [...]

Setting Up A Business In A Weekend

A long weekend that is. A stray comment from Kim McGuiness (managing director of Network Central) at a networking lunch this week has prompted me to try a little experiment. Kim was talking about how she sees me on Twitter doing my Twitter thing and how “good” I seem at using it to communicate and [...]

Are You A Stupid Business Owner?

This week showed me that there are still people out there that do not get how collaborating within their niche is a win-win and not something to be feared. Currently I am working on creating a Sphynx cat site network because, I hope you know, I just love the breed . One area I have [...]

Choked (Part 2)

Yesterday I left you wondering what could possibly go wrong with my blog’s Google Page rank when I hadn’t touched the blog in any way at all in over six months. I gave a huge clue in the post because the issue isn’t about the drop in Google Page rank at all, though it is [...]

Choked

I was running my website stats (using the bestest tool in the world Market Samurai )when I noticed something really odd. This blog’s Google Page Rank had taken a drastic tumble, from 4 to zero. I silently went crazy inside. WTF had happened? Sure I hadn’t been posting as much as I sometimes do but [...]

The Quality of Rest

I was listening to the latest Harvard Business Review Ideas Podcast on the way to work this morning. This podcast is one that would be dear to the hearts of all those productivity specialists out there because it is an interview with Tony Schwartz, author of The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize [...]