Just a quick reminder to Montreal entrepreneurs, technologists, angel investors, venture capitalists and others interested in entrepreneurship and technology — the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is tomorrow.
Normally it would have been today (2nd Tuesday of every month) but I had to postpone it for a day.
Same location as always: Bistro, Etc.
Same time as always: 9am.
See you tomorrow morning!
Hopefully you know which of your customers spends the most money. And you might have some additional anecdotal evidence about them, but you probably haven’t dug deep enough.
Blog Carnivals are a great way of increasing traffic, getting links and building your audience.
I started a Blog Carnival of Entrepreneurs at Startup Spark which is still going strong today.
Although I don’t always remember to submit my posts to blog carnivals (a simple reminder in my calendar would do the trick!) I’ve gone through a few recently, and wanted to mention them:
I love linkbait. Whether you’re linking to A-list bloggers or new bloggers that fit your niche doesn’t matter. Linking to get people’s attention is a great strategy.
But don’t stop there. The people you’ve linked to might not notice the link. And that defeats much of the reason for linking in the first place. If you’re using WordPress it will send a trackback to other WordPress users: assuming they allow them, and it doesn’t get caught in their spam filter. So you shouldn’t rely on WordPress to ensure that people notice your links.
How big is your ego? Too big? Too small? Just right?
We’re probably not the best judges of our own ego and whether it’s the right size to be a great leader. After all, our egos would get in the way and skew our judgment. But we certainly should recognize the importance of ego and its role in leadership.
Although ego isn’t a leadership skill it’s certainly one of the most important elements of measuring leadership. As Steven Smith, author of egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability) points out in an interview with Guy Kawasaki:
“There are other important elements on the leadership ‘table,’ but ego has the most weight—in large part because of the affect it has on everything else.”
I'm Benjamin Yoskovitz, CEO & Co-Founder of Standout Jobs. I've been an entrepreneur in the Web for 10+ years, with a particular focus on blogging and social media for the last two. This blog covers my topics of interest, including startups, entrepreneurship, business, blogging and social media. You'll also find content on personal development, productivity and marketing.
