How You Can Help The Self-Employed Without Buying From Them

We often hear about ways small business is help through things like Angel Investors, small business loans, etc. However those usually involve larger sums of money, sometimes with a $10,000 minimum (not that I wouldn’t like such a gift) but what I am thinking of is your more people and society in general can support [...]

Opportunities I am looking for

As you may be aware this business is in a transitional phase. We are getting out of the web design business directly but instead home to work with many great companies who provide this service. Other than the help of a virtual assistant who is fielding some of my calls and a few other tasks [...]

Feeling kinda Scrappy!

Monday and Tuesday of this week was interesting to say the least. My wife had been temporarily working as a waitress on a part-time basis at a local Waffle House Restaurant. Sunday evening/Monday morning she had to work a rare third shift (9 pm – 7 am) I decided to stay up a bit and [...]

Warning fellow small business owners

Over the past year and currently I am learning a tough lesson. Because of some lean times during the past year we were advised to take bigger disbursements instead of having a payroll check cut. Yes, the payroll check we have been very tiny but taxes would have been paid and I would not owe [...]

Showcasing an organization and small business with photography

Wed, April 10, 2009 I had the opportunity to use my photography and Photoshop skills to help promote an organization and a business. During the lunch hour I was invited to be the photographer for the GSATC Luncheon. I had a chance to not only photography the speaker but also the various visitors to the [...]

Bartering for New Media Mentoring?

My wife, Heather is restarting her music instruction business (Piano and voice lessons) and just wrote a post on her blog about bartering for services and well I am also open to the same thing with caveats of course. Recently I announced a summer 2009 donation special for those things that typically take an hour [...]

Unraveling to Understand – Episode 3

In this episode I talk about working with a client, Cinderella’s Cleaning. I talk about a recent photography shoot I did for the GSATC, a short term job I will be working on soon and I continue to talk about the future direction of this company. Unraveling to Understand: Episode 3

Our rebranded podcast – Unraveling to Understand – Episode 1

We are rebranding our podcast and blog from Harmonious New Media to Unraveling to Understand. This reflects the changes we are making in this company and our desire to help clients unravel the complexities of new media technology and understand how they can effectively communicate with current and potential clients about their products and services. [...]

Making Commitments During Tough Times

As a lot of you are aware economic times are tough and they are not for the wimpy. As a business owner I am learning a lot of lessons during these times and for that I am thankful. Some of the tough times our business is going through is not necessarily a result of the [...]

The Best Decisions We Have Made as a Business – An Overview

Time to start another series. I began writing a blog post last night about ONE of the best decisions we have ever made as a company but this morning while I was doing a few things in the kitchen I began to things as I usually do when I am working on a mundane activity [...]