Top Tips From A Man in Black

Why a MIB-Man In Black? Am I a well-dressed alien enforcement agent? A dark soulful country singer? No, but I have been told I look good in black clothing–be it a black dress shirt, turtleneck, tuxedo or everyday black suit. What is it about the “color” black? The other day I wore a black button-down [...]

How Mindmapping Works For Me

I have been using a piece of software I acquired a while back called ConceptDraw Office one of the main features of Concept Draw is some great mind mapping software. When I was first exposed to mindmapping a few years back I admit that at the time I thought it was just a bunch of [...]

Brain Applications “Software” To Make You More Efficient and productive

It’s been a while since I posted anything, way too long as a matter of fact but you might say I have been going through a time of self discovery and realizing that old habits, fears and ways of thinking have not been working for me and not only impacting me but those around me. [...]

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 [...]

When you say, "I should have gone into 'such and such' business"

I often find myself observing another business and saying to myself, “Wow, I should have gone into ‘such and such’ business.” Does that mean that I feel stupid or feel I have made a mistake for going into the business I already run? No, but I am usually observing a process or admiring that the [...]

Moving out of the office sale

I’m in the process of moving out of my office at 528 Howell Road Suite 10 in Greenville,SC . Since I don’t currently have a new location set and I don’t want to move these items back to the house I am putting them up for sale. If Interested please let me know. I needed [...]

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 [...]

Introducing our virtual assistant

SpinningSilk Multimedia would like to introduce Cindy Rogers. Cindy we be answering our main business line and other duties. This will be helpful during this time of transition as well change our business focus. SpinningSilk Multimedia is helping Cindy and her husband Bill Rogers with their own business ventures through photography, a basic web site [...]

Twitter – It's a whole LOT more than you think

Just came across an very interesting image showing Twitter at the center and all the services and applications that surround it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/3570379944/sizes/o/ This shows several things; How deep a a niche a business can explore A simple tool and have multiple uses Ideas for partnering with existing companies to do something innovative It’s more than [...]

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 [...]