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    Tales of Woe, and Not Learning Lessons

    July 25th, 2008 by Stephen

    Posted in Global Microbrand, New Media, Viral Marketing, Web 2.0/Media |

    If you're new here, Welcome! To learn more about what this site is all about click here [link].

    Connect with Stephen at LinkedIn - Click hereProductivity Tools and DIY Calendars - Click hereI am a small business Conversation Consultant and public speaker that uses the power of the internet to leverage your success. Productivity in Context is a web magazine focused on Productivity and tools for organizing. Make this your headquarters for improving your life and work through increased mindfulness, education, and workflow practices.

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    Please contact me via e-mail: stephen @ hdbizblog dot com

    Thanks for visiting!

    Kris had a problem with Xerox recently:Accountability – The Tale of the Xerox Free Color Printers Program | Fresh Focus……

    Let me tell you a story about accountability, regarding the Xerox corporation. I am a member of the Xerox Free Color Printers program. This program provides a free printer to anyone, as long as you reach an agreed-upon monthly quota, report your usage every month, and buy all your supplies from them. I knew all that when I signed my contract and knew I would have no problems maintaining the requirements.If you did not maintain your usage requirement, you got fined $100. If you failed to report, you got fined $125. I knew that going in.

    Too bad that Xerox didn’t learn from this [link].

    Kris, you should DM Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine!

    If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/6qwxy9. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen


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    Productivity Tools and More

    May 28th, 2008 by Stephen

    Posted in E-book, Entrepreneur, New Media, Viral Marketing, Web 2.0 |

    My friend Leo from ZenHabits has put together something new and exciting, an e-book resource called Web Warrior Tools . This new project is a partnership with blogger Glen Stansberry from LifeDev.

    Billed as a set of ‘ridiculously useful e-book guides to everything’, Leo and Glen begin with these 4 titles:

    1. The Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting - a “how-to” book for learning about podcasting. I am especially interested in this one!

    2. Email Zen- e-mail management with a twist.

    3. The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs - a basic financial planning resource, it’s never to early to think about retirement!

    4. Secrets to a Healthy Life - Tips and advice for people that want to jump-start a healthy lifestyle.

    This is just the beginning of what is going to be an extensive library of e-books. The e-books are inexpensive ($9 or less), they’ve been well-designed and are written by experienced bloggers. There is even a preview of them right on the site to get a feel for them before you buy them.

    Leo and Glen are on the cutting edge of Web 2.0 with Web Warrior Tools. I believe that joining together to create this resource is going to be the first in a series of new business ideas that hit the internet this year. You can even get involved as a Web Warrior Tools affiliate.

    If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/5mvqf7. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen


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    Friday Morning Zen

    May 2nd, 2008 by Stephen

    Posted in Blogger Interviews, Community, Follow Your Dream, Friday Morning Zen, GTD, Levenger, Viral Marketing |

    If it’s 10:00 on Friday, I am at this Zen Temple.

    Watch for some fun pics and perhaps a video of Phil, Stephen, Susan and me.

    I can’t promise any more posts until Monday. Please come back and check out the SOBCon after-action report.

    If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/6yvlon. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen


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    Check out Alltop

    April 17th, 2008 by Stephen

    Posted in Community, Links, Viral Marketing |

    Alltop, all the cool kids (and me)News flash! Productivity in Context has been added to the Alltop feed site. It is listed as HD Bizblog, and you can check it out here. This is a thrill for me, as there are a lot of cool blogs listed here.

    There are a lot of categories and lists of blogs on all sorts of topics, check out the homepage. Be sure to let them know that you enjoy these posts and help me move up to the top!

    If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/59sd7c. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen


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