It may sound like a cliché, but nothing is truer for business owners: You’re only as good as your employees. And because nothing’s ever easy, few challenges are more delicate than keeping valuable employees happy and motivated. To read more, see my post over at @inc at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/10-things-you-should-do-to-keep-your-employees-happy-every-day.html
-
-
Video Strategies That Won’t Bankrupt Ya’
For a simple guide to getting your message in front of customers by offering the type of content they want to consume, check out my latest article on Inc.com at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/5-video-strategies-that-can-grow-your-business-without-spending-a-mint.html
-
12 Years And Counting!
12 years ago today I posted my first article on this site. My publisher at the time thought I should have a website, so I made one. And after over 3,500 posts, I’ve watched the industry change so much! I have always written about what I do. Because of that, the past couple of years have seen a slight shift from Apple device management (I mean, I still write about that when I feel like it) to more technical management and leadership articles. These days I also have contributions scattered all over the place, from publishing code on GitHub, to writing about technology and leadership for Huffington Post, to Entrepreneurism…
-
MacJury Holiday Gift Guide
Chuck Joiner was kind enough to have me on MacVoices again, this time an episode focused on Holiday Gift Guides. I’d tried to stay sub-$50 but then Chuck totally stole some of my selections. We laughed. We cried. Hope you enjoy!
-
My Latest Inc.com Article On Not Letting Those Huge New Clients Put Ya’ Out Of Business
You work for weeks, months, or years to build a business that is killing it. Then you get a huge new customer. You feel like you’ve been put on the map. But then the reality sets in. Maybe you won the business because you’re innovative, less expensive, faster, etc. But now you start getting completely destroyed by the overhead of making those sweet, sweet dollars from that new customer. Wouldn’t it have been great to have known about a few things to ask about? My response includes a few tips on how to work with them, that just might save you some serious margin!. Check it out at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/how-to-work-with-big-companies-without-getting-caught-in-red-tape.html.
-
Potential Goldmines: 5 Social Networking Sites You’ve Never Heard Of
My first piece on Inc.com is up at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/potential-goldmines-5-social-networking-sites-youve-never-heard-of.html and deals with Social Networks that you might not consider social networks. I should probably do a follow-up on fair play on them… Either way, hope you enjoy.
-
My Slide Deck From MacSysAdmin
Here’s my deck from MacSysAdmin, if you’re interested in such things. macsysadmin2016
-
Signs You’ve Hit Your Stride In IT
My latest post is up over on Huffington Post. It starts a little like this: You work hard, you work harder, and then you get a montage. The montage starts when you get hit in the face with a pizza by the other engineers on your team. Then you get a little better as Bon Jovi or Tina Turner belt out a power ballad just for you. Then things start to click. You catch the bugs before you compile, you close all the tickets in your queue, and finally you get carried out of the office door on the shoulders of your coworkers, given the key to the city, and…
-
Episode 11 Of The MacAdmins Podcast
-
Exploring Why Technology Initiatives Fail On Entrepreneur
It’s funny how you write an article exploring why technology initiatives fail and it ends up becoming another list article. But at least the spirit of the thing survived editorial. And a special thanks to the editors of this piece for making it more accessible! To read more on my perspectives around why various technology initiatives fail, see https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/280652.