Take Time to Recharge

There's a relationship between working and the capacity for more work that works like a battery. Hard work requires time off or you'll become much less efficient in what you're doing. Stephen Covey called it production and production capability. We often focus so much on producing, and yet we rarely take time to actively relax.

Take a few minutes to recharge and share a sunrise with me that was recorded via a Google+ Hangout this morning from Carolina Beach, North Carolina. (I'm personally doing some recharging of my own on vacation with Emily and her family.)

Hanging Out and Talking Squarespace

A few weeks ago I received an email from Carlus Gupton asking for some advice about search engine optimization (SEO) on Squarespace. Since I don't have much extra time for consulting these days, I told Carlus that I wanted to figure out how to help him out while not letting any of my other responsibilities slip. Turns out, Google had the answer in their new Google+ Hangouts. Hang out with me while I cover Carlus's SEO questions, and let's chat about Squarespace, online marketing, and SEO.

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Is the Squarespace 6 Release Right Around the Corner?

An official Squarespace 6 company website was spotted out in the wild this week, listing the pricing and features of the new platform, and proclaiming that the beta is now over and that Squarespace 6 is being readied for customers. Has the long wait finally come to an end? Is the Squarespace 6 release right around the corner?

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Squarespace Website Show & Tell: May 2012

The month of May saw five new websites submitted my way to be featured in the May Squarespace Website Show & Tell from a regular contributor and two new faces to Big Picture Web. This month you'll see Squarespace used to build websites for thought leaders, small businesses, banks, even a college!

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How to Build a Great Blog, by Choice

Success is less about being lucky, but more about what you do to take advantage of the luck you get. This is one of the many insightful findings Jim Collins and his team of researchers discovered about great companies in the book, Great By Choice. Turns out, much of what it takes to build a great company applies equally well to building a great blog. Learn what it takes to build a great blog, by choice.

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