Category Archives: Humor

More on Business Owner Burn Out

Posted on October 21, 2011 by randyalletag

Last week we posted on some symptoms that indicate that you may becoming burned out on your business and some steps you can take to counteract the problem. Since this can be such a problem with any business owner due … Continue reading →

Posted in Balancing Business and Personal Life, Humor | Leave a comment

Small Business Pop Quiz

Posted on September 1, 2011 by randyalletag

I know Summer doesn’t officially end until September 22nd, but to me Labor Day really heralds the end of Summer, so I thought it might be a good idea to have a little fun on Summer’s last weekend and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Web/Tech | Leave a comment

More Friday Fun

Posted on March 4, 2011 by randyalletag

I had to name this post More Friday Fun since we had already done a post called Friday Fun back in May of last year. It focused on an article about six ways a small business could use video to … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Sales and Salesmanship | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Day and Procrastination

Posted on February 14, 2011 by randyalletag

We have a chain of pharmacies here in the midwest named Walgreens which has a little bit of everything and they seem to be everywhere. In fact, I was curious and did a search by zip code and there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Motivation | Leave a comment

Small Business Tech Advice

Posted on January 6, 2011 by randyalletag

You know the type, the person who has to have the latest and greatest version of anything they currently have (think of the guy who has to have a new car every year), or the very latest technology. A few … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, The Internet, Web/Tech | 1 Comment

Some Great Quotes

Posted on December 5, 2010 by randyalletag

I've often posted on Mine Your Own Business about how important data backup is for a small business. The almost worst case situation happened to me when my computer at work would only boot up in safe mode. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 2 Comments

Help for Procrastinators

Posted on August 24, 2010 by randyalletag

Like many people, I've always had a problem with procrastination. I've always used the excuse that it is genetic since my Mother is a bad about procrastinating and is also a pack rat and I am guilty of both vices. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Motivation | 1 Comment

Friday Afternoon Quiz

Posted on April 23, 2010 by randyalletag

I've never watched a whole episode of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader but I must admit i have watched enough to know the basic idea behind it. This posting is about an interesting seven question quiz on Customer … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Humor | Leave a comment

Important Personal Job Skills

Posted on January 20, 2010 by randyalletag

We ran across an article recently on the results of a survey that provided a list of personal skills that most employers feel are very important for employees. Some of the survey results are obvious, such as Cooperation, Drive, and … Continue reading →

Posted in General Business, Human Resources, Humor | Leave a comment

Sales and Great Quotations

Posted on August 14, 2009 by randyalletag

Here's a good article with twelve great quotes that Dave Stein has used over the years in sales, writing, speaking, and coaching. Here are a few to entice you to read the whole article and see how these quotes relate … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Sales and Salesmanship | Leave a comment