New years resolutions simply don’t work. Don’t waste your time making them. Spend your time worrying about something else instead. Think about it. When was the last time you were confident about making a resolution at new years and then sticking to it? When folks talk about their new years resolutions, I rarely hear [...]
Categories: Career,Employment,Entrepreneurship,Networking,Reflections
Tagged: Economy, employment, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, New Years Resolutions, Unemployment, vulnerability, Writing
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- December 30, 2011 – 6:16 pm
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- By Austin
Here’s a list of everything that I’m reading right now. Since I got a Kindle Touch for Christmas, I’ve been reading differently. I bounce back and forth between the Kindle and the physical books that I have started. I’m definitely reading more that I was, and differently. Since I’m constantly reading, I thought it would [...]
Categories: Branding,Career,Changing Minds,Entrepreneurship,Reading List,Reflections
Tagged: Blogging, Copywriting, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, reading, reading list, Writing
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- December 28, 2011 – 4:21 pm
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- By Austin
Before he passed away, my Granddad, the beekeeper, would tell these fantastical stories of his entrepreneurial journey. He would talk about saving his nickels and dimes in order to buy Chevy Trucks, or a few acres of land, so that he could work more and make more money. The stories were fantastical because a few [...]
Categories: Career,Changing Minds,Entrepreneurship,My Granddad
Tagged: Blogging, chevy truck, Copywriting, Economy, Entrepreneurship, granddad, macbook pro, Marketing, Practice, Reflections, saving money, starbucks, vulnerability, Writing
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- December 26, 2011 – 3:16 pm
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- By Austin
I’m using my blog posts to process what I’m thinking about. That includes networking and entrepreneurship. And it also includes things I’m worried about, and things I’m learning. The blogs I read the most are the blogs written by men who candidly share their flaws and use what they write to process their experience. [...]
Categories: Entrepreneurship,Networking,Reflections
Tagged: Austin Gunter, Copywriting, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Hunter S. Thompson, Life, Marketing, Reflections, vulnerability, Writing
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- December 21, 2011 – 4:50 pm
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- By Austin
I think business cards may be pointless. They take up valuable pocket space. They’re expensive. Organizing them is a pain. And everyone has a good one anymore. They’re not memorable. Honestly, I may just be rationalizing things. I hadn’t gotten around to ordering more business cards and I went out for some serious networking last [...]
Categories: Career,Changing Minds,Employment,Networking,Social Media,Targeting your audience
Tagged: american psycho, business cards, Copywriting, employment, Marketing, Networking, Unemployment
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- December 14, 2011 – 10:42 am
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- By Austin
Level of Focus determines how good of a networker you are. Focus makes it possible for anyone to walk into a room and know what they will get before they leave, why they want it, and how to get it. Focus means planning to know what’s important and unimportant. Most importantly, focus means that knowing when [...]
Categories: Branding,Changing Minds,Entrepreneurship,Marketing,Networking
Tagged: Definition, Economy, employment, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Unemployment
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- December 7, 2011 – 4:06 pm
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- By Austin
Let’s face it. Layoffs are all to common right now. It’s a rough economy. However, I think it’s easier to get back to work than people realize. All it takes is a different perspective on your job search. This fall, my life has really forced me to examine how I focus my attention and intention. In [...]
Categories: BarnBuildr,Changing Minds,Entrepreneurship,Networking,Reflections
Tagged: BarnBuildr, Bootstrap, Economy, employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting Hired, Marketing, Practice, Social Architect, Super Bowl, Tech Ranch Austin, Unemployment, Volunteer
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- December 5, 2011 – 10:15 am
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- By Austin
Asking the right questions before writing your newsletter means that you will have a conversation with your newsletter, not just use it like a soapbox. Don’t be the guy shouting on the internet. Be the guy who knows how to listen as well.
Categories: Entrepreneurship,Marketing,newsletters,Targeting your audience
Tagged: asking questions, Copywriting, Marketing, newsletters, understand your audience
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- November 18, 2011 – 10:24 am
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- By Austin
This is a post from the Tech Ranch Austin blog, and a response to Tech Ranch Partner Cristi Jakubic’s blogging post about why not to blog. When Cristi Jakubic writes something, everyone around the Ranch pays attention. This goes double for me. Few others have the experience she does in the trenches of marketing. Cristi [...]
Categories: Entrepreneurship,Social Architect,Tech Ranch Austin
Tagged: Blogging, Disagreement, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Tech Ranch Austin
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- March 12, 2010 – 1:18 pm
- Author:
- By Austin