Maintaining a Internet Connection
If you are doing any online business or even just email, having a solid DSL or Cable connection is paramount. Over 2 weeks ago my DSL modem went down. I had the modem box for about 9 months before it fried itself. I was even able to pull out the receipt where that charge was billed [...]
Want a house for $100?
A guy in Jackson Wyoming is raffling his house off after a year of being on the market. If you have never been to Jackson, it is quite a place. There is actually a lot to do there beyond the normal “go to movie, go to shopping center” stuff. The question of “what is there [...]
Great article for Entrepreneurs or New Business Professionals
Khuram Malik wrote an article about Adding Value to what ever you do. What are you giving your customers? What problem are you solving with your product? Those are essential questions to answer when you are in business, just starting a business, thinking about a business concept or plan.
If you are giving a pitch to investors, [...]
Sites worth viewing
I have been trying to think of a ongoing theme or something to do on a specific day of the week, but haven’t really come up with something I really like. I am however leaning towards something like this – Cool Sites I ran across this week, or Cool Videos, etc. So maybe a Site [...]
New Coffee Tree for Johnny
I got a new coffee tree over the weekend. I will load a picture when I get a chance. Am planning on keeping it at my office so I can put reminders and the like on my calendar for when to water it, etc.
I read about coffee tree care a couple years ago when my [...]
Week end Review and Cool Site Recommendation
This week was quite productive on the Johnny Optimist front. We got a lot of things done on each of the blogs, got some new projects rolling, and are set up pretty nicely for next week.
First, the Cool Site Recommendation:
I have been reading SuperAffiliate for a coule weeks now, and Kit (the owner) explains things [...]
The first week of a new hosting company
Well, if you have read some of my other posts, you would know that I helped another wordpress site switch hosting companies last week.
Fortunately the switch was quite painless. They have almost 100 contributors, and I have never set up or configured a WordPress install before, but Bluehost made it easy. We choose Bluehost because [...]
Don’t Smoke Crack
If you were fortunate enough to catch Andrew Warner’s interview of Neil Patel on Mixergy.com yesterday afternoon, you will know what I am talking about. Oh, you missed it? Here is the part of the conversation I am referring to:
Andrew: “What do you say to people who say you can’t make money online?”
Neil: “I say [...]
A Busy Week for Johnny Optimist
Well, it has been a busy week here. Here is a recap:
Monday – From Pink Slip – Adjusting the designs on Specific products. Everything went about as planned here, great start to a week. I logged into CafePress, made adjustments to sizes of designs on some of the products so they fit [...]
Stop thinking and start doing
I just read a post on Zac Johnson’s site this morning, and it brought back a thought I had last year.
Last year I was thinking about how my T-shirt Shop had been going. I made major adjustments at the end of March last year, and launched and built a new website around the overhaul. This [...]

