Big announcement today:

I have accepted the job of Project Director at CyberOptik.net. The owner of this firm, Ron Johnson, is a friend and also the person who got me started in web design.

As many of you know, for the past two years I have owned and operated my own design company, Clarity Multimedia, with my business partner Jestine Chakkumcal. It was a tremendous experience and I learned so much in this time but it was the right time to move on.

With Ron in need of a director and myself wanting to focus my career more on design, it all seemed to be serendipity so I went for it and am now a leading member of the CyberOptik team.

If you or anyone you know needs a website, be sure to contact us at CyberOptik.net and mention my name when you do.

Hello all!

It has been a crazy month for me and the Biz. Here is a really quick recap.

 1. Signed on another new web design client. A Chicago Artist with some great stuff. Stay tuned for more on that.

2. Have been doing some other design work in the company. Business cards and stuff like that. It’s been a pretty profitably month so far.

3. Zen Problog is doing great! It has gotten more traffic than all my other sites combined. Not to put shame to my other sites though. It’s just a bigger market. Check it out if you haven’t yet.

4. Still working on Zen Prosites. Because we had to buy new equipment and programs for the biz, there are some financial setbacks.

5. Because of the added graphic design work we are doing, a new and improved Project Gallery is in the works for Clarity. Hopefully it will be updated soon. 

Today I finally put up my new business blog. It has been something I have wanted to do for a while now but finally got the time and patience to put it together. It’s called Zen Problog and is meant for modern professionals to better their business lifestyle by simplicity and minimalism; two concepts that go together and I have found to be very effective.

Check it out how to be a better professional here.

An Entrepreneur’s life is no picnic. It takes hard work, dedication, and all those other descriptive words that mean “work too much.” One of our main flaws is that we like to go for the next amazing idea or trend, like to create new innovative products and services on a regular basis. At least in my circle of business friends.

So how do we thwart out this trend that keeps us from really accomplishing any one great thing? It comes down to a question that every entrepreneur should ask themselves on a fairly regular basis; Why am I doing so Much?

In my firm, we have experimented with many different products and services since we opened way back when. In recent months I had an epiphany of what was holding back my success. It was simple. My focus was too cluttered with everything my small firm was trying to accomplish.

We are humans and not robots so when there are a lot of things happening at once we should take the time to really examine everything we are involved in and then remedy what is wrong with the big picture.

What I did was begin to clean house immediately. I made a list of everything I had to do in a given week. This included updating and maintaining several websites, writing blog posts, reading blogs and news, doing my school work, developing several new concepts at once, adding services, and.. oh, yeah, working on client projects (the steel foundation of my firm).

When I realized everything I was doing I knew some had to go for anything to succeed. I talked it over with my business partner (you should always do that first) and started my own little company garage sale. I began crossing off the things that were less important to me and focused solely on those things most vital to my success. I closed down some blogs and websites, though it was hard to part. I canceled some pending projects and kept going like that, selling what I could, just suspending the rest.

In the end I finally narrowed my focus to the core values of my business. This has brought me and my company growing success since then.

Give it a try. Take down an inventory of your time consumption. Then start crossing off and don’t look back. Focus on the key elements that will most likely lead to your personal success and leave the rest behind in the dust.

Yesterday I purchased my brand new White MacBook Computer. Though my old computer will be missed this new one will help me increase my productivity for my clients and business and allow me to really move forward with my goals.

I am beginning to focus more on marketing now and am going to attempt to build my company’s revenues by at least 20% a month every month. It is a lofty goal in my industry but that is something I strive for. Now with new motivation and a brand new computer system with double the specs and added productivity tools, I am ready to take on the big grand world!

Also, this means I will be able to post articles more often including new baby pictures of little Even Greeley. Stay tuned for that and more.

A little over a week ago my MacBook laptop went for a swim when I spilled a drink on it. Unfortunately it fried so I now have to get a new one… But nothing can replace my old friend. It had character with its dirty face, scratches, chips, and fingerprints but that made it all the more better.

Fortunately now I am going for an upgrade that will serve not as a replacement but instead as a means to move on (with my business). The new MacBook will have double the memory, hard drive, processor speed, and will have a nice little OS X upgrade. I cannot wait to get it.

Until then, I’ll see ya around.

An old friend of mine who is now a dj just happened to stop by my house when he got back into town from college and needed a website made. As it happens I make websites so I help him out and my company created dj-phiction.com with all the fun features a Chicago Disk Jockey would need.

Be sure to check it out and download his mixes. They are great! You can also join his groups on facebook and myspace, get his newsletter, and leave him a comment on the site.