This is reposted from my post to the actual Refresh Phoenix group – for other people to see, and since no one goes there anymore:
Refreshers -
First let me remind you of what Refresh was intended to do: “Refresh is a
community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative,
technical, and professional culture of New Media [...]

It is easy to give up. Walk away and say that you’re just not going to be able to do it:
“The economy is too bad”
“People just aren’t spending money right now”
“There are no leads”
“No one is answering the phone”
“blah blah blah whine”
Those are all bullshit excuses for giving up. Take the challenge, [...]

Do you find yourself giving real information, real interaction with people on Twitter? Are you able to really convey things in 140 characters or less? Can you have a meaningful conversation in that amount of space?
Certainly, but most people don’t. I’m not condemning Twitter, in fact I find it to be [...]

I broke one of my own Rules of Sales this week and went to a meeting with only one business card in my possession. This could have been disastrous with me being unable to leave my contact information with new contacts who could want to get ahold of me later. I [...]

When you read things on the internet or in magazines or see them on TV and say to yourself – “Who believes this stuff? That’s not how it really is!” You need to step back and remember one very important thing – your client probably does believe that stuff.
They don’t know the [...]