http://www.tlcservicesonline.com Everybody Needs a Little TLC Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:56:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanksgiving has come and gone, and though the turkey and the pie are must-haves, they are not the best part for me. I grew up in a family of 12 children. So, 14 at the table was a Sunday dinner. Over the years we added spouses, children and even great grandchildren. ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/12/the-best-part-of-thanksgiving/ (The Justice League) It all started because I was amazed at the quality and creative work that my web guy consistently produces. When one of our clients wants something to happen on their site they simply describe it and - bam! Joe does it.  I discovered that nothing seemed impossible for ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/07/the-justice-league/ Customer Support is a large part of what I currently do as well as what I have done over the last 20 years.  Of all of the things we have to do to make a business run, attending to the customer is one of the most important.  Without the customer, ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/07/turning-around-an-unhappy-client/ Colors are very powerful things - they say a lot about a person. I was recently reminded of this as I worked on a website for an artist client. You see, orange is one of the colors on her site. Now I have a personal resistance to orange. When I was ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/06/wear-orange/ I have been rifling through the same shirts for years. Shirts I never wear anymore, though I keep them. Why do I do it? Well, there are plenty of reasons that I tell myself. This one only has a tiny stain on it, and I can wear it for home ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/06/purging-your-clutter/ When you hear the word “value”, you probably think of how many rolls of toilet paper you can get in the big package as opposed to the small one. Or how the price per pound of bulk food is exponentially less than those little boxes you find at gas stations. ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/06/value/ Top Ten Things to Check Before Posting an Article 1. Check for awkward sentences, or sentences that just don’t sound right, and try rewording them. You want your sentences to be clear and precise so that the reader can understand you. It may help to read them aloud. 2. Avoid using too ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/05/newsletter-tips/ “It’s estimated that out of every 11,000 signals we receive from our senses, our brain only consciously processes 40.”[1] In short, we are creatures of habit. A habit can be defined as any action we have performed so often, that we now do it without thinking, and may not even ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/04/those-bad-habits/ We’ve probably read a dozen guilt-inducing articles about how much time we waste on the things that aren’t really important in our lives. Disheartening, right? Yet, having filtered that information and agreed that some things needed to change, do we still find we’ve done nothing about it? So, what’s your ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/04/evaluating-time/ You’ve all heard the story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, ... http://www.tlcservicesonline.com/2008/04/ready-to-delegate/