The Seriously Sachi Blog

Covering subjects related to design, the people business, community building, marketing, and whatever other stroke of genius that I can cover

July 13th, 2007| Category; The People Business

I’ve always believed in this. But it helped reinforce my belief when I had a meeting with Christina Haylock of Ford Communications the other day. We sat down to talk about all things marketing. As we finished up the meeting, Chris had said that the concept of self referral doesn’t work in networking. She, of [...]

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June 5th, 2007| Category; The People Business

Managing my own design studio and online marketing consultancy, I find that there are 5 types of professionals that I am looking to collaborate with that will offer the most synergy.
First, please understand the three services that I offer to most small business and entrepreneurs as it is crucial to understanding how they [...]

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May 18th, 2007| Category; Marketing Strategies, The People Business

I’ve been giving it some thought and I’m starting to realize how powerful a story can be used in a business setting. Or in a personal setting as well. I was talking to Maria the other day, and she gave me a good reference on the art of storytelling. It also led me to the [...]

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May 1st, 2007| Category; web design

[This case study can also be found in a printable pdf format as well.]
One of the first clients that I attracted for Sachi was Carol Williams. Carol is a 20-year veteran of real estate. She serves the Wenatchee, Washington State real estate market. Wenatchee was ranked as the 2nd fastest growing real estate market [...]

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April 27th, 2007| Category; The People Business

After I had written the famous Dean’s List post, I got so many positive responses from it– publicly and privately.
There was one person who read my post and sent me a card that said the following;
“Some people have a gift and are able to see others clearly, and how things fit together. You are one [...]

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March 17th, 2007| Category; web design

Every now and then, I always run into an online discussion where someone wants to know which is the best blogging platform. There always seems to be a vibrant discussion that ensues with no consensus. Some love Blogger by Google for it’s ease of use and it supposedly gets indexed quicker because Google owns it. [...]

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March 15th, 2007| Category; Business Networking, Community Building

I had the chance to attend the Capital Cabal Networking Mixer last night. CapCabal is primarily for professionals who work in new media. Think marketing, PR, internet, web technology and the like.
This was my first time but I was impressed with the crowd. I grew tired of the typical Chamber of Commerce scene where it’s [...]

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March 1st, 2007| Category; web design

(Please note that this guide can also be found in a 3 page pdf format as well. Download it here. Let us know if this guide was helpful by responding in the comments section.)
This is reading that every small to mid size business should have on hand when approaching a web designer or design company. [...]

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February 26th, 2007| Category; The People Business

One aspect to myself that I’d like to improve upon in 2007 is to be more approachable. The one criticism that I have of myself is that sometimes I come off as too serious. That’s rather ironic considering that I don’t always take myself very seriously.
In 2007, I will try to be more approachable by [...]

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February 26th, 2007| Category; The People Business

Please bear in mind that 10 minutes before this, I had some red wine and some spicy Thai Food for dinner at a restaurant. The following is a conversation I had with the video clerk at Blockbuster as I was checking out “My Super Ex-Girlfriend”
Me: Hey, what’s going on.
Anthony (Blockbuster Video Clerk): Not much. Was [...]

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