Ideas

Subcontracting as a Strategic Business Tool

You know business. You know marketing. You know promotion. And so you build a growing client list for your web development business. But you know very little about actual website design and coding. Starting the business is easy for you because that’s what you do, but longevity becomes the risk because you still need to … Read more

Online Is Not Just For The Young

There is a singular and marked advantage among senior populations over middle-aged and younger Internet entrepreneurs. Experience. This advantage of years of accumulated wisdom grants them both a competitive edge, and a respected role as mentors.  Online there are no appreciable advantages in being strong or swift.  Nor does an abundance of wealth play a huge part.  What does matter … Read more

Going the Distance – Part 2

Ali was changed in his pursuit.  He trained so that his arms were muscled stronger than they had ever been, and his ligaments and tendons were toughened. In the fight they were battered and bruised right to the bones but still delivered when he started throwing his finishing combinations.  He also trained those combinations over and … Read more

Going the Distance – Part 1

The world has lost another great champion as Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay as some also remember him, recently passed away. A three time heavyweight champion, Ali further distinguished himself as an Olympic gold medallist in the light-heavyweight division, won 56 of his 61 fights in which he held a 31 fight win streak. There are … Read more

What’s the Difference?

What’s the difference between a product or service for sale, and a solution to an identified problem that costs a few dollars? The answer is, subjective value.   “The idea that an object’s value is not inherent, and is instead worth more to different people based on how much they desire or need the object. The Subjective … Read more

The World Needs Dreams – Part 2

When and how provide the dynamic elements to the who, what, and where.  Tying them all together with the strength that supports tenacity and endurance is the why. The dream has taken on substance by this point in the exercise.  It is clearer what the dream is about and what it is intended to accomplish … Read more

The World Needs Dreams – Part 1

Dreams are why we seek to survive and why we seek to progress.  Dreams hold a promise for tomorrow. For a dream to achieve full usefulness it needs to be tested, refined and put to work because on its own a dream is only a wish about life.  It requires substance and definition in order to become effective … Read more

UserTutor Corporation CEO

James Hill, CEO of UserTutor Corporation and presently serving as President for the Board of Directors, shares his insights and reflections on the direction of the company. On January 1, 2008 UserTutor Corporation was officially registered as a federal corporation.  At that time I was network administrator for a non-profit in Alberta where, in addition to … Read more

The Making of a Hosting Service

We have watched with interest as a hosting system that claims to operate using artificial intelligence has promoted itself on-line. The notion they seek to instil is that their websites intuitively build themselves in an aesthetically pleasing manner without extensive effort or skills required by the website admins.  Prior to their recent beta release they had already pre-sold over … Read more

The Ten Second Elevator Speech

Typically most people leave a website within 10 to 20 seconds (over half leave in under 15 seconds) and that leaves very little time to make that first impression. Websites effectively have ten seconds to either cause a visitor to leave the site, or invite them to continue on to other pages. A website is an organization’s … Read more