Business News

As of this week we've decided to no longer develop new websites for clients. Many factors came into play to cause this decision including, but not limited to, lack of profitability, foreign competition, and unrealistic client demands. I'm currently trying to decide what the web services business should focus on. One thing we will definitely work more on is our business news website, eastcentralohio.com. Covering a region of over 700,000 people, eastcentralohio.com has the potential to be an great, low-cost marketing tool for area businesses and an easy to manage source of revenue for the business.

I have several new ideas that I think are worth trying and information about those will show up on our website soon (www.hassemanmarketing.com). We will still service our existing clients (in case you're one of them) for as long as they want to work with us. I'm relieved we're no longer doing websites because it sucked up far too much of my time for the amount of money we were making off of it. I'm now free to focus on things that we can develop regular revenue streams from so the focus isn't always on finishing one project so we can go out and try to get another one.

Changes are always common in business. You have to adjust constantly to stay competitive and keep making money. This is why it's so important to be comfortable with risk and able to tell when changes are necessary and when persistence may pay off. The challenge of business operations is why I prefer to be in charge.

Tom

Climbing Back On The Blog Bandwagon Again

Apparently I was standing too close to the back edge of the blogging bandwagon and fell off again, which means it's been a while since my last entry. I've been busy with some exciting projects and a couple of projects I'm so tired of dealing with I'll be excited when they're done... if they're ever done.

I hope to make a couple of posts over the next few days that I wrote but never had a chance to upload during the past few months, including one with pictures from the big snowstorm in March. We had around 21" of snow in most areas of central Ohio. Normally, our largest snowfalls are around 8" to 10" so this storm was very unique and unusual. It's actually odd writing about that right now because as I sit here it's 78 degrees and sunny outside. I'm wearing shorts sitting here in the air conditioning.

I found out today, by way of a paper stuck in my front door frame, that someone has started a blog for Albany Crossing, my neighborhood. This is fantastic because it's hard to figure out what is going on in here at times. We have a homeowners association that I pay regularly but really don't know what they do other than snow removal. We also have a pool and a clubhouse that I know they are supposed to maintain. It'll be interesting to see what other residents have going on and to read their opinions on things involving our neighborhood.

Look for more regular entries all summer long!