
"Caving it up" in the Digital Age
Nate rambles here regarding how human interaction has changed. From starting in caves where social behavior was learned and commonplace – to the act of “caving it up”, leading to the slow erosion of our

Nate rambles here regarding how human interaction has changed. From starting in caves where social behavior was learned and commonplace – to the act of “caving it up”, leading to the slow erosion of our

I’m always a fan of the super human approach to doing business. And who doesn’t like to get reminded that someone out there appreciates their business? Here at SBT, our take on this usually involves

Here’s Nate at our last Workshop (in Grass Valley, CA with the Nevada County Online meetup group) discussing the importance of tempo with your newsletters to keep your customers engaged. HUGE thank you to Doug

In our latest Workshop (in Grass Valley, CA with the Nevada County Online meetup group) Nate breaks down how to create a good cold email or newsletter framework. Email is important in how you can

Here’s a peek from our latest Workshop (in Grass Valley, CA with the Nevada County Online meetup group) where Nate discusses how you can approach key influencers in your industry with humility in order to connect

My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were

Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning

CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker

To be clear, I’m not a web designer. I’m not a web developer. I’m just a marketing guy who has broken my WordPress site … well … a LOT. Over the years and countless late

Here’s a checklist Jason Fried (from 37 Signals) wrote for reviewing a design. It popped up on my Basecamp to-do’s that I needed to review the design for SmallBizTriage.com, so I figured I’d do it

I caught myself re-using the ice cream flavors metaphor AGAIN when talking to one of my clients, so I thought I’d ask myself that same question: If conversation is ice cream, what’s your customers’ favorite

1) Captain Malcolm Reynolds – Firefly Skill: Use Grit as a Management Tool. I relate to Mal more than anyone else on the list. Occasionally cranky, constantly screwing up, and holding his rag-tag crew with

(or How I Barely Survived My Own Idiocy) 1) Practice Ruthless Efficiency In my second year of running a small business I averaged 80 hours of work per week. One week I can barely remember

My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were

Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning

CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker