by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2015 | for Good, for Money
In 2007 I completed the arduous task of moving over 100 domains from GoDaddy to my new registrar, MyDomain. Every time I moved one, I sent a note to the administration that I was doing so because I would  not support their sexist and objectifying advertising with my...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 21, 2013 | for Money
There is a right way and a wrong way to provide customer service. One is to behave like a prima donna and the other is to recognize that in America — for the time being at least — people can choose which businesses to spend their hard-earned money and which to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2013 | for Money
On Monday Sam and I decided to head out for a quick lunch together. Because it's close to home we decided to head over to The Pizza Factory in Lindon, Utah. We had purchased three City Deals gift certificates worth $10 each and planned to use them. The small print...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 9, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Just this week (at this writing) the overblown athletic industry has had a major hit to it's collective integrity. 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong finally admitted that he (and his team)Â used performance-enhancing drugs and blood doped for every single...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 23, 2012 | for Money
In his epic tome, The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferris tells how he gave his customer service representatives the authority to solve any problem if it cost less than a specified dollar amount. This not only freed up Ferris, but made for happy customers. Target (Orem,...