Seattle is known for its coffee, its music, and its technology. One of the best places to see them all at once is in local coffee shops, where those colorful walls of event posters show what entertainment is happening at the moment. From indie bands to classical ballet, from summer festivals to Broadway musicals, coffee house poster walls present the choices in a beautiful, easy-to-read way. It was only a matter of time before someone sat down and said, "These walls are awesome, but how incredible would it be to put that wall online?" Al Scott, an ambitious Seattle entrepreneur, has done it with an amazing website called CoffeeHouseWall.com.

Selling a service is different from selling a product. Selling a service involves making more of a human connection and a commitment because what you are selling is more than an object. Selling a service, even when selling installation of a product, includes understanding the customer and selling the personality, knowledge, and skills of those who will be providing the service.

Effectively selling a service includes giving very honest, helpful and free advice. While strong, pushy and forward sales tactics can work to sell a product, this tactic usually won't work when selling a service and most certainly will prevent a sale from moving into a long term ongoing service relationship. If your business sells a service, a different approach is critical.

While every generation has suffered through this recession, my generation, 25-35 year olds, has been hit unexpectedly hard by this economy. In 2007 and 2008, when the job market was quite good, my peers and I were in graduate school. But by the time we had finished, the economy tanked and jobs in our market niches began disappearing.

As a result since graduating with a Masters in Public Health I have taken short term contract jobs, jobs that were outside my target career goals and jobs that had highly irregular hours.

Find upcoming events in the Greater Seattle Area with plenty of festivals and family activities, many of which are FREE.