Archive for the ‘ Business Tips & Strategies ’ Category

I’m not talking about that kind of score. Get your head out of the gutter.
I remember when I quit my job almost five years ago to start High Trek Adventure. I never started a business before. I’d only taken instruction and didn’t know how or where to take action. A friend of mine suggested I [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to present you with unbelievable time saving tips. It will revolutionize how you do your work and chores/tasks. It’s a VA (Virtual Assistant).
VA’s aren’t for the super CEO’s any more, no way. These task-minders can be for you and on the cheap. They can do it all: book flight reservations, [...]

Think of ways to increase your business other than spending hundreds or thousands or millions of dollars. Stand out from the rest. Take a calculated risk. Sponsor your local High Trek Adventure urban race
At High Trek Adventure we shy away from spending money on advertising. This year we’ve actually only spent $130 [...]

I’m a crazy Twitterer. I use TweetDeck, HootSuite, TwitPhone, TwitApps, GeoTwitter to name a few. We even had an online scavenger hunt called High Twit Adventure. I feel pretty confident on how to use this exciting new social media tool, but I always want to get better if you have any tips.
But for those newbies [...]

High Trek Adventure is using a new event registration called Event Brite. It’s super cool and soooo easy to use. If you have a coupon code you can enter it right away making registration extremely user friendly. You can still use your favorite credit card/debit card. Another great tool is that you can tell [...]

Travel tip from your favorite urban adventure traveler.
I travel a ton. I’m on a plane at least once a week!I hate those long lines where people cue up like cattle waiting to make it through the TSA security checkpoints. What I’ve found has been a godsend (it might be even better than that). It’s called [...]

Starting a business is never easy, especially when economic times are tough. You need a reliable phone, but you don’t want to shell out too much cash. You probably already have a mobile phone, but that has limited minutes and you can’t afford to go with an unlimited plan yet. That kind of plan might [...]

As many of you know by now, High Trek Adventure is not a multi-million business (not yet, anyway). There are no deep pockets at HTA, but by being money smart and business savvy we are able to offer our excited fans from coast to coast a thrilling afternoon of fun! Every other Wednesday (first and [...]

On a recent trip to NYC I decided that I would take a SuperShuttle into Manhattan saving about $30 (cab would have been $50) or $7 on the subway (you need to pay $5 to take AirTrain from JFK to the subway station).
The deal with Super Shuttle is that you are carted around with other [...]