October 2010
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Task Management With Mindmaps
abrudtkuhl:
via flickr.com
How I’ve been keeping a high level view of “stuff” that needs to get done at 48Web. It just sits in Dropbox and I can update it from anywhere.
Add & delete as you go and Dropbox will keep track of the versions
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January 2010
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Watchgary:
Consumer Expectations The way we are connected to people, products, brands, celeberties ect, is beginning to change what customers/fans are expecting from them.
December 2009
21 posts
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Why Blogging Is Like Fishing
via celsias.com For many bloggers, driving traffic is one of their main goals of having a blog in the first place. Many of us measure success based on the number of views per day, or the number of comments, or retweets that happened because of something you posted. The reason that blogging is like fishing is because you have to continually be adapting your strategy to “catch the most...
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Beware - Emotion around "Friends" in social...
I think there are some major differences between Facebook and most other social networking platforms. Facebook has become so much more personal and friend-oriented then anything else, which is why there is stronger emotion around being “defriended” on Facebook as opposed to someone “unfollowing” you on Twitter. I would recommend using a Facebook profile for only close...
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Ways of measuring social media
via youtube.com One of the most difficult questions to answer for many business and entreprenuers who are engaging in social media is, “in what ways, and how much is this affecting my business”. You need to be able to measure ROI at the end of the day, and it is a more difficult challenge in the new world of social media than it has traditionally has been. A key point is to have...
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500 Chrome Extensions will work on Mac Chrome by...
via techcrunch.com Even though Chrome for Mac was just put out earlier this week, they did not make us wait long to get our hands on hundred of extensions. By the end of the week they are expecting to have 500 working extensions. This is awesome news for Mac users like myself. Major points to note: This is still NOT in beta yet. First actual release expected early 2010 Extensions...
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Study Shows US Holiday Buyers Influenced by Social...
via blog.hubspot.com This study is another example of hard data that social media is of growing importance to businesses, especially during tough times like we have been experiencing for several years. Buyers are moving to the internet more then ever before to get their information on products and services. As more people move to the web and these media channels, businness will have to...
VC Larry Cheng on What Makes a Great Entrepreneur
via blogs.harvardbusiness.org Great advice from Larry Cheng who speaks on venture capitalism, investments, what makes a great entreprenuer, and more. He confirms many things that I believe in firmly, such as follow your passion, don’t be afraid of failure, don’t try and do everything, just do something different and better than everyone else. Posted via web from...
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Facebook Connect: 60 Million Users a Month!
via startupmeme.com Facebook Connect, the feature which allows Facebook users to use a single identity to link to multiple accounts across the internet, has 60 million users a month. This is an unbelievable number considering this was only introduced one year ago. Over 80,000 websites are using Facebook connect including devices such as the Xbox and iPhone, and this is just the beginning. ...
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Web 2.0 Expo NY 09: Gina Trapani, "Making Sense of...
via youtube.com Good explanations of Google Wave and how it can be used from a real expert on the subject. Posted via web from ryanseltzer’s posterous | Comment »
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CCleaner for cleaning up old PCs
via ccleaner.com Many people (mostly my parents and their friends) ask me how to speed up their old computer since I am a computer programmer, and therefore they think I can make a 5 year old machine running windows 98 on a dial up modem “faster”. At the end of the day I tell people to buy a new computer if it more than 4 years old, however that is not always a welcome answer. ...
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Facebook Adds “Become a Fan” on Videos uploaded to...
via insidefacebook.com When you look at all the video hosting out there such as youtube, vimeo, viddler, and many others, there is always something that makes them unique, something that gives a reason for users to use the service for their video distribution. Viddler for example, allows tagging within video content to quickly get users to the right part of a long video, and also to help...
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The Website is Down #1: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude
via youtube.com Found this funny video today. It does contain ome bad language just to warn you, but if you are a computer programmer you will probably find this hilarious. Posted via web from ryanseltzer’s posterous | Comment »
Pandora Is Coming to Your Car
Net radio provider Pandora is preparing to move more aggressively into the automotive space, with deeper integration with car radios and controls on the horizon. During an early afternoon panel at the SF Music Tech Summit, chief technology officer Tom Conrad said the company’s mobile strategy will first hinge on a transitional phase in which its smartphone apps will be controlled from...
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Google Goggles on Android! Great Demo Video
via youtube.com I have been hearing and reading all of the buzz around the new mobile app for Android called Google Goggles, but was skeptical as to how well it would actually work in the real world. It looks like Google has not let us down on first version of the Google Goggles app for the Android mobile phone, as the video demonstrates how accurate and useful this tool can actually be. ...
Google Chrome Extensions Go Live!
via mashable.com Google continues to amaze me this week with the number of releases and new products they are putting out to the public. I am loving every minute of it because I have been waiting for Google Chrome for my Mac for a long long time. I thought it was never going to come, and now its here. Not only is it here, but so are the extensions which are totally awesome. Google is...
Mount Baldy hike, Bozeman MT
These photos are from a hike I did many years ago with my buddy Devin and his father. We started early in the morning and hiked to the top of Mt. Baldy in about 4 hours. This is just outside of Bozeman Montana looking over the beautiful Gallatin Valley. If you are in the Bozeman area and looking for a great hike this is one I would recommend. You start at the base of hiking to the M and then...
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BREAKING: Google Launches Real-Time Search
via mashable.com I just saw on Mashable an article about how Google has just launched their real-time search which pull in the latest updates from around the internet including the most popular networking sites such as Twitter. The overall look and feel of the searching still appears to be about the same, the major difference being that the data returned includes the latest information being...
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Great Falls Christmas Stroll 2009
I took my son to the Christmas Stroll this year in Great Falls Montana, and captured some random footage of people out and about for the event. There were tons of people on Central Ave, and lots of great food vendors as well. I figured someone else may also want to see the event so I am posting a video I quickly put together from last night at the Christmas stroll. If you were also there and...
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5 Things Video Will Replace in Your Business
Video is a great way to do something once.. and then use it over and over to save time and money.
abrudtkuhl:
via wistia.com
Summary:
1. Product Demos 2. Customer Testimonials 3. Cold calling 4. In person training 5. Help & support
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Ten Rules For Social Media « →
(via ideenhai)
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Basic Usage of ping.fm
It seems that these days using just one social networking service such as facebook is not enough to really reach out to as large of an audience as you could be by utilizing many different services.
The problem is having the time to go in and update all of these different services, let alone finding them in the first place.
Enter ping.fm. Ping.fm is your friend when it comes to discovering new...
November 2009
12 posts
Watchgary:
Early Resolution for 2010: LinkedIn As I prepare for 2010 one of the sites I want to devote more time to is LinkedIn. Click here to link your Twitter account and your LinkedIn account.
Turkey Day is just around the corner.. I love Thanksgiving.
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Bust A Name - Domain Finding Tool
If you are looking for an easy, effective way to find a good, available domain name then check out Bust a Name. Its the best one I have found.
http://www.bustaname.com/
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Great Customer Experience at Wells Fargo
Today I had a refreshingly nice customer experience while going through the drive through at the local Wells Fargo. I was simply there to cash a check. As the teller was processing my request she also informed me that she noticed I had a business checking account that I was not really utilizing and it was costing $3.00 per month to keep the account open. She asked if she could help me work with...
Great Falls MT
I recently moved back to Great Falls MT, my hometown, to be around my family. I was happily surprised to see this recent article in businessweek saying
Great Falls MT - Top 50 places to raise your kids! http://ping.fm/NS6AY
Its not such a bad place after all.
The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart.~John Welwood
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Time Management in Social Media
I found this good article on time management for social media users:
The key to managing disruptions is to have daily priorities. Sounds simple, but isn’t. Pick three things that you have to get done today, and focus relentlessly on those. (Hint: they should always be tied into your bigger picture goals, or you’re wasting time). If that means you have to say “I’m blogging for an hour”, do that,...
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“The investments we make in ourselves,
will always deliver the most profitable...”
– Sumner Davenport (via wateva-nonsense)
Watchgary:
Social Media = Business In my book I asked people to email me if they wanted me to expand on Social media= Business and so I did, and here is it.
Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version.
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Ways to use Twitter - Something for Everyone
There are so many people that I run into these days who, if you mention twitter, will say something like “what a stupid waste of time, I would never get involved in that.” Frankly, until a few months ago I may have been one of those naysayers. People cannot understand how updates in less then 140 characters could ever be useful, and furthermore, why they would care about them.
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Easy Portfolio Management
Practically everyone should be looking for an easy way to divisify investments through ETF’s, mutual funds, and stocks. Take a look at folioinvesting.com.
This site was previously known as foliofn.com, and was recommended to me in a book about ETF investments. It provides you the ability to set up a “portfolio” with allocation percentages, and then trade the entire...
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Facebook Fan Pages for Business
How should facebook properly be used for a business? A fan page is a perfect fit. Don’t use a personal profile for a business profile.
Let’s talk a bit about the benefits of using a Fan Page for your business over a personal profile.socialwebschool.com, 4 Ways Facebook Fan Pages are Better Than Personal Profiles, Nov 2009
Gary Vaynerchuck prop also suggests using the fan page in...
October 2009
6 posts
“good writing does not succeed or fail on its ability to persuade. it succeeds or...”
– malcolm gladwell. (via smoothmovejadev)
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The "Thank You Economy"
I was watching a vlog from the social media entrepreneur gary vaynerchuk, author of #2 best selling ‘Crush It’, who puts a label around a concept that is going to change business as it has been known for hundreds of years. Everyone should be well aware of the “Thank You Economy”. Here is the video from garyvaynerchuk.com with his explanation of this term.
RightNow...
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You are probably "good enough"
In the best selling book, “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell says that anyone who has essentially completed a college degree (has an IQ of 115 or greater) is equally as likely to do something amazing, such as win a Nobel Prize, as someone who is a “genius”, that is to say someone with a much higher IQ. So no need to be discouraged that you were not the smartest kid in the...
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Finished up “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. Interesting read with lots of insight and creative analysis of “success”