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Top 3 Tools for Thought Leaders
If you see yourself as a thought leader and want your ideas to be found, I believe there are three tools worth spending money on when you’re getting started. While you can always do more later here’s the minimum you need to get started: WordPress, Buffer and Inoreader. Let’s talk about each one.¶ WordPress is … Continue reading Top 3 Tools for Thought Leaders
The Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Niche and Target Market
Here's a good lesson to share with my clients. If an article is good enough to share with one person, it's probably good enough to curate and add to your website. That way when you share the article, they'll have to come to your website first and it will be there to share with others … Continue reading The Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Niche and Target Market
13 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows
The internet is full of articles like this: 13 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows and the older I get, the more those titles annoy me. I do think Linux is better in a lot of ways but I try not to talk about better but rather why it works for me. So here's … Continue reading 13 Reasons Why Linux Is Better Than Windows
What technology do I really need as a consultant just getting started?
I've been in computing since punchcards, and I've seen a few things along the way. The only saying that would be surprising is if I hadn't learned a few things during that time and developed some Strong biases about what makes a good end to end computing solution for a freelancer or individual consultant that … Continue reading What technology do I really need as a consultant just getting started?
Get control over your inbox
Are you overwhelmed by email? Here are a couple of simple things you can start doing in the next 5 minutes that will vastly decrease your load: Unsubscribe from every enewsletter in your inbox and move that info to a feed reader like Inoreader.Use tools like Focused Inbox or other automation to deliver only the … Continue reading Get control over your inbox
Use RSS to Stay on Top of Competition
It's one of the most convenient, time-saving Internet innovations to surface over the past few years: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a technology that pools online content that matters to you -- be it sports scores, movie reviews, fashion articles, tech blogs, or political podcasts -- and consolidates these 'feeds' for you in one place … Continue reading Use RSS to Stay on Top of Competition
Just in time vs. Just in case
I use David Allen's GTD methodology in almost everything I do. One application I've developed for myself is a 'just in time vs. just in case' construct. For me, just in time is information that is 'mission critical' and I must track because it may contain an actionable item for me. Just in case is … Continue reading Just in time vs. Just in case
Local Search Engine Optimization
This article was written by AI off the suggestion of a title. Amazing, no? Local SEO means optimizing your company website so that people living in its environment can find your business through search and related terms. Location factors such as business entries in Google My Business, local listings, data aggregator ratings and local customer … Continue reading Local Search Engine Optimization
How to create a free google account with your existing email address
Trust me -- this is a really cool feature of Google accounts that most people aren't aware of: Why would you want to do this? So, for example, you could then text and call from your business email address with Google Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZU7BOeQ58