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Cleaning out my files… making sure everything is out on the web so people can see it #li
Just got finished cleaning up some photos I took last weekend, and I'm going to update my home page and blog layout, also. Lots more links!
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An easy way to differentiate your business: remembering
Very few of the businesses I meet want to go to the trouble to record or use information about customer's past experiences. If you can make this commitment you will be ahead of the rest. New Rules for the New Economy: To remember what a customer wants, 1998, by Kevin Kelly The technology of tracking…
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Numerous inspections going on today. Let’s figure out what fits. #li
As I'm constantly updating web sites and systems, I have to find what's working and get everything else out of its way.
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Where to start in social media, or anywhere… just don’t be AWOL.
Whenever someone asks me which is more important, Twitter or Facebook, or maybe they should finally do an email newsletter?… I respond with "There are two ways to answer that question." The long-term strategic answer is "Go where your best customers/prospects are." However, the short-term, practical answer is "Do what you can get done reliably."…
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Meeting a potential partner today. Excitement! #li
We've been looking for a restaurant operation who'd like to partner with one of our Houston Summit training programs. Meeting a potential partner at lunch. Maybe after lunch I can identify the business!
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Met some great people today.
It's always frustrating when you have a position you have to fill with a stranger. I wish we could all hire people we know well.
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Understanding the Facebook Newsfeed
If you're serious about Facebook, you must understand the Newsfeed, which is not an insignficant challenge. Newsfeed is designed to serve the user, not the marketer. If what you post is uninteresting, it will be invisible. Social Media Influence: Multiplier Effect of the Facebook Newsfeed, 2011-Jul-28 It may just be that the Newsfeed, and not…
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Focusing on the fundamentals #li
System design is the fun part for me. Populating the system with data isn't fun but it's crucial. I pledge to build out my three web sites with good data today.
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Backing up my contacts across the internet
My favorite contact manager right now is GIST, but I worry that it won't be around forever, so I am scrupulously copying my contacts to a private database. And I'm re-keying the information and thinking hard about who I know and how I want to keep track of them. I'm very wary of becoming enslaved…
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Trying to hold onto my routines despite a few appointments today #li
I've been working to keep a list of responsibilities that I can reshuffle in between appointments. It seems to be working pretty well, helping me keep an eye on things which become neglected. I simply cannot do everything I'd like to do.