Weekend Fun – My Top Love Songs
Today I wanted to share with you some weekend fun. Those who know me well, realize I can be emotional. Today I want to share with you my top 10 love songs.
How Not To Market!
Today I wanted to talk about something significant. It’s called social media spam. In all my social media profiles, I clearly say that my DM’s are open. Many people interpret this as let’s send spam, Please do not do this! I keep the DM’s open because I want to have engaging conversations. The worst ones…
Social Media Experiment
If you recall a couple of weeks ago, I removed all social media from my phone except for private messages. I am using an app called Beeper to manage all my private chats. I use this on both my desktop, tablet and Android phone. I started using Beeper before Automattic purchased it and before I…
Canadian Tire “Albert” Commercial
When I was younger, Canadian Tire in Canada had this cool commercial. It was about a hockey player called “Albert” who scored a big goal. This commercial had such an impact that at NHL games fans in the 80s would cheer Albert hoping someone on their team would score the big goal. This one brings…
Time Tracking For My Business
One of the things I finally automated in my business is time tracking. For a long time, I wrote the time down on a project-per-project basis. I then add the time to an Excel spreadsheet. I would use the spreadsheet to generate an invoice. I have tried many time reporting tools over the years. Some…
Health Update for May 31st
This morning I woke up to amazing thoughts. I am in a great place physically and I am in a good place mentally. This is a good thing. Today I have my first haircut since Jan. I can not wait to get a cut. Due to the wound on the back of my neck, I…
Podcasts on My Phone
I am a huge podcast consumer. I have changed the podcasts on my phone again. I have fewer tech podcasts and added more interesting ones to my playlist.
Why You Need to Do E-Mail Marketing?
I can not understand why many companies do not spend more time on e-mail marketing. It is one of the things you own – your e-mail list. The other is your website. E-mail marketing is still more relevant today than ever before. It is a great way to show your customers and prospective customers that…
Keep Your Website Clean For Security
I have taken over a few websites lately that are a bit of a security mess. One thing they all have in common is they have unused plugins and themes installed. In many cases, these plugins and themes were not even active. This is a terrible idea. Plugins and themes are code modulas. Even you…
Cleaning Up My Own House
The last year has been busy. One of the things as business owners that we tend to do is leave our marketing to the bottom of the pile. This past weekend, I finally managed to get around to updating the content on my agency website. This has been a year in the making. It is…