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A modern day barn raising

November 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

I've written before about Translator, the cool digital agency my friends, Mark Fairbanks and Cynthia Thomas, run. Last week, a group volunteered to help one of their clients, Milwaukee Brewing Co., package their new Pot Luck Pack. Yes, you read that right. A bunch of folks volunteered to help a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101 Tagged With: barn raising, beer, brewing companies, brews, business owner, cynthia thomas, jim mccabe, mark fairbanks, milwaukee, milwaukee brewing company, modern day, translator

Refining

November 18, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

It's easy to listen to all the positive praise you get after a presentation. It's even easier to brush off all the negative criticism as haters or jealous folks. What's hard is talking for seven hours on the drive home about how the negative criticism may have been correct and then figuring out ways … [Read more...]

Filed Under: public speaking, she said he said Tagged With: microsoft powerpoint, powerpoint slides, refine, refining, slideshare

Let's chat about the Google Reader changes

November 16, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

This is another in our She Said, He Said series. Our #shehechat happens on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. Be sure to return tomorrow for Shelby’s viewpoint on this issue and our topics for our chat! Google Reader is a powerful tool that lets you access the power of Really Simple Syndication or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: adam mccrimmon, chat, Facebook, gmail, google, google reader, reader, readers, RSS, rss readers

Your social media universe starts and ends with your blog

November 15, 2011 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

I spend a pretty fair amount of time in the social media universe. While I spend time talking with folks through digital mediums, I also spend time talking to people in the face-to-face realm. So what happens when your face-to-face time increases and, as a result, your access to the digital world is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, social media Tagged With: blog, blog software, blogger, digital media, Facebook, outpost, social media, spam, universe

WordCamp Detroit Takeaways

November 14, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I find it useful to turn notes from attending conferences into a blog post of takeaways. This is not meant to be a roundup of the entire two-day conference. It's just those things that caught my interest and that I plan to follow up on in the next week or so. I've tried to provide attribution where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, takeaways, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blog software, chris ross, content management systems, detroit, google, google search, nonprofit, plugin, plugins, search engine optimization, seo advice, takeaway, WordPress

Create the environment to create

November 11, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

You've faced big problems and opportunities in your life. Sometimes you've resolved the problems smoothly and capitalized quickly on the opportunities. Other times, the problem festered and the opportunity slipped away. The difference in outcome is determined by the environment you create to find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101

G+ Brand & Business Pages – Jim Says

November 10, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

For someone who had only had about 48 hours to work with Google+ pages, Shelby covered this topic well yesterday. Today I'll focus on thoughts about the potential benefits and pitfalls of a business or brand having a Google+ Page. I'll also share some basic getting started steps that worked for me. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: brand, brand business, branding, business, business owner, business pages, google, Twitter

iPhone 4S apps I use

November 8, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Over the past month of iPhone 4S ownership, I've come to depend on several apps to make the device more useful to me. Several of you have been asking what apps I like so it seemed easiest just to list them here. I've broken them into the same categories (or folders) I organize them with on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPhone 4S Tagged With: 4s, amazon kindle, apps, Facebook, iphone, loan calculator, opentable, social media, tripit, Twitter, WordPress

WordCamp Love

November 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

WordPress is more than a blogging platform. It's a worldwide community of folks brought together by a common love of the blogging/content management system that has changed the way about 15 percent of us build a presence on the internet. One of the ways the community comes together face-to-face is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: takeaways, WordPress Tagged With: blog software, blogging, blogging platform, community, content management system, content management systems, phoenix, WordPress

End the year strong

November 4, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

It's not time to slow down for the holidays; not quite yet. It's time to tie up loose ends and start planning for 2012. It can be a tricky balancing act here in the U.S. as Thanksgiving approaches and then the inevitable onslaught of holiday parties to attend in December starts up. Take a different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: coast, fast start, hunting, missed opportunity, opportunities, planning, start, strong, the year

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