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You know it's working, keep doing it

October 18, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Five days a week I schedule the social sharing of the posts we write on this blog and some days it can be difficult to find the motivation necessary to do it. However, I know it's working because the site traffic and subscribers continue to grow at a slow and steady pace. So each day I find the time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: doing it, effective, google, method, mundane, physical exercise, planning, repetitive tasks, routine, task, time management, you know

Former Android user's initial iPhone 4S impressions

October 17, 2011 By Jim Raffel 11 Comments

About 30 hours ago, UPS delivered an iPhone 4S to my door. It's my very first iPhone and it replaced one of the hottest Android devices: the htc EVO 4G. I've already chronicled my history with smart phones in How I use my htc EVO for social media, so this post will focus on my impressions of moving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPhone 4S Tagged With: 4s, android, androids, app store, apple inc., evo, htc, iphone, itunes, smart phones, smartphones

How the Apple Genius Bar sold an iPhone 4S

October 14, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Regular readers of this blog know I own and love my htc EVO 4G mobile device. I've even written a few posts about how to resolve the one drawback of the device and double its battery life. So why would a devoted Android fan have just pre-ordered an Apple iPhone 4S (which should arrive later today)? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: customer service 101, iPhone 4S Tagged With: 4s, androids, apple, apple inc., apple iphone, apple store, applecare, cellular service, customer service, genius bar, iphone, mobile devices, smartphones, sprint

Twitter and trade shows – Jim Says

October 12, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

This week for our She Said, He Said posts we tackle the topic of utilizing Twitter at a trade show. I lead off today with my take and Shelby will follow up tomorrow. Also, #shehechat is on at the normal time of 8 p.m. CST tomorrow (Thursday) following our live appearance at the Milwaukee Web414 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, Twitter Tagged With: branding, social media, strategy, trade shows, Twitter

What affiliate revenue can mean to you

October 11, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The picture with this post was taken just as the Milwaukee Brewers won game 5 of the National League Division Series. My wife and I were at games 1 and 2 of the series as well. With one child in college and another starting next fall, I'm 100 percent sure our budget would not have allowed for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: affilate, affiliate marketing, affiliate revenue, affiliate sales, affiliates, business, income, revenue, sales commission

The power of video

October 10, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Since early 2009 I've been experimenting with video and continue to be impressed with how easy and relatively inexpensive it is to create near professional quality video. I got lucky in February of 2009 when I collaborated with Joe Sorge of AJ Bombers to create the video below about filling his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: imaginations, imovie, kodak, video

Inform your staff before offering a Foursquare special

October 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Not too long ago, Shelby and I grabbed lunch during one of our all-day meetings. We jokingly checked in on Foursquare (you know, in case the place had a special). Well, the joke was on us because they did have a special for Shelby because it was her third checkin. Now comes the fun part. The server … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: foursquare, inform, iphone, liable, offers, smartphones, specials, staff

How I use my htc EVO for social media – Jim Says

October 6, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Be sure to join us on Twitter tonight at 8 p.m. CST for our #shehechat! Topics are listed below. Tonight's #shehechat topics How do you use your smartphone for social media? How has the growth of social media networks changed blogging? What's your emoticon vocabulary? How often do you use them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: bag phones, cell phones, evo, htc, smartphones, social media, text messaging, Twitter

How partnering and giving things away for free leads to success

October 4, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Recently, I signed up for the free version of TripIt. I liked the free version enough to give the Pro option a try. The first 30 days are free anyway, so my risk was zero. Then I found out that TripIt Pro is partnering with Regus Businessworld to include a year of free access at no additional cost. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: business, grow, grow sale, partner, partnering, regus, regus businessworld, success, tripit, tripit pro

Your postseason

October 3, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I just spent most of the weekend watching our Milwaukee Brewers baseball team win two playoff games. This got me thinking: What does my postseason look like? What is the goal you are working towards so that all the practice and preparation you do can be put to good use? Product launches Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: business life, postseason, product launch, regular season

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