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Traditional networking is dead
I think I’ve found my calling: exchanging ideas and talking them through. What’s that pay nowadays? I always like sharing my interactions with people here on my blog. Partly because it adds a really human side to my business and shows prospective clients that I’m more than just an email address. The main reason, though, is it creates a much deeper understanding for me when I write it all out and re-experience the conversation. Like many, I need to iterate to understand and it’s easy for me to forget an important insight I came across while interacting with

Create a simple website with the Google Docs CMS
In attempt to solve one problem, I figured out a way to easily publish and manage data on the web by using a simple Google Documents spreadsheet. What I was trying to do was come up with the simplest way possible to manage my Josh Can Help network page. What I realized is that, with a little extra work, you could manage a whole website. The Google Docs CMS See the GDocs CMS in action! For those not in the know, a CMS is a Content Management System, a web application that lets you add and edit live web content.

Succeed by Finding Your Audience
Many people tell me that their website costs more than it brings in. for many, this is just a fact of life and their site becomes a bill to pay like a cell phone. If your site is commercial in nature, this is no way to go about your technological life. I want to talk about how to fundamentally change how your business works and how the website assists that. Your website should be doing two very important things: Provide an easy way for people to find more information out about you. This supports email marketing, in person networking, and any kind of word of mouth that you provoke. At the very least, your website should do a great job at doing this. I

Do it and then do it better: an iterative mindset
I used to work for a big, huge wireless company. I was the nameless, faceless guy who received email requests all day and made minor change to wireless accounts. Each email was formatted exactly the same way and I used the same system for each change. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week I was a machine. While I haven’t eliminated repitition from my professional life entirely, I’m aware of something very different at work. Creating websites from scratch can be tedious but it has taught me something critical about… Iteration This word has two pertinent dictionary.com definitions: the act of repeating