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Another really annoying thing about MailChimp is that their terminology felt like the opposite of what it was intended to be.
Can’t remember (and don’t want to) any examples, but I remember feeling that everything was backwards.
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Something you have to understand, Leslie, about the public sector.
In a democracy, there are two overriding goals: 1) Being seen to do the right thing and 2) increasing personal power.
Dictators are interested in only one thing: More power.
I’m sure that you’ve heard this: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Rest assured that dictators don’t see evil in their hearts.
Everything they do is a means to their determined end: Power.
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If all the sections are going to be visible simultaneously, then the sections should be bordered, and the headings bigger.
I’d also like to see a different color. Blue, for instance, rather than red.
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The newer look, in my opinion is still trying to make everything visible at once.
Have you thought about using another navigation bar with subtopics?
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I tried MailChimp. Far too technical for me.
And their free tech support runs out after 30 days.
With MailerLite, you full tech support from the beginning.
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Happy to give you an email address, but the point of having a user name and password is so that no one else knows what it is.
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What would you like to know, June?
I’ve set up WordPress sites before and look after three of them on a regular basis.
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I switched to MailerLite recently.
It’s free for up to 1000 subscribers with unlimited messages, and then half the cost of AWeber after that.
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I prefer “b,” but the size of the blue box with white letters seems a bit overpowering. Something a little more subtle would be better, I think.
I like “b” better because it’s easier to distinguish between the posts.
One other thing I should mention is that something like 5% of men are color-blind. (My dad was.)
Red is seen as gray. So all the post titles in red may be really hard for some people to see at all.
I prefer “c” over “d” because when I write a reply, I like to be able to scroll back to the post that others made.
With version “d,” I have to open a new window to accomplish the same thing.
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When I can give up the day job, Sean, then my day will look a little different.
I just know about how much time I need to spend on things and when I flame-out.
So ideally it would be:
Get up about 5:15-ish.
Review work that needs to be done (I usually plan at the end of the day before) 8.30-ish
Work / Write until about 2:30 pm
Exercise (usually cycling indoors or outdoors) / shower until 5 pm
Light supper
Admin / email / marketing
Read
Bed most nights by 9.30 pm
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The thing that springs to mind when reading all these suggestions is that most people don’t have three-foot monitors.
I have a 15.5″ laptop with a 27″ external monitor plugged into it.
I use the big monitor for all writing and posting, unless I’m in a coffee shop.
So whatever the organization of these different sections turns out to be, it needs to be navigable on a smaller screen.
Menus and submenus might be a better way to do that rather than columns and sections on a page.
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I like the new display because it enables us to separate questions from comments and posts.
Under the current system, Ask Any Question implies that you’re only asking a question. There’s no obvious place to do anything else, though I have posted lengthy comments here.
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In business circles, we talk about core business, Claire.
Core business is what your clients pay you for.
They pay you for your expertise; not your overheads.
So to the extent possible, work on what you do best – what you sell – and outsource the rest.
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You’re not old-fashioned, Leslie.
I’m just doing it differently for the time-being.
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One of the things I tried to do “early on” was click on the name of someone to see what else they had posted. That function didn’t exist, but I wondered if it should.
It could be just one more bell or whistle, but I was thinking that if you could see these things all in one place, then it might help to build up a picture of someone more quickly.
This would be especially true for newcomers.
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Thanks for the compliment, Leslie.
In a nutshell, I’m a thinker. It’s why I refer to myself as The Mindful Writer.
I put a lot of thought into my posts and comments.
You’ll also be able to tell when I’m tired. 😉
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I have the book that you’ve suggested, Norma.
It’s among the dozen or so I’ve bought, but haven’t yet read. 😉
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I’ve never used dictation software because writing for me often is thinking out loud.
This stream-of-conscious writing I learned from a book (can’t remember the title) by Julia Cameron.
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Believe it or not, I have nothing to add.
Having three sections – a place to get help, a place to offer help, and ask questions sound to me like a very good way to do it.
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It’s called a squeeze page because it squeezes the decision the people have to make.
Their choice is either to complete the request for their email and receive the free training or leave the page.
I’ve modified mine a little – something I’ve seen others do.
In the small print at the bottom, I have a link to my blog.
Other entrepreneurs, such as Ana Hoffman and Darren Rowse have done the same thing.
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What will your product be about, Bob?
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Bob, you’re funny. Love the bit about who’s the boss where and when.
You can tell by my picture how I save time. Life’s too short to shave. LOL
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I can see already that one of the benefits of this exercise will be to show people that they don’t need copious amounts of time to work on their business.
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Leslie, the first thing you need to do is to assess, honestly, when you are at your best; when you are physically and mentally “in the zone” or able to get into it the easiest. In other words, the period in the day when you get the most mental work done is the shortest time.
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I admire your discipline, Bob.
Post-it notes aren’t a problem because there’s no room for them, but it shows that we share certain similarities. We both want things out where we can see them.
I keep having to tell myself that everything can’t be on top. 😉
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Leslie,
I took the Evelyn Wood Speed Reading course many moons ago, but Tim Ferriss has a method you can try here:
Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes
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Sheryl, you can do what you suggested by going to the Members tab in the navigation bar and then clicking on your name.
You’ll see a series of questions to answer and a place to upload a picture of yourself.
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Norf, one of the things you should know – and I’ve never seen this anywhere – is that the evidence of leadership is willing followers.
You’ll see all manner of information about how this person or that person is such a great leader; but if no one or relatively few are following voluntarily, then whatever that person is doing, it’s not leading.
Coercion isn’t leadership; neither is it when people are threatened with some enforceable penalty for failing to do so.
For the purposes of this group, I’m not sure what that means.
Views aren’t necessarily a valid measure. All you have to do is ask a question, and every time someone reads it, that counts as a view. But that doesn’t mean that that person is leading; only that some curiosity has been generated.
What for you would be evidence of leadership in this forum?
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I work 30 hours per week, M-F. Where I live, that’s considered full-time.
Working 60 hours a week must make it really tough, James.
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Thanks, Leslie and Don, for your ideas.
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I haven’t received any email notifications, Don.
So instead, I check all the members periodically to see if any have come through that I’m not aware of.
I’ve also had the same experience as you, Leslie. Friend requests made, but still pending.
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Thanks for your thoughts, Bob.
I actually understand the IM space really well, but I think that I can provide more value by bringing psychology into the writing I do for others, than by making psychology the main event.
It feels good to have you and Norma validate my convictions.
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Nice to see a picture of you, Norf.
I wrote an article called How to Defeat the Bright Shiny Object Syndrome which might help you to break the “seduction of technology.”
Not sure what the policy is here about providing links to our own sites, so I’ll refrain from doing it for now.
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What a great way to look at it, Melody.
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Must be getting tired, Ewald. LOL
Copied the author’s name instead of yours.
Sorry.
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Haven’t heard of that one, Stephen.
Put it on my wish list.
Thanks.
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The test manual is something that would only come with the test itself.
I thought that perhaps you had seen it.
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I may have this wrong, Dana, but I seem to remember reading that Graham Greene wrote his novels on top of the refrigerator.
Now your imagination can go wild here.
The picture I have in my mind is of him standing next to the appliance and using the top as a desk.
There may be some reading this who instead would see him sitting, cross-legged, on top of it.
Either way, I’m sure that he wrote in spurts – short bursts of time. And sometimes that’s how we have to work.
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I may have to, Susan.
Thing is that I already have so many files on my computer that it’s easier to find them if they’re bookmarked. 😉
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Dana,
There’s no reason to have stage fright. 😉
BB is uncomplicated, but powerful; and probably what is happening is that as you learn more about it, you’re beginning to see some of that power.
If there’s anything you don’t understand, then send a ticket to tech support.
I may know some of the answers off the top of my head, but you’re paying BB for their expertise.
You might as well use it.
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We use SiteOrigin in the day job, Susan.
I don’t like it.
Feels like I have to take a lot more steps to do something simple.
I also find their videos inadequate.
If you’re a techy, then it’s no sweat.
If you’re not, then you’re stuck.
And the customer service explanations are also techy.
Reminds me of my experiences with OptimizePress.
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I don’t know if you realize this or not, Scott, and maybe you’ve thought about it already, but you ought to write a book or two about your experiences.
You don’t have to name names, though I imagine that where you have good things to say, they would appreciate it.
My suggestion isn’t a veiled pitch for your business, by the way.
It’s simply a recognition that you’ve had some unique experiences and have almost firsthand knowledge of people who are well-known and respected in entrepreneurial circles; and that kind of information is gold.
The thing to do would be to make a list of the people you’ve met or those who knew people like Clement Stone.
Then start adding what you’ve learned about these people.
Ten or twelve names would be enough; one for each chapter.
Then you’d write an introductory chapter that would spell out the themes, and a concluding chapter that would tie it altogether.
The entire book could be produced on Kindle.
Depending on how much information you have, or could get, it would probably be about 50K words.
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Thanks for your feedback, Norma. 🙂
You may have experienced this yourself, but often it’s so easy to become immersed in my own stuff that I lose the objectivity that’s needed to see things as they are.
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Yes. Don’t know what it is now, but I think the received wisdom right now is 16 pt.
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Speaking strictly from a business standpoint, I think that all of us can be ambassadors for this forum.
What I mean is that, where possible, we should refer those that we encounter in our online activities to this forum as a source of exceptional providers of information products and coaching.
Sean is right. There is nothing else like this online.
And for that reason alone, when people find out what this place is like, then they’ll want to join it.
It’s our job to “promote” where we can.
Think of PreneurPal as being a variation on an offline breakfast business club.
The more people who join, and who have integrity, high standards, and determination, the better this forum will be for all of us.
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I’ll watch this when I’m too tired to do anything else, Dana. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymeMtr6sGhs
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Got it, Norma.
Thanks. 🙂
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Norma, The Power of Habit is available in paperback.
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I’ve been re-reading Tim Ferriss’ excellent book, The Four-Hour WorkWeek.
Among other things, he talks about how to set goals.
What you, Norf and Leslie, have said reminded me of that.
Ferriss says that we have to ask ourselves what excites us.
That’s a good way of describing what I was trying to explain to you, Leslie.
That which excites you will also be the thing that you gravitate to.
Ferriss also says something very interesting.
He says that the competition to be mediocre is far greater than it is to do something big; therefore, we should aim for something that, for most, seems unrealistic.
Food for thought.
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Hi Norf,
Nice to meet you.
There are two books you should read that will enhance your understanding of 80/20.
The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch and 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall.
Be sure you read them in that order.
If you Google “Perry Marshall” and 80/20, you should be able to find a page that let’s you order his book for one American cent plus shipping.
Bruce
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Les, it sounds like you need to have a book clear-out.
Get rid of the ones you’re finished with or haven’t dipped into for a year or so, unless you know in your heart that you’ll need the information that’s in it in the coming 12 months.
That will help to give you the mental space to think about what you ought to be reading.
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