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I am 12-years old and gay. In 2001, Ryan Robertson, 12-years old, reached out to his mother on Instant Messenger. Their lives forever changed. Then, 11 years later, Linda Robertson told their story publicly on Facebook, hoping that it would help other families avoid the missteps and pain they experienced. Here is the original Facebook post, read and dramatized by AI generated voices. I have changed only a few words for clarity. Linda's website and original FB post: https://justbecausehebreathes.com/ Helpful resources recommended by Linda: https://justbecausehebreathes.com/resources/ https://reformationproject.org/resources/ https://www.qchristian.org/ Linda and Ryan's Story: Linda's blog: https://justbecausehebreathes.com/blog-posts/ Long version filmed at Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, GA in May 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3xiDek0aXg Shorter version at NorthPoint Church in Atlanta from May 2021, which includes a question-and-answer session (helpful for parents): https://youtu.be/wNS77sfT2zY?si=gzqrA6Yn1dzoRTYa You can also view their story as part of the movie: For They Know Not What They Do, available on: Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/They-Know-Not-What-Do/dp/B08HQYQJLC/ and iTunes: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/for-they-know-not-what-they-do/umc.cmc.2fm6il6v1aw47v5nvdv16w1nc Linda's Parent Support Group that meets every Wednesday: https://fs9.formsite.com/4BUph1/amlfznmjbc/index.html The QChristian Fellowship: https://www.qchristian.org/ The QChristian Fellowship Parent team: https://www.qchristian.org/parents Podcast produced by: ⁠⁠Elton Sherwin⁠⁠ Audio edited and enhanced with: ⁠⁠Descript Studio Sound ⁠⁠  AI synthesized speech: ⁠⁠Speechelo⁠⁠ and Descrpt #Bible #Christian #Affirming

As is traditional after we do a season of hot takes on the podcast, we regroup to discuss the season as a whole. Did some episodes go up or down in our estimation, after the initial hot take viewing? What did the rest of fandom think? How do we feel it went overall? Featuring fantastic contributions from our listeners via X, Facebook, email, Instant Messenger, carrier pigeon, our website, and more, this is our definitive - for now - take on Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the Doctor. Before then, news from the past month including our thoughts - and the BBCs - on Doctor Who ratings, as well as saying goodbye to legend of the show, William Russell. We also catch up with some classic Doctor Who in the form of the Celestial Toymaker animation, and a re-watch of The Ark. And Rob's really selling off his Doctor Who collection in earnest! You can contact us anytime via hello@theDWshow.net

Draußen sind es Minusgrade, aber es kann einen auch bei ganz anderen Temperaturen ein Chill überlaufen. Wie kompliziert und komplex Gefühle und Beziehungen sind, fängt die britische Autorin Tessa Hadley hervorragend ein. Ich lese euch aus der Short-Story-Sammlung „Sonnenstich“ die Geschichte „Meeresleuchten“ vor, die für mich eine emotionale Gratwanderung war, bei der Hadley auf unerwartete Weise die Balance hält. „Sonnenstich“ von Tessa Hadley ist bei Kampa erschienen. Das Hardcover hat 160 Seiten und kostet 22 €. Marion Hertle hat diese Geschichte und zwei weitere aus dem Englischen übersetzt, Thomas Bodmer die anderen drei. Leseprobe: https://kampaverlag.ch/produkt/sonnenstich/ Wenn euch Feiste Bücher gefällt, abonniert den Podcast bitte und empfehlt ihn in den sozialen Medien oder über euren Instant Messenger. Feedback gern bei Instagram, oder per Mail an FeisteBuecher@gmx.de. Und ab nächste Woche geht es mit den Büchern den Frühjahrs los! Folge direkt herunterladen

Do you wish that you felt more confident speaking in English? Do you wish your English was more fluent? Would you love to supercharge your Business English just by checking your phone from time to time? If you want to increase your earning potential and boost your confidence at work when everyone is speaking English, you might be surprised to discover how effective my 'little and often' approach is. In this episode I share how to really zone in on what to say and how to communicate at work to take your career to the next level. My personalized, flexible, and motivational language learning activities could be your secret weapon to secure more career opportunities, one conversation at a time. Perhaps the VIP WhatsApp Fluency Booster is exactly what you need. Keep listening to get three bonuses that you will secure exclusive to my podcast listeners by 17th October 2013.

Diane and Sean discuss the rom-com of all 90's rom-coms, Nora Ephron's classic, You've Got Mail. Episode music is, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harry Nilsson, from the OST.-  Our theme song is by Brushy One String-  Artwork by Marlaine LePage-  Why Do We Own This DVD?  Merch available at Teepublic-  Follow the show on social media:- Tumblr: WhyDoWeOwnThisDVD-  Follow Sean's Plants on IG: @lookitmahplantsSupport the show

Kevin Tufts is the real deal when it comes to tech and design. With over two decades of experience working across a number of companies in the Bay Area — Lyft, SendGrid, and Twilio, to name a few — he's now a product designer at Meta working on their Creation team. So believe me, we had a LOT to talk about.Our conversation begin with a look at the current climate inside Meta (pre-Threads, FYI), and he gave some thoughts on where the company is going as it approaches its 20th anniversary. From there, Kevin talked about his path to becoming a product designer, and we took a trip down memory lane recalling the early days of web design and what it was like working during such rapidly changing times. He also spoke on what he loves about product design now, and how he wants to help the next generation of designers through mentorship.Kevin's secrets to success are simple: seize opportunities for growth where you can, embrace collaboration, and remain flexible. Now that's something I think we could all take to heart!LinksKevin Tufts' WebsiteKevin Tufts on LinkedInFor a full transcript of this interview, visit revisionpath.com.==========Donate to Revision PathFor 10 years, Revision Path has been dedicated to showcasing Black designers and creatives from all over the world. In order to keep bringing you the content that you love, we need your support now more than ever.Click or tap here to make either a one-time or monthly donation to help keep Revision Path running strong.Thank you for your support!==========Follow and SubscribeLike this episode? Then subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite shows. Follow us, and leave us a 5-star rating and a review!You can also follow Revision Path on Instagram and Twitter.==========CreditsRevision Path is brought to you by Lunch, a multidisciplinary creative studio in Atlanta, GA.Executive Producer and Host: Maurice CherryEditor and Audio Engineer: RJ BasilioIntro Voiceover: Music Man DreIntro and Outro Music: Yellow SpeakerTranscripts are provided courtesy of Brevity and Wit.☎️ Call ‪626-603-0310 and leave us a message with your comments on this episode!Thank you for listening!==========Sponsored by Brevity & WitBrevity & Wit is a strategy and design firm committed to designing a more inclusive and equitable world. They are always looking to expand their roster of freelance design consultants in the U.S., particularly brand strategists, copywriters, graphic designers and Web developers.If you know how to deliver excellent creative work reliably, and enjoy the autonomy of a virtual-based, freelance life (with no non-competes), check them out at brevityandwit.com.Brevity & Wit — creative excellence without the grind.

Flirting over a text is an art form.  On today's episode Flexie & Froomie turn to wikiHow to school us on the do's and don'ts of flirting over text. Plus, we unpack the denim maxi trend & why Froomie is antI-voice memo  Got a question for us? Slide into our dms on Insta @flexandfroomes

For those who have wondered, this post will explain what I work on and how I function as a “million-dollar writer.” It is my hope this will stimulate you into taking the required steps to earn significantly more income than you do now. After I spell out how I manage to create a million dollars in revenue, I'll give you a simple 3-step roadmap to increase your own income. (By the way, even though I am describing the life of a writer, virtually all of what I'm about to share will work for any freelancer or business owner.) Links My Copywriting As A Million Dollar Business April Workshop - Want to work on building your business together, live and in person? There are a few seats remaining for my upcoming workshop this April. These seats will sell out - Click Here For Details and Availability.  Read This or Die - Click to preorder my soon-to-be-released book, Read This or Die.   Notes From This Episode This subject seems slightly impolite to write about. Like many, I was taught from my earliest years that it is impolite to talk about politics, religion, or money. I routinely violate all three of these directives, however, so this is not new territory for me. Let's begin… I am not writing to boost my own ego. I am writing to answer a very frequently-asked question: “How does a writer make a million dollars?” This is a great question, because the industry income average for freelance writers is just under $5,000 per year. When someone asks me how, as a writer, I make a million dollars, they may not actually express it, but what they really want to know is: “How does a guy who writes ad copy, who has never published a book I've even heard of… how does that guy make a million dollars?” And of course, ultimately, the real question burning in their heart is: “Could I do that? Or even half that?” That's what people really want to know and that's what I want to share with you. Before I get to the tactical stuff like: • How do you get paid?• What are your rates? • How do you get clients? It's imperative that I share 3 Prosperity Principles for Writers. PROSPERITY PRINCIPLE #1: YOU MUST DISCOVER YOURSELF Many writers and other creatives have a not-so-secret fantasy. They labor intensely for years on a masterpiece, hoping that an influential publisher or literary agent will “discover” them, and they'll be catapulted to fame and fortune. That's a nice fantasy, but with one problem: it doesn't happen that way. It never does, or at least almost never. Okay, rarely it happens. But you're more likely to be struck by lightning on the same day you win the Powerball, than you are to be “discovered” in this way. You must discover yourself! You must identify what makes you different, what “special sauce” you add to this common craft (writing) that makes you a distinctly differently voice on a common subject. In what way are you a player with a unique, unduplicable advantage? We spend 3 full days answering this question definitively in our Dreamstorm Workshops, using our Core Thesis Process; obviously, if you don't already know the answer to this question, you'll need to spend some time on it, PROSPERITY PRINCIPLE #2: YOU MUST PROMOTE YOURSELF To succeed, dear Reader, you must realize you are not actually in the “writing business.” You are in the business of You, Incorporated. It is your unique personality, and the fascinating persona you share with the world, that shapes how that world sees you. Done right, this can make you an irresistible character to whom people are attracted as their chosen and trusted authority. Done wrong, this can break the ties between you and your readers. Specifically, instead of promoting and advertising your highly-developed craftsmanship as a writer, you must be in the business of promoting you. You cannot rely on word-of-mouth, or critical acclaim, or impersonal ad campaigns. You must conscientiously promote yourself, and intentionally craft the way customers perceive you. If you have interest in knowing HOW it is I do all this, and want to see the detailed steps I take, let me know your interest in the comment section. Enough interest expressed will generate a new post on this “Implementation” phase. But for now, on to… PROSPERITY PRINCIPLE #3: YOU MUST GET OVER YOURSELF You might be disappointed to learn that your dream of being a purely creative being whose hands are never “sullied” by crass commercialism or “manipulative” marketing are mere fantasy. This may be hard to swallow, but you need to get over yourself in this regard. So, let me get the disappointing stuff out of the way right upfront: 1. This approach may require a readjustment of what you think of as “craft.” The kind of writing I do is very specific: direct response copy. This is copy meant to result in a sale. It's copy that moves the reader to buy. Personally, I find the craft of writing sales copy to be endlessly fascinating and fun. While you may not choose to write sales copy (arguably the most lucrative kind of writing available to the average writer), you may also have to spend a little less time writing poems about the secret lives of elves. 2. My approach is not an “instant income” strategy. This whole system of “writing as a business” has taken me a few years to figure out and build up. I am able to pass on some hard-won lessons (like those in this post), which I believe may considerably shorten your learning curve. You can go faster than I did. But it's still not instant. And I'm constantly learning new things. You and I are very much works in progress. 3. There is more than one way to achieve a million-dollar income as a writer. For instance, there is a writer (whose name you would not recognize) who writes 3-4 books a year and gets paid $300,000 – $400,000 for each book. He's a ghostwriter. You'd be shocked to learn how many New York Times best-selling books with famous names on the covers were actually written by this one ghostwriter. Another writer I know raked in a million dollars last year writing content, white papers, and annual reports for big corporations. As I said, my way is not the only way. But it is worth noting that though the kinds of writing differ, the basic ideas I share here apply to every wealthy writer I know. 4. In my experience, a million-dollar writing business means you're selling more than “just” writing. You will probably find it necessary to offer products and services that are not strictly writing (but which you would not be able to sell without your foundational work as a writer). It's the rare writer who can merely write and cash checks (our ghostwriter friend notwithstanding). I'll dive more deeply into this in the next section. 5. This whole endeavor requires me to use a four-letter word that will shock and offend some people. But I feel the use of this word is required to communicate the force of my argument. The four-letter word is: w-o-r-k. Work! Ya gotta put in the effort! This is a glimpse “behind the curtain,” and you may or may not like what you see. Then again you may find it encouraging to know there is a proven path to prosperity as a writer, and you don't need a fat contract from a big publisher to pull this off. You can simply decide, and then go do it. “The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor … the greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. That is when we must learn to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and to reap without apology if the amounts are big … you must either get good at sowing in the spring or begging in the fall. The soil says: don't bring me your need, bring me your seed.” — Jim Rohn HOW I GET PAID The first thing to know is I “fudged” a little on my income – it wasn't really $1 million last year. The actual number is closer to $1.2 million. The second thing to know is I didn't get to keep most of it. Where did it go? A lot of places: • The IRS and the State of Washington got their portions, of course. • Then there are payroll taxes, Social Security, etc. • Employee salaries. • Affiliate commissions. • Vendors and independent contractors. • Other business expenses. • There are the medical expenses related to my little neurological disorder. • Plus we finished paying off all consumer debt, which at its height topped $400,000.(I'm actually embarrassed by this. I learned a lot through the mistakes which landed me in so much debt – perhaps I'll share more about that journey in a future post.) So, you can forget asking me for a loan. I didn't sock a million into the bank. But I'm not complaining – the Edwards household did, and still does, quite well. With all that out of the way… here's where the money actually comes from. How I get paid. Product Sales Product sales are far-and-away our biggest source of revenue. These include high-ticket items ($1,000 and up) sold mostly via PLF-style launches, advertising, purchased solo email campaigns, and organic website traffic. “Day with Ray” Consulting This is where I meet with a single client (or their team). I require this meeting before Private Client Copy Engagement. The “Day With Ray” costs $15,000 if you come to me in Spokane, WA, or $20,000 plus private air charter if I come to you. What do we do in such a meeting? It depends on the client (everyone is different, so there is no template for this). I grill the client for the first hour or so, and generally this will lead to a discovery of the 1-3 most powerful “levers” we can pull in their business to increase revenue and profits, while providing the business owner with less stress and more peace of mind. Private Client Copy Engagement After a long period of protesting that I was no longer writing for clients, I am finally giving in to market demand. I am accepting a very few assignments wherein I personally run the copy project and write the copy. This is prohibitively expensive for the client, and if you have to ask, you can't afford it. Also, I require that all Private Clients pass a rigorous application process, and agree to my admittedly unreasonable demands (100% compliance with my advice, 100% commitment to running my copy as written, 100% commitment to testing and tracking, payment of a percentage of gross sales to be made quarterly, and acceptance of my total lack of availability for “chummy chats,” psychological counseling, and babysitting sessions). I charge a minimum of $150,000 payable up front. Maximum four clients per year, booked well in advance. Royalties These are payments on gross sales of Private Client projects. They also include royalties on co-created projects and revenue share deals. This is becoming a more significant percentage of my company revenue. Please do not contact us looking for me to do your marketing for free and offering me a percentage. I only do these deals when I know the person well, know the company and market well, and when it is my idea. Group Coaching Group coaching has been lacking in my portfolio of services until recently. Experiments thus far show it to be fun and profitable, as well as extraordinarily valuable to participants. These are online groups of up to 20 people at a time, who receive coaching and feedback from me once per week for a finite period (usually 6-12 weeks). Workshops I host a few small group workshops that focus on a single theme or outcome each year. Participants pay a premium fee ($5,000 – $10,000) and must qualify through application. These consist typically of three intense and productive days that can significantly alter the course of the client's business and life for the better. Private Masterminds Small group Mastermind Alliances involve a strict application process, membership requirements, and required compliance to meeting attendance and participation. Affiliate Commissions We generate commissions through the recommendation of products and services we ourselves use. This accounts for about 7% of our company revenue each year, but nearly 18% of our annual profit. Why is it so profitable? All we do is promote the product. We don't actually do any work, creation, or customer support. REIC Membership This is our newest offering. Members receive a printed newsletter each month with my best (and freshest) thinking, a monthly video training, a live Q&A once per month, and more. We are launching this in September 2017. Those methods fairly well sum up how I earn my income. HOW I GET CLIENTS My marketing system is not immediately obvious to most. It is complex, carefully thought out, and rigorously tested. I am constantly experimenting. Every “thing” we do is designed to point to all the other “things” we do. Client Attraction vs. Client Pursuit Client attraction is foundational. Long ago I decided I did not wish to “chase” business, but prefer instead to let business chase me. So, I have carefully designed a ubiquitous system for attracting a steady flow of possible clients and customers from many different streams. This adds up to a large flow of potential business at various levels of engagement and investment, all swimming (upstream if necessary) to me. Some of the “pools” from which I attract business include: • Podcasting. This is one of the most intimate mediums available. Podcast listeners have me literally “in their head” for an hour per week (or more, if they binge-listen… and many do just that from our library of nearly 300 episodes). This is a curiously powerful medium. Numerous customers have listened to 1-3 episodes and proceeded directly to a $5,000 – $10,000 purchase. • YouTube channel. This is a new, experimental marketing tool for me. I have been enjoying playing around with the possibilities, and have now settled on a strategy going forward. Look for a slight shift in focus on my YouTube channel in the coming weeks. The goal, as with all third-party media, is to move people off third-party properties like YouTube (and Facebook, and Twitter, etc.) and onto my email list. • Social media. While many claim direct money making power through social media, my approach is to use it to attract and build a bond and relationship with my tribe, and then move them from social media to the media I own, i.e., my email list. • Printed newsletter. Already mentioned once, this is not only a product but also a marketing tool. Since the largest primary segment of my audience is made up of writers (meaning, presumably, they're also readers), having a print newsletter is vitally important. Print media carries more impact than electronic media. This is not something I'm guessing at. According to this Millward Brown study, brain scans demonstrated the same message presented to the human subject printed on paper lights up more areas of the brain than the electronic equivalent. More areas of the brain lighting up equals more engagement. • Speaking. This is a way that I accomplish a number of objectives: for instance, I like to travel. I want to travel to exotic places. So, I have a speaking engagement next month in Hong Kong, primarily because I've never been there. This will also afford me the opportunity, as do all speaking engagements, to establish personal contact with a new group of people, perhaps add them to my mailing list, and maybe generate a few clients along the way. Speaking automatically grants you a certain amount of gravitas and authority. As far as generating clients, this is an indirect benefit of speaking. I do not hock or pitch my services from the stage. I do, however, strategically communicate that I am available to be hired by the right people, and that I have products available for people who are not ready to hire me. Perhaps I'll write more about this at a later time. • Books. Both physical and Kindle versions of my books are available. I currently have three books that are relevant to my business as a copywriter and marketer, and by the end of next year I plan to have no less than 10. The current books are How to Write Copy That Sells, Moneywords, and Just Get Started. These books generate a certain kind of prospect or client. They are engineered to do so, and also provide valuable content. And, as with speaking, having a book in hand conveys on the author a certain amount of authority and credibility which cannot be gained in any other way. • Guest posts/appearances. From time to time I guest-post on the blogs of other people. I also appear on other people's podcasts as a guest interview. Once upon a time, I did this indiscriminately and would post or appear anywhere asked. The demands on my time have become so overwhelming I now have to choose more carefully. Each decision whether to appear on a podcast or write a guest post is a tactical decision designed to support my overall business strategy. For more on my thinking about this, see this book with my friend Tom Schwab, Podcast Guest Profits. That, in a nutshell, is how I get new clients. I admit it is condensed and leaves out a lot of details. The subject deserves a book of its own. The above will get you started and will have to do until I write that book. HOW I RUN MY WRITING BUSINESS This is not an exhaustive description of methodologies and practices for running a business, but a brief overview of some key principles that I believe help keep my business lean and growing. Minimal staff. Once upon a time, I wanted no staff at all. This came after having been responsible for hundreds of people in my corporate position in radio broadcasting. But I finally realized I was limiting my growth by not hiring employees for my personal writing business. So now we have a few full-time employees and a number of independent contractors. We try to keep the staff as minimal as possible, but no smaller than needed. I have seen more than one friend destroy their own business by over-hiring. I'm determined not to make this mistake. Remote workers. Rather than limit my pool of prospective employees to people who live in my hometown, we simply look for the best people for the job. This means we have hired staff from all over the place. In the US, we have workers on our team in Tennessee, Colorado, California, and elsewhere. For more on how to orchestrate a remote workforce (because there are some unique challenges), I highly recommend the book Remote: Office Not Required, by Jason Fried. Employees vs. Contractors. I am not offering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. You should seek the services of a qualified professional to answer those questions. I can tell you that in my experience there is a difference between an employee and contractor in terms of mental attitude and dedication to the job. This is not to say that contractors don't have a place. In my work as a freelance copywriter, I am, after all, an independent contractor. However, the person who is a full-time employee in your company can devote 100% of their working efforts to you. You must see that makes a difference. I'm not saying one is better than the other; I'm saying there's a place for both. Client Selection. Anytime I'm going to be personally interacting with clients, such as on a copywriting or marketing project, I use a selection process. The prospective client will have to convince me that I want them as a client. This may sound arrogant, but it is not meant to be so. It actually serves all parties concerned. If I do not have good chemistry with the client, if our working styles do not match, or if we have mismatched expectations, that is a recipe for discord and upset. Contentious, negative, or sketchy people do not make the list. And if they do somehow sneak in, once we discover these fatal flaws, they are invited to go elsewhere. Immediately. PRIORITIZING PRODUCTIVITY I place priority on stewarding my most valuable non-renewable resource – time – as if it is treasure. Because it is treasure. Thus productivity gets priority. My Morning Success Ritual. This is vital to my most productive days. While I don't manage to get this all in every day, I'm getting better at it. My goal between is to achieve 95%+ compliance with this ritual every day. The days when I follow this MSR, starting the minute my feet hit the floor out of bed, are invariably my best days (most productive, most joyous, most satisfying). Probably because the most important things were done first – like prayer, reading, meditating, journaling, exercise, etc. And they are done when I'm still in the “NDZ”: No Distraction Zone (meaning no email, no voicemail, no phone calls, etc.) Writing. The first thing I must do each day after my MSR is complete (and after I have showered, driven to the office, etc.) is WRITING. I am primarily a writer. You can always tell who the writers are – they're the ones who are writing. This is my #1 Revenue Producing Activity (RPA). At this point my phone is off, I have still not checked email, not checked voicemail, etc. Still in the NDZ. I write for a large block of time at the beginning of the day — often 4 hours. NOTHING gets to interrupt the writing — including (especially) the clients for whom I may be writing. Fortress of Solitude. This is the most important and perhaps the most controversial piece of advice I can give you. You must construct for yourself a “fortress of solitude”. While I do not pretend to be Superman, I do take inspiration from the Man of Steel's secret hideaway. The Fortress of Solitude is the place Superman goes to be in absolute solitude. A place of silent contemplation. This is the place he goes to think, to learn, to plan, to rejuvenate. Some of the ways in which I've done this are: I never answer incoming business calls. They're always screened, dealt with, and if I really need to speak with the person a call is set for Call Day. I have only one day per month that I make phone appointments (Call Day). I make all phone appointments on that day. If that date cannot work for a person seeking a phone conversation with me, my assistant will schedule them for the next month. I schedule all my interviews on one day per month, grouped together so that I can take care of this task all in a single day. My daily schedule is relatively free from appointments. This creates large blocks of time for me to do what I do best, and what is most important for generating revenue in my business: writing, creating content, and recording (either audio or video). For more details on why I resort to these extreme measures, please see No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs, by Dan Kennedy. Rest. In order to deliver the very best work to my clients and partners, and to still leave room in my schedule for rejuvenation (sleep, family time, time with God, and time to just plain relax)… I have to guard my time vigorously. And I have to be on guard against what Dan Kennedy calls “Time Vampires”. They will suck the life out of you. I Don't Check Email, and I Only Get One Email Each Day. My auto-check feature in Apple Mail is turned OFF. I only get email when I press the “Check Mail” button. I check it once per day, Monday thru Thursday. Usually around 4 pm Pacific. All my email is screened by my assistant, who compiles the relatively few messages I must read or respond to. She sends those to me in a single email at the end of each day. This is one of my policies that tends to be unpopular with those who are “urgency addicts”, and who want me to have a constant email discussion about all manner of things with them. I refuse to sacrifice my highest valued commodity (time) for the sake of what usually amounts to trivia. I suggest you adopt the same policy. I Avoid Meetings Like the Plague They Are. Any meeting that lasts longer than 15 minutes is probably too long. Not always, but most of the time. Any project that requires multiple meetings each week is probably in trouble. Long meetings = inefficiency at best, and postponement of the inevitable at worst. (As a sidebar: frequent short meetings are just a disguised way of having long meetings. HEAR ME: if you have “meeting-itis”, either you just want an excuse to talk about work instead of doing it, or something is wrong with the project … something another meeting won't solve). Phone Meetings / Conversations. Same as in person meetings, only worse. Conversations and phone meetings should be 15 minutes or less and have a predetermined purpose and ending time. These all take place on aforementioned Call Day. Instant Messenger. Any Flavor. (I'm looking at you, Slack). Just say no. The only time I use it is when I have SCHEDULED events on Skype or Zoom (usually interviews). I am NEVER “just available” to be interrupted. (If I was, that would mean that I was either doing something unimportant or that I was doing NOTHING. If I'm doing something unimportant… WHY? And if I'm doing NOTHING, it's a PLANNED nothing and it's important that this not be interrupted!). I HATE TEXT MESSAGES. The end. Office Hours. Yes, I have an office outside my home. I lease currently. I'm considering buying an office building. I keep regular business hours most of the time: Mon – Thurs, 8 am – 5 pm Pacific. By the way, my office phone is answered by a LIVE HUMAN (not some stupid voicemail torture device) Monday – Saturday, 8 am – 6 pm Pacific time. Why do I have the phone covered even when I am out of the office? Because other members of my team keep different hours… and because emergencies DO happen, and I like to be available if a TRUE emergency arises. My phone team knows how to reach me in those cases. WHY THE EMPHASIS ON NOT BEING INTERRUPTED? Interruptions cost you dearly. As a writer, I know that allowing myself to be interrupted by a client or vendor (“Hey Ray – got a minute to talk about the new logo?”) can seem harmless… but it isn't. That interruption costs me (a) the state of “flow” I was in while working, maybe impossible to recover, (b) the time of the interruption itself, and (c) the time it takes me to get back into the “zone” with what I was working on… minimum 20 minutes, maybe longer. I can't afford to let that happen. My clients and customers can't afford for me to let that happen. I once had a client who loved to call me at 11 pm at night and talk for two hours. I tried to tell him I worked set hours and was available at those times, but he didn't seem to understand. When our first project was finished, I fired him. His dysfunction did not automatically become my problem. Be warned – people will WASTE your time if you let them. Will you let them? Be polite, be loving… but don't be a victim. In the end, if you guard your time, you are being most respectful of other people. Think about it: if you allow yourself to be interrupted, or your time wasted when you should have been doing something else… who suffers? Your clients. Your customers. Your family (“Sorry honey, I have to stay late because I wasted 2 hours today listening to the web team make excuses…”). You're not serving anyone by being a poor steward of your time. WHAT TO DO NEXT Here's the 3-step plan I promised you to help increase your own income. It's quite simple: 1. Choose just one of the practices I listed above – the one that excites you the most. 2. Put that practice to work in your own business, and use it until it begins to produce results. 3. Now pick a new practice, add it to your daily/weekly/monthly routine, and repeat the process. (Don't stop doing the new “thing” you started in Step 1. Keep doing all the activities, and as you add them one by one, you will likely see a corresponding surge in income. I am not promising you any income results, just sharing what has worked for me. Your mileage may vary.) If this post has struck a chord with you, please let me know in the comments, and ask any specific questions you have. I'll endeavor to answer as transparently as possible. Finally, if you did find this post useful, I pray that you put it into action. So, here's my question for you: What ideas from this post will you implement and what results do you hope to see?   How You Can Help Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will definitely mention you on this show. Questions or comments? Connect with Ray on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit Ray's community on Facebook – This is a friendly group of writers, entrepreneurs, and coaches who share ideas and helpful advice.   Get the Transcript and Video https://rayedwards.com/612

Welcome to the Velocity Chaos Podcast! This is the 59th Episode of the Velocity Chaos Podcast!!  Luke, Nick, and DJ Road Rash talk about Hootie and not the Blow Fish, The Wagon Wheel, and Hardcore Parkour! They get into some Party Knowledge about the Cumberland Gap, Play a game of Buzzkill, and Find out something about Golf Carts... or Cars... All that and more on this episode of Velocity Chaos! Thank you all so much!   Be sure to Like, Comment, Subscribe, and or leave a rating on all the platforms! Share it with your friends! Instagram Facebook YouTube www.VelocityChaos.Libsyn.com  Spotify Apple Podcast iheartRadio Episode Links Segment 1 Party Knowledge - Cumberland Gap  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Gap https://vividmaps.com/new-france/  https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-lyrics-wagon-wheel-old-crow-medicine-show/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheel_(song)  Segment 2 Buzzkill Topics Pawn Shops, Bonfires, The internet, Bartending, Stunt Driving, Tornadoes, Parkour/Free Running, Instant Messenger, Dictators, Game Controllers, Anime, Museums Segment 3 Well, I Just Found This Out - Golf Cars https://www.dailyedge.ie/common-misnomers-1499798-Jun2014/   https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/25-common-phrases-that-youre-saying-wrong.html   Aussie News World Record Voyage https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/aussie-lisa-blairs-world-record-breaking-solo-sailing-voyage-around-antarctica/510f2bca-dfb1-41a3-babe-dbddf3d49c0a  Recommendation Community https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439629/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm  Songs are free YouTube songs:  Jason Farnham - World Map E's Jammy Jams - Soul and Mind Didgeridoo Royalty Free Music Infraction - Upbeat Funk Rock [No Copyright Music] _ Saturday  Send us an email about anything If you have any questions or topics you would like us to get into, please email VelocityChaosPodcast@gmail.com  We'll see if we can tackle your question in an upcoming episode! Timecodes are slightly off, because they are taken from the YouTube Video Timeline. 0:00 Intro 0:19 Welcome and Show Set up 2:16 Segment 1 - Party Knowledge - Cumberland Gap 16:51 Ad Break 1 - Cream 17:35 Segment 2 - Buzzkill 38:57 Ad Break 2 - This Product 39:46 Segment 3 - Well, I Just Found This Out - Golf Cars 52:10 Australian News - World Record Voyage 54:35 Summation 56:10 Recommendation - Community 59:23 Outro

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Do you ever wish you could have more energy and focus better on your daily tasks? In today's class we'll discuss the essential strategies you need so you can add more time to your day, accomplish more in your business, and see better results. Join me as I walk you through ten helpful ways to ensure you have your most productive day ever!   Podcast Outline: [0:41] Introduction to the topic of having your most productive day ever - some questions to consider and reasons why people experience a lack of productivity.   Ten Ways to Have a More Productive Day [5:21] #1 Identify and eliminate your productivity pitfalls - examples of different types of pitfalls and how to overcome them. [7:46] #2 Make your to-do list the day before - what to include and how to format the list. [8:48] #3 Build regular morning rituals - the importance of having a regular routine and some examples of how it helps you get into the mental and emotional space to be able to do good work. [9:59] #4 Use the fine art of time blocking - how to create focus times to zero in on your Most Important Task (MIT).  [11:29] #5 Batch your recurring tasks - how to designate a time for activities, like checking email and social media, to squeeze more out of the day. [12:28] #6 Keep a distraction list - the types of things to document so you can clear your mind and focus. [13:35] #7 Eliminate inefficient communication methods - the importance of putting boundaries on communication and some examples that could work when communicating with clients. [14:46] #8 Fill your tank with breaks - how to manage your energy and replenish your mind and body by stepping away from your computer at regular intervals. [17:06] #9 Daily sharpen your saw - the importance of preparation, how learning and development increase your motivation and confidence. [18:11] #10 Get plenty of rest - how adequate sleep at night and consistent sleep patterns give you good energy and focus during the day. [19:03] Recap of the 10 helpful strategies to have your most productive day ever [20:08] How to learn more about Freelance University programs and training   Resources and tools discussed in this episode: Freelance University  Start-Up Fast Track Program  All-Access University   Scale to Success Program   Inc Magazine   Netflix  Twitter  Instagram   Instant Messenger  Skype   Slack   Bullet Journal   Asana    Trello   ClickUp   Todoist   Zoom   YouTube 

In the second episode of Conversations with Dr. Stenemo, we do a deep dive on how we both use email and our perspectives on it. We also cover Instant Messenger at the end. Key takeaways "Email is a bad way of writing messages (...) taking the worst part of writing letters by hand and combines it with the worst way of communicating by short text messages" "You end up writing a short introduction and a short signoff with the message in between. It could have been finished in half the time if you have seen the person in person" When you can call, instead of email, it is the better option Follow Inbox Zero and Only Handle It Once Try to optimize for informality and speed. Thus, you become more effective, clear, and fast. Try to dictate your emails for faster workflow “When you receive more than 300 emails a day, I think you must have a more formal system (assistant etc).” “I think we will use email less in the future because of better alternatives.” We do not have chainmails anymore for example. Social platforms are more effective for reaching out to new people Important to always know the purpose of your emailing Instant Messenger is the most efficient way of asynchronous conversation since you can just dive into the message without introduction and preamble. Slack is good for bridging the forum part with Instant Messenger. However, it requires an initial setup. If you feel like the conversation on IM is no longer serving you, you should be comfortable leaving it. If you have a specific question, challenge, or area of concern related to productivity and building your best life, I offer FREE 30-minute consultations. You can book a slot here. My name is Oscar Lagrosen and am the founder of The Total Living. I publish a new podcast episode every single day about effortless productivity for highly ambitious people. Tips, frameworks, and big ideas to craft your ideal life, both right now and in the future. Want to submit a question to the show? Please visit the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hipw5_R8Yc14F3moRfl_ycIFqwYLpQ5eVYzQEVx8tHQ/edit. You can be anonymous if you want.

You want to hire people you know, love, and trust, and quite often those are friends and family members, but how do you avoid favoritism and nepotism?   On today's episode, host Jeff Mask is joined by his brother, Clate Mask, CEO and co-founder of Keap (formerly known as Infusionsoft), a sales and marketing automation platform. Clate loves entrepreneurs and has great respect for the grit and tenacity and perseverance they show as they build their businesses. He built a company that helps entrepreneurs overcome the challenges and frustrations that go with the territory. Automation helped him and his business, and now he shares it with others.   Clate and Jeff have a lot of experience working together in multiple companies over the years. They've seen what works really well and what can be really painful, creating family strife.   So how do you work with family and friends? How do you lead through nepotism and favoritism? How do you avoid those horror stories we all hear about when family members work together and end up ruining their relationships outside of the office?   Listen in for some encouraging stories and practical tips—all born from years of experience, both good and bad.   What NOT to Do When Working with Family   Years ago, during the dotcom era, Clate was Jeff's boss in a company he didn't own. It was a lot of fun, and they learned a lot. Jeff is six years younger than Clate and idolized him. They had a good relationship, but as Jeff started tasting success, he got prideful, and Clate would try to keep him in his place. Clate had the mental game and knew how to push Jeff's buttons. Both of their weaknesses came out.   Their company had a ping pong table where they'd play lunch tournaments. Clate won 95% of the time, because of his skill and mental edge. They always played best of three. One day, they had each won one game, and Jeff was one point away from winning game three. He smashed it and won. An employee had walked behind Clate at just that moment, and Clate slammed the paddle down and said, “If you want to win that way, sure.”    They replayed the point. Clate won and gloated, and 21 years of little brother exploded inside Jeff. He lost it, started swearing, and they were yelling at each other, totally embarrassing themselves. They went back to work and kept fighting over Instant Messenger.    Learning From Their Failures   They eventually got over it and healed. Fast forward. Clate started a new company with two of his brothers-in-law. Jeff could have joined but didn't want to mess up their relationship. Jeff went out on his own and found success. After two kids and a cancer diagnosis, he wanted to find purpose and vision in business. At the same time, Clate was looking for a Jeff Mask in his company and thought, shoot, we just need Jeff Mask.   Jeff was hesitant at first, because he really didn't want to risk ruining a family relationship he treasured. But he and Clate sat down for a ground rule-setting conversation at the very beginning. They knew they had to be intentional, and they were. They set ground rules for what they would be and not be. They decided together that they would avoid these three things at all costs:    greed pride laziness   And they would make sure they demonstrated:    selflessness humility grit    There were certain standards Jeff had to meet, results he had to get, and if he didn't measure up, they agreed Clate would fire him. Clate told Jeff “I don't want you to be my younger brother. Just be my brother.” He had matured and was no longer trying to hold a psychological edge. He said it was having two sons of his own that opened his eyes and caused him to reflect. He watched their older/younger brother dynamic, and his heart went out to the younger brother.   Some Practical Tactical Things To Consider   The perception of nepotism is worse than nepotism, but you have to deal with it. Nepotism and favoritism are real, but it doesn't mean you can't hire friends and family. You just need those ground rules, clarity, and core values, so we can have awesome relationships. You've got to practice open communication, confront issues, and put your relationships above the business.    That doesn't mean that, because of our relationships, a friend or family member can do whatever they want in the business. It means that, if we part ways in the business, our relationship is stronger than that and won't be destroyed. It means saying I love you more than I love the business. We might not be working together at some point, but my love and care for you is greater.   Sometimes the business requires you to let go of family/friends, even when it's hard. Don't hire anybody that you can't fire. Two of Clate's brothers-in-law founded the company with Clate, and the younger brother, Brad, worked for them. Over time, Clate knew he had to let him go. The brothers (and Clate's wife) pleaded with him not to do it, but he did. They went a year or more where family gatherings were really hard, especially for Brad's wife and Clate's wife. Clate told Brad his life would be better when he moved on, so he could be a business owner. When he got his own business going, he realized it was the best thing that could have happened to him. But it sucked for over a year. The leader has to have the courage and conviction to do what's right for the business and love the family member.    If you're a family member, the bar of performance is higher. You have to be a star, or it will be “that's just because he's a family member.” Clate has two sons in the business right now, and the bar is higher for them. You have to push yourself to be great. Results will calm all concerns. When the family member does well, people will know.   As your company gets bigger, try to avoid having family members report to each other. The company runs better that way. Guard yourself on favoritism. Don't show lesser trust with others. Give them a chance too. You can't have courage/conviction and not love. And you can't have love and not courage/conviction. It's both/and.    A Happy Ending   Jeff joined Infusionsoft (now Keap) before any outside capital came in, and it was bringing in $3 million a year. When he left 11 years later, they were north of $100 million. Jeff and Clate remember Jeff's exit interview well. They had the conversation, and there was some deep emotion happening. Clate's office has a glass door, and Jeff knew three things:    He was about to cry. Everyone could see him. He didn't care.   Clate and Jeff cried and hugged for a long time. They just couldn't get over the amazing fact that 11 years earlier they had committed to each other to not be proud, selfish, or lazy, and they did it. And their relationship was stronger and more powerful than ever. It was hard work to do that. But it can be done.   They went their separate ways four years ago and remain best friends. Even if you don't work with family or friends, these core values are still powerful. You don't have to be a statistic in the horror stories of working with family. But it takes intentionality and ground rules and open communication. It takes courage and humility and love.   Richard and Jeff want to hear from YOU. Did something in today's episode resonate with you? Anything you disagreed with? What experiences do you have to share about nepotism in the workplace? They'd love to hear your feedback on this episode. Email them here with your thoughts/questions: feedback@readytolead.com    LINKS AND RESOURCES: keap.com clate@keap.com    OTHER SHOWS YOU MIGHT ENJOY: Business Lunch with Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss Perpetual Traffic with Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam DigitalMarketer Podcast with Mark de Grasse and Mandy McEwen  

On this special 3 part series, you get to hear Russell's presentation at the ROR (Return on Relationships) Symposium! Russell discusses the importance of what he calls the “Dream 100”, and how it helps create relationships that support both his business and his personal life. Check out RORUniversity.com to learn more! Hit me up on IG! @russellbrunson Text Me! 208-231-3797 Join my newsletter at marketingsecrets.com ClubHouseWithRussell.com ---Transcript--- Russell Brunson: Hey. What's going on, everybody? This is Russell Brunson. Want to welcome you back to The Marking Secrets podcast. I got something special for you guys over the next three episodes. I'm actually on vacation right now, Thanksgiving vacation. My wife and my kids and I are all in Kauai, Hawaii. You might hear them giggling in the background depending on how well this microphone picks up noise. And so, I didn't have a chance to record a podcast for the next couple episodes, but before I left on vacation, I actually had a chance to be part of a really cool summit that my friend, Christopher Voss put on called The ROR Symposium. And he had me as one of his keynote speakers, and he had me talk about just my history, my journey, using relationships, and joint ventures, and things like that. The Dream 100, as I call it, to build my business and everything we've done over the last almost 20 years now. And so, it was a really special presentation. It was one that I came to with notes, but not PowerPoint slides and things like that. It was more, I just wanted to kind of share from my heart. And if you know Christopher Voss you know he's a very emotional person and he brings that emotion. And apparently, I found out afterwards, all the speakers end up crying. In fact, I did as well during my presentation. So, there's something really special in the middle that you'll find out about. But anyway, I hope you really enjoy these. They're going to help you to learn how to build joint ventures, how to find your Dream 100, how to build better relationships with people, and how to turn that into more business and help you to get your mission out there to change more people's lives. If you don't know who Christopher Voss is, I recommend following him. He told me that the best site to send you guys to... I said, "Where should I send people to listen who want to go deeper with you and learn more about relationships and how to build businesses using them?" And he said theroruniversity.com would be the best place for you guys to go. So, if you want to go deeper with Chris, go to roruniversity.com, check out what he's got there. And with that said, I'm going to cue the theme song. When we come back, you have a chance to hear the first part of my keynote presentation. As I was kind of thinking through this, I was like, "Man, there's 30-something speakers coming. Everyone's talking about different ways to do this ROR, return on relationship game. And everyone's got different ideas and things, and it got me to back, man, almost 19, 20 years ago now. And so I... If you guys are cool with it, I just want to do some story time and tell you guys my story and some of the things along the journey that I tried, that I... failures, the successes, specifically inside of this relationship, and joint venture partners, and things like that. And hopefully, it'll give you guys some comfort. Because everyone starting different points and sometimes you look at someone like me like, "Oh, well, Russell knows Tony Robbins, and Dan Kennedy," and da, da, da. But there was a day, 18, 19, 20 years ago where I was a little kid scared out of my mind awkwardly trying to message people pre-Facebook. So, I'm sending emails and trying to... and it was scary, and hard, and so hopefully, it'll give you some faith in wherever you are in your journey. Just like, "Okay, this is right. It's going to be good." It's going to be for some of us, especially the introverts like me, this is going to be something that kind of stretches you and feels uncomfortable sometimes, but then it can become something you really love and enjoy and gives you the ability to change the world at a level you never thought was possible. So, that's kind of my game plan. Then after that, we can open for some Q&A and... or whatever we want to do. Or we can celebrate, have a party, or we can sing Christopher's song and let him have a nap. Hey, whatever we want to do, it'll be fun. So, looking back, it's funny, because when I got started in this business, I was still in college. So, I had just met my beautiful wife, Colette, who I think we're celebrating our... I think it's our 20th anniversary this summer, which is crazy. So, she's stuck around my chaos for this long and she's... Gosh, she's the best. But we had just gotten married and I was trying to figure out how to support her. I was wrestling and I didn't want to quit wrestling, so I'm like, "How do I wrestle and do all these things at once?" And so, I did what most people do and I went to Google and typed in how to make money. Right? Which, who here has done that at one point in your career? And you go on this rabbit trail, right? Of like, "Whoa, there's a lot of things to do." And everyone's got a different thing, and you start joining email newsletters. You know what those are at first and you start getting these emails from all these people, and then for me, it was like I was reading blogs and then I was joining... They didn't have Facebook groups back then. They had forums. So, I was joining the Warrior forum and How-To Court forum, and then... Anyway, there's like 20 or 30 different forums. So, all day long I'm reading forums of people, and I'm getting emails, and I'm learning all these things. And it was interesting because I was learning all the different pieces, right? Some people would talk about SEO and that's what they geeked out on. So, I started reading all the SEO articles, and I started learning how to do SEO and backlinking. So, I was like, "Oh, this is how you make money." And then someone else was like, "SEO's stupid. This is how we make money," and they had a whole different strategy. And then someone else had a different strategy, and soon I was just looking at all these shiny objects and I was like, "I don't know which one I'm supposed to do." How many of you guys ever felt that before? There's like 8,000 things. Like, "Russell said funnel. Someone else said this." Like, "Ah." And so, I was in that as well, and so I was just like... I got in this perpetual learning phase, right? Where I was learning and studying, and learning and studying. Then I started watching what was happening. Right? And I was on all these different email lists, but then it seemed like it was coordinated. Once every couple months, all of a sudden I would get an email from 30 or 40 people who somehow I had got on their email lists and all of them would be talking about the same product at the exact same time. Right? And all of a sudden you're like, "Oh, my gosh. Everyone's talking about this thing." Right? And I think the first ones I saw there was an old e-book called Google Cash. And it's how people are making money on Google doing Google ads. It was Chris Carpenter's offer, and he had gotten a whole bunch of affiliates. I don't know how at the time, but he had a whole bunch of affiliates all promote at the same time, so my inbox... And I'm at college opening my inbox and there's like 40 emails from people all talking about this book. I'm like, "This is the thing everyone's talking about. It's got to be the secret." I was so excited. And I went and paid this $67 for an e-book, which no one knew what e-books were back then and we were all confused. Literally, I remember messaging the support team and I was... like two weeks later. I'm like, "When's the book going to show up?" And they're like, "It's digital." I'm like, "I don't know what that means." They're like, "It means you download it." And again, 20 years ago, that was like... that was weird. That wasn't a thing that nowadays we all get it. But back then... And so I download this book, and I'm trying to read it, and I was just like, "I paid $67 for a PDF. My wife's going to kill me when she finds out." But I'm reading it and I'm getting all excited like t's next big thing, and all of a sudden, there's this next promotion and everybody's talking about this next thing. I'm getting all these... like 20, 30 emails. And I was like, "It's got to be this," so I jumped over there, and it's started me on this rabbit trail. And I just remember being confused, and overwhelmed, and all the things a lot of us go through. Right? And about that time... This was probably the very first ever high-ticket... Not even high-ticket, like $1,00 product. There was this guy, and I didn't know who he was at the time, but again, all of a sudden the emails start flying in my inbox. Right? And they're all for this guy. They say this guy is the godfather of internet marketing and he's retiring. And because of that, he's giving away his entire empire, everything he's built. And he called it the farewell package. Like, "This is my farewell from the internet. I'm done. I'm out. I've made millions of dollars, now I'm leaving." And his name was Mark Joyner. And I didn't know who Mark was at the time, but I started reading the emails and the stuff, and I was just like, "This is the greatest thing in the world." Right? So, I remember going to the sales page, reading through it ready to try to buy it for 20, or 30 bucks, or whatever, and the price went was $1,000. And I was like, "Oh, I do not have $1,000. I've never had $1,000." My wife was working, supporting at the time, and she was making, I believe $9.50 an hour. So, I mean, it would take her, man, over 100 hours. No, because you got taxes. Probably 200 hours of her working, so that's a lot of time to pay for this $1,000 course. I remember looking at it and I was like, "Oh, I don't have any money. I'm a broke wrestler." I had just gotten married, therefore, now I'm living off my wife who's making $9.50 an hour as a receptionist where she was working at. And I was like, "There's no way I can do it." And so, I remember not being able to buy it, not being able to buy it, but I kept seeing the emails, and the promotions, and the urgency, and the scarcity, and it eventually got to the point where it was about to sell out. Probably five or six weeks into this whole thing and about to sell out. And they were closing down the cart. And I remember the night before... This is... Again, for those of you who are newer before there were webinars, there were things called teleseminars where you would pick up the phone, and you would call, and you'd just listen to people talk. And so, I called this teleseminar, and on the teleseminar these guys are talking about the Mark Joyner Farewell Package. And it was just... It was going to be gone the next day and you had to get it. And I remember listening to it and being sick to my stomach and laying in bed that night, and I was like, "I have to do it. This is my thing," and being so stressed out. And finally, the next morning I was still laying in bed. My wife woke up and I was like, "Colette, I know I bought a lot of stupid things that I haven't done anything with any of it yet, but I think this is the one. I think this is the thing." I remember asking her. I was like, "Can I buy it?" And she said something like... In fact, I talked about it. I wrote it in the Traffic Secrets book, this story, but she's like, "Well, do you think this is the one for you?" I was like, "I think this is the one." She's like, "Okay, then here's our credit card." And we only had like a $500 credit limit I had to call up my bank like, "Can you double our limit to 1,000?" This is how like green we were back then. And we did it, and I bought the course, and I remember I got the course and there was like 15 CDs, all these interviews. And so, I started listening to the CDs, and what was crazy, as Mark was talking, he kept talking over and over and over again, about two concepts. The first one was the power of your own list. He kept talking about, "You have to have your own email list, and this is how it works, and if you have an email list of 10,000 people, you send an email out to your offer, you can sell a whole bunch of your things." And I started realize, I'm like, "Oh, my gosh. This is literally what's been happening to me. I'm on all these people's email lists. They have a big email list and send an email, and if I buy a $1,000 course, they must have made 500 bucks." And I started putting the pieces together. It's like, "Oh, my gosh. This is how it works." And some of you guys... I'm not going to tell the whole story, but some of you guys have heard my story. After listening to two or three of these CDs I was like, "I need an email list." And I went down that whole journey where I got called a spammer and... Anyway, so that's... Insert that story there. I'm not going to tell that story because it's outside the context of this event. But I started trying to send email and it didn't work. And I was just like, "This thing Mark is teaching me, I need to have an email list, but everyone's got one, except for me. I don't have a list. It's not fair." And I kept listening to Mark's course, and as he got deeper and deeper in the course, he started talking about this thing called joint ventures. And he was like, "Every time you start a new company or launch a new product, the first thing we do before you buy ads or anything is we go and we have these different partners who all already have email lists." He's like, "Go with people who already have email lists, and then some of them will promote and send traffic to my thing, and that's how you make money." And I was like... I was just seeing... You know there's those curtain in front of your face, and the curtain's lifted? I saw the Wizard of Oz. I'm like, "This is how it works. You have to have an email list. If you don't have an email list, you find other people with email lists, and they promote your offer, and then the people buy your product, and then you have an email list." And I was like... It all started making sense in my head. I was like, "Okay." And then I did what I'm sure all of you guys did, especially if you've read Traffic Secrets book... And I didn't know what this was called at the time. I didn't have words for it, but it was basically my first Dream 100. I was like, "Okay. Who's got an email list?" Like, "Mark said people have email lists. We need to find people with email lists," and so that was kind of the next question. And so, I started making my first Dream 100 list. And it was funny because I had this farewell package I bought from Mark Joyner and he had all the people he interviewed. So I said, "Well, this is my Dream 100, all the people Mark interviewed." And so, I don't remember most of the names. I do remember Joe Vitale though. He was one of the names. And some of you guys know Joe Vitale. If you go to mrfire.com, he's written like 400 books. He's awesome. I wrote Joe Vitale down. I started writing other people's names down. And so, I remember I'm building this Dream 100 list and I was like, "Okay, this is easy. I'm just going to email them all, and then they're going to promote my thing, and I'm going to be rich. This seems really awesome." Right? And I'm sure some of you guys have thought of that before. Hopefully, it's not just me. So, I start emailing Joe Vitale, and I can't remember all the other names. Joe's the one that stuck out in my head. I remember emailing them all and then just waiting like, "Okay, they're going to respond back to me, and then this is going to be this big thing, and I'm going to make a bunch of money." And I think I had my first or second product at the time, so it was like I had a product for them to sell and everything. Sent all the emails out and it was crickets. Not one person wrote back to me. And I was like, "Huh." I was like, "Okay, either this Mark Joyner's full of crap or I need to send another email." So, being a relentless person, I send another email to all them like, "Hey, Joe Vitale. Did you not get my email? Because I've got this new product and if you promote it, we can split the money 50/50. It's going to be awesome." Right? Like he's for sure... Like, "I'll even give you 60% commission." Maybe I'll blow his mind. Right? So, I tell him this thing, crickets. Nobody responds back to me. And I remember just being like... I was like, "This internet thing doesn't work." So, I remember being frustrated and just not knowing what to do, not believing this JV thing actually worked. Assuming that it's impossible to build an email list and I was stuck in that rut for a while. Probably, I don't know how many, four or five months of this rut of just like, "It didn't work. I tried." And have you guys done that where you try something somebody told you and then you're like, "Oh"? It reminds me of... Well, never mind. I'm not going to tell that story, but it reminds me of just so many of us do that where we're trying to follow a guru. We try the thing and it doesn't work, and we're like, "Oh, it didn't work." It's like, maybe we just didn't execute it quite correctly. So, fast forward a little while later there was this internet marketing event. It was Armand Morin. It was called the Big Seminar back then. And it was the seminar in the industry. Kind of like Funnel Hacking Live is nowadays. It was the seminar. And so, I remember saving up some money and we flew out to... And I had made a little bit of money online at this point. Not a lot. I was making, I don't know, maybe 1,000 bucks a month or something. So, I had a little bit of money just so I didn't have to yell... borrow more money from Colette's credit card to go and go to this event. So, I fly out to this event. It's in Atlanta. I go to the seminar and I remember thinking, "All the speakers on stage, I'm going to get all... That's going to be my next affiliates or my next people I'm going to be partners with." And so, we're seeing all the speakers and they seem bigger than life. They're on stage, and they're talking, and I was just like, "If any of these guys promoted my product, I'd be rich." That's the thing going through my head. Right? And so, I'm seeing them, writing all their names down. I'm like, "I'm going to become partners with them and become friends with them. I'm going to go meet them face-to-face. Maybe that's the secret. If I meet them face-to-face then it'll be easy." Unfortunately, I'm insanely introverted, and shy, and scared. So, I'm at the event, I see the person walking by. I remember seeing Stephen Pierce. He was the guy at the time. He walked past and I was just like... He walked right past me, and he walked past, and I'm like, "Ah, I blew it. Stupid, Russell. Stupid, Russell. You didn't even talk to him." And I'm sitting there in the hallway and all of a sudden Armand... Actually, I was in the bathroom and Armand walked next to me in the urinal next to me. I'm like, "Armand's right here. What do I do? Do I say something? I can't say in the bathroom. It's so awkward." And he looks over and he is like, "Hey, man. How's it going?" I'm like, "Good." And he is like, "All right," and then walks away and walks out of the bathroom. I'm like, "Ah, I blew it again. I blew it again." You know? And I'm too scared to talk to any of the speakers, but I'm like... For me, I'm like, "This is the key. This is the key to my freedom is these speakers," and I didn't dare do it. I wimped out every single person. I didn't talk to a single one of them. And then at nights, all the attendees would go to the bar. Now, I'm not a drinker. I've never drank in my life. Most people don't believe me, but I've literally never drank in my entire life. So, I'd go to these bars and I was like, "I don't want people to think I'm drinking," because like I have a thing like that where I want to avoid the appearance of evil at all costs. Right? So, I remember I'd go to the bar and I was like, "Ah, how do I..." And literally, the bartender was like, "You want something to drink?" I was like, "Can you give me milk?" He was like, "Seriously?" I'm like, "I don't know. Can you?" I was like "Because if it's going to be a Sprite, people going to think it's some fizzy drink." I don't know. I don't even know what drinks are. Like, "It's going to be fizzy something." So, I'm like, "If you give me milk they're going to know that it's not alcohol." Right? So, he's like, "All right." So, the guy gives me a milk. I'm holding this milk at the bar walking around and everyone's like... All these people start coming to me, which is really cool, and they're like, "Are you drinking milk?" I was like, "Yeah." They're like, "Why are drinking milk?" I'm like, "Oh, well, I'm Mormon, so I don't drink." They all kind of laugh at me, but it opened dialogue when they came to me. And this is... Okay, side note. Interesting for the introvert. Who are the introverts in the room? If you're introvert, I learned something really cool. Nicholas Bailey actually told me this. He dresses weird because he's introverted and he's too scared to go talk to people. He's like, "If I do something weird," he's like, "people come to me and like, 'Oh, nice shirt. Nice glasses. Nice,'" blah, blah, blah, blah. And so, that's what happens. I had this weird thing, and then people came to me. They're like, "Why are you drinking milk in a bar?" And then it started a conversation, and then when I'm in a conversation I can do it. It's the walking up to. Like, "How am I going to go and..." You know what I mean? So scary for me. And so, people started talking to me. We started becoming friends and get to know people, and I'm talking in this group, and it was interesting because everyone I was talking to, they all had businesses just like me, but they weren't the guy on stage with a list of 100,000 people and all this kind of stuff They were here and they had a list of like 500 people. Or I got a list of 1,200 people. They were all kind of at this level. About the same level I was at. I was like, "Oh, my gosh," and we started talking, getting to know each other. And back then it was before Skype or before... It was pre-Skype. It was pre... What do we use nowadays? Slack or Instant Messenger. Whatever. We used to use Yahoo Messenger, or IRQ, or AOL, and so it always like, "What messenger are you on? Here's my AOL chat," or, "Here's my IRQ." Or ICQ Sorry. ICQ. Or, "Here's my..." And so, they give them to you, and so that was how we get to know people. So, I put it out, write it down, and then I remember the people. I remember Mike Phillip's name was on Yahoo Messenger. His name was signanddrive.com. And I remember Brad Callen. I remember Brad Fallon. And so, I started meeting all these people at the bar while I'm drinking my milk, and getting to know them, and I'm writing down all their little handles. And then we get home and away from the event, and so I start putting those things in and I start messaging them. I feel way more comfortable talking through text, through Yahoo Messenger. I was like, "Hey, great meeting you at the event," blah, blah, blah. "This is a picture of me so you remember who I was." Right? And the person would write back, "Oh, yeah. It was really cool. You were the guy with the milk, right?" I'm like, "Yeah." And we'd start this dialogue. And then I was like, "Okay..." Not even thinking that these guys would be big partners someday, but I kind of started getting to know these people. And we were all kind of the same level. And this is the key. Okay? I'm trying to tell stories with hopefully principles you guys can pick from it. So, all these people were at the same level. And I remember because at the same time I was messaging Joe, Vitale, and messaging all the speakers in the event, and none of them are responding to me. It's just like crickets. No one's responding back. I'm talking to these guys. And I remember I was creating an offer and these guys had become my friends. And I was like, "Hey, can you check this out? Do you think this is good? Is the offer good?" And they started messaging back, and all of a sudden they started becoming involved in my business, right? They had a vested interest because they were kind of like, "Oh, I would do this," or, "I'd try this over here. And all of a sudden they started sharing ideas back and forth and it was really cool. And then they would share with me what they were doing back and forth, and it was really, really cool. And I had vested interest in their projects because I was like, "Oh, you should try this, or, "Oh, I did this. You should try this." We built this little group of people. And I don't even know. It was probably four, five, six people maybe that we kind of did this thing. And I remember because about this time is when my very first software product ever came out, and I don't talk much about this product. It was a product called ZIP Brander, and I was so proud of it. And I remember I sent it to Mike Filsaime. I was like, "Hey, here's my first software. Check it out." He was like, "Dude, that's so cool. Do you want me to promote it to my list?" And I was like, "Wait, he just asked me." Like never it happened. I was just like, "I've been asking all these people at this level up here, all the people I'm looking up to, the gurus, the big famous people. No one, crickets, and all of a sudden my friend's, like, 'I'll promote it to my list.'" And I was like, "Dude, you serious?" He's like, "Yeah." I'm like, "Okay." And so I give him the link. He sends an email to his list, and I can't remember. I paid him like 50, 60, 70. I don't know. I was like, "You can have all the money. I just want... I need a list. I know the goal. The goal to get a list. I'll give you 100% commission." Right? And so, he promoted and I think he sold... I don't know, he sold five or six copies of my thing, but then I got the money, and then I gave most of it to him. But then what happened is I got five or six customers, but a bunch of people... I had a pop-up on the site. A bunch of people filled out the pop-up, and I got like 300 or 400 people on my email list. And I was like, "This is awesome." And then I knew Mike had a product, and I was like, "Hey, man." I was like, "Dude, I love..." He had a product called Carbon Copy Marketing back then or something. It was a two-disc DVD set. And this is before DVD, so he literally would go and he would print a DVD and ship it out to you from his house. This is how... 20 years ago. Remember, this is before things like that. And so, he said, "Yeah." So, I emailed my list of like 300 people from him the 400 or 500 people I built, so maybe a thousand from my list. I sent the email and I sold like five or six of his DVDs. And he is like, "Thanks, man." And we did our first little cross-promotion, and me and Mike became friends. And then Mike told me. Then Mike's like, "Dude, you know who you should do? I met this guy named Gary Ambrose. You should meet Gary because Gary has got a list too, and he promoted the same DVDs you just promoted and it was awesome. You should get to know him." So, he introduced me to Gary. Me and Gary met up, and I was like, "Oh." And Gary and I started sharing ideas, and then eventually he promoted my things, I promoted his, and then Gary's like, "Oh, dude, you should meet so and so." And I was like, "Oh, you should meet..." And all of a sudden we started this little four or five people start introducing more and more people, and soon I've got 20 or 30 friends all on Yahoo Messenger and AOL that we're talking back and forth and getting to know each other. Right? And what's interesting is that we all kind of helped promoting each other. Our list went from 400 or 500 people to 1,000 to 1,500, to 1,000 to 2,500, and they kept growing and growing. And I was looking at this little group of people all working together. It was like a groundswell where our businesses all started gradually rising together. What do they say? A rising tide raises all ships, right? That's what started happening. And we started getting bigger and bigger. I'm like, "Oh, my gosh. This is so cool." And then we started doing more things and this is, man, a two or three-year period of time while I was in college, we were going back and doing these things. And it was just... It was really, really cool. Right? And I remember one day Mike had this idea, Mike Filsaime had this idea for a product called Butterfly Marketing. Some of you guys may have heard of it, but it was the first time he had the idea. And he's like, "Hey, man, check out the sales letter." He had this huge sales letter. And on the sales letter, he had these testimonials from all the people. All the people you'd want, right? I was like, "How'd you get all those guys' testimonials?" He's like, "Oh, I didn't. I just put their pictures in just as the placeholders as a dream of someday I'm wanting to get these people's testimonials." I was like, "Oh, that'd be so cool to get to know them." And then he's like, "Well, I met so and so. I know so and so who does know that person," and all of a sudden this network started happening, right? Anyway, Mike went and started messaging and eventually got to the person, one of the people, and they gave him a thing, and all of a sudden he got a bigger promotion from a bigger person. And what happened is, is we started doing this. Again, the people I looked up to were way up here and they wouldn't respond to me and things like that. And this group down here became friends. We all started growing together, and eventually what started happening is as we got bigger and bigger and bigger, we got closer to these people. I remember probably, man, two years, maybe three years into this business I had an idea. And I was creating this whole project. It was a membership site. It was called The Lost Files, and it was based on old public domain books, which I could talk about for six years. But it's this geeky, nerdy thing that you can make money with. And so I got excited, I'm creating this thing, and I was like, "Joe Vitale, he's written like 500 books." I'm like, "Oh, Joe would be my dream person." I know Joe had talked about public domain in the past. Joe had actually published a couple books from the public domain. And I was like, "He'd be my dream partner." But I was like, "He's ignored like 40 emails from me. There's no way he's going to respond to me now." Right? But I was like, "Oh, I got to do something." So, I remember I messaged him again this time and I was like, "Hey, Joe. Sorry to bug you. I have this new site." I explained what my site, thelostfiles.com. Like, "This is what is, how it works," and everything. And then the next day I get email back from Joe, and I was too scared to even open it. I'm like, "This is crazy." And Joe messaged me back. He's like, "Hey, Russell, so good to meet you." He's like, "I've been seeing your name everywhere. All these different people keep promoting your stuff. They keep popping up in my inbox. The Lost Files sounds awesome." The way he made the connection, he didn't... I don't think he... He didn't connect that it was me who was annoying him for like 40 emails prior. He just didn't connect it. Or maybe he just ignored it, or he forgave me, or whatever, but he message back and said, "Yes." And I was like, "Joe Vitale said yes." And I was freaking out. And so he goes and he does this... We had this promotion where we had a teleseminar together. He promoted his list. And then at the teleseminar he promoted The Lost Files, and we signed up like 300 members off his list at like 40 bucks a month, which for a college kid, is insane. And it was this one deal, and then Joe was like, "Oh, by the way, have you ever met so and so, and so and so?" and starts opening these doors again. Now, because I've gotten closer and closer, I got one person in and all of sudden it opened up this whole network of people. And that was my journey for the first three or four years. And so I wanted to kind of lead with that because again, I think so many of you guys are like me where you see the people. I meet people all the time. "Russell, you say to build a Dream 100 list, I've got to dream one, and it's just you." And I'm like, "Not a good strategy." I literally said Dream 100 for a very important reason because it shouldn't be me. I do maybe one promotion a year and usually, it's for Tony Robbins. And so, for me to say yes, it's going to be like... We got to date for a decade before it's going to happen, so if you're banking on that it's going to be a long, long time for something to happen, right? I was like, "Instead, go and do things with people at your own tier, your own level where they're looking for things, and looking for cross-promotions, and things will start happening. And then what happened is you start rising to the top, and all of a sudden people like me are going to start seeing you. You show up my news feed. I start seeing emails." All of a sudden it's like now there's this relationship, right? It's funny. There's... This is a funny story. So, one of my buddies, I met him probably... It's probably been 12 years ago now. Some of you guys know him. He's Chad Wallner. He's a chiropractor. I talk about him in the Dot Com Secrets book. But he moved into our area, and so we go to church. We were going to the same church, and so he shows up and he sees me. And he was seeing me online. He knew I was and stuff. He came to me and he's like, "Russell." He's like, "Dude, this is so... I can't believe you're in my ward. I've seen you before," blah, blah, blah, all this stuff. And he's like, "We actually have a mutual friend together." And I was like, "We do?" He's like, "Yeah." So, he's trying to build a connection so we can connect and stuff. And it was interesting because he said, "We got this mutual friend." And then he told me the name. He's like, "Here's the guy's name." And I was like, "Don't know who he is." He was like, "Oh, weird." He's like, "He talks about you all the time as if you guys were best friends." I was like, "I don't know who that is. I'm so sorry." And years later, Chad and I had this discussion about this and it was funny because he was like, "Man, I..." The realization is it's not who you know, it's who knows you. Right? I knew who Joe Vitale was. I knew who these people... I knew Tony Robbins. So, I wanted them, but it's not that I know them. I need them to know me. Right? So, it's how do you get them to know you? Well, it's by doing cool stuff in the market that they're playing in. Showing up. Will they see you in news feeds, see you in emails, see you in stuff? Where all of a sudden they keep seeing these things and then they see you. They got to know who you are. Right? When you approach them like, "Hey, my name is so and so," if they don't know who you are, it's going to be really hard to build a relationship. If they're like, "Hey, this is so and so," it's easy. For example, I was trying to do a negotiation with someone the other day. I wish I could tell you all the details. I can't though. Anyway, really big company. You'd be aware of who they are. And so, I tried to get a meeting with the founder of it, and we get on a Zoom call like this, and the very first thing he says, he's like, "Man, Russell," he's like, "I see you like 12 times a day. You are everywhere in my news feed. I get emails from you. You must be the best internet marketer on the planet." And I was like, "This is going to be the easiest negotiation in my entire life because he knows exactly who I am." Right? As opposed to me coming to him and trying to explain who I was. Right? And so it's like, as you're doing stuff actively in the marketplace, people will start seeing that and become aware of you. Right? And that's how you start rising to the top. I get people all the time that message me like, "Hey, can I speak at Funnel Hacking Live?" I'm like, "I don't know who you are." Like, "I'm the best speaker. Here's my speaker," blah, blah, blah. I'm like, "I don't know who you are." Right? But check this out. McCall Jones, who I think is on here, or she was on here earlier, right? McCall, she showed up on Funnel Hacking Live. Then she does this thing, and then she starts publishing, and she starts doing everything, and I start seeing her everywhere. I see her energy and her excitement. I see how she's developing things. She's like using things she learned from me, but developing her own things, which was really cool. Because I'm like, "Oh, my gosh. She's a good student and she's doing things." And this whole thing starts happening, and I see her in my feed. I see her all the time. And my friends start talking about her, and then Monica, who's on this as well. Monica messaged me. There's McCall right there. Yeah. What's up? And Monica messaged me, "You know McCall? You got to..." And so, her friends are calling me and telling me to listen and stuff. And soon, I'm watching everything she's doing. And I'm like, "Oh, my gosh, I'm impressed." I start podcasts. How many... Once or twice I talked about you on the podcast before we even met officially. I'm like, "This girl McCall keeps showing up. She's doing these cool things." And on Funnel Hacking Live, I'm like, "Who should speak on Funnel Hacking Live?" I'm like, "There's this girl who's never spoken on stage before. Right? She's never... Doesn't like, 'Here's my speaker reel. I've got a perfect presentation.'" But I'm seeing that. I was like, "She'd be like the perfect person to come on stage and, and speak." And so anyway... Hey, McCall. What's up? McCall Jones: Thank you. Wow, that's so nice. I'm just hyping you up, over here reacting to all of your stuff, so hey. Funnel Hacking Live. Woo hoo! Russell: All right. But conceptually, you guys, it make sense. If you want to get into, they call it the good old boys club. Like, "How do I get in the good old boys club?" It's the way you get into it is you have to infiltrate it. And it starts finding people at your own level and start playing the game, start moving forward, start making noise, start doing stuff, and then people are going to start seeing you and start becoming aware of you.

Do you remember using instant messenger especially Yahoo IM where you look for people in your area or have the same interest as you like your favorite hobbies, shows, videogames and etc. YEAH right 99% of us use it for one night stand to get that quick booty call so I will talk about my experience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilddorkpodcast/support

We all know computing technology changes and adapts fast (who remembers typing a/s/l into AOL's Instant Messenger on their family PC?). But did you know how old computing technology really is? Did you know that it might even predate Isaac Newton? On this show: - The World's First Computer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/ - Isaac Newton's alchemy notebooks: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/160404-isaac-newton-alchemy-mercury-recipe-chemistry-science

Das Internet. Heute nicht mehr aus dem Alltag wegzudenken, steckte das Internet im Jahr 2002 noch in den Kinderschuhen. Chatrooms und Instant Messenger waren damals insbesondere bei Jugendlichen heiss im Rennen. Auch Kacie Woody verbrachte viel Zeit in Chatrooms, wo sie Scott und Dave kennenlernte. Doch eine dieser Internetbekanntschaften wurde der 13-jährigen Kacie zum Verhängnis. Ich freue mich auf dein Feedback und bin dir dankbar, wenn du den Podcast in deiner App bewertest. Meinen Podcast findest du bei Apple, Google, Podimo und auf allen üblichen Podcastplattformen. Wenn du keine Folge mehr verpassen möchtest, klicke den Folgen Button! :-) Instagram: truecrimechillspodcast Youtube: True Crime Chills Deutsch Podcasst RSS Feed unter: https://anchor.fm/truecrimechills Podimo: https://bit.ly/3dVrWRm Musik Intro: Myuu - On the Chain Outro: CO.AG Music - The Ulgonsah Witches, will it End

Fry’s, a once popular electronics store, is closing the remainder of their stores after a dismal last few years. After a 90-year old customer complained about their service delivery, AT&T is quickly responding with infrastructure and fiber installation. AOL’s Instant Messenger was a massive success in the early days of the Internet and we are now learning that it almost never came to be. Microsoft’s Edge browser is taking shape with the use of Google’s Chromium as a backdrop and Legacy Edge is dying off. Malwarebytes issued their state of malware report and we learned that 2020 wreaked havoc on IT professionals with a swift transition in response to COVID-19.

This week we talk to Dan Pinne from the Chat Marketing Podcast and Organik Digital about chatbots. These little messenger boxes on websites and through Facebook provide a quick and convenient way to engage with a business, but how do they work and function so well? Dan is the man behind them and knows how to program them to appear as useful as human beings. Don't forget to leave a review and feel free to contact me directly at any time.You can follow Geoff Quattromani on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/gquattromanior Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gquattromanion Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GeoffQuattromanior text me on +61 467 439 078 (not kidding)

Das Sicher-Stark-Team möchte dies verhindern! Kinder gegen Mobbing stark machen – das möchte das Sicher-Stark-Team. Die Non-Profit-Organisation hat bereits vor über zehn Jahren die ersten Webinare im Bereich „Cyber-Mobbing“ durchgeführt. Damals war das Cyber-Mobbing noch nicht so stark ausgeprägt und es gab noch nicht so viele soziale Netzwerke, um Kinder bloßzustellen, zu beleidigen, anzugreifen. Auch die Spezialsoftware, um Cybermobbing im Vorfeld an der Schule zu erkennen, war noch nicht entwickelt. Außerdem war noch nicht bekannt, wie Lehrkräfte frühzeitig dabei unterstützt werden können, den Mobbingopfern zu helfen, bevor Schlimmeres passiert. Auch Erwachsene sollten sich mit dem Thema „Cyber-Mobbing“ mehr auseinandersetzen und auch die Spezialsoftware kennen, die dies im Vorfeld verhindern kann. Die Sicher-Stark-Experten schulen deshalb regelmäßig Kinder, Eltern und Fachkräfte zu diesem Thema. Kinder, Computer, Sicherheit Cyber-Mobbing nimmt in Corona-Zeiten zu! Mit Corona verlagern sich die Konflikte vom Schulhof deutlich ins Netz: Der aktuellen „Cyberlife-Studie“ zufolge kam es in den vergangenen Monaten zu deutlich mehr Cybermobbing. Die Folgen für die betroffenen Schülerinnen und Schüler sind oft fatal. Es ist ein typisches Beispiel: Ein Foto, heimlich in der Umkleidekabine in der Sporthalle geknipst, landet mit einem Klick im Internet – das Mobbingopfer wird digital verspottet und ausgelacht. Solches Cyber-Mobbing unter Schülerinnen und Schülern hat in den vergangenen Monaten deutlich zugenommen und ist an der Tagesordnung, zeigt die Studie. Dies passiert mittlerweile jeden Tag im weltweiten Internet, weiß Ethical-Hacker Ralf Schmitz, der bereits viele Sicherheitsvorträge an Schulen gehalten hat, zu berichten. Denn mit Corona verlagern sich nicht nur der Unterricht und die sozialen Kontakte ins Internet – sondern auch das Mobbing. Das ist die zentrale Erkenntnis aus der von Techniker Krankenkasse und dem Bündnis gegen Cyber-Mobbing erstellten „Cyberlife Studie“. Sie ist die dritte nach 2013 und 2017 und deckt den Corona-Zeitraum von Februar bis November 2020 ab. Mehr Cyber-Mobbing-Opfer denken über Selbstmord nach. Demnach hat Cyber-Mobbing um mehr als 36 Prozent zugenommen, im Vergleich zu 2017. Befragt wurden bundesweit mehr als 6.000 Schülerinnen und Schüler sowie Eltern und Lehrkräfte. Hochgerechnet heißt das: Fast zwei Millionen Kinder und Jugendliche waren schon einmal betroffen. „Bei den Grundschülern sind es schon zehn Prozent. Auch das Sicher-Stark-Team, welches bereits über 500.000 Kinder, Eltern und Fachkräfte geschult hat, unterstützt die Grundschulen mit bewährten Methoden. „Wir möchten Kinder stärken und mit neuer Energie ins neue Jahr führen“. Auch die Corona-Pandemie spielt eine wesentliche Rolle. Kinder benötigen unseren Schutz, gerade bei Cyber-Mobbing! Experten wie Betroffene sind sich einig: 2020 war kein einfaches Jahr für Kinder und ihre Familien. Und auch das soziale Miteinander hat gelitten und Trends, wie etwa die Zunahme von Konflikten und Mobbing im schulischen Umfeld wurden leider weiter verstärkt. Um dem etwas entgegenzusetzen, will das Sicher-Stark-Team noch mehr Webinare für die circa 17000 Grundschulen anbieten, um das Bewusstsein der Kinder für den eigenen Macht- und Gestaltungsspielraum zu öffnen und sie in puncto Selbstbewusstsein, Selbstvertrauen sowie Selbstsicherheit zu stärken. Bei der aktuellen Studie besorgt vor allem, wie einige Mobbingopfer in ihrer Hilflosigkeit mit dem Problem umgehen und sogar über Suizid nachdenken. Es sind vor allem die Instant-Messenger und sozialen Medien, auf denen gemobbt wird: In erster Linie wird gehänselt, beleidigt und /oder beschimpft Auch Personen aus Gruppen auszuschließen, kommt der Studie zufolge häufig vor. Prävention ist jetzt wichtig gegen Cyber-Mobbing Viele Experten sehen in der Prävention die wichtigste Maßnahme gegen Cyber-Mobbing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sicher-stark-team/message

Welcome to Sales School! Welcome to Sales School! Selling over the phone vs text or instant messenger has some similarities, but each has their own effectiveness, back-and-forth, and closing style. JB breaks it down. SPONSORED BY: netsuite.com/school LISTEN TO SALES SCHOOL: SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2IaMgT3 APPLE: https://apple.co/33EDghh GOOGLE: https://bit.ly/30L1hRT SUBSCRIBE TO JB'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/3iQ3C4u FOLLOW JB: INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2Fj4jSz FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2Kr2bMO TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2Xub1j7 LINKEDIN: https://bit.ly/3175M9H CAMEO: https://bit.ly/2FC0tHd TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/2Yfcp86 #JordanBelfort #WolfOfWallStreet #SalesSchool

Breaking News in der Spielewelt: LucasFilm Games kehrt zurück. Die Kultmarke, die die meisten von euch als LucasArts kennen dürften, wird wieder zum Leben erweckt und die ersten Ankündigungen folgen gleich hinterher - Grund genug für uns, in Erinnerungen an die Kultmarke zu schwelgen. In Folge 43 reden wir aber auch ganz beiläufig über die Instant Messenger und sozialen Netzwerke unserer Jugendtage. Erinnert ihr euch noch an das "A-Ohh!" von ICQ und gibt es eigentlich das studiVZ noch? Ein Update gibt's außerdem zur Situation um Donald Trump und die FFP2-Maskenpflicht in Bayern. Zwischendrin stellen wir unsere neue Homepage vor, es gibt einen heißen Tipp auf den (möglichen) Gast in Folge 50 und wir lösen das Filmbingo auf. Romantische Komödie mit Ryan Reynolds oder doch lieber Thriller mit Jackie Chan und Pierce Brosnan? Klingt beides brauchbar - ganz im Gegensatz zu den neuen Aufgaben. Und am Ende haut Andi dann noch einen Witz raus, der selbst ihn kurz ins Grübeln bringt, ob er für unsere Show nicht zu derbe ist.... seid gespannt!

This time on the trail we are discussing social media. We go into a brief history of the origins of modern social media (BBS and 6 Degrees) and how all of that led to Myspace and Facebook and all those other platforms where you can share pictures of your food, and I guess other things.

Black Market Virgnity and Dulles Airport ThreesomesSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/degeneratenation?fan_landing=true)

Instant Messenger wie WhatsApp beherrschen schon heute unsere Alltagskommunikation. Soll diese Kommunikationsform also auch Einzug ins Arbeitsleben finden? Verbessert chatten die Zusammenarbeit? Oder sind diese Tools reine Zeitfresser und Produktivitätskiller? Und wieso benötigt man dafür spezielle Business-Messenger, wie zum Beispiel Slack? In dieser ...

Just 2 Xennial Sisters, hanging out talking about Instant Messenger ... And also it's out 5th Anniversary Episode!  We discuss the nostalgia of this years SewperBowl commercials!!  And Rachel's obsession with The Office .. #AOL4eva XennialsPodcast@aol.com    

Just 2 Xennial sisters, hanging out talking about Instant Messenger ... And also!  We discuss the change from the landline telephone to modern smartphone.  #AOL4eva XennialsPodcast@aol.com    

Welcome, to The Greatest Generation - The Xennials!   Where 2 sisters hang out and talk about Instant Messenger ... Join us, as we reminisce about our analog childhood and digital adulthood.  Feel free to email us!!  #AOL4eva XennialsPodCast@aol.com      

Just 2 Xennial sisters, hanging out talking about Instant Messenger ... And ALSO!  Today we discuss the evolution of the mixtape.  From 8-tracks to Spotify.   Complete with lots of embarrassing memories like Rachel getting caught trying to cut a demo tape singing Madonna's best hit of 1990.  #AOL4EVA XennialsPodcast@aol.com      

Just 2 Xennial sisters, hanging out talking about Instant Messenger ... We find out that Katie's birth year, 1981 will always reign as the best year ever.  Rachel comes in a close second at 1978. #AOL4eva XennialsPodcast@aol.com      

Revive Ministries Podcast is celebrating recovery with Rick Perez and his journey through stage 4 cancer. He is a good friend and advocate for recovery in a holistic approach. Revive Ministries Podcast usually focuses on Mental Health, Suicide Prevention/awareness,Substance Abuse and Human Trafficking, but today in honor or World Cancer Day. Revive Ministries Podcast would like to showcase Rick's inspiring journey through recovery, Rick shared some ministries and resources he is currently involved in: Rick Perez/ Certified Health Coach: U.S. Health Foundation, Inc. Contact me via; - Instant Messenger - email: rperez2919@gmail.com - cellphone: 407-916-9006 .. Available for the following; * Power of Juicing Seminars * One on One Consultations *Health Coaching - 3 Day Juice Cleanse - 5 Day Juice Cleanse - Detox - Boost Immune System - Weight Loss CREATION Life Coach/ HealthyFlagler.org Palm Coast Community Center/ Room 112 305 Palm Coast Pkwy NE Palm Coast, Fl. 32137 #386-517-4792 (Jan. 28 - Mar 17, 2020) Additional Resource; HippocratesHealthInstitute.org Please check out Revive Ministries Podcast at our website for updates and latest episodes of the podcast. https://www.reviveministriesfl.com/podcast https://www.reviveministriesfl.com/podcast-1 Thank you and have a blessed day

Jeff and Wolfe do some exposition. It get's political.

Is AJ’s app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she’s straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song ‘Rock Star’ was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was “today’s new Zune.” which brings us back to ‘How old are you?’ Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story.

Is AJ’s app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she’s straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song ‘Rock Star’ was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was “today’s new Zune.” which brings us back to ‘How old are you?’ Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story.

Is AJ’s app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she’s straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song ‘Rock Star’ was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was “today’s new Zune.” which brings us back to ‘How old are you?’ Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story.

Is AJ’s app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she’s straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song ‘Rock Star’ was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was “today’s new Zune.” which brings us back to ‘How old are you?’ Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story.

Is AJ’s app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she’s straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song ‘Rock Star’ was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was “today’s new Zune.” which brings us back to ‘How old are you?’ Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story.

Is AJ's app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she's straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song 'Rock Star' was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was "today's new Zune." which brings us back to 'How old are you?' Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story. 

Is AJ's app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she's straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song 'Rock Star' was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was "today's new Zune." which brings us back to 'How old are you?' Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story. 

Is AJ's app idea something everyone agrees is needed? He also quickly gives McCall and Producer Butterz three strikes after they get interrupted with Spudnuts. McCall says she's straight sevens down all categories, maybe, but some silly test stories is what spawns from that comment. The Nickleback song 'Rock Star' was sung three different ways by AJ, McCall and Producer Butterz, including someone who thought it was "today's new Zune." which brings us back to 'How old are you?' Instant Messenger, Giga Pets, downloading music on not tally safe programs and all the other things that make mostly AJ and Producer Butterz feel nostalgic, but McCall has the oldest technology story. 

Happy Friday to everyone! While we sit here under tornado and flash flood warnings — I decided to go ahead and drop the latest Underground House set Start the Party. I really worked this set out and pulled from a variety of styles including Breaks, Drum & Bass, Techno and of course the always popular Tech House. Start the Party takes you on a journey through the underground house scene in what is likely one of my favorite sets in a long while in this series. Keep in mind that the inclusion of Frank Wah's "Get Me High," which is a repeat from Rave Machine is not an error. Even though the track itself feels incomplete and I had to rework the ending, it's one of my favorite tracks at the moment. In other news, I realize there have been some issues with the site not fully loading and the download links not working as expected. I made some late night corrections that are in the process of propagating throughout the system. In most cases, they're likely finished but in other parts of the world may take a little more time. If you get a page with the logo and the contact information at the bottom but empty posts, try clearing your browser's cache (not your passwords) and refreshing the page by hitting F5. If the download link doesn't work automatically and takes you to another page with a different audio player — click on the three dots to the right of the player and the episode should download automatically. Equally, you can right-click the download link and click "save as" and it should also download directly. As I said, I'm aware of these issues and have already implemented the fixes — they just need a little time to correct themselves worldwide. If you're still having issues by tomorrow, please reach out to me via the contact section of the site or Instant Messenger and I'll see what I can do. Just know that I appreciate every bit of feedback I receive to ensure things work as expected. In the interim, enjoy this fantastic set of underground house. This one is for the adventurous folks. Until the next time...ENJOY! Album: Start the Party Genre: Tech House, Techno, Breaks, Drum & Bass Year: 2019 Total Time: 01:59:31 1. King Arthur & Big Pineapple - Friends (Extended Mix) 2. Lil'M & Jok - We Come To Party (Piem Remix) 3. Stanton Warriors & Taiki Nulight feat. Danny Dearden - What You Got Now (Extended Mix) 4. CamelPhat & Cristoph feat. Jem Cooke - Breathe (Original Mix) 5. Thomas Schumacher - Golden Hour (Original Mix) 6. MING - Underground Sound (Original Mix) 7. Jack Back vs. Cevin Fisher - 2000 Freaks Come Out (Original Mix) 8. Qubiko - Benozal (Ariano Kinà & Marco Bruzzano Remix) 9. Example - All Night (Extended Mix) 10. Kevin McKay & Joshwa (UK) - Such A Good Feeling (Extended Mix) 11. Yolanda Be Cool - Space Jam (Original Mix) 12. Don't Blink - Get Down (Original Mix) 13. A*S*Y*S - The Acid (Original Version) 14. CASSIMM feat. Vanilla Ace - Get Loose (Extended Mix) 15. Qubiko - Mono Tono (Original Mix) 16. George Smeddles - Start The Party (Original Mix) 17. Mike Vale - Music Is the Answer (Original Mix) 18. Jack Back - Put Your Phone Down (Low) (Extended Mix) 19. Jacky (UK) & Holmes John - Mumma (Original Mix) 20. Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (CamelPhat Extended Remix) 21. Franky Wah - Get Me High (Original Mix) 22. Prospa - Prayer (DJ Seinfeld Remix) 23. Jansons feat. Dope Earth Alien - Switch (Original Mix) 24. Claude VonStroke & Eddy M - Getting Hot (Original Mix) 25. Cloonee - Be Good To Me (Extended Mix) 26. BK298 feat. Byron Stingily - Sing (Extended Mix)

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"Can I use IM to grow my cleaning company?" House cleaners and maids are looking for inexpensive ways to drum up new business. The problem is that instant messenger is not the place for a cold sales pitch. Email, a phone call, texting, and even advertising in a Facebook Group are great ways to follow up once you have built trust. But if you want to close business spamming people you don't know via Instant Messenger is only going to land you in Facebook jail. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsors are Savvy Cleaner. (Training and certification for house cleaners and maids.) And Savvy Perks. (An incentive program for house cleaners and maids to save money on all business supplies.) #SPAM #Marketing *** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE *** https://askahousecleaner.com/show *** MORE VIDEOS ON THIS TOPIC *** Flyers - Do They Still Work for Getting Business - https://youtu.be/7jhNcHlLkz8 Do I Need a Blog - https://youtu.be/HSPDkFGuvNc? House Cleaning Websites - WordPress and Plugins - https://youtu.be/4GktcsUW3tw Are Gift Certificates a Good Way to Sell House Cleaning Services? - https://youtu.be/GGxRYfkoP-4 Business Documents for House Cleaning - https://youtu.be/pUKgEnFQ-9c   *** RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE *** 49 Quick Ways to Market Your Business for Free: An Instant Guide to Marketing Success -https://amzn.to/2TzR49p 120 Ways to Market Your Business Hyper Locally: Tried and True Tips and Techniques - https://amzn.to/2TEqxHO Market Your Way to Growth: 8 Ways to Win - https://amzn.to/2FcedG8 Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk - https://amzn.to/2T4Bygr 1001 Ways to Market Your Services: Even If You Hate to Sell - https://amzn.to/2VYhRbV We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. *** OTHER WAYS TO ENJOY THIS SHOW *** ITUNES - http://apple.co/2xhxnoj STITCHER - http://bit.ly/2fcm5JM SOUNDCLOUD - http://bit.ly/2xpRgLH GOOGLE PLAY - http://bit.ly/2fdkQd7 YOUTUBE - https://goo.gl/UCs92v *** GOT A QUESTION FOR A SHOW? *** Email it to Angela[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com Voice Mail: Click on the blue button at https://askahousecleaner.com *** HOUSE CLEANING TIPS VAULT *** (DELIVERED VIA EMAIL) - https://savvycleaner.com/tips *** FREE EBOOK – HOW TO START YOUR OWN HOUSE CLEANING COMPANY *** http://amzn.to/2xUAF3Z *** PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANERS PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfessionalHouseCleaners/ *** VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRBO.Airbnb.Cleaning/ *** LOOKING FOR WAY TO GET MORE CLEANING LEADS *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/HouseCleaning360/ *** FOLLOW ANGELA BROWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** https://Facebook.com/SavvyCleaner https://Twitter.com/SavvyCleaner https://Instagram.com/SavvyCleaner https://Pinterest.com/SavvyCleaner https://Linkedin.com/in/SavvyCleaner *** WHAT IS ASK A HOUSE CLEANER? *** Ask a House Cleaner is a daily show where you get to ask your house cleaning questions and we provide answers. Learn how to clean. How to start a cleaning business. Marketing and Advertising tips for your cleaning service. How to find top quality house cleaners, housekeepers, and maids. Employee motivation tactics. Strategies to boost your cleaning clientele. Cleaning company expansion help. Time-saving Hacks for DIY cleaners and more. Hosted by Angela Brown, 25-year house cleaning expert and founder of Savvy Cleaner Training for House Cleaners and Maids. *** SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS *** We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us and you have a product or service that is cohesive to the cleaning industry reach out to our promotional department info[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com *** THIS SHOW WAS SPONSORED BY *** SAVVY CLEANER - House Cleaner Training and Certification – https://savvycleaner.com MY CLEANING CONNECTION – Your hub for all things cleaning – https://mycleaningconnection.com HOUSECLEANING360.COM – Connecting House Cleaners with Homeowners – https://housecleaning360.com SAVVY PERKS – Employee Benefits for Small Business Owners – https://savvyperks.com VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING – Cleaning tips and strategies for your short-term rental https://TurnoverCleaningTips.com

In today's episode, we help Rocio transition her freelance business into an online business. FULL TRANSCRIPT Jocelyn Sams: Hey, y'all. On today's podcast we help Rocio transition her freelance business into an online business. Shane Sams: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast, where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family that figured out how to make our entire living online. Now we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? All right, let's get started. Shane Sams: What's going on everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast. It is great to be back with you again today. Super excited to have another member of the Flip Your Life Community on today's show, and we love shows like this because it's someone we have actually met in person. We're going to be celebrating a little bit of a success story today too, so let's welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast Rocio Baeza. Rocio, welcome to the show. Rocio Baeza: Hey, guys. Thanks for having me. Shane Sams: We practiced. We've had a lot of hard names lately on the podcast, and we had to practice this one for a little while. Jocelyn Sams: I know, which is actually really cool because that means that our audience is from all different places. Shane Sams: Everywhere. That's right. Jocelyn Sams: They are of all different nationalities, and we love that. We think that is amazing. We had to figure out how to say this name because, poor Shane, I mean he especially butchers this kind of thing. Shane Sams: I'm pretty much going with ... You say it. Say it out loud. Say it yourself. Rocio Baeza: Rocio Baeza. Like you said, Shane, like rodeo but with an S. Shane Sams: Rodeo. Yes, exactly. It's so much more beautiful when you say it. Jocelyn Sams: Yes. There you go. Shane Sams: When I say it, it sounds like some butchered redneck with a bunch of rocks in his mouth. You know what? It is what it is, and that's how we're going to go with it. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. We need to know a little bit about this name and where you come from, so tell us a little bit about you, your background and what you've been doing so far in your day job and online. Rocio Baeza: Sure. A little bit about myself, so I'm based in Chicago, and I am a wife, a mom of two. My professional background is in the cybersecurity space. For the last year I've been doing freelance work, so basically picking a project with tech companies where I help them figure out, all right, what do they have to do around security to protect the information that they have, and also, how do they get started and what are all the steps that they have to do in order to put together a cybersecurity program. Shane Sams: You also do some compliance with the GDPR stuff? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: You do that too? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: What do you do in that, just make sure that they know what they're supposed to be doing with their data to be compliant with the European laws? Rocio Baeza: Yes. A lot of the cybersecurity work, my experience has been that it's usually driven by compliance, so an organization has to comply with a specific law or regulation, think HIPAA, think GDPR. I've focused work around GDPR since it's the acronym that we've all heard since May, and it's something that I realize that organizations are going to need help in the area. Since this is just released, I figured it would be a good way to more or less ride that wave. Shane Sams: Sure. Yeah. It is so new. I was reading an article just the other day actually where all this stuff with Facebook especially where our data has been compromised, and they're just hammering them. I would not doubt that America's about to pass something like GDPR because Facebook has been so hammered. I was watching a tech company CEO the other day. I think it was Salesforce's CEO, and he came out and said, "It's over. We've got to do something like GDPR based on this last thing that happened with Facebook." Shane Sams: This privacy, handling people's data, all that stuff is going to be a really big deal going forward in the future, and you've done the right thing. You've jumped on what's on top of mind, and that's really, really important. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah, I love that. I want to go back just a second to we were talking about before the podcast, you said that your family's originally from Mexico, right? Rocio Baeza: Yep. Jocelyn Sams: Did they move here before you were born? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. Shane Sams: You moved to California? Is that where you're from originally? Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I was born in California, but I was raised in Chicago. Shane Sams: Got you. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. I love that. I think honestly being bilingual could be an unfair advantage for you as we move forward. Shane Sams: Oh, yeah. Jocelyn Sams: I've talked to people about this in the past, and there are a lot of Spanish-speaking people in the United States. Shane Sams: Spanish business owners who might need some of this. If you're not focusing a little bit on that, that might be a good little angle to pick up extra people as we build out more passive income streams and freelance streams and things like that. Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I never connected the two dots there, so yeah, it's something for me to consider. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah, for sure. Shane Sams: What is it, Hispanics are like, what, 30 million people in the United States? Jocelyn Sams: I don't know. Shane Sams: Or something like that. Jocelyn Sams: It's crazy. Shane Sams: I'm not sure if that's the right number. Someone's going to send me a hate mail on that one, but I'm positive that there are hundreds of thousands of Spanish-speaking business owners who do not even realize they're not GDPR compliant, would you say? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: Now, did you do anything before you freelanced? That's what's really interesting to me. Did you work in corporate? Rocio Baeza: Yeah. Shane Sams: How did you get into freelance? Because freelancing is a kind of flipped lifestyle. We always talk about online business. Jocelyn and I love online business, but we help all kinds of people create online businesses and freelancing and being a virtual assistant and just doing other things using the internet that's not selling courses. How did you get into freelancing exactly? Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I got into freelance when I got laid off about a year ago. Let me walk you through how I got there. Coming out of school, I entered the corporate world. I was basically doing IT work, product management work for about seven years. It was during that time that I got involved with helping with security audits, and that's something that I just fell into. My manager at the time, he needed some help with that. It's something that was new for me, and I said yes. Rocio Baeza: Through that process, my company at the time decided to invest more in the data security space. They brought in an experienced person, and she basically became my mentor. She mentored me. She showed me the ropes in the cybersecurity space. Once I felt that I had reached the ceiling at that particular organization, I entered the consulting space. After being seven years working in the corporate world, I transitioned over to working for a consulting firm, a local consulting firm here in Chicago where I was basically helping other organizations with very specific cybersecurity projects. Rocio Baeza: I did that for two years, and we reached a point where the sales pipeline dried up. I found myself being at a crossroads where I was laid off on a day, and I did not see it coming. I did not have a backup plan. Shane Sams: Wow. Rocio Baeza: I realized hey, I could either scramble and try to get another job at a company. Luckily for me, the job market in the cybersecurity space is very good, so I didn't have concerns that I would be able to get a job after being laid off, but I also realized that hey, I could try to do something on my own. Rocio Baeza: My manager at the consulting firm, he allowed me to see everything that happened behind the scenes with sales, how do you win a client, how do you build relationships, how do you structure a project. It was these baby steps that I said, "All right, let me take the courage to see if I can do this on my own. I think that I can, and if I can't, then I'll just find a job." Shane Sams: Amazing. Rocio Baeza: Yeah. That's how I made it to the freelance space. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah. I love that. Shane Sams: Wow. Jocelyn Sams: May I just say that if I had lived in a city when I first got out of school, your job would pretty much have been my dream job because, I don't know, I love everything, like technology and IT. When I was in college, that's really what I wanted to do. I started out in computer programming. I know that many people who listen to the podcast probably would totally get this because I'm a bit of a nerd, but I mean, I just love that kind of stuff. Shane Sams: Jocelyn used to work at a computer lab when we first started dating, and I was like, "You work at a computer lab? What do you do?" She's like, "Oh, yeah. I help people check their email and all this stuff." Jocelyn when I first met her worked two jobs. She worked at Toys"R"Us and in the computer lab. She put together bicycles, believe it or not. Jocelyn Sams: Really did. Shane Sams: She would go to school during the day, put bikes together in the afternoon, and work in the computer labs at night. Needless to say, we didn't have a lot of time to go out on dates and stuff, so sometimes I would go pick her up from Toys"R"Us, and we would go sit in the computer lab. She would sit at her little desk, and I would just sit at a computer over beside her. That's how our romance bloomed. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah. Rocio Baeza: Nice. Shane Sams: In the dimly lit, musty computer lab of the engineering building at UK. Jocelyn Sams: Actually, it was the chemistry and physics building. Shane Sams: Chemistry and physics, that's right. Jocelyn Sams: But we were way before our time, I just want to say, because we used to chat on Instant Messenger. What was it called, the one that we used? Shane Sams: We used, it was the MSN one. Wait, no, maybe it was AOL Instant Messenger. Jocelyn Sams: I can't even remember. Shane Sams: No. It was MSN. It was the one that used Hotmail. I'm pretty sure. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah. I can't even remember what it was called, but like ICQ maybe? Shane Sams: It was ICQ. That's what it was, ICQ. Jocelyn was ... Jocelyn Sams: We're dating ourselves now. Shane Sams: Yeah, I know, right. People are going to be like, "What are these people talking about? They don't even know how to use modern computers." Jocelyn lived on the third floor in our dorm, and I lived on the second, and we would talk, like instant messaging on ICQ. Jocelyn Sams: But we were way before our time, I'm just saying. Shane Sams: Way before our time. Jocelyn Sams: Nobody else was doing this. Shane Sams: I remember one day we did this for weeks when we first started dating, and we would just sit there and talk back and forth for an hour or two hours at a time. Finally, it was just like, "You know we're in the same building, right?" Literally, we're 100 feet from each other. But now it's funny because we text each other in our house. I'll be in the living room, and Jocelyn will be in the bedroom, and I'll be like, "What are you doing?" She'll be like, "I'm reading a book. What are you doing?" "Making the kids some Cheerios." Jocelyn Sams: No. I actually like talking via text because you don't argue as much. You can't talk over each other, so it works really well actually. Shane Sams: It removes the emotions from everything. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah. It really does. Yeah, that was, as my kids say, back in the 19s. Shane Sams: Back in the 19s, turn of the century. Anyway, let's get back on track. Jocelyn Sams: We'll get back to the 2000s, okay. Rocio Baeza: Okay. Shane Sams: Okay. First, that's amazing that you had the courage to do that, and I love the mentality of hey, if it doesn't work, I'll just go back and do what I was doing before. That's exactly the conversation that Jocelyn and I had when we quit our jobs. We're like, "Look, worst case scenario, we go teach again." Kudos for you for even having the courage to go freelance and flip your life in that way. Shane Sams: Now as you've joined the Flip Your Life Community and you've gotten into the Flip Your Life Community, it's more about building a passive version of this, correct? That was your goal was to build some kind of courses or DIY or a membership community based on where local businesses or small businesses could do this without a consultant. Is that what you're doing now? Rocio Baeza: Yes. I think it's important to say that in the freelance space, so you don't really know when your projects are going to trickle in. You might have a sense depending on how active you are with sales, but at the end of the day the timelines are being controlled by the client- Shane Sams: Got you. Rocio Baeza: ... and by the urgency of the client. With building an online business, I want to smooth out those edges so that I had more predictability as to how much I was going to be able to bring in. Shane Sams: Yes. That's why when Jocelyn and I started Flipped Lifestyle and we started teaching online business, we have focused so much on recurring revenue. We get actually knocked for that quite a bit. We get messages all the time like, "Why do you talk about recurring revenue so much? Why do you talk about membership so much?" Shane Sams: It's not just selling digital products. It's even in freelance services, having a steady, consistent monthly fee from somebody. Because if you can't predict your income, you don't really have a steady income. You're making money. You're working, but you can't look ahead and say, "Well, I know my rent's going to be paid next month. I know I can invest in more ads. I know I can invest some time into sales processes," because you can't look ahead and say ... You don't know month to month what you're making. That's why it's so important to create that stable, predictable income. What is your domain name right now? Rocio Baeza: Yes. The online business is GDPRStandUp.com. Shane Sams: Okay. GDPRStandUp.com. Now, you started working on this, I think, maybe about, let's say, six months ago, give or take. You started building the site in the community, putting things together, getting everything outlined. Then you came to Flip Your Life Live, but you did not have this thing launched before Flip Your Life Live, right? Rocio Baeza: I had a website, but I did not have a virtual community that I can open the doors to. Right. Shane Sams: What made you want to come to our live event? What was important for you to be there for that event for the launching and the next steps in your business? Rocio Baeza: Really, I just wanted to be around people that had a similar goal and a similar mindset as I do. I thought that it would be fun going out to an event where I'm looking to educate myself, motivate myself. Just from the way that you guys would describe the event, it sounded like it was going to be very different than the conferences that I would go to back in the corporate days where you basically, you fly into a nice hotel; you're basically in a room for the whole day. You're listening to people speak, and you have this overload of information, but then you fly back home and then everything continues as normal. Rocio Baeza: The way that you guys were promoting the event, it sounded like it would be an opportunity to be around other people that wanted to build an online business and provide us with that space and access to you guys to help us move forward. Shane Sams: Okay. I'm going to plant a question here. Was it different? Was it what you thought it was going to be when you got there, and what did you think about the event? We love hearing this just because we're trying to always be better ourselves, and we want to make the event the best thing possible for our members. What did you think about the event, and was it different? Rocio Baeza: I loved it. We hadn't checked out of the hotel for the event when I had already told my husband that I was going to come back for next year. Jocelyn Sams: Awesome. Shane Sams: That's amazing. Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I didn't even get an opportunity to tell him how awesome it was, but I told him, "Hey, we have to budget for this for next year, so I'm just letting you know." Shane Sams: What was your favorite part about the event? Was it the content? We had work sessions where we had 30 minutes in between each content session where we were actually putting things in place. We had a big six-hour working dinner where we all built websites and launched products and did that. What was your favorite part about the event? Rocio Baeza: My favorite part was the Q&A after each of the sessions. Shane Sams: Awesome. Rocio Baeza: I liked that it was learn, ask questions and then do in the breaks. By us having the opportunity to ask questions based on our challenges right now, I felt like it was very helpful so that whenever we had those 20 to 30 minute breaks we could put it into practice what we just learned and what we just got guidance on. Jocelyn Sams: Absolutely, yes. Well, one thing, I want to back up just a little bit because you told us something before we started talking. You were actually getting ready to have a baby before this event, right? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Jocelyn Sams: And not just a little bit before this event. The event was in September, and you had your baby in August, right? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. The first question that I have is, did you know that you were pregnant when you bought the tickets? Rocio Baeza: Oh gosh, I don't remember when I bought the ticket, but- Shane Sams: It had to be January. Jocelyn Sams: They went on sale in January. Rocio Baeza: January. Then, yes. Yes, I knew that I was pregnant before buying the ticket. Yes. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. I love how you operate because you're kind of like us. You're like, "You know, one-month-old baby, I totally got this." Shane Sams: I got this. Rocio Baeza: Oh my gosh. Shane Sams: Nothing. You did something pretty drastic to make sure that you could be present and at the event though, correct? Rocio Baeza: Yes. What happened was I basically ended up changing my birth plan so that I would be fully present for the Flip Your Life event. Some background here, right now I have a daughter and now my son. My daughter, she was born as a C-section. My doctor said that my son would also have to be delivered as a C-section because blah, blah, blah, that's how you do things here in the US. I remembered it took me a long time for me to recover after the birth of my daughter. I felt like a zombie, and it was very difficult for me basically to get back into the rhythm of things. Rocio Baeza: I realized that if I was going to have a C-section with my son plus my five-year-old plus being a wife plus having my business, it was going to be very difficult for me to be mentally present at the live event. So I ended up firing my doctor, and I found a doctor that was VBAC friendly where they were open to trying delivering the baby naturally so that my recovery time would be smaller and I could actually retain the information at the event. Shane Sams: You had your baby in August, and you came to the event in September, correct? Rocio Baeza: Yes. That's correct. Shane Sams: This is getting way personal. Did you go into labor, or did they induce it on a date or something like that? Rocio Baeza: No. I went into labor. Yeah. Shane Sams: But you planned all this out and like, no, I am firing my doctor and changing my birth plan so I can be at this event and learn how to take my business to the next level? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Jocelyn Sams: Okay, my friend. Shane Sams: Is there anybody listening to this right now feeling bad? I feel bad. I was like, man, I should've been working harder for this live event now. Gosh, that's insane. That is an amazing story. Jocelyn Sams: Somebody changed the way their baby was going to be born to come to this event. Shane Sams: To give that baby a better future. That's what it really is, right? You were dedicated like, no, I'm going to do this because I have to. What forethought and planning. So many people are like, "Well, you know, I just can't. I don't have time to plan all this out." You're like, "No, no, no, no. You don't get to say that to me because I changed my birth plan to be at a live event." Shane Sams: This is where we're going with this, tell them what happened after the live event because that's the most important thing. All right, so you had your baby after changing the birth plan. You came to the event fully present and ready to work. You asked questions. You listened. You did the work at the event. What happened when you went home? Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I went home. I knew exactly what are the things that I need to focus on, and I basically said, "Hey, the members aren't going to come to me. I have to go out there and find them. I have to form a beta group so that I can build more momentum here." I would say it was two to three weeks after the live event that I was able to form a beta group with five paying members, and that's how I launched. Shane Sams: Wow. That's amazing. I don't know how to say this without sounding bad about it, but Jocelyn and I talk about sometimes why we actually love our podcast. It's just amazing when I hear a real person with a real family who's really going out there and hustling in her freelance business, makes huge life decisions with the future of her family in mind, and then goes and takes action and it works. Shane Sams: When we get to hear these stories on our podcast, it really inspires us. That is an amazing story of accomplishment, not only just the courage to freelance and the courage to make that decision with your baby and actually take charge of your life, fire the doctor, get on an airplane, go from Chicago to Nashville just to be at a live event, and then to come home and actually take action. You just really deserve that beta group success, and you deserve everything that's going to happen in the future. Shane Sams: Some people want that success. There's a lot of people listening right now. I'm talking to you in your car or on a treadmill or wherever you are right now, you want this story to be yours. You want the result to be yours, but this is what it takes to do it. What she just said is what it really takes to make it happen. Jocelyn Sams: Yeah. There are people out there who make excuses. There are a lot of people out there who would say, "Oh, I'm pregnant now, and my baby's just going to be a month old. There's no way that I can go to an event. I'll wait until next year. I'll just go next year." We did have one person who was pregnant with a high-risk pregnancy, and she didn't end up coming. Shane Sams: There are circumstances, of course. Jocelyn Sams: We understand that. I'm not trying to say if you have that kind of circumstance that that's a bad thing, but there are so many people who would let that be a roadblock. And I love it because you just said, "You know what? I'm not going to let this stop me. I'm going to figure out a way." Jocelyn Sams: The people who figure out a way are the people who make it, and the people who are going to say, "Well, I have this excuse, so I'll just wait until next year," or "I don't have the money to make this investment," or whatever, find a way. If you really want something to happen, you will find a way. Shane Sams: I heard a great thing on a podcast the other day where someone said, I can't remember what I was listening to, but they said, "There's a difference between a reason and an excuse." Sometimes there are reasons that delay things, but if we're all honest to ourselves, 80% of things that we use as a reason are actually excuses. Shane Sams: Just being able to take action after the event, it's one thing to do all the work, build your website, go to the live event and come home and do nothing, which is what probably half the people do anyway, but man, you just did it. You got your beta members, and now you know what we say. If you find one, you can find 101. There's other people out there, and you found five. Rocio Baeza: Yes. I found five. Jocelyn Sams: Yes. And not to mention, you still have a newborn. It's not like you came home from this event and was just like, "Okay, well, I'm going to get started. My baby, don't need to worry about him." You still have him. He's still a newborn who probably doesn't sleep well. Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: You launched your beta group with a newborn baby in the house. I'm sure someone's listening right now, and they're like, "Man, I'd start this online business, but I've got a newborn." But here, you can do it. Rocio did it, right? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: I mean, anybody can do it. Rocio Baeza: It's very hard, very many sleepless nights and frustration, but yeah, it's doable. It may take longer with a newborn, but it's definitely doable. Shane Sams: I'll tell you another thing too, and I really want to get into your questions. I want to take this to the next level for you, and we want to help you get this to where it needs to be. But I want to comment on what you just said was very interesting. You're like, "A lot of sleepless nights, a lot of frustration, but it's doable, and it's worth it." Shane Sams: Everybody always tells us, we talk to people, and we hear all of the reasons or excuses. We hear a lot of the reasons, and a lot of times it is young children. Well, first, Jocelyn and I also did this, we had an 18-month-old child when we started our business. We were still very much in the sleepless nights, the terrible twos and all that stuff. You've got two examples right here on this mic, us and you. If two people are doing it and you're not doing it, that's a choice. That's not a reason. Shane Sams: Another thing is, there is never really a time where that frustration and stuff stops. You just replace one phase with another. We're in a very frustrating time of parenting right now ourselves with our 10-year-old and our seven-year-old. It's just all of a sudden it snuck up on us. We felt really confident, I think, last year, and then they changed. Our 10-year-old boy, his mindset, his attitude, the way his brain is processing things totally changed. Our little girl, she's about to turn eight, and it's totally changed. Shane Sams: I would say actually I've been more frustrated as a parent in the past six months with our kid and not being able to figure out what buttons to push, but they know exactly what buttons to push in us because they're thinking now. They're getting strategic. They know what they're doing. I think I'm more frustrated now than I was in that first six months of their life. Rocio Baeza: Wow. Shane Sams: If you're waiting for the right time or your kids to get a little older or things to get easier, I'm telling you from experience right now, you might as well start because it's not going to get an easier. It's just going to get harder. That's not an excuse that you have little kids. It's not an excuse that you got a 10-year-old. You just got to do it anyway or it's never going to work out in the first place. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. Well, you've had a successful launch after the event, which is awesome, and you are serving your members, I presume, in this beta launch, right? Rocio Baeza: Right. Jocelyn Sams: Okay. The question that I have for you now is, what can we do to help you take this thing to the next level? Rocio Baeza: I would say I'm having a hard time finding the discipline to consistently do the things that are super important. I know that I need to find the discipline to build that consistency and just repeat it so that I can continue to serve my members but also grow that. I think the things that are tugging at me are things like dealing with the newborn, picking up my six-year-old from school, getting her ready in the mornings, washing bottles, doing client work for my freelance business. Rocio Baeza: I find myself creating a checklist of all the things that I have to do. I knock one or two out, but then I'm pulled in all these different directions. When I come back to my to-do list, I usually scratch off that to-do list. I create a new one, and I find myself moving, stopping, moving, stopping. I want to be able to build that discipline to do things more consistently. Shane Sams: This is a hard part of entrepreneurship, and you know this from your freelance gig too, right? You're already feeling that there. It's even harder in online business because at least with the freelance thing, you got to show up for somebody. You're talking to someone. You're moving with people. Sometimes online business can feel really separated, and it's harder. Our brains have not evolved correctly to deal with all this online stuff that we do. Shane Sams: We can't really separate or we can't really keep it in our mind that those people are real sometimes because we only interact with them virtually. It can be harder to have discipline there because there's not an expectation. We don't feel the same expectation in the online business as we do offline or in our family or in our kids. When the kid's crying, you have an expectation to go to their room, but when you know someone's in your forums or you know someone's in a Facebook group or you know they're watching your course, you don't always feel that same tug. Shane Sams: What we've had to do is build in consistencies, build in one thing at a time brick by brick that we do. For example, last year I decided that I was going to email our list every day. That was my goal. I'd say I've succeeded at that goal at least 80% of the time this year. It was the same reason I actually set that goal was I felt all these things that I was having to do, and you said, "I've got this big to-do list. I only get through two of them." Well, that's because two or three of them are actually the only important things. You just have to pick which ones are important and forget the rest. Shane Sams: This year what Jocelyn did really consistently was Jocelyn was in the forums pretty much every day. She also, what do you use to send welcome videos? You do something. Jocelyn Sams: Bonjoro. Shane Sams: Yeah. We use that app called Bonjoro, and everybody that joins Jocelyn sends a welcome video. We picked these two things. She was going to welcome people and be in the forums, and I was going to email our list every day, to contact our list. We just didn't even care if any of the other things were right or wrong because there is no right or wrong. There is no right or wrong answer; there's just an answer. There's just an action step. Jocelyn Sams: I think going a little bit deeper into that is that we had basically two objectives for this year, and those objectives were to get more members, which Shane did by emailing and reminding people to join, and we also had the goal of keeping the members that we already have and making sure that people feel welcome. Jocelyn Sams: One of the things is when you join our community I don't want you to feel like you're just another member to us. I want people to feel like we see you; we know that you joined, and we appreciate you. Those are the things that we decided to focus on for this year. Does that mean that other things aren't important? No, but there's only so much that we can do, and we have to figure out- Shane Sams: There's only so much bandwidth. Jocelyn Sams: ... what are the priorities. What are the two or three things that you have to do, and everything else is just a bonus. Shane Sams: Also too, that's an interesting way that you said that, like what are the two things you have to do? What are the three things you have to do? We get this question a lot, what are my priorities? What is the right thing to do? We don't actually approach it that way. We just say, "What are the two things we're going to do?" I'm not saying that emailing all the time is right. I'm just saying I knew that it was something I would do. Shane Sams: Jocelyn's not saying that hey, these welcome videos are the exact thing you should do and because you heard that on your podcast what you should do. It's just a thing we picked, and we decided last year, right, wrong or indifferent, we weren't going to write a to-do list that was that long. We weren't going to look down at a to-do list every day of 14 things and say we didn't get 11 of them. That's just making yourself feel like a failure. We were going to pick the two things that we knew we would do every day, and we were going to do those. Once we built that capacity, we might add another thing. Shane Sams: Next year, I really, really, really want to add YouTube videos every day. I just want to wake up at 6:00 in the morning, do a 15-minute YouTube video every single day, and that's the thing I add, and then I'll write my email. I think I can do that now. Jocelyn Sams: We did pepper some of that in this year. We tried some of that out. We still post on social media. There are still other things that we do, but we primarily do the two or three things that we set out and said, "This is our priority for this year." Shane Sams: Yeah. It's also people get so caught up in their to-do list. You're caught. You probably feel bad because you're not getting these other things done, and it's starting to weigh on you, right? Rocio Baeza: Right. Shane Sams: But people need to think about what they need to do in more categorical terms and not worry so much what's right and wrong. Because if you think about this, okay, I have an online business. There's really only three things that we have to do. One, we have to promote it. Two, we have to create content. That's just a part of it. Three, we have to interact with our people. It doesn't matter how I do those three things. Okay. Content, well, should I podcast or YouTube channel? It doesn't matter. Should I blog or should I write books? It doesn't matter. Jocelyn Sams: Whatever you'll do. Shane Sams: Just do content. Promotion, should I email my list every day? Should I run Facebook ads? Should I run YouTube ads? Should I go on other people's podcasts? It doesn't matter. Pick one that you're promoting. We promote by going on other people's podcasts, and we promote via email. That's just it. I know we'll do that, so we do it. Should I do webinars? I don't know. Will you do it? Didn't do it. Pick one. Shane Sams: Serving your members, like Jocelyn serves our members by being in the forums. I serve our members by sending them valuable content and motivation in an email. It's the categories that matter, and it's that you're doing things within the categories, not what you're doing. Shane Sams: The problem is you've got people like Gary Vaynerchuk and all these other knuckleheads running around out there telling you to work 80 hours a week, and if you don't do 100 social media posts, you're a failure. And if you're not on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, if you're not on all these things, and that makes people like us feel bad, make you feel bad because you're not achieving ... You're not ticking off the to-do list. That's all a mirage anyway. That's all fake. That's all what they present to the public world. Jocelyn Sams: What I would ask you to do is to identify the two or three things that are most important to you. Maybe it's growing your membership, so you need to figure out a consistent way to do that that makes sense for you to do and that you know that you will actually do. Maybe it is serving your current customers, so you need to figure out a way to do that consistently. Shane Sams: Usually, pick one thing, and until you've mastered it into a habit, don't worry about all the other stuff. You just got to pick the thing that will serve them best. Jocelyn Sams: Then everything else is just a bonus. Does that make you feel a little bit better about being spread too thin? Rocio Baeza: Yes. Shane Sams: Let's talk about your categories though. Let's talk about you, okay? Rocio Baeza: Okay. Shane Sams: Okay. I gave three things there. These are the three things we think are the most important, promotion, content creation and retention. Those are the three big things that you really have. What really is the one thing that you could do to promote your business that you like to do, like to get new people to discover you and to keep reminding people to join your membership? Rocio Baeza: Yeah. I would say doing live short videos on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is where my avatars would be hanging out at, so that would be one area. Then the second area for promotion, it would be just running ads. Before I started GDPRStandUp.com, I initially was trying to build a virtual community to serve the entire cybersecurity market. Looking back, that was a very dumb approach. I was trying to serve everyone, but at the end of the day I wasn't serving anyone. Rocio Baeza: It was through that trial that I figured out how to do a Google ad campaign, and I was able to set it up. I ran a few ads, but I've never actually tried that for GDPRStandUp.com. As you're asking me how can I promote my community, Google ads is definitely something that I learned how to do, but I haven't implemented that for GDPR. Shane Sams: Okay. Let's imagine this. You're going to take one day a month and work on Google ad. Then three days a week you're going to do a 15-minute LinkedIn video. That's 15 minutes, let's say, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and one day a month you just got to block it off, go get alone in a coffee shop somewhere and get your Google ad for the month set up. Let it run. You're not going to work on it every day. You're not going to look at it every day. You're going to set it and forget it until next month. Then you're going to evaluate and change. Shane Sams: Now look what we've done. We've got one day, and then we've got a commitment for a 15-minute LinkedIn video on something topical that you can talk about for 10, 15 minutes. This is totally like when I say 15 minutes, I mean you get a piece of paper and pencil, you write down three bullet points you want to address about a topic, and you turn the camera on and just talk. Jocelyn Sams: The way that I do it is on Post-it notes, and I just stick them to my computer. Shane Sams: Okay. This is just content right now. There's promotion, done. That's what you're going to do. That's what you're going to do. All right, now what about content? What other content are you creating beside these videos? Do you blog? Do you do videos, podcasts? What do you do? Rocio Baeza: Yes. I am now doing podcasts. The idea is record an episode, get a transcript, convert that into a blog post. Shane Sams: Perfect. That's what we do. Rocio Baeza: Yes. It took me a while to figure it out and see how simple it can really be, how you can create an explosion of content just doing things strategically. Shane Sams: What is your recording schedule? Do you batch these? Rocio Baeza: Yes. It would be once a month I batch four sessions at a time. Shane Sams: Okay. That's cool. Let's just do that. I think you're feeling a little overwhelmed. It might be better to do every two weeks do three. Because what's going to happen is every month you're going to do six, you see what I'm saying? You won't have to do so many at once. You can just do three and then three and then three. Eventually, you're going to get so far ahead that you can actually take two weeks off and start doing it less again. Shane Sams: What I want you to do is, all right, let's go back. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, let's say you're going to do a LinkedIn video. Every other week on Tuesday and Thursday, just record some podcasts and make it real consistent. That's all you're going to do. That's the only content you're going to create. That's it, period. Shane Sams: You can take those videos from LinkedIn and embed them on your site, but that's it. Don't do anything else. Don't worry about what everybody else says you should be doing, you should be blogging, you should be YouTubing, you should be doing ... You're a podcaster. Just do that for a while. Rocio Baeza: Okay. Shane Sams: Then retention, how are you serving your members? Rocio Baeza: That's rolling out a course on a weekly basis. Shane Sams: Why weekly? Are you just not done with the whole course yet? Rocio Baeza: I am not done with the whole course yet, and I figure that weekly would be a good way of just providing value to the members and holding myself accountable of building a product or a set of products. Shane Sams: When does that end? Rocio Baeza: When does that end? I don't have an end date yet. The interesting thing with GDPR, Shane, is it's still very new. It's something that I'm still learning, so I'm learning. Shane Sams: How many courses? How many videos do you have so far? How many videos do you have? Rocio Baeza: So far I have about eight. Eight. Shane Sams: Okay. You're going to get to 12, and then you're going to change it to where it's a Q&A every two weeks. The Q&A questions will become your content. That'll still be relevant, but you're going to stop trying to figure out what people want. You're going to just let them ask you, and then you're going to tell them. If they ask you a question that you don't know, you'll say, "I'll look that up, and at the next Q&A we'll talk about it." You see what I'm saying? Rocio Baeza: Oh. Shane Sams: I feel like that's where I see your energy drain now. It's coming from what's next, what's next, what's next, and that's overwhelming everything else because you're trying to figure all this out in your course. There has to be an end date on your course. You've got to have the basics covered, and then you've got to figure out what people need. That's why we do Q&As. Rocio Baeza: Got it. Shane Sams: Because I can't guess what Rocio needs. You've got to ask me what you need. Rocio Baeza: Got it. Shane Sams: Once you ask me, I know, and that's no energy on me. If I spent eight hours today trying to guess what you were going to ask us, my energy would be shot for anything else. But I just showed up, and you asked me, and now we got an answer. That's where you've got to get to. Shane Sams: Let's cut it off at 12. Anybody that joins, they can go start taking those 12 courses, and then use Q&As to ask them anything else. That way you got an end date for all that content. Now, if you come up with something and if you see somebody asking you, if you have 10 people in 10 straight weeks ask you the same question, what should you do? Make a course. Rocio Baeza: Build a course. Shane Sams: That way when they ask it the next time, you just say, "Hey, click this link and watch the course." Jocelyn Sams: But for the most part people over-complicate this. You think that you have to come up with some amazing piece of content for a community every month. Chances are they don't even know what's in there to begin with. That happens to us all the time. We'll say, "Oh, well, did you know we have a course about this?" People are like, "No." Shane Sams: No, but they freak out, and they're like, "Oh, that's amazing. I can't believe it's still there." Jocelyn Sams: But people love the Q&As. They have an opportunity to ask a real-time question. You answer it. There's no preparation on your part, and people just show up. It's awesome. We've been doing it for a long time now. Shane Sams: Okay. That's your to-do list, those three things, period. Rocio Baeza: Okay. Shane Sams: Let's go forward with a little clarity, and let's commit to trying this for six months. Let's see how things grow, and then we'll make some pivots and change and evolve as we go. Now it's not about, you don't have to find discipline. You just have to decide what you're going to do and do it, and if it doesn't work, we'll just go back and do something else. Okay? Rocio Baeza: Wow. Okay. That sounds like a plan. Jocelyn Sams: All right. Well, we have had an awesome chat with you today, and we would love to know in the next 24 hours or so, what are you planning to do based on what we talked about here? Rocio Baeza: I'm going to make a list of the last four courses that I'll be recording, and I will create a schedule as to when I will be creating it so that I can make that mental shift to just focusing in on the Q&A. Shane Sams: That is an awesome plan. All right. Before we go, we love to share a Bible verse with everyone out there in the Flipped Lifestyle audience. Jocelyn and I get a lot of inspiration from the Bible for our life and our business, and we're super excited because Rocio has a Bible verse that she would like to share with you guys today. Rocio Baeza: That Bible verse is Proverbs 29:1, and it says, "For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, there will come a day when life stumbles in and they break, but by then it'll be too late to help them." Shane Sams: That was a perfect verse for today's discussion as you were actually wrestling with discipline. I think, hey, now we're going to have the discipline and do the things we got to do and keep moving forward, right? Rocio Baeza: There you go. There you go. Yes. Shane Sams: That's a good job. Well done. All right, guys, thank you so much for tuning in again today to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast. What a great talk that we had with Rocio, and I loved how she used Flip Your Life Live as the catalyst not only to get everything prepared but to take action afterward and launch her online business. Shane Sams: We would love for you to have that kind of inspiration, that kind of motivation on your calendar as well, and you can do that by joining us at Flip Your Life Live 2019. It's going to be in Lexington, Kentucky from September 19th through the 21st, and you can find out all of the information about Flip Your Life Live at flippedlifestyle.com/live, flippedlifestyle.com/live. Go there right now, check out everything that we're going to be doing there. Shane Sams: It's going to be an amazing event. We're going to have people from all over the world, all over America there, family-focused entrepreneurs building a better future for their families. That's flippedlifestyle.com/live. We can't wait to meet you in person this September. That's all the time we have for this week. As always, guys, thanks for listening to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast, and until next time, get out there, take action, do whatever it takes to flip your life. We'll see you then. Jocelyn Sams: Bye. Links and resources mentioned on today's show: Rocio's Website Flip Your Life LIVE 2019 Tickets & Registration Information Flip Your Life community 30-day trial Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Get your FREE 30-DAY Membership in the Flip Your Life Community NOW! – https://flippedlifestyle.com/free

Aja Romano, a culture staff writer for Vox, joins Tim to discuss the impact AOL Instant Messenger had on the way we communicate and on many peoples’ formative years. The two talk about those colors, those sounds, the dos and don’ts of AIM ands the legacy it left for social media habits we carry on today. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/AOL_Instant_Messenger_Episode_46.mp3 Last year, AOL decided to retire its Yellow Running man after 20 years since it first started to transform the way we communicate on the Internet. The operative word in the name was “instant.” AOL launched Instant Messenger in 1997. It was one of the fist widely used, free, instant chat services online. It became the most famous instant chat services, and even had a starring role in the 1998 romantic comedy, “You’ve Got Mail” that starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. AIM is credited with igniting a cultural shift in the way we communicate, popularizing instant, live, real-time texting online. AOL Instant messenger paved the way for the evolution of instant messaging on social media and through texting. Long before Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, there was AOL Instant Messenger. Someone who knows something about AIM is Aja Romano. Links Saying Goodbye to AIM, the Instant Messenger that Changed How We Communicate, Vox AOL Instant Messenger is Shutting Down After 20 Years, TechCruch So Long, AIM, We'll Miss You, The Verge AOL Instant Messenger Made Social Media What it is Today, MIT Technology Review About this Episode's Guest Aja Romano Aja Romano is a culture staff reporter for Vox with a special focus on Internet Culture.

In today's podcast, we talk about online roleplay: everything from Forum RP to Discord to even Instant Messenger all the way back to MUDs and AOL Chat and we discuss how it is both like LARP and not like LARP at all.Joining Cynthia Marie and Ryan Omega are Courtney Kraft, Community Manager of Alpha; Angela Basset, one of the owners of Twin Mask LARP; and Cyn's sister, Lex, who all share their experiences, challenges and favorite moments of text based roleplay online.

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Beflügelt von Ihrer neuerlichen Berühmtheit und dem Aufstieg in den Sternen-Himmel widmen sich Sven und Stefan heute wie immer erst den Datenverlusten, anschließend den News gefolgt von dem Thema Messenger, welches Sven vorbereitet hat. Vorne weg beschwert sich Stefan noch kurz über die Art und Weise wie ein Script-Kiddy sein gefundenes Script ausprobiert hat. Disclaimer In diesem Podcast werden Techniken oder Hardware vorgestellt, die geeignet sind, externe Geräte anzugreifen. Dies geschieht ausschließlich zu Bildungszwecken, denn nur, wenn man die Angriffstechniken kennt, kann man sich effektiv davor schützen. Denkt immer daran, diese Techniken oder Hardware nur bei Geräten anzuwenden, deren Eigner oder Nutzer das erlaubt haben.Der unerlaubte Zugriff auf fremde Infrastruktur ist strafbar (In Deutschland §202a, §202b, §202c StGB).

Interview with Samantha Geitz, Senior Developer at Tighten Logo Samantha's React series on the Tighten blog React preset Doejo Wordpress VIP Automattic PackBack PackBack on Shark Tank Editing sponsored by Larajobs Transcription sponsored by Tighten Matt Stauffer: Welcome back to the Laravel Podcast, season three. This is the first time we'll be talking to a member of the Tighten team, senior developer Samantha Geitz. Stay tuned. Matt Stauffer: All right, welcome back to the Laravel Podcast, season three. Like I mentioned in the intro, for the first time ever, I have dipped into the local pool, because I think that the people who work at Tighten are great, because otherwise, they wouldn't work at Tighten. I think they're all fantastic, but I've been trying to avoid nepotism, and if you're not familiar with the concept of nepotism, it's when somebody basically makes their whole ... their family and friends in power, so basically Donald Trump personified. That's nepotism, so I've been trying to not be a nepotist, but at the same time, I mean, there's great people who deserve interviewing. Matt Stauffer: I figure we're going to start with Samantha Geitz, who is one of our two senior developers; Samantha and Keith are our senior developers, and you may have heard of Samantha before, but before I go into her backstory and who she is and what she's about, the first question I always ask everybody is, when you meet a random person in the store, how do you tell people what it is that you do? Samantha Geitz: There was a really long period of time where I said, "Well, I'm a software engineer," because it sounded really fancy and I kind of needed that validation. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: I've gone back to "I'm a developer," and they ask what that means, and I say, "I build websites, and some of which you've probably used," and I list them off, and usually they kind of glaze over about halfway through, and/or say, "Oh, my company's hiring. Do you use .NET? You should come work for me." Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: I've steered away from software engineer, unless I'm talking to a real engineer, because they get really mad and it's hilarious. Like, "You haven't taken certification." Matt Stauffer: Basically whatever trolls the best. I tell people I make websites, which drives my wife nuts, because she's like, "You don't make websites, you run a company." I'm like, "I don't like telling people that when I first meet them, because then it sets certain expectations." The more that people underestimate me when they meet me, the happier I am. Samantha Geitz: I was going to say I guess it's true- Matt Stauffer: Oh, go ahead. Samantha Geitz: I actually don't make very many websites for Tighten anymore, I'm a PM/therapist/wrangler. I do a lot of hand-holding, talk about feelings a lot. It's a great job. Matt Stauffer: That is basically what we do at Tighten. We just use code as the excuse for that. Samantha Geitz: We talk about feelings a lot at Tighten. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah. Okay, Samantha first came onto the scene, when I knew who she was, when she was speaking at Laracon US a couple years ago in Louisville. I don't even know what year it was, 2015 or 2016, 2015, something like that? Samantha Geitz: 2015. Matt Stauffer: And speaking about microservices. Samantha Geitz: It was the new hotness at the time. Taylor introduced it as the most anticipated talk at Laracon right before I walked on stage, and I was like, "Ooh. No pressure." Matt Stauffer: No pressure, and the funny thing is I don't think you've done any microservice work since you've started at Tighten, right? Or have you? Samantha Geitz: I have not. No, but you also hate microservices. I'm surprised you hired me after that. Matt Stauffer: I hate them a little bit, yeah. Samantha Geitz: Yes, we like this girl's ideas. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, well ... What we liked was the way that you think. That's not necessarily the microservice aspect. Not saying there's nothing good about microservices ever, but it's not ... they're overblown a little. But anyway, you gave that talk. Everyone said, "Wow, who's this Samantha Geitz, she's great." Soon after we open up a job posting, you apply. It was great. That's not the point of this story, but now you're a senior developer, like you mentioned. Day-by-day you write some code, you review some code, you write blog posts a lot. You wrote a three part React series, that has basically taken the internet by storm since it existed, which you keep updating and I'll put a link to that in the show notes. You are one of the lead React thinking people in the Laravel world. You're the one who contributed the React preset to Laravel. That's one area you're known a little bit. Matt Stauffer: If you haven't heard of Samantha before, go read a couple of her blog posts on the Tighten blog. Go check out the React preset. Go check out a React series. Even if you know React already, it's a really good broad level introduction. That stuffs all great, but that's not what this podcast is about. This podcast is about people. Matt Stauffer: The next question I always ask everybody is, when was the first time that you interacted with a computer, and tell me about it. Samantha Geitz: Well my dad had a computer science background. When I was really young, like five maybe, we were using Logo to build tic, tac, toe and obviously I was not writing much of the code at age five, but I sat with him when he did it and it sparked an interest, but as I grew up, I always thought computer science was A, for boys, B, involved a lot of math and even though I'm technically good at math, I did well on the GRE in math, I just thought I was bad at math and I can go into all the feminist reasons about that on Twitter if anyone's interested, we don't need to spend the whole podcast. I want to get on my platform and talk about it. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: I didn't really take computer science seriously as a career. I had built some websites and stuff in high school in Joomla. I'm dating myself here, but my last semester of my English Literature degree, and fun fact, if people don't know, both Matt and Dan are also English majors, so Tighten's got a very strong liberal arts background. Matt Stauffer: It's true. Samantha Geitz: I took a computer science course as an elective because it was literally the only thing that fit into my schedule and I was the only woman in the class and walked in. I immediately got picked out by this professor, who was a very nice man, but also this old Eastern European man. Caught me after the first day and said, "Oh, if you need extra help let me know." And within three weeks I was tutoring a quarter of the class. Samantha Geitz: Well I had realized by that point, because my background was in English Literature but I wanted to be an English teacher and got through all of my English Literature course work and then started the education component and said, "Oh, no. I hate teenagers. This is going to be awful." Yeah, when I took that computer science course, I said, "Oh, cool. So this is what I want to do when I grow up." Went back to grad school and got a masters in information science and I guess the rest we will probably cover in future questions here. Matt Stauffer: We will, but I have so many questions. I have so many questions. Your dad, computer science. You're five years old, making tick tac toe in what? Samantha Geitz: Logo. It's a programming language where you move a turtle around the screen. Matt Stauffer: Logo. Samantha Geitz: I think it's like Scratch. This was almost 25 years ago. Matt Stauffer: Oh okay. Samantha Geitz: I couldn't tell you a lot of the specifics. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. It's just funny. This is the first time anybody's ever mentioned something I've never even heard of before, programming language wise. Okay, but it was focused on kids learning? Samantha Geitz: I think so yeah. I know my dad had probably C and basic and I don't even know what. He's now trying to learn Laravel. I have two brothers who are Laravel developers and my dad has decided he wants to get into that life too. We have a Slack channel where he posts questions and it's fun. Matt Stauffer: That's awesome. Tell me that he has a copy of my book, please? Samantha Geitz: He does not ... No, he does. Matt Stauffer: I will mail him one. Samantha Geitz: It's in a PDF. I sent him a PDF. Matt Stauffer: Okay I was going to say, I will mail him one. Samantha Geitz: Sign it. Matt Stauffer: Jeez. Okay. Yeah, definitely. Okay, you did Logo. Was there much computing? Were you on Instant Messenger and stuff like that in between that time and when you were in college? Or were you not a computer person during that time? Samantha Geitz: Oh, I was PC gaming master race from a very, very young age. Matt Stauffer: Okay, so you've been sitting on ... Yeah, you totally skipped that part of it. Let's talk about that. Samantha Geitz: That's how I win typing challenges. Yeah, no. I had a computer in my room from the time I was in eighth grade. Yeah. Oh, I got into all sorts of shenanigans in Instant Messenger and stuff. I was 10, cat fishing people. Matt Stauffer: Oh my goodness. I didn't even know what that word meant until college. Samantha Geitz: ASL, 18 female California and I'm 10 years old. Matt Stauffer: Oh my God. Samantha Geitz: This is a family friendly podcast so we don't need to get into that. Matt Stauffer: There you go, we'll just keep it there. Cat fishing. Go Google it, it's a type of fish and it is a ... nevermind, I'm not even going to go there. Matt Stauffer: Playing video games, did you build your rigs? Computers? Samantha Geitz: Oh yeah. Still do. Matt Stauffer: Still do? I didn't know that. Samantha Geitz: Have you not seen this. Matt Stauffer: I have not seen this. Samantha Geitz: I'm turning my camera so Matt can see my rig. Look at that bad boy with a cat on it. Matt Stauffer: You should take a picture of it without a cat hanging ... or with the cat hanging over it so we can put a link in the podcast. In the show notes. Samantha Geitz: I've got the clear panel on the side so you can see ... Yeah, I've got some good hardware in there too. I've had a $900 graphics card in there. Matt Stauffer: Geez. Okay, you learned that stuff from your dad. Computer science. You cat fished people when you're 10 years old. You built your own PC's and you're playing video games. Was there anything formal before you went into college? Was there anything outside of you doing it on your own, or was this more like you had the interest and you did all the stuff? Obviously you said at age 10 you had interest access, or was this bulletin board services? Samantha Geitz: I did have internet access and yeah, I would be on various forums and stuff, but when I was 15 I think, I also, English background, dabble in writing, surprise, surprise. I ran a writing community website that I built on Joomla, I don't wonder what form software I used. Simple core maybe. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Samantha Geitz: It was completely hacked together. There was a little bit of PHP, but it was a lot of just customizing templates and stuff, which for me was a very different thing than, "I'm going to go get a computer science degree and do the calculus I guess, because that's what computer science is." Right? Matt Stauffer: Right. Well and that was my next question actually, is at what point did you actually write a line of web based codes? You mentioned you did Logo, so you had coding from age five, but when do you actually write web code? Samantha Geitz: That would have been high school. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Samantha Geitz: It was probably undergrad years. Matt Stauffer: There's no classes for it. You were just view sourcing around on the internet and figuring it out as you went? Samantha Geitz: Yeah, it was a lot of, "I'm done loading this template and making it look the way I want it to look and I don't really know what I'm doing." I was not doing anything too complex. Matt Stauffer: Right, just FTPing it up to some kind of general shared host? Samantha Geitz: Yeah, it was all FTP. Matt Stauffer: Okay, all right. Samantha Geitz: Very much hacking my around. I did not have a solid grasp on it where if someone could have probably paid me and gotten good work out of it. At our peak we had about, for the writing website, maybe 250 active members. Matt Stauffer: Nice. Samantha Geitz: It wasn't too small time for someone who was 15. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, speaking of people paying you. What was the first dollar you made making websites, or making any code actually for that matter? Samantha Geitz: That would have been in grad school. I did some freelance work because I very quickly realized that my grad program, we did some programming stuff but it was Flash in 2012. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: I very quickly figured out that I was not going to be learning the sort of things I could go get a web development job for. I was working when I started grad school in admissions at the University of Missouri Graduate School and trying to do that and full time masters program, and self-teach was just too much. I took a risk and quit my job and just made a living for the rest of grad school freelancing. That would have been ... I think my first client paid me three grand for a pretty complex WordPress site. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I was going to ask was tech stack were you doing most of that freelancing in? Mainly WordPress? Samantha Geitz: It was pretty much all WordPress in the freelancing and then I was self-teaching Ruby on Rails. Matt Stauffer: Did you do the front ends of those or did you use templates mainly? Samantha Geitz: I did a lot of child themes so I used Genesis or something and then build themes based off of that. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, okay. You had at least front end capability. You probably knew CSS and jQuery, JavaScript all that stuff by that point? Samantha Geitz: Yup. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Then Ruby on Rails. Tell us that journey. Samantha Geitz: Laravel, if it existed at the time was not well known. I mean this would have probably been Laravel 2. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: Basically I was just looking into, okay, I wanted to build web applications. I very quickly figured out the limits of WordPress and I don't know. Ruby on Rails was hotness then, so I built myself a personal blog site just to learn it. I don't think anyone has ever paid me to write Ruby on Rails code. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Samantha Geitz: But it gave me decent MVC background and my first job, I was at ... I was just about to finish grad school and I was at the University of Missouri and I was back up at Chicago at a Ruby meetup and there was an open bar that was sponsored by, gosh I don't even remember. One of the API companies, so I met this guy who said, "Oh yeah, My company's hiring and we do Rails." And I was like, "Okay, cool." Samantha Geitz: He got me this interview and got the job and then they told me I would be doing WordPress. It's like, "Oh okay. That's fine. It's not really what I want to be doing." But they said eventually they'll move me over to a more of a MVC stack and I proceeded to do WordPress for the next year and a half. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: But we landed a client who was going to not be great for WordPress so I was looking into Laravel at the time, because I had a really strong PHP background. Hadn't done Rails in a while, and that was right ... That was Laravel 3, because Laravel 4 was released somewhere in the middle of that project and we upgraded. Yeah, that was how I got into Laravel. Was just wishing I could do Ruby on Rails and I've got this WordPress background so I know PHP, so I guess this is what we're doing now. Matt Stauffer: Right. Was the clients, I don't know if you remember, it's been a while, but was the client's tech stack such where if you had been a super accomplished Ruby developer they would have signed on, or would they prefer PHP as well at that point? Samantha Geitz: Are you talking about at the last agency that I worked at? Matt Stauffer: That one company where you discovered Laravel 3. Samantha Geitz: They had been ... Matt Stauffer: Do you remember? Samantha Geitz: They had been pitched on a WordPress site, because ... The company I worked at, which I don't think technically even exists anymore, it's called Dojo. They were a very small number of ... It's called WordPress VIP agency. WordPress VIP definitely still exists. It's actually a fantastic service, but it's basically automatic. Who's the company who does WordPress. It's their premium hosting and support solution. I think it starts ... Then it was $3,500 a month. Samantha Geitz: You had sites like Pandora with their entire advertising platform was built on it. I think Time Magazine. We did a lot of work for Tribune. I actually got a lot of enterprise WordPress experience, just because they wanted ... There's only 10 shops in the world who did it. Matt Stauffer: That actually do that kind of work. Samantha Geitz: The problem was we just pitched WordPress for everything and when it's something that doesn't really fit into that posts and pages paradigm, and they wanted all sorts of crazy relationships between entities and stuff, so I steered them away from that and I had a lot of flexibility in the stack I could use, so I had been looking to Laravel a little bit, and said, "I'm going to learn it." And I used that project to learn it. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Samantha Geitz: It was pre Laracasts too. I think. Matt Stauffer: I could be wrong, but I believe that Laracasts came out during 4, but I could be wrong. I've got to go look that up later. Samantha Geitz: I used Dayle Rees' book to learn it. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, there you go. Samantha Geitz: It was called Code Bright I think. Matt Stauffer: Code something. Samantha Geitz: Whatever the Laravel 3 one. Matt Stauffer: Yeah exactly. Samantha Geitz: That was how I learned Laravel. Matt Stauffer: Nice. Yeah, that's how I learned it too, and then eventually Jeffrey. All right at that point ... I was trying to think. There was a couple of questions rolling around. I had rolling around about prior to that. I'm trying to think about your background. Matt Stauffer: You had got ... did you finish your undergrad degree in English before you went to do the CS? Okay. I'm sorry, she nodded. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, it was just an elective. I had some elective I had to take to graduate. I was working full time at Best Buy and just was the only thing that slotted into my schedule. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: I was like, "Okay. I'm not sure how this is going to go because I haven't taken math in five years." Matt Stauffer: Yeah, turns out. Samantha Geitz: Clearly it worked out. Matt Stauffer: Turns out. Okay you worked, you're doing WordPress. You did a little bit of Laravel 3, what was the next transition from there. Samantha Geitz: Okay, I don't want to do WordPress anymore, I know Laravel know, so I got a job at this start up called PackBack. Who are still around. They are a Shark Tank funded start-up in Chicago. Mark Cuban's on their board. Matt Stauffer: Aye-oh. Samantha Geitz: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: You can see them on YouTube right? I feel like I saw that at some point. Samantha Geitz: Probably. Matt Stauffer: Their episode. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, I got a job working there and pretty specifically as a back end developer, because their front end stack was Angular and the big Laravel project I'd done for the previous agency, we had a ton of ... it ended up being a very complicated Angular set up and people hear me talk about Angular PTSD and that's why. It was just a single page application that should not have been a single page application. It was just a lot of Angular. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, I pretty much did strictly API development for the next year and a half after that. It was all Laravel and it was microservices, and that's how I got really pumped about that idea, which also meant my front end chops took a nose dive, which is a big part of the reason I ended up learning React. It's like, all right, I need to get back into this world. Matt Stauffer: Get back into it. Yeah. Samantha Geitz: We don't have API developers at Tighten. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. No, everybody does everything. Let's talk about your work there a little bit. I think everyone has a pretty good sense of the value of single page apps in API first. Just to recap real quick for anybody who hasn't heard these pitches. API first basically means build the API, then build a JavaScript single page app that consumes that API. Then when you need to build a mobile app it'll magically be fast and easy and quick, because you already have an API that works. There's definitely some true promise there. Matt Stauffer: One of the things we've talked about a lot lately at Tighten, over the last year is as someone ... I'm a little bit of an old head developer where I'm just like, "Hey, you know what? This is the way I've been doing it for x number of years. I want to keep doing it." But I wanted to leave space for us to try those things. The SPA's and the API first stuff like that. We've definitely seen some of the pain points of microservices. Some of the pain points of SPAs and stuff like that. Matt Stauffer: I would say the bigger your team, the bigger the company, the bigger your needs, the more likely the mobile needs, the more likely that you will find the API first and the SPAs to be worth the costs they introduce. I would assume that where you were, would have been one of the places where that's just a clear win. I don't want to dig too much into their intellectual property or anything like that, but you mentioned that an SPA may end up being a little tough in some context. Without revealing any of their secrets or anything like that, is there anything you can talk about that helps you understand when you think an SPA is or is not the right fit? Are there any signs? Anything like that that helps you really think through that? Samantha Geitz: I feel like where I've gone on it is, yeah, if you know you're going to have a lot ... I say you know, and one of the things about working with a start-up is you hope. You hope you're going to grow, you hope you're going to be handling a lot of traffic and stuff, and I think a lot of companies end up doing a lot of premature optimization based on that. Samantha Geitz: Compared to a situation in which you're refactoring a monolith and it makes sense to break off some asynchronous tasks into a microservice. That's a place I would definitely reach for it now. Samantha Geitz: Single page applications that have a lot of views and very complicated authentication and authorization requirements, my preferred way now is to have a Laravel app with Vue or React components where you're utilizing a lot of server side stuff, and a lot of out of the box authentication things and then just the really interactive UI things that makes sense to have JavaScript that's where you have ... I have found that to be easiest personally. I think a single page application, if it's really a single page can be great. Samantha Geitz: I think a single page application where you're trying to have some very complicated web application with multiple pages, gets complicated. There are routers and stuff that can help you handle it and I can see the argument for using it, but I have always found that the overhead is a lot more than using something like Laravel or Rails with server side stuff. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, it's interesting. Samantha Geitz: You don't have to worry about someone going into a console and messing around and seeing encrypted things. I don't know. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, it's interesting you mentioned the single page because single page app ... Theoretically the single page is referring to the fact that it's a single page that doesn't get navigated away from, but like you mentioned, single page apps are a lot less complicated when they don't have to handle I guess what you'd say like theoretical multiple pages that are served by that one page. You could say how many URLs does it serve? If that single pages serves a single URL your complexities going to a lot lower than if that single page serves multiple URLs using a router. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, not to say that you should never have multiple views in a single page application, because of course that's silly, but if you have a Laravel app with 30 controllers that all have all these routes and stuff, and you're trying to do that in the context of a single page application, can you do it? Sure. Is it going to be a lot more code and overhead than if you did it service side? Yes. Absolutely. Matt Stauffer: The question is do the pros outweigh the cons in that context? Sometimes the assumption can be well it's the new thing and eventually we can use it therefore yes, but you've got to realize the cons. Caleb's been talking about it a lot this recently because he lived in microservice land for a while, so he was becoming a little bit of the captain of the cons of microservices. I'll have to ask him about that another time. I think that you are ... obviously you know microservices, but you also know full stack routing JavaScript, all this stuff, super, super, super well. Matt Stauffer: You gave a talk about microservices. It's funny, Chris Fidao gave a talk about hexagonal architecture and as far as I know doesn't do it at all right now. You gave a talk about microservices and obviously I haven't assigned you to any projects in the microservices sense, but I know that you do side stuff. If you were doing a side project, do you default monolith right now, and if so, can you tell me one or two really clear signs that tells you to ... Regardless of SPA versus anything else. One or two clear signs that makes you want to pole servers out. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, I can actually give a concrete example from the last six months. A friend and I were working on basically ... Call it LinkedIn for professional gamers. We realized specifically for this game Overwatch which more recently has ... It's called Overwatch League which almost is like a professional sports franchise model and these were selling for 15 million dollars. Where it's like the Houston Outlaws. Matt Stauffer: That's a crazy number. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, I mean there was a lot of money floating around the scene and these professional players, there was a discord chat room in which these coaches and owners for these 15 million dollar teams would be scrolling through players looking for teams. So we're like oh, there's an opportunity here. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: We basically built an app to hook professional players up with teams and one of the things we wanted to do to keep people coming back was to integrate their Twitter and Twitch stuff and Twitch specifically doesn't have any web hooks or anything where it's like, "Oh, this new thing is on Twitch, we hit your app." We had to pole it. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: It was just this process I was constantly running in the background and basically I built some logic into the main app to figure out who needed to be refreshed, because obviously if someone is streaming, you want to refresh them more often, so when they're offline they're no longer showing. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah. Samantha Geitz: The actual thing that was hitting the Twitch API was a totally separate microservice just because it was this process that was constantly running and I didn't want that load on my regular server. Matt Stauffer: It's funny. That's my exact same use case is that when I'm finding myself in a place where I'm interacting with a third party server that doesn't present the data I want or in the timeline that I want or takes too much load, that's the first thing I want to do, is I build the API I want, and then I make that API do all the work of getting the data into that shape or whatever. I like that. Samantha Geitz: Yeah, anything that you would have to run asynchronously and could put a lot of strain on your server and you want to make sure that ... I would reach for a microservice before I'd start getting into crazy load balancing stuff for infrastructure because I think it's pretty easy to just build something that does a thing. You can swap it out easily if you need to. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: But would I build a separate microservice for users? Probably not. Just to have it different. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Your day job is at Tighten. We talk about what you do there. You also speak at conferences and you also blog. Even though you don't love teenagers you did end up teaching. Tell me, who is your most common audience that you're thinking about when you're giving a talk, and what are your most and least favorite things about giving conference talks? Samantha Geitz: I gave a talk a couple of weeks ago at Erie Day of Code and I literally had a slide where I made assumptions about the audience and one of them was that they're white males. It was a feelings talk about actually design patterns and microservices and crazy architecture. Looking into the reasons that people use that. Matt Stauffer: Interesting. Samantha Geitz: I feel like a lot of it is imposter syndrome where you feel like people on Twitter get very opinionated about software and say things like, "Why are you putting models in your controllers? You should have a repository for this." Just get really dogmatic about it. You get to the point where you can build anything, even if that's just in a way where you just have very basic MVC and you start learning more about design patterns and you just want to apply them to everything because you have this knowledge that's so exciting, and also are you going to be judged if you don't. Samantha Geitz: I would like to start speaking at more women in tech spaces, but I'm very aware whenever I'm in front of an audience that it's mostly white guys in the 25 to 35 age range. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: I mean that's generally the audience I'm aware of. I do hate public speaking through. I'm very introverted despite my personality on Twitter and getting up in front of a crowd and speaking is very, very overwhelming for me sometimes. Matt Stauffer: What's your best trick for when you're preparing to give a talk to help either reduce your nerves or prepare in a way that would make you feel more confident or something like that? Samantha Geitz: I just don't over prepare and I get up there and just almost treat it like a conversation. I've been told I'm a very conversational speaker. I feel like if I over rehearse I will get very stilted. I also give myself permission to use a little profanity if that's ... Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: Or make jokes if those are there. Sooner or later I'm going to make a very off color joke in a very public place and it's going to get me into trouble, but it hasn't really happened yet. Matt Stauffer: So far, so good. Samantha Geitz: So far, so good. It's one of those things I just muscle through and it's gotten better over the course of my career. I told Matt at my last review in November I think, that that was my goal for 2018 was to get back out there and give a bunch of talks and not let my stagefright overwhelm me and I'm two in and Laracon coming up in July, so when you give me my review next week Matt ... Matt Stauffer: Hopefully we'll look positively on that. You told me the thing that you like the least which is public speaking. What do you like the most about giving conference talks? Samantha Geitz: Clearly the Twitter fame. When you see that follower count tick up. It is the Twitter fame. I'm trying to think of another ... it's like, no. Matt Stauffer: That's true. That's okay. Samantha Geitz: It's fun getting up there and doing a good job and knowing that I conquered my fear of public speaking and didn't ruin my career. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: I just gave a React workshop at PeersConf and it was pretty small. I think it was maybe 15, 20 people and so I had a lot of space to go around and work with people one-on-one and get people excited about this technology that I'm really excited about and that was cool too. Just getting that really face-to-face time, compared to being on stage and talking at 800 people, most of whom are probably just screwing around on their laptops anyway. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: I had a lot of people come up to me after my white boy feelings talk at Eerie Day of Code too and say, "Oh actually that really resonated with me. That yes, I was there in my career too and I understand that impostor syndrome is a thing for men that isn't talked about." Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Giving people permission to experience the things they're experiencing and language for understanding what it is. Samantha Geitz: Something we talk a lot about a Tighten and it's something that's talked a lot about in various women in tech circles, but I feel like tech as a whole, we don't talk a lot about mental health issues, we don't talk a lot about impostor syndrome and the fact that everyone experiences and if you don't you probably have horrible Dunning-Kruger and you're a lost cause. Samantha Geitz: One of the things I had in my slide that I'm going to assume about you is A, anyone at that conference is very smart and cares about writing good code. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: Because you're not going to conferences if you don't care, but also that you're aware of that fact for everybody else in the room. You know that everyone else in tech is smart and is trying to do a good job and you compare yourself to that bar and that's a very intimidating thing. I think women feel it more acutely or people of colors, people who are more outside of the mainstream, but white guys feel it too and it's something that's just not discussed. I think to the determent of all of us. Matt Stauffer: I think that's really helpful. Especially a lot of conversations that certain around understanding the diversity of experiences, especially a sentence that says, "Women and people of color experience this more." I think a lot of people instantly hear that you're going to be telling white guys that, "Oh well, we have it really easy." I think it's really helpful to hear, I think for everybody to hear someone say, "Women and people of color have it especially tough, but white guys, nobody's talking about the fact that you experience this thing as well." And it's not just white guys. It's men that aren't white, or white people that aren't men, but the more ... Samantha Geitz: Yeah, non binary, trans. Matt Stauffer: But by that I mean the more normative. My white male, heterosexual, Christian, blah, blah, blah American. The less likely you tend to feel in these kind of conversations that there's a space where you actually have valid experiences, valid pains, valid difficulties, and there's a lot we can say about that that this is not the podcast for, but I think one of the things I really appreciate is that in a context where you are explicitly saying, "Hey, it can be harder in these contexts to be a woman or a person of color, or whoever else, that does not mean that other people aren't having this experience. That does not mean that people with privilege or however you want to talk about it, are not also having impostor syndrome issues, and sometimes it's actually less approved for white guys to talk about these things. Matt Stauffer: I think I'm really grateful that you as not a white guy are giving people that permission to feel that, the language for that and everything. That's super cool. Samantha Geitz: I mean ultimately the main takeaway of the talk about reading other people's code, good code or bad code is, you don't know the space they were in when they were writing it. You don't know their motivations for writing it, but it was never that they were trying to make your life miserable. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: No one wrote code like, "I want the person who maintains this after me to struggle." Treat people with kindness even if you will never see them because you inherited it. You have to give them the benefit of the doubt sometimes because everyone does have those struggles in this industry. It's really tough. Matt Stauffer: That's a great point. I mean honestly, imagine the worst pressure you've ever been under during a coding session where the client was pushing you. They're rushing you and your dog just died the day before and you want to do really great work, but the client needs something tomorrow and then they cut off the contract after that, and you did your best but you aren't proud of that. Every time you interact with somebody else's code, imagine that they were in that circumstance and it's like the, "Oh okay, maybe they're not a total bumbling idiot." But maybe they weren't in ... It's like people often say, you compare other people's worst code against your best code, or whatever. The code you think you write even in your head even though it's not actually the code you write. Samantha Geitz: Exactly. Sometimes that code that you're looking at that's the bad code is your own code and you need to be able to forgive yourself for writing bad code six months ago, because you didn't know better. I mean I feel like if you're not looking at code from six months ago and saying, "WFT was I thinking?" Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah, you're not growing. Samantha Geitz: That means you're not improving. That's not a good thing. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: That was a cool talk and a lot of people came up to me after and said that they enjoyed it and it resonated with them. I'm sure a lot of people were sitting there like, "This is stupid." Matt Stauffer: She's terrible. Samantha Geitz: "I am the smartest person in this room." Matt Stauffer: Right yeah. They have other problems. Samantha Geitz: They weren't picking fights with me so that's fine. Matt Stauffer: Well and that's the Twitter fame part right? If you ... not to say that we never get any benefit out of giving these talks. Sometimes you get paid, sometimes you have certain experiences, but when we're speaking at the type of conferences we're speaking at, we're not making life changing money. We're not making even pay you back for your time kind of money. We're making, "Hey, I'm going to try and minimize the cost when you just took off work for five days kind of money." Or whatever else. Samantha Geitz: Right. Matt Stauffer: There's at least an element, and I think usually a pretty large element of doing it because you want to help people, and you want people to learn and you want people to grow. In terms of the joke that you made about, "I do it for the Twitter fame." I mean what I hear there and I'm pretty sure this is what you meant was hearing the feedback from people that the work that you just put into trying to help them helped them is one of the most affirming things that you can get after a talk. You're like, "Oh, I overcame impostor syndrome and I overcame public speaking anxiety and I spent all that time preparing it and it's making the impact I wanted to make." And that makes you want to go do the thing again. Did I just read you right on that? Samantha Geitz: It is. You did. It's a very affirming experience and I do think it's very important. Whether or not you do public speaking or blogging or tech overflow or just making it publicly known on Twitter that you're available for mentorship, I think it is really important in this industry to give back and to talk about your failures and successes and to pass it along to the next generation of developers. I mean that does have normalize it I think. It helps normalize the shared experience where you see people's victories on social media and not their struggles. I'm not going to go on Twitter and say, "I had a really bad day where I was struggling with this thing and just didn't get it and I feel awful about myself right now." Or. "I dealt with this exact issue six months ago and screwed it up and it was a big deal, but I survived and here was my takeaway." Matt Stauffer: I survived. Samantha Geitz: One of the things that I've realized over my career and then working with more junior people is, sometimes I get tasked something and I have no idea how to do it, but I have the experience now to know that I've managed to figure it out every other time. Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: And every single other time it's been okay and a lot of my job now is just talking to our more junior developers and saying, "It'll be okay. You will figure it out. You have the team behind you. No ones going to judge you if you don't get it right on the first time. That's what code review is for and also, I did it and screwed it up this one time so if you have this bad day where you got a bad code review, it's fine." Everyone's the hardest on themselves generally I think. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, that's a good point. We're short on time, but this serves as one more question I want to ask and then we'll start rolling down a little bit. Samantha Geitz: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: You have worked for consultancies and product companies. This may be a hard question to answer, but if it's not, now that you work at a consultancy, what is the best and worst aspect of working at a consultancy relative to working at in a product company? Samantha Geitz: When I joined PackBack, they were still fairly young. They were migrating from this really gross Magneto thing to a Greenfield thing. I got the Greenfield fun, new shiny experience, but then we got to the point where we're launched and maintaining. Working at a consultancy gives you the opportunity to work with a very, very large array of projects and some of them are going to be Greenfield new and shiny and you learn new things, some of them are going to be, oh God, there's this awful legacy app and then you'll learn new things. Matt Stauffer: Right, right. Samantha Geitz: I think it's really, really easy to get a very wide diversity of experiences and that is going to make you an awesome developer and you'll be able to tackle a lot of things that come your way and see pitfalls that you wouldn't if you were just working on one platform consistently. I do love product, that's why I'll always have separate side hustles going. Especially now that I'm not day-to-day on code as much at Tighten, just so I can stay on top of the new shiny and I've never worked for a Google, or in Chicago like Groupon or Grub Hub or some of the bigger ones. I've never had that experience. All my enterprise-y stuff has been I'm developing this large WordPress site or something, or working on ... I'm one developer working on this small piece for this other company, not I'm part of this very large team in a very medium sized fish in a huge, huge, huge pond. Samantha Geitz: That's one thing I've lacked in my career and now that I work at Tighten have no desire to go seek at all. Not to say I don't have that opportunity but nah, I'm good. Matt Stauffer: All right so you just said very nice things about consultancy's. Was the worst thing snuck in there about, "Oh, I like to do product stuff?" Or is there a worse thing about working for consultancy that you can share? Samantha Geitz: I feel like if you work for a good consultancy who helps ... one of the problems with client works is they're stress tends to trickle in and become your stress or sometimes becomes a deluge and it's your stress. I mean agencies and consultancies have a very bad reputation for burning people out and working them crazy hours and crunch time and deadlines and let's plan things six months out and make this promise and then oh God, we're not going to be able to deliver. I've had both. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: I've not so much had the latter at Tighten, but I would be very ... If Tighten shut its doors tomorrow I would probably go to a product company over another consultancy unless I really knew that stress was not going to become my stress because I just ... at this point in my life, don't want to deal with it anymore. I'm not working 60 to 80 hour weeks. I'm just not. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I think you have to be super intentional in any company to create good working environment and the product company, when you create a good working environment it stays relatively stable, whereas with a consultancy it's your working environment plus you're working environment protecting you against any potentially problematic client working environments. There's two vectors of attack. Samantha Geitz: Right. Yeah and the clients are constantly changing and rotating probably and a lot of times they're coming to you because, "Oh, we have this massive deadline and we don't have the manpower to meet it." Or, "Our stuff is so broken and it's ... We need help." We've had a lot of people come to us, "All of our tests are failing and we just don't have the space to fix it. Please come help us." Projects like that can be really, really fun, but it's always an opportunity for stress. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, stress to sneak in. Samantha Geitz: Matt and I have a lot of conversations like, "Okay, how do we keep stress from trickling down to the developers?" Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Samantha Geitz: That's a lot of my job is just to be a shield against that. Matt Stauffer: Very cool. I will make it through a podcast one day without saying I could talk for hours. Today's not that day. I could talk for hours, but we're out of time. Is there anything that you wanted to cover that we haven't gotten a chance to talk about yet? Samantha Geitz: Oh man, I don't know. Should we plug the dev battle? When's this podcast being released? Matt Stauffer: This will be released within the next week. I've heard that some company, I don't know. Some company you might work at will deal with it, but I'm trying not to nepotize that, but if that's what you want to plug to your guests then go ahead. Samantha Geitz: Oh no. This is the Laravel podcast nepotism and feelings version for sure. Back on the React track, if you are interested in learning more about React Native specifically and/or Native tools if you care about Vue. No one listening to this podcast cares about Vue though clearly. It's Keith Damiani, who's the other senior developer and I had a dev battle about a year ago and I still think the results were bananas, but Vue was declared the winner, so we're doing a round two. Or I guess a part two with three rounds and it's the React Native versus Native Tools battle. It is called Native Tools ... Matt Stauffer: I think it's Native Script right? Samantha Geitz: Is it Native? No you're right, it's Native Script. See you can tell how much I know about this. I just literally wrote a blog post about it too. Native Script. Part one is going to be we basically just build a super basic card app. We're either going to just save it to whatever local storage or I have an API set up with predefined user authentication tokens. Samantha Geitz: Round two is authentication authorization, so trying to figure all that out and round three, because a question. We've not done a React Native project yet as a company and one of the questions Matt and Dan are always asking me is how much code reuse is possible, so if we want to build a web app can we use React Native code? Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: Round three is us taking those apps and then basically building a web app also and seeing how we can reuse code. We also have Caleb Porzio joining Team Vue and Daniel Coulbourne joining Team React. We've pulled the 20% time ... Matt Stauffer: 20% FM. Samantha Geitz: Yup. Pulled those guys in. Oh and the one thing I didn't mention is we don't really know these tools that well, so we're just figuring it out on the fly. Paring and ... Matt Stauffer: It's very different ... Last time it was a React developer and a Vue developer with an unknown task. Now it is you know the task but you don't know the code. It's going to be a total flip of what it was last time. Samantha Geitz: Right, we have mock ups, we have the API. Everyone knows what we're building, which oddly, even though I don't know this and once again, the internet might look at me and be like, "Oh, what is this girl doing?" It's so much less pressure. I'm okay with live coding with the expectation like, "I don't know what I'm doing. I'm figuring it out." Matt Stauffer: Right. Samantha Geitz: "If I don't figure it out, okay, you try to figure out React Native in four hours bozo." Matt Stauffer: Versus trying to pretend to be the expert and then people can criti ... yeah yeah. Samantha Geitz: Exactly, exactly. The pressure of live coding for any of y'all who haven't done it, especially in a timed battle context. Matt Stauffer: It's extreme. Samantha Geitz: Things that I do every day, I was like, "How do I do this? I need to look it up." It's hard and I'm not even sweating this one, but it is ... if it's coming out next week, it'll be this Friday, May 25th. It's battle.tighten.co we have all the info and there's a blog post coming out too. Matt Stauffer: If you listen to this after the fact, the recording will be there as well. Whether you listen to this before or after the battle still go to that same site. Samantha Geitz: Well there's going to be three rounds, so even if you miss the first round you can come and ... It's going to be on Twitch. You can smack talk. You can help us if you know anything at all about React Native or Native Script. I wanted to call it Native Tools again. Samantha Geitz: Yes, it will be a very fun time. Spicy meatball of a time. You should tune in. Matt Stauffer: I feel better about this being less nepotistic because they planned this entire thing without me even knowing it was happening, and they literally planned the first one during my son's pre-school graduation so I won't even be there. I'm going to tune in after the fact and hear how it went. I actually am disconnected from this, I promise. Samantha Geitz: You making it sound like we did it on purpose. We didn't want Matt there so we planned it during Ky's preschool. Matt Stauffer: It's not my thing that I'm pretending to not be ... I actually wasn't there for the planning so it's just going to be a nice surprise for me as well. Samantha Geitz: It'll be a nice surprise for all of us. It's going to be ... We're winging it y'all don't judge us too harshly, unless it goes well in which case, yeah, you can ... Matt Stauffer: We totally knew what we were doing. Right? Okay, anything else you want to plug or talk about or share? Samantha Geitz: Nope not really. Follow me on Twitter. Matt Stauffer: If people want to follow you, yeah, how do they follow you? Samantha Geitz: Yes, Twitter fame, I told you. It's @samanthageitz which G-E-I-T-Z I'm assuming also you probably will see my name in your little ... Matt Stauffer: Put it in the show notes, yeah. Samantha Geitz: Podcast thing. It's a lot of ... can I say, shit posting. Can you beep it out? Matt Stauffer: You can say shit posting. Samantha Geitz: Shit posting. I'm like people listen to this- Matt Stauffer: That's our cuss for the episode. Samantha Geitz: I haven't. Have you noticed I didn't Matt? I was trying really hard not to swear on the Laravel podcast. Matt Stauffer: I know I was really proud of it. Samantha Geitz: Yes. I have the filthiest mouth at Tighten. I haven't been reprimanded and I still feel like it's a thing. I also was told that I'm the bro-iest brogrammer at Tighten which is now part of my Twitter. Matt Stauffer: That is most certainly true. Samantha Geitz: Bro I would crush some code. Matt Stauffer: Right, our single cuss down at the end of the podcast. I think I'll probably let this one slip through. Samantha Geitz: Yes. Matt Stauffer: All right Samantha, this was a ton of fun as always. I loved it. Thank you so much for giving us some of your time and your story and we will all see you at the Battle for React and Vue and whatever all that stuff. Samantha Geitz: Well thank you so much for having me. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, see you later. Samantha Geitz: Bye.

We are done with Madame d'Aulnoy for another year: "The Bee and the Orange Tree" has come to a close. Was there ever a bee, or an orange tree? You'll have to wait for it, just as we did. Suggested talking points: SCOTUS application process, the d'Aulnoy flu, the new stages of grief, Grand Theft Camel, chatting with the bean, unloaded Chekov's gun, the orange tree revealed, a bad giving tree, fairy law offices, Linda's bean-tremors If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Another episode down, still waiting on either the titular Bee or Orange Tree (because we're still reading "The Bee and the Orange Tree"). It's a doozy folks. Suggested talking points: the deep cave, roadkill directions, Big Lots fire, very complex sign language, fifty shades of ogre, a whim of boning, Greg: Origins, BDSM intro class, BDSM true name, stinky arithmetic, Ogrekidz, Peekaboo Olympics If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're kicking it off a little late this year, but it's our anniversary! Which means it's time for our Nemesis-Madame d'Aulnoy-to come out of her hidey hole to inflict another long, nonsensical story upon us. This year's is no different: "The Bee and the Orange Tree" is starting off with a kick. Joining us is special guest Keith Brooks. Listen to Keith's podcast "The Eye:" http://theeyemnypd.libsyn.com/the-eye-in-big-trouble-in-little-chinatown-episode-1-yi Suggested talking points: a radical storyteller, the king of the Kroger happy aisle, the best Ogre names, fairy sexual habits, weird baby science, ogre freak show, Royal Fairy Trucio, tuberculosis chic, Shades of Goku, Ogre Ogre Ogre! If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We welcome old (but good) friend Dan Hess to the podcast. We argue about who has been friends with Jason the longest, how to arrange your music collection, and linguistic anomolies. Plus, we realize we were cyber-bullies all along.

The airwaves are jammed, True Believes. It's a last chance power drive. But I tell ya, tramps like us, baby we were born to pod!! Welcome back, folks. This is The Uticast, Episode #120 and This Week; We were lucky enough to chat with Utica College Pioneers Men's Hockey Coach, The Living Legend, Gary Heenan!! On Tap This Week: Heather, Kevin and Sam return to Uticast HQ to debate the big issues of the week, including Touch the Truck, Christopher Columbus, Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions and the End of Instant Messenger. Afterward, Sam sits down longtime Utica College Men's Ice Hockey Coach, Gary Heenan, to discuss growing up in Canada, Playing the the AUD and his hopes for the 2017-2018 season. Finally, the Gang comes back together for some history lessons and some miscellaneous segments including Famo's Tech Corner, Drinking at Applebee's, Cigarettes vs. Vaping and our newest segment, “Chill Out, Nerd.” This is The Uticast and we're here to tell you a story. #JoinTheClub #MadeInUtica #WoodstockLives UTICAST.COM Apple Podcasts – Soundcloud – Made In Utica

Jonah Peretti is the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, a digital media empire that started as an Instant Messenger bot. The bot spotted trending links across the web and sent them to groups of friends. Peretti grew that into a $1.5 billion media company that's on the verge of going public, and he's turned down giant acquisition offers along the way. Before BuzzFeed, Peretti cofounded The Huffington Post with Andrew Brietbart and others. In this episode, Business Insider's US Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell asks him about both experiences, media industry trends, startup advice, and timely news, like the Trump-Russia dossier that BuzzFeed was first to publish. We also got the story behind a lewd Ivanka Trump tweet Jonah wrote that went viral.

Most of you know Chamath Palihapitiya as one of the most prominent and progressive venture capitalists working today. But before forming Social Capital, Chamath was an early employee at a startup we've already covered, WinAmp; was the head of AOL's Instant Messenger product; and of course, was an early employee at Facebook.

Another mixed bag of loosely based Apple discussion. The pitfalls of using iOS for podcast production, finally running with nothing more than an Apple Watch, Simons been installing more Beta updates, and you can get arrested at McDonalds for using an Apple watch. Plus a load more other nonsense.. This and other episodes are available at: iTunes | Opinion | Overcast | Google Play | Direct Download | RSS | FireSide.fm Apps used for the podcast Wire - Piezo - Opinion - Reaper - Audacity This weeks Talking Points These are the rules on using Apple Pay at drive-thrus after the mobile driving laws were toughened - Mirror.co.uk Report: Eddy Cue recently met w/ Paramount & Sony execs as Apple mulls ‘transformative acquisition' - 9to5Mac YouTube launches its own streaming TV service - The Verge - and yes, there is DVR-style recording for your favorite shows, with unlimited storage space in Google's cloud, and the ability to skip over ads. AOL AIM probably in the death throes Gizmodo - In what feels like a death blow to everyone's early-Aughts nostalgia, it looks like AOL will soon cut off third-party access to its famous Instant Messenger service. The service turns 20 years old this year, and at this point, it's unclear if it will see its 21st birthday. The iPhone 6 is making a comeback! New iPhone 6 32GB Gold SKU Quietly Released In Select Markets - digitimes Google calls ‘time' on the Pixel laptop - TechCrunch An Iron Man suit for your MacBook? Well, here it is. - PortableOne.com The Boost case, is an accessory that envelopes the 12 inch MacBook Retina, in a shell providing an array of ports that include USB 2.0 and 3.0, USB Type-C, mini HDMI, and two flash memory card readers. Nemos Hardware Store Mini Design for Travel iClever BoostStrip IC-BS01 Portable Smart Power Strip / USB Charger, 4320 Joules Surge Protector with 2 AC Outlet 4 USB Port, 5ft Extension Cord for Indoor & Outdoor, White. $22.99 iClever BoostCube 4.8A 24W Dual USB Travel Wall Charger with SmartID Technology, Foldable Plug for iPhone iPad, Bluetooth Speaker Headset & Power Bank, White.$10.99 This weeks app session Wetherspoon Order and Pay on the App Store - Taking the social aspect out of going to the pub / handy for stalking that waitress you've always liked. Vizzywig - Video Editor Movie Maker and Multi Camera Film Edit Effects Slideshow Music Editing Credits App. Social Media Bits and Bobs Follow us on EssentialApple) / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Join the Slack chat - ask us for an invite any way you can get hold of us. And a huge thank you for all your support on Patreon. Our Amazon Affiliate Link is also a great way to support the show. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Immer mehr Unternehmen haben Instant Messenger wie WhatsApp als Kommunikationskanal entdeckt und setzen den Messenger entweder schon für "Kundenkommunikation" ein oder überlegen, das zu tun. Wir sprechen in dieser Folge darüber, welche Szenarien hier denkbar sind und welche Rechtshürden Unternehmen dabei nehmen müssen.

Amazon have come up with a new way to get more kids ready… The ones that aren’t vaping or windsurfing that is! Each week our presenters review the latest tech, games and general geeky gadgets. Bringing you all the latest news, and talk from around the technology world. Pix3l podcast is now under under a […] The post #53 – Read Books by Instant Messenger appeared first on Abrupt Audio.

1:00: Topic Introduction Burnout 3:15: Set workday and structure Work from home vs. coworking space Family time Podcast Motor 8:00: How Chuck’s business makes money Philip’s explanation of how he runs his business Time vs. money Prioritizing 13:50: What is burnout? An opportunity for transformation Too tired, too overwhelmed 15:25: The importance of saying no “I can’t do it all.” Ask yourself what’s profitable Construct something to fill the void of working less Take a day off 22:00: Keeping commitments   Procrastinate On Purpose 25:10: Automate and delegate Training others to take on some of the work Just work on the important stuff 30:45: The importance of sleep 32:00: Pre-planning Planning ahead of time for the week Derailment from the plan 36:20: Business and discipline Limiting checking email Interruptions: Slack, Skype, Instant Messenger 43:00 Talk about it It’s not only you Picks: Gimlet Science Vs (Reuven) Huawei P9 Phone (Reuven) Fish farms, fishing, family time (Charles) Neighborhood groups on Facebook Paradise is There, Natalie Merchant (Philip) Links: Hire.com

1:00: Topic Introduction Burnout 3:15: Set workday and structure Work from home vs. coworking space Family time Podcast Motor 8:00: How Chuck’s business makes money Philip’s explanation of how he runs his business Time vs. money Prioritizing 13:50: What is burnout? An opportunity for transformation Too tired, too overwhelmed 15:25: The importance of saying no “I can’t do it all.” Ask yourself what’s profitable Construct something to fill the void of working less Take a day off 22:00: Keeping commitments   Procrastinate On Purpose 25:10: Automate and delegate Training others to take on some of the work Just work on the important stuff 30:45: The importance of sleep 32:00: Pre-planning Planning ahead of time for the week Derailment from the plan 36:20: Business and discipline Limiting checking email Interruptions: Slack, Skype, Instant Messenger 43:00 Talk about it It’s not only you Picks: Gimlet Science Vs (Reuven) Huawei P9 Phone (Reuven) Fish farms, fishing, family time (Charles) Neighborhood groups on Facebook Paradise is There, Natalie Merchant (Philip) Links: Hire.com

Social Media Podcast Episode 40: Warum Instant Messenger, wie WhatsApp und WeChat, sozialen Netzwerken das Wasser abgraben! Instant Messenger sind mittlerweile aus unserem schelllebigen Alltag kaum weniger wegzudenken, als Instant-Suppen. Der kunterbunte Nachrichtensalat, der darüber ausgetauscht wird, erfreut sich mittlerweile einer durchaus gesunden Beliebtheit. Die Messenger ermöglichen eine ständige und direkte, zu Meist geräteübergreifende Kommunikation. Mike und Christoph sprechen mit Eleftherios Hatziioannou, ehemals Global Social Media Manager bei Mercedes Benz, heute Co-Founder der Messaging App Smoope, über die Nutzung von Instant Messenger Apps im Rahmen der Unternehmenskommunikation.

Joe Veix is back! We talk giant, square tube TVs, human suffering, the Publik Facebook™ and of course, Truck Nutz. Candlebox as reviewed by an angry fan. Joe tells us Creed was sued for sucking. Joe says we’re doing voicemail wrong and we think he’s right. Misconnected: A Personal History of Voicemail. Our guest thinks It’s interesting how gChat (Hangouts), Instant Messenger & Facebook Messenger are similar forms of communication but we use and behave on them differently. Badwords the project created by Joe that replaced your cookies with those of bizarre characters. A great way to protect your privacy. The weirdness that is geriatric manikins? The logic of Truck Nutz? Chris dares you to put CarLashes on any trucks you find with nuts. What the heck is Tony the Tiger up to now? Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory. Molleindustria makes activist type games to educate folks about our diabolical world. Check out Phone Story to learn where your phone comes from. Joe’s Publik Facebook™ project. Paul & Joe discuss the issues of online abuse and Twitter. Joe gives some great advice for creators/writers near the end of the show. “Do your thing. Don’t chase an audience or fame.” Joe mentions that many punk musicians never believed they were part of a revolution or movement. They were just making music they liked. Need a space to talk all things horses? Dig Horsechat, yo! Thanks for listening to the episode! Check out joeveix.com or his twitter account, @joeveix to learn more about our guest. Please peek at our Patreon page and support the podcast for like $1! Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon

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Starring:Host: Robbie FergusonCo-Host: Erika Lalonde Using Turnkey Linux to deploy an instant messenger service that you control, powered exclusively by Linux and other free software. Read the complete show notes, comment or rate this episode, view pictures and obtain links from this episode at https://category5.tv/shows/technology/episode/355/ Running time: 1 Hour 1 Minute 44 Seconds

Skepticule Record episode 007 20111013Sex, Lies and Instant MessengerA talk by Alec Muffett (blogger, speaker and computer and network security consultant who has been working in that field almost constantly since 1988) at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub on Thursday 13 October 2011, at The Globe Inn, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SPPicture by Doc SearlsIntroduction by Trish HannRead more »

Twitter und RSS hatten wir bereits – In dieser Ausgabe zeige ich euch, mit welcher App ihr am iPad am besten per Instant Messenger erreichbar seid. Gezeigte Apps: BeeJiveIM for iPad

Wahrscheinlich jeder nutzt einen Instant Messenger (kurz IM), wie zum Beispiel ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber usw, am Computer. Allerdings wäre es doch toll, wenn man auch vom iPhone/iPod aus mit diesen Diensten chatten könnte. Dieses Programm macht es euch möglich. BeejiveIM with Push im App Store (Aff.-Link)

Die kostenlose Software Skype ist ein ideales Werkzeug zur Kommunikation und auch für Lehrzwecke Skype kann sowohl als Instant Messenger als auch zum telefonieren über das Internet verwendet werden. Auch Video-Telefonie ist inzwischen in guter Qualität möglich Mehr über Skype, dessen Einsatzmöglichkeiten und über die Barrierefreiheit dieser Software bringt dieser Podcast-Beitrag

Heute ein Interview mit Marco Ripanti zum Thema E-Learning. Doch zunächst die Neuigkeiten aus der Szene des Online-Lernens: Trotz der starken Arbeitsbelastung durch Programmieraufträge habe ich nochmal einen neuen Artikel im Blog veröffentlicht. Es geht dabei um die Frage "Wie erstellt man eigentlich gute Lernunterlagen für das E-Learning?". Hintergrund dazu war die Anfrage eines Schulungsanbieters. Der Text, den ich hier veröffentlicht habe, war quasi eine Kurzbewerbung als Tutor für dieses Thema. Da es leider nur für den zweiten Platz gereicht hat, kommen jetzt meine Leser kostenfrei in den Genuss des Materials. Ist doch auch mal was. Inzwischen biete ich jetzt auch interaktive Kommunikation über Skype an. Für meine Kursteilnehmer und Interessenten bin ich über die Skype-ID marian_heddesheimer fast durchgängig tagsüber zu erreichen. Jeder der Interesse hat, kann unter der Adresse www.skype.com die Software kostenlos herunterladen und sich kostenlos einen Skype-Account zulegen. Danach kann man kostenfrei über das Internet mit anderen Skype-Teilnehmern telefonieren. Wer kein Headset oder Mikrofon angeschlossen hat, kann Skype auch als Text-Chat benutzen, wie einen normalen Instant-Messenger. Auf meiner Blog-Seite unter www.lernpilot.de/blog/ kann man links oben jeweils meinen Skype-Status sehen. So können Sie jederzeit feststellen, ob ich gerade online bin. Wenn Sie dann auf den Online-Status klicken, werden Sie direkt über Skype mit mir verbunden. Wer keinen Skype-Account hat, oder mich von unterwegs direkt am Rechner erreichen will, kann mich auch auf der Skype-Telefonnummer anrufen. Die Nummer lautet: 0451 2849 623 Ich verwende Skype jetzt auch für Interviews, die ich hier für den Podcast mache. Auch das nun folgende Interview mit Marco Ripanti wurde auf diese Weise aufgezeichnet. Marco Ripanti ist selbst Trainer und Online-Tutor. Er berichtet im heutigen Interview sowohl aus der Sicht als Teilnehmer als auch als Tutor für Onlinekurse. Marco Ripanti betreibt ebenfalls einen eigenen Blog/Podcast unter http://www.bildungsszene.de. Wer Ihn einmal im Interview life erleben will, sollte sich die seinen Beitrag zur "neuen" Learntec anören: Tag1 auf der neuen Learntec Start des Interviews ab 04:50