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✏️ Suscribirse https://youtu.be/X8IYVk83vFA Bienvenidos al episodio 228 de Negocios y WordPress, el podcast donde exploramos el fascinante mundo del marketing digital, desarrollo web, WordPress, automatizaciones y mucho más. En esta ocasión, hablamos sobre eventos clave como el WordCamp Bilbao y las últimas novedades de herramientas innovadoras como CrocoBlock y Krisp. Además, repasamos casos interesantes de automatizaciones no-code y desvelamos las funcionalidades sorprendentes del lanzamiento 2.0 de Modular DS. WordCamp Bilbao: Un Encuentro Memorable Eventos y Ponencias Destacadas En este último encuentro de WordCamp Bilbao, tuvimos la oportunidad de conectar con la comunidad, aprender de las ponencias y compartir experiencias enriquecedoras. Charlas Vistas Fernando Puente: Discusión sobre planes imprescindibles para desarrolladores web. Marta Torre: Exploración profunda del editor de bloques Gutenberg y su uso en maquiladores visuales. Contributors Day y Actividades El Contributors Day fue otro éxito, con actividades centradas en la optimización y la accesibilidad. La charla de Iñaki Martín sobre cómo un plugin de seguridad puede ser manejado por personas invidentes destacó por su relevancia y ejecución magistral. MakeGrid: Visualiza tus Automatizaciones ¿Qué es MakeGrid? MakeGrid es una interfaz visual en 3D recientemente lanzada por Make (antes Integromat). Esta herramienta permite a los usuarios mapear y gestionar sus automatizaciones de manera más eficiente. Características Principales Visualización de Escenarios: Ofrece una vista completa de cómo se conectan tus automatizaciones. Interacción de Recursos: Muestra qué recursos se utilizan en cada automatización. Filtros Personalizables: Filtra las automatizaciones por tipo, aplicación y creador. Para aquellos interesados en optimizar sus procesos de automatización, MakeGrid representa una herramienta innovadora que facilita una gestión más clara y organizada. Modular DS 2.0: Novedades Próximas Mejoras y Funcionalidades La nueva versión de Modular DS 2.0 trae consigo una serie de mejoras y nuevas funcionalidades esenciales para la gestión de sitios WordPress. Funcionalidades Destacadas Optimización de Base de Datos: Limpieza de revisiones, comentarios spam, y transients. Modo Mantenimiento: Ideal para cuando necesitas hacer cambios significativos en tu sitio. Notas para Copias de Seguridad: Añade comentarios para una mejor gestión de tus backups. Histórico de Actualizaciones: Consulta todas las actualizaciones realizadas desde el panel. Información del Espacio Ocupado: Monitorea el espacio ocupado por cada uno de tus sitios. Nuevos Planes Plan Enterprise: Webs ilimitadas, diez usuarios y 500 GB de almacenamiento a partir de $99/mes, ideal para grandes agencias y freelancers. Novedades en Krisp Krisp es una herramienta esencial para la mejora y gestión de audio en reuniones y grabaciones. A continuación, te resumimos sus funcionalidades más destacadas tras la última actualización. Novedades de Krisp: 1. Aplicación móvil para Android e iPhone: Grabar reuniones en persona: Te permite grabar reuniones y obtener una transcripción directamente desde la aplicación móvil. Manejo de archivos: Subida de archivos de audio para transcripción y análisis. Gestión desde el móvil: Acceso y gestión de transcripciones y resúmenes desde cualquier lugar. Características Generales: Cancelación de ruido: Tanto en el micrófono como en altavoces. Transcripción automática: Convierte reuniones grabadas en texto en tiempo real. Resumen y análisis de reuniones: Genera puntos clave, tareas y resúmenes de las conversaciones. Compatibilidad con herramientas: Funciona con plataformas de reuniones populares (Google Meet, Zoom, etc.). Soportes adicionales: Como un bot que se puede enviar a las reuniones para grabar automáticamente. Planes: Plan gratuito: Transcripción ilimitada, cancelación de ruido de 60 minutos/día, historiales y notas básicas. Planes de pago: Mayor disponibilidad y funcionalidades avanzadas. Conclusión y Reflexiones Finales En resumen, este episodio de Negocios y WordPress ha sido una inmersión profunda en herramientas y eventos clave del mundo digital. Desde la optimización de sitios con CrocoBlock y Modular DS, hasta la gestión avanzada de automatizaciones con Make, hemos cubierto aspectos esenciales para cualquier profesional del marketing digital y la web. ¡Únete a la Conversación! Nos encantaría escuchar tus opiniones y experiencias. ¿Has asistido a una WordCamp recientemente? ¿Utilizas algunas de las herramientas mencionadas? Comparte tus comentarios en la sección de abajo o únete a nuestra comunidad. Visita Negocios y WordPress para más episodios, y no te olvides de seguirnos en nuestras redes sociales para estar al tanto de todas las novedades. Preguntas Frecuentes (FAQ) ¿Qué es CrocoBlock y cómo puede beneficiar mi sitio WordPress?CrocoBlock es una suite de plugins que facilita la creación de sitios WordPress dinámicos e interactivos. Con herramientas como JetSmart Filters, puedes filtrar contenido de manera avanzada, mejorando la experiencia del usuario. ¿Cómo puede MakeGrid mejorar mis automatizaciones?MakeGrid proporciona una visualización en 3D de tus automatizaciones, permitiendo gestionar y optimizar tus procesos de manera más eficiente. Cuáles son las nuevas funcionalidades de Modular DS 2.0?La versión 2.0 de Modular DS incluye optimización de base de datos, modo mantenimiento, notas para copias de seguridad, y mucho más. Qué es WordCamp Bilbao y por qué debería asistir?WordCamp Bilbao es un evento clave para la comunidad WordPress donde profesionales del sector comparten conocimientos, experiencias y se realizan ponencias educativas. Es una excelente oportunidad para hacer networking y aprender de los mejores.

What if your business could run itself...and actually get better over time? In this episode, we sit down with Amos Bar-Joseph, founder of Swan AI, to explore the future of autonomous business and what it means for marketers and SaaS founders. Amos shares how Swan is rethinking onboarding, support, and user engagement through the dynamic of human-AI collaboration.From automation and content creation to go-to-market strategy and brand-building, this conversation unpacks the real potential (and limits) of AI as it reshapes how we build, grow, and support products.We cover: (0:00) Intro(01:18) Can 3 founders scale to $30M ARR with AI?(02:51) Automation is dead. Augmentation is the future.(04:59) Why they said no to Intercom and built their own AI(09:31) How support works when AI reads your docs(11:44) Teaching AI like a teammate (not a tool)(14:19) Could you build this with no-code?(17:10) The only moats left: brand and user experience(25:33) AI-led onboarding that starts without you(28:40) Why high-intent leads skip the free trial(34:21) How they turned LinkedIn into a pipeline engine(39:41) Detecting ICPs in real time with AI agents(44:12) Writing bangers on LinkedIn with Claude(49:56) When AI freedom crashes your margins(55:05) AI-powered research, outreach, and follow-up all in Slack(1:07:41) What they're automating next (and why)(1:10:33) Why AI still sucks at web design(1:13:25) Outro------------------------------------------------Where to find Amos: LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amos-bar-joseph-5a665a142/)Website: https://www.getswan.com/Where to find Tim: LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsoulo/)X: @timsouloWebsite: https://www.timsoulo.com/------------------------------------------------Referenced in this episode:

✏️ Suscribirse https://youtu.be/F1he8naPJSQ Bienvenidos a un nuevo episodio de "Negocios y WordPress", el podcast donde exploramos el mundo de los negocios digitales con un enfoque especial en WordPress. En este episodio 221, Yannick y Elías nos llevan a un viaje a través de las últimas tendencias en automatización, inteligencia artificial, diseño web y mucho más. Si estás buscando optimizar tu negocio digital, este es el lugar perfecto para ti. Google Groups: Una Herramienta Clásica para la Comunicación en Equipo En este episodio, hemos hablado sobre Google Groups, una herramienta que, aunque lleva muchos años en el mercado (desde 2001), sigue siendo útil para ciertos contextos de trabajo. Google Groups permite crear listas de correo y foros de discusión, lo que facilita la comunicación en equipo, especialmente cuando se trata de coordinar a varias personas a través del correo electrónico. ¿Qué es Google Groups? Google Groups es un servicio de Google que permite crear y participar en foros de discusión y listas de correo electrónico. Es una herramienta versátil que puede ser utilizada tanto para discusiones públicas como privadas, y es especialmente útil para equipos que necesitan coordinarse y compartir información de manera eficiente. ¿Cómo Funciona? Creación de Grupos: Puedes crear un grupo en Google Groups y añadir a los miembros del equipo. Cada grupo tiene su propia dirección de correo electrónico, lo que facilita el envío de mensajes a todos los miembros del grupo con un solo correo. Foros de Discusión: Los grupos pueden funcionar como foros de discusión donde los miembros pueden iniciar nuevos temas o responder a temas existentes. Esto es útil para mantener las conversaciones organizadas y accesibles para todos los miembros. Listas de Correo: Además de los foros, Google Groups también permite crear listas de correo. Esto significa que cualquier correo enviado a la dirección del grupo será reenviado automáticamente a todos los miembros del grupo. Ventajas de Usar Google Groups Centralización de la Comunicación: Al tener un único punto de contacto (la dirección de correo del grupo), se facilita la comunicación y se evita la dispersión de información. Accesibilidad: Los miembros pueden acceder a las discusiones y correos desde cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento, siempre que tengan acceso a Internet. Organización: Las conversaciones se mantienen organizadas en hilos, lo que facilita el seguimiento de temas específicos. Casos de Uso En el episodio, Elías mencionó cómo utilizó Google Groups para coordinarse con varias personas en un proyecto de una carrera en su pueblo. En lugar de gestionar múltiples correos y mensajes de WhatsApp, centralizó toda la comunicación en un grupo de Google, lo que facilitó la coordinación y evitó la pérdida de información. Conclusión Google Groups puede no ser la herramienta más moderna o con la interfaz más atractiva, pero su funcionalidad y simplicidad la hacen una opción viable para equipos que necesitan una solución eficiente para la comunicación y coordinación. Si estás buscando una manera de mantener a tu equipo en la misma página sin complicaciones, Google Groups podría ser la solución que necesitas. Herramientas de Automatización: Make vs. n8n La automatización y la inteligencia artificial (IA) están revolucionando la forma en que gestionamos nuestros negocios digitales. Desde la programación y el diseño hasta el marketing y el branding, estas tecnologías están integrándose cada vez más en nuestras vidas profesionales. En este episodio, Yannick y Elías nos presentan herramientas clave como Make y n8n, y nos muestran cómo pueden transformar la productividad y eficiencia de nuestros proyectos. Make: La Solución Integral para Automatizaciones Make, anteriormente conocido como Integromat, es una herramienta poderosa para conectar aplicaciones y automatizar flujos de trabajo. Con una interfaz intuitiva y una amplia gama de integraciones, Make permite a los usuarios crear automatizaciones complejas sin necesidad de conocimientos avanzados de programación. Ventajas de Make: Interfaz Intuitiva: Fácil de usar, ideal para usuarios que buscan una solución rápida y eficiente. Amplia Gama de Integraciones: Compatible con una gran cantidad de aplicaciones, lo que facilita la conexión de diferentes servicios. Flexibilidad en Flujos de Trabajo: Permite crear flujos de trabajo complejos con bifurcaciones y condiciones. n8n: La Alternativa Open Source n8n es una herramienta de automatización open source que ofrece una flexibilidad y control sin precedentes. A diferencia de Make, n8n puede ser alojado en tu propio servidor, lo que proporciona un mayor control sobre tus datos y procesos. Ventajas de n8n: Open Source: Totalmente personalizable y adaptable a tus necesidades específicas. Alojamiento Propio: Mayor control y seguridad al poder alojar la herramienta en tu propio servidor. Integración con IA: Capacidad para crear agentes de IA y flujos de trabajo avanzados. Copias de Seguridad en WordPress: ¿Qué Opción Elegir? La seguridad de tu sitio web es crucial, y tener copias de seguridad regulares es una parte esencial de cualquier estrategia de mantenimiento. En este episodio, discutimos varias opciones para realizar copias de seguridad en WordPress, desde plugins hasta servicios de mantenimiento. Plugins de Copias de Seguridad UpdraftPlus: Uno de los plugins más populares, permite realizar copias de seguridad automáticas y almacenarlas en servicios en la nube como Dropbox o Google Drive. BackupBuddy: Ofrece una solución completa para copias de seguridad, restauración y migración de sitios web. Servicios de Mantenimiento ManageWP: Un servicio que no solo realiza copias de seguridad, sino que también ofrece actualizaciones automáticas, monitoreo de seguridad y mucho más. ModularDS: Una opción recomendada por Yannick y Elías, que ahora incluye copias de seguridad incrementales, lo que ahorra espacio y mejora la eficiencia. Novedades en Elementor: Hacia un Diseño Más Profesional Elementor sigue evolucionando y en este episodio, Yannick nos presenta algunas de las últimas novedades que están por llegar. Desde la gestión de clases y estilos hasta la integración con herramientas de IA, Elementor está dando pasos significativos hacia un diseño web más profesional y eficiente. Hello Peace: Un Nuevo Tema Base Hello Peace es un nuevo tema base gratuito de Elementor que facilita el despliegue rápido de sitios web con prediseños y personalización sencilla. Site Planner con IA Una herramienta innovadora que utiliza IA para generar un briefing, un sitemap y wireframes, facilitando el proceso de diseño web desde cero. Conclusión: La Clave Está en la Automatización y la Innovación La automatización y la inteligencia artificial están aquí para quedarse, y herramientas como Make y n8n están liderando el camino. Ya sea que estés buscando optimizar tus flujos de trabajo, mejorar la seguridad de tu sitio web o llevar tu diseño web al siguiente nivel, estas tecnologías ofrecen soluciones poderosas y flexibles. ¡Únete a la Conversación! ¿Qué herramientas de automatización utilizas en tu negocio digital? ¿Has probado Make o n8n? Déjanos tus comentarios y comparte tu experiencia. No olvides suscribirte a nuestro canal de YouTube y unirte a nuestro grupo de Telegram para estar al día con las últimas novedades en negocios digitales y WordPress. Enlaces Internos y Externos: La Máquina del Branding Elías Gómez Negocios y WordPress en YouTube Grupo de Telegram de Negocios y WordPress ModularDS Preguntas frecuentes ¿Qué es el tema "Hello Peace" de Elementor? "Hello Peace" es un nuevo tema base gratuito de Elementor diseñado para facilitar el despliegue rápido de sitios web con plantillas prediseñadas y opciones de personalización. ¿Qué es el "Site Planner" de Elementor? El "Site Planner" de Elementor es una herramienta que utiliza inteligencia artificial para ayudar a planificar y diseñar sitios web. Genera un briefing, un sitemap y wireframes basados en las respuestas del usuario. ¿Qué es Make y N8N? Make y N8N son herramientas de automatización que permiten conectar diferentes aplicaciones y servicios para crear flujos de trabajo automatizados. Make es conocido por su amplia colección de integraciones y facilidad de uso, mientras que N8N es una opción open-source que permite una mayor personalización y control. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Make y N8N? Make es una plataforma de automatización basada en la nube con una interfaz fácil de usar y una amplia colección de integraciones. N8N, por otro lado, es una herramienta open-source que puede ser auto-hospedada, ofreciendo mayor control y personalización, especialmente útil para proyectos que requieren inteligencia artificial y flujos de trabajo complejos. ¿Cómo puedo aprender más sobre automatización y herramientas no-code? Puedes aprender más sobre automatización y herramientas no-code siguiendo el podcast "Negocios y WordPress", uniéndote a su canal de Telegram y explorando los recursos y tutoriales disponibles en los sitios web de Yannick y Elías Gómez.

Looking to streamline your business processes and automate repetitive tasks? Then look no further than this Make Tutorial (formerly Integromat), the powerful business automation tool. In this podcast, I'll share with you some of our top tips and tricks for getting the most out of Make. From automating your email marketing campaigns to integrating with your CRM, we'll show you how to save time and boost productivity with Make. So don't let technology intimidate you - just relax, and let me guide you through the world of Make for your business process automation. 

https://mybook.to/verdadesqueduelen"Verdades que duelen pero que Transforman en la Industria 4.0" es una obra minimalista y directa, creada a partir del podcast "Automatización Industrial EEYMUC". Esta selección de 47 episodios reúne reflexiones y experiencias que desafían y orientan a los profesionales en el cambiante mundo de la Industria 4.0.El libro aborda de manera directa y sincera uno de los mayores desafíos de la era moderna: la obsolescencia digital profesional. Andrés Felipe Hurtado, con 271 episodios en su podcast que cuenta con 40.000 descargas y un canal de YouTube con más de 1.200 videos y 13.000 suscriptores, comparte su visión sobre cómo mantenerse relevante y competitivo en un entorno industrial que evoluciona rápidamente.A través de sus páginas, el autor desmitifica conceptos como IoT, IIoT, Edge Computing y RPA, y enfatiza la importancia de adaptarse a las nuevas tecnologías para evitar caer en la obsolescencia. Con ejemplos prácticos y consejos basados en su propia experiencia, el autor ilustra cómo las habilidades técnicas y la adaptabilidad son fundamentales para prosperar en la Industria 4.0.Este libro no solo es una guía para comprender las tecnologías emergentes, sino también un llamado a la acción para aquellos profesionales que buscan renovar sus habilidades y abrazar el cambio. Andrés Felipe destaca la importancia de ser un aprendiz eterno, explorando y adaptándose a las nuevas oportunidades que la era digital ofrece."Verdades que duelen pero que Transforman en la Industria 4.0" es una lectura esencial para ingenieros, técnicos y cualquier profesional de la industria que desee superar la obsolescencia digital y transformar su carrera en la era de la Industria 4.0.

PATREON - Want to support us and have AD FREE podcasts? Then become a Webflailer HERE Welcome to Episode 57 of Webflail with Glenn McWhinney. I first met Glenn in real life at the London Webflow meetup last year and I was pleased he was as nice in person as he is online. Glenn is a seriously experienced Webflower. With over 20 years experience working with the web, he has more recently become a specialist NoCoder using tools like Webflow, Airtable, Integromat, Outseta (+ a bucket load more). He launched TheFlow.agency in 2019 as one of the first NoCode agencies in the UK, NoCodeKids with my good friend Max Haining of 100 Days Of No Code, and, more recently, Live The Flow Life - a community and Wized course (although more courses to come).The failures we'll talk about today are:Wanting to find a Co-founderPushing to make something happen doesn't mean you shouldHolding too tightly to thingsLINKS FOR GLENN

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Hoy analizamos Make (antes Integromat), una herramienta de automatizaciones alternativa a Zapier, con ciertas diferencias para bien y para mal.

Today Chad & Jason talk Make (don't call it Integromat)! When do I use Make vs Zapier? What does it do differently, and how do I get started? We also cover CRMs, intimacy issues and whether spreadsheets are cool, all on a piping hot episode of AutomationTown.SHOW NOTES:—------------------------------------------Make: https://t.jo.my/integromat-makeZapier: https://t.jo.my/zapiern8n: https://jo.my/n8nAirtable: https://t.jo.my/airtableHubspot: https://jo.my/hubspottubBannerbear: https://jo.my/bannerbearMake Facebook Group: https://jo.my/facebookmakeAUTOMATIONTOWN SOCIALS:—------------------------------------------Twitter: https://t.jo.my/twitterWeb: https://t.jo.my/automationtownRSS Feed: https://t.jo.my/rssABOUT HOSTS:—------------------------------------------Chad DavisTwitter: https://t.jo.my/chad-twitterLinkedIn: https://t.jo.my/chad-linkedinJason StaatsTwitter: https://t.jo.my/jstaats-twitterYoutube: https://t.jo.my/jason-youtubeAUDIO PRODUCTION:—------------------------------------------Paul O'Mara - https://t.jo.my/paulomaraSPONSORS:—------------------------------------------Want to sponsor an episode? Contact us at https://t.jo.my/sponsorcontact 

“Why would someone fly you across the world to do business with them?” That powerful question from a mentor in March 2020 gave today's guest, Marquis Murray, the courage to go all-in on his passion of helping business owners create order from chaos through greater operational efficiency.  More About Marquis: Marquis Murray is the CEO and Founder of Ditto, a systems and processes consultancy for organizations who need help creating clarity around the work inside their companies. His goal is eliminating team burnout, so people can focus more on the work they do without the stress of not knowing where or how the work is happening. He is also the host of the In Systems We Trust podcast where owners and leaders of businesses talk about the systems, processes, and operational efficiency practices they use every day.

IFTTT, Make (antes Integromat) y Zapier para automatizar Redes Sociales, Podcasts, Telegram y más tareasProbando a sincronizar RSS y que salga en canal de Telegram de Triunfers.Audios de podcasts y artículosTutorial Telegram Make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQQWw-Xo14Tutorial Telegram Make (Integromat) en español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYf-3erN_oETutorial Telegram IFTTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tu1vo_YjSkMake 1000 acciones gratis al mes pero 2 tareas o escenarios activos. Más 9$/mes https://borjagiron.com/make Zapier 100 acciones al mes gratis o 750 por 20€/mes (Plan anual)IFTTT acciones ilimitadas pero 5 tareas gratis. 20 tareas por 2€/mes con plan anual.Muy fácil de usar.5 programaciones o My AppletsIlimitadas vecesPRO me sale opción por 2 o 4€/mes pago anualhttps://borjagiron.com/ifttt Cada vez que publico nuevo posts de mi blog o se republica uno antiguo se comparte gracias al RSS en Twitter, Página de Facebook y Linkedin.Pinterest no sale y uso dlvrit.com- Plugin cada día actualiza fecha de un post de borjagiron.com y así se publica en rrss.Republish Old Posts (Estoy probándolo)RevivePress (Estoy probándolo)Plugin Revive Old Post satura mi servidor. Pago para siempre 250€.Zapier para integrar WordPress con Benchmark. 750 tareas mes por 20€/mes con plan anual.Alternativa Integrately.com (Mucho más barato. 20$/mes 14.000 tareas en lugar de 750)Probando los 14 días de prueba gratisEscribo a IFTTT para que añadan Benchmark y WordPressManychat: https://borjagiron.com/manychat Patrocinadores y recursos:Prueba gratis Audible y escucha audiolibros desde https://borjagiron.com/audible Prueba Canva Pro 45 días gratis para crear diseños fácilmente: https://borjagiron.com/canva Hostinger: Mejor hosting WordPress al mejor precio: https://borjagiron.com/hostinger Semrush: Herramienta SEO y Marketing Digital todo en uno: https://borjagiron.com/semrush Sendinblue: Herramienta de Email Marketing: https://borjagiron.com/sendinblue Benchmark Email: Herramienta de Email Marketing: https://borjagiron.com/benchmark Manychat: Automatiza mensajes en Instagram: https://borjagiron.com/manychat Spreaker: Crea tu podcast: https://borjagiron.com/spreakerCursos Marketing Digital Gratis: https://triunfacontublog.com Blog: https://borjagiron.com Newsletter Privada: https://borjagiron.com/newsletter

Looking to add a personal touch to your business?   In this episode, Rick Elmore, founder of Simply Noted, a company that uses artificial intelligence and automated machines to put pen to paper and write notes. Through handwritten communication, they are helping businesses to stand out and create connections with their client base.   As a former football player, Rick also reflects on his journey and how he is taking his competitive side to entrepreneurship. He discusses building a scalable and sellable business and getting the right partner and team to be successful.     [00:01 - 04:27] From Athlete to Entrepreneur Get to know Rick and his background Taking a leap of faith, starting his company, and achieving 300% growth   [04:28 - 09:34] The Power of A Handwritten Note Bringing personalization to business Higher response rates and ROI with handwritten notes How a handwritten note can help you get noticed What businesses should avoid when reaching out to clients It's all about relationships   [09:35 - 18:17] How to Run the Business Without You Building a company with no debt financing, no investors, no money raised Why Rick is working to “kill the king” Finding the right people for his team The hurdles they faced as they scale What's next for Rick and Simply Noted   [18:18 - 19:11] Closing Segment Reach out to Rick!  Links Below Final Words Tweetable Quotes   “It's just about standing out. That handwritten note, when it lands on that desk versus the million emails and Twitter notifications and all of these platforms… Grab their attention with that handwritten note.” - Rick Elmore  “It's relationship first, relationship second, relationship third. The ROI will come no matter what. It'll actually 10x 'cause you're going to have a loyal client. They're going to refer more clients.” - Rick Elmore   “Your business becomes a lot more valuable, a lot more scalable because there's standard operating procedures or systems in place that allow your business to grow without you.” - Rick Elmore   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Rick and Simply Noted on LinkedIn. Head over to their website and request a free sample kit now!   Resource Mentioned Built to Sell by John Warrillow   Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: [00:00:00] Rick Elmore:  it's just about standing out and you know, that handwritten note, when it lands on that desk, you know, versus the million emails and Twitter notifications and Facebook and LinkedIn and all these platforms that people are using now to grow their business. Grab that attention, right, with that handwritten note really, like, literally stands up on your desk, you know, because these are folded cards and they have a shelf life.  [00:00:34] Sam Wilson: Rick Elmore is an entrepreneur, sales and marketing expert, and former college and professional football player. Following his football career, rick translated his competitive drive to sales and entrepreneurship by founding Simply Noted an automated handwriting letter or handwritten letter company. Rick, I can't even speak today, but either way, welcome to the show.  [00:00:51] Rick Elmore: Thanks for having today. This is awesome.  [00:00:52] Sam Wilson: Hey man, pleasure's mine. There are three questions. I ask every guest who comes to the show: in 90 seconds or less, can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?  [00:01:00] Rick Elmore: Yeah, so my background's in athletics. I have a twin brother who went to the University of Arizona, played football. I was in the NFL for three years. After that, I still had that competitive drive and got into medical sales, did that for about seven years. First year as an associate sales rep and then six years straight. I was a President's Club Award winner, then went back and did my MBA in 2017 and really got the idea to start a company that can automate and scale sending real handwritten notes. And since January, 2019, I've been doing this full time, grown over 300% a year, going to qualify for the Inc. 5000 this year and are launching some pretty cool and exciting features this year as well.  [00:01:36] Sam Wilson: Man, that's a lot of moving pieces. How do you go from medical device sales to, oh, I know we should scale the handwritten note business?  [00:01:44] Rick Elmore: Yeah, no, that's a great question. So both of my parents are, were small business owners. Their schedule was awesome. They were able to, you know, be highly involved parents. That was something I always wanted to do. And being in corporate medical device sales, the more successful you were, the busier you got, the more you moved around the country and I just never wanted to do that. And always kind of had the bug to want to be an entrepreneur, so 2017, when I went back to do my MBA, that was kind of like the catalyst to get it going, kind of see what I can do, see what I can learn. [00:02:13] Rick Elmore: And always kind of had the idea, you know, handwritten notes were a good idea, but they just took too much time. You know, we did Christmas cards one year and I had 400 clients and it took us two weeks just to write the envelope in pen and stuff a printed card. I mean, it just, nobody has the time to do that. [00:02:30] Rick Elmore: So, there was a company that's no longer around doing this, you know, focusing in the wedding industry they were called Bond and I always just thought, man, this would be so much better in, like, sales and marketing, 'cause like, you know, relationships matter, you know, standing out amongst the noise of all the digital, you know, things that are interrupting our day, every single day, you know, knocking on doors, you know. [00:02:50] Rick Elmore: Really truly be different and send a handwritten note. And it really just started out as a project for school, talked to some, you know, people I respected, some mentors, and they thought it was a really good idea. I was really excited about it. And yeah, fast forward, you know, almost four years. You know, I have 11 full-time employees, 30, if you count like contractors, part-time employees, quality control, you know, all my engineers and everybody. Yeah, we're going to hit the Inc. 5000 this year, super excited.  [00:03:13] Rick Elmore: Done this with no debt, no debt financing, no investors. Started this on a $10,000, 0% interest credit card. We've been cash flow positive since month three. So basically I took everything that I was good at in the past, being hypercompetitive, super driven, super motivated, self-starter, you know, athlete, you know, what I learned in sales of the medical devices at Stryker and Straumann, and really just put it to work here. And it's worked out pretty well. [00:03:39] Sam Wilson: Man, that's awesome. In order to be cash flow positive, you have to have sales. I mean, at what point in time did you say, okay, I've got a prototype, it works, and now we can go out and find clients?  [00:03:51] Rick Elmore: Yeah. So I started researching this in 2017, really started messing around with some stuff in 2018. But you know, with my background, how driven I was, you know, when I took that leap of faith, January, Of 2019, you know, I have a family, I have kids, you know, failure was not an option. So, you know, getting creative and finding ways to fill that bucket every single month and make sure that we had money to pair bills and grow, that was the only option. [00:04:16] Rick Elmore: And I think when you, you know, bring your boats and you don't have anybody there to, you know, have a backup plan and, you know, support you, you figure it out. And I was the type of guy that was going to figure it out. And yeah.  [00:04:26] Sam Wilson: Man. That's awesome. Very, very cool. Let's talk a little bit about, you know, kind of the use cases for sending handwritten letters. I mean, there are, I can imagine anywhere in real estate, even in commercial real estate, there are reasons to send handwritten letters. What are some use cases you guys are seeing right now in the CRE space? [00:04:43] Rick Elmore: Yeah. So, you know what? We really work full, you know, fully across the board with, like, every industry, but, you know, real estate, mortgage, real estate investors. It's really been a pretty consistent niche for us. It just makes sense, 'cause you know, relationships truly do matter in this industry. Really when we're working with, like, the agency or the agent in the agency level, you know, they're just automating sending like thank you cards or anniversary cards or birthday cards, asking for a referral, so usually, the agency will touch them three or four times a year and all that's usually automated. Like a Zapier integration and Integromat and API integration into, like, the agency software, or even just agents go on our website and just send a few cards. But unlike the investor side, man, we've seen some pretty creative lists that people pulled. [00:05:26] Rick Elmore: I think it's called PropStream, yeah, PropStream and PropertyRadar. They go on there, find these lists, absentee, divorce, expired listings. I mean, there's tons and tons and tons of lists on there that you can build, bankruptcy, probate. But I mean, we know it works because our clients that they've been working with us for, you know, three, four years. [00:05:45] Rick Elmore: And the response rates on handwritten notes are just 7, 8, 9 times higher than printed mail. The ROI on a handwritten mail campaign versus a print postcard campaign, usually, again is, you know, 78 or nine times higher as well. So, you know, it's just a lot more personable. You know, our technology is unique. It's patent pending. We have robots that hold real pens. We've developed this ourselves in-house. They write real handwritten notes, completely personalized, you know? I can talk all day on, you know, how people can use this, but, yeah, that's just like a quick high-level overview.  [00:06:18] Sam Wilson: Right. I wonder, you know, there's, like you said, on the agency side, like thinking more, you know, thank you notes, birthday cards. They're kind of the more, more simple stuff. But I wonder when it comes to, especially, you know, for us as investors acquiring off-market leads, not just, not on the residential side, but on the commercial side, like, do you see people using this in mass, even on the commercial side, when they are, you know, bringing a list to you and saying, Hey man, we want to...  [00:06:41] Rick Elmore: Yeah. So it was hard like during COVID 'cause a lot of our investors didn't think that they were in office, but you know, since like the COVID thing kind of slowed down, we've seen a lot of our commercial agents pick it back up, but really it's just about standing out and you know, that handwritten note, when it lands on that desk, you know, versus the million emails and Twitter notifications and Facebook and LinkedIn and all these platforms that people are using now to grow their business. [00:07:07] Rick Elmore: Grab that attention, right, with that handwritten note really, like, literally stands up on your desk, you know, because these are folded cards and they have a shelf life, right? Like, people are going to read them, they're going to leave them there. They're going to last sometimes for days, weeks, or even months. We have some pretty cool use cases in the, like, the home service industry. [00:07:24] Rick Elmore: But I know it's completely different, but literally, like we've seen customers have clients who, like, put these up, like, on their bookshelf or a fridge and come back a few months later and it's still there. So it's just a cool, you know, impactful and powerful, you know, marketing tool that, you know, gets the job done. [00:07:41] Sam Wilson: Right. What are some mistakes that you see people doing when it comes to direct mail?  [00:07:47] Rick Elmore: So we have people like, I'm literally working with a real estate investor in New York right now. They want to do a, we recommend, like, shorter is better, you know, get to the point, you know, 30, 40, 50 words, right? Make an introduction, you know, call to action, make an ask who you are, what you can do, ask them to lunch or give me a call or something very straightforward, you know, because people's attention spans are so short nowadays. And we're working with an investor right now. And maybe they know something we don't know, but he wants to write a 250-word, you know, message. [00:08:16] Rick Elmore: And it's just, like, this person you don't know, do you think they're going to sit down and spend five minutes reading, like, this card. You know, it's more expensive to write longer too. It's just like, Nope, this is what we want. Just do it. And we're just like, all right, fine. We'll do it. [00:08:30] Rick Elmore: But yeah. I think mistakes really is, you know, inundating your client with too much information. Really, it's building that relationship, earning their trust, you know, just standing out, and being different is usually what we recommend. But yeah, try not to be too sales-y. Don't make this, you know, crazy card design with all these different, you know, advertisements on it and then stuff a different additional flyer with information. [00:08:53] Rick Elmore: It's really just about the relationship and relationships go back, you know, since the beginning and time of business, you know, the deeper, the stronger, the more loyal the relationship, the more your business is going to grow. And that's what we preach over here. It's relationship first, relationship second, relationship third, like, that's your main priority. [00:09:10] Rick Elmore: The ROI will come no matter what. It'll actually 10x 'cause you're going to have a loyal client. They're going to refer more clients. Like, they're going to do more business with you. Get you more business. So that's what we're preaching over here all the time.  [00:09:22] Sam Wilson: Man, yeah, that's really good. I like that. I like your keep it, what'd you say, 40 words.  [00:09:26] Rick Elmore: 40 words. Yeah. Short and sweet. Yeah. Yeah. 40, 50 words, you know, keep it short and sweet, you know, respect their time, right?  [00:09:32] Sam Wilson: Right, man. That's cool. I love that. Let's talk a little bit about your business itself. You know, we talked about a book, here back on my shelf here before we kick this off, called Built to Sell by John Warrillow. I think let's say you pronounce his name. Maybe I butchered it. Not quite sure, but either way it was an impactful, impactful book for me, gosh, going on 11 years ago, when I sold a business and we started talking about some of the nuances in that book, tell me, what's it been like scaling your business, you know, in-house? What are some things you've done right? What are some things maybe you've done wrong? And then how can we learn from you on that?  [00:10:05] Rick Elmore: Yeah, so I mean, one of the things I'm incredibly proud of is we built this company with no debt financing, no investors, no money raised. And I'm a marketing and sales guy, and I've started an industrial automation technology, robotics company. Being able to do that and be growing and hitting, you know, the list that we're hitting this year, I'm incredibly proud of, but something, you know, a big takeaway that, I mean, I recommend anybody who's in business regardless being an entrepreneur because even if like you're in sales, you're kind of running your own territory, your own business. That book Built to Sell is great because, for me, my big takeaway was you got to get out of working in your business, you know, the day-to-day stuff, the day-to-day grind and start, you know, working on your business. And there's a good quote in there that he talks about basically as an entrepreneur before you sell your business, they call it, kill the king. [00:10:51] Rick Elmore: Because the entrepreneur usually is the business, right? He's has all the relationships, does all the sales, does everything, knows everything. And if you can kill the king or get rid of the, you know, the me in the business, your business becomes a lot more valuable, a lot more scalable because I'm a lot more hands-off, there's systems, standard operating procedures or systems in place that allow your business to grow without you. [00:11:10] Rick Elmore: So, I mean, that's really been something I've been focused on in the last year is working on the business and killing the king. Like, how can I get rid of myself and have other people run this business 'cause that's how I'm going to sell this business.  [00:11:21] Sam Wilson: And is that the end goal with your company?  [00:11:23] Rick Elmore: Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, I just, I think for the things that I've done in my life, you know, I was the first person to go to college, you know, professional athlete, had success in corporate medical device, and to be an entrepreneur, and grow a business, and sell it. I think that's kind of like the icing or the cherry on top of my career. [00:11:40] Sam Wilson: Who was the first hire you brought on?  [00:11:42] Rick Elmore: So I had a buddy of mine, I mean, I'm sure everybody hires a friend early on, but I had a friend that I played football with for 10 years in like Peewee high school. And he's our like chief operations officer. So I'm like, I'm super high energy, like, worry about everything, paranoid. Like I don't know if a lot of entrepreneurs like that, I think you have to be, but he's super cool, calm, never gets worked up, you know, very opposite of me. So I do all the, you know, business and marketing and growth and you know, everything customer facing and he's behind the scenes and it's worked out great. He's been here since day one.  [00:12:16] Sam Wilson: Right. That's really cool. And I guess what was the moment when you said, gosh, if I want to grow this business, I'm going to have to bring other people on. How did you, I guess, as a solo entrepreneur go about bringing people on, how did you, how did you structure that?  [00:12:28] Rick Elmore: Yeah. So hiring is a massive headache because in the early days, like you're basically building like the four pillars, like those first four or five hires, like it has to be right, because if you hire the wrong person, it can kill your business because it takes 4, 5, 6 months to get someone ramped up. [00:12:44] Rick Elmore: And if you make the wrong decision, you're going to basically waste a year, and you can't waste time in a startup that's self-funded, that needs money today. So basically it was people I can trust, high character, you know, people that, you know, wanted to learn, like, played sports in the past that had, like, the mindset of being on a team. But it wasn't about, you know, buying business or bringing on somebody for a $200,000 a year salary that had experience, it was more about trust, reliability. And yeah.  [00:13:12] Sam Wilson: Did you structure that, and I'm sorry to dig into the nuance of this.  [00:13:15] Rick Elmore: No, you're good. [00:13:16] Sam Wilson: This is a common question that people have when they're growing their business, especially in the early days and you go, okay, I need to bring on and commercial real estate's a very partnership, more focused industry than it is necessarily, you know, a business where you can bring on employees. But you know, when you set this up, did you have to give away equity to your buddy?  [00:13:35] Rick Elmore: No.  [00:13:35] Sam Wilson: Did you just say, Hey man, come on as an employee.  [00:13:37] Rick Elmore: Nope. So I own a hundred percent. I mean, without really getting too much into the weeds, I'm a highly driven person that, you know, I would say, I mean, I'm a highly driven person that gets things done. I call myself a Jack of all trades and a master of getting things done. I don't think I'm a master of anything but II know how to do a lot, and I know how to get a job done. And I don't really rely on people, you know, to get anything done for me, huge self-starter, that was one of the things that both of my prior managers loved. They didn't have to micromanage me. They asked me to do something. I get that done. I had foresight. I can conceptualize problems of the future because I was always thinking about the future. So I would think about things before they became problems and start working on them. So to kind of mitigate. So my buddy understood that and he's a huge team player, incredibly selfless, and he knew that I had his best interest in mind as well. [00:14:32] Rick Elmore: So I think it's really important when you start a business, and I think a lot of people who start businesses, I've heard these horror stories, you know, people who start, there's one super, incredibly motivated, get done type of person. And then there's another guy on the side who knows how to talk the big game, but is more of like a leech. And he kind of attaches himself to the wagon of the other person. And I think that happens more often than not. [00:14:57] Sam Wilson: Right. Yeah. And it's certainly something to look out for. I can't remember what they called that in biology. What was that? A symbiotic and then, oh, symbiotic and parasitic relationship. [00:15:06] Rick Elmore: Yeah.  [00:15:07] Sam Wilson: You know, you certainly, certainly have to look for those. What's a hurdle, when you think about your business and you say, okay, we've made it to, you know, to this point and you should be really proud of where you guys have taken it to this, you know, to today, but what's the next major hurdle for you and how will you know when you've gotten there? [00:15:21] Rick Elmore: Yeah. So one of the best things and the worst things about our business is that people don't even know that things like what we do exist, which is great for our clients because it protects the authenticity of our product. But for us to go out there and grow, you know, people are like, you use robots to write handwritten notes? Like, it's so foreign, like, you can automate sending personalized handwritten notes through software? What?  [00:15:49] Rick Elmore: Like people kind of, like, are confused about it. So, I think we're in the hardest genre of a business. It's a new product, a new technology, a new idea with a new client, you know, versus, you know, medical where it's like, you know, you have current clients where you can cross-sell or upsell products and, you know, it's like not a new idea. [00:16:09] Rick Elmore: You're basically are, like, already in the sales process, sales mind with these clients. So yeah, the first three years were not for, you know, somebody who has a, you know, the faint of heart who has a weak stomach because this was not an easy business to build. You know, you can use like three access pen plotters or auto pens, but the barrier of entry, the cost of entry, you know, it's just incredibly expensive and incredibly hard. [00:16:33] Sam Wilson: Right, right. So what's, so I guess, what is the next hurdle for you guys? When you say, Hey... [00:16:37] Rick Elmore: So our next hurdle is really figuring out how to scale into the millions of handwritten notes per month because that's a lot of capital, that's a lot of space. You know, we've had discussions with, you know, large companies who want to send hundreds of thousands of pieces a month, but that needs to be on contracts 'cause we need to scale capital, scale employees, work, you know, three, eight-hour shifts. So getting that figured out is going to be a big problem for us. Also, you know, I'm building my fourth website, you know, every time you build a website, you learn what you did wrong on the last website. And, every developer has, like, the perfect solution. And then you build it, you're like crap, like, this isn't what I want, you know? Like, it needs to do this. So it's like, and that's like part of the fun of being an entrepreneur. There's so much growth and I tell anybody I've, you know, who asked me about what it's like to run a business, you know, if you're an entrepreneur for five years, you're going to learn and grow more than in a 20-year career, because they're not going to challenge you. They're not going to force you to problem solve. They're not going to force you to find money and build deep relationship. They're not going to force you to do that. They're going to force you to do the job. They're not going to force you to build the business.  [00:17:43] Sam Wilson: That's about right, man. And just to know, you're in good company, I think all of us experience that with our website. It's like, you get it all done. You finally get everything. And then you're like, I really want to just start over. [00:17:54] Rick Elmore: Yeah. Yeah. And it's not always the best thing.  [00:17:58] Sam Wilson: You said it though, you said, and I think that's gold, which is like, I'm not the master of none. I'm just the master of get it done.  [00:18:03] Rick Elmore: Yeah.  [00:18:04] Sam Wilson: Where it's like, that is better than perfect. I think.  [00:18:06] Rick Elmore: Yeah. I love that quote. I hear it in one of what is, there's a song that says right now and I always talk to my wife, like, I feel like I am a Jack of all trades and a master of getting it done. And she just laughs 'cause she agrees.  [00:18:17] Sam Wilson: That's awesome. Rick, if our listeners want to learn more about you, Simply Noted, and what it is that you do, how do they do that? [00:18:23] Rick Elmore: Yeah, so our website's just SimplyNoted.com. You can go and request a free sample kit. We send like a really nice, you know, sample kit with a bunch of stuff in it, but yeah, SimplyNoted.com. We're on LinkedIn, on LinkedIn all day. It's one of our, you know, most used tools, but yeah, SimplyNoted.com. Just go to the business page. You can, we'll send you a free sample kit or just reach out to me on LinkedIn. [00:18:42] Sam Wilson: Awesome. Rick, thank you for your time today. I do appreciate it.  [00:18:45] Rick Elmore: Thanks for having me.   

here's a BONUS chat with Chad Davis... and a preview of what to expect from Accounting High (School) Welcome to Accounting High! In this episode, we get to know more about the whats and whys of Podcasting from Scott and Chad. They share and scrutinize the ideas of how their episodes of AutomationTown and Sons of CPAs (Accounting High) come to life. Hear how authenticity reflects on the product and why talking to people that are smarter than you is the smart thing to do 1 We all have to graduate middle school sometime, and the Sons are evolving. Evolution is what Accounting High is all about, the evolution of the accounting profession and making room for the next generation. Accounting High is the new school High School, but our listeners know that it's also a nod to getting high. I think in four years we'll be a bit more grown-up/mature and graduate... then we'll change the name to "Accounting U" Shoutout to Yeti, Shure, Jason Staats 2 Let's hear from Chad what was the driving force behind starting their podcast (AutomationTown) Shoutout to Paul O'Mara 4 You gotta be comfortable with doing some shitty stuff at first Shoutout to Zapier, Make (formerly Integromat) 6 Authenticity is hard to come by but it shows on what you're producing Shoutout to Blake Oliver 9 This is for fun and something you can throw on while you're at a barbeque Shoutout to Ignition 13 Chad hopes to reach people in positions that kind of hate the monotomous part of their jobs and they can take some inspiration from the actions that occur 17 People don't agree with the way Chad sells accounting services, but he has a great relationship with the clients that come on board Shoutout to Xero 22 Podcasts: How can we market them to mainstream operations people? Shoutout to Expensify 24 Let's find out what goes through Scott's mind as he thinks about the future of Podcasting Shoutout to Nikole Mackenzie, Michael Ly, Jason Ackerman, Ron Baker, Peloton 29 What will differentiate Accounting High from Sons of CPAs Shoutout to Relay --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sonsofcpas/message

Season 2 Episode 23 | Recorded February 7, 2022 Guest: Chad Davis, CPA the Co-Founder of LiveCA and Co-Host of AutomationTown Hosts: Zachary Call and Scott Scarano Sponsor: Dark Horse CPAs - abetterway.cpa Listen in as we pick Chad's brain, as there's no shortage of great information up there. How to be intentional and naturally solve problems. Manage a team of over 100ppl. Chad lives in an RV w/ his wife and two kids, down by the river. + what the hell is NO-CODE!? 3 Chad shares how he co-founded LiveCA with Josh Zweig back in 2013. ***Shoutout Josh Zweig, Xero, Will Lopez, and Freshbooks*** 5 Tech & Tax: Chad is the Tech as Josh is the Tax ***Shoutout Johnny McEvoy, Bill Kimball, Herschel Co., Peter Wen, Ryan Lazanis, and Jason Staats*** 9 How Xero has been a bridge that connected all of us in this community. ***Shoutout Maria Phillips, Slack, Dave MacPherson, Donut app*** 13 Chad opens up about how the firm evolves as they add more team members ***Shoutout Baalkis Hassan, Tyler Bradley*** 19 How a 6-week trip turned into 4-years(and counting) on the road ***Shoutout Scout's Barbershop, Kenji Kuramoto*** 23 Try traveling with your toilet, it's insane! It's so good! ***Shoutout outschool.com*** 29 Hiring process: Giving people a chance to test us out is more important than us testing them out ***Shoutout Teach:able, Videoask by Typeform, Trakstar, CloudAccountingJobs.com, Belay*** 38 Zachary asks Chad if they give potential clients the “try before you buy” experience ***Shoutout Bubble, Emily Spanik*** 44 NO-CODE and how Chad and Co were able to create their own tools ***Shoutout Twilio, Make (formerly Integromat), Stripe, Realize, Alex Oxford and TaxValet*** 52 Changing the way we think about employee compensation 53 Being in the New Mexico Desert in an RV... we're getting a Breaking Bad vibe ***Shoutout Ignition, Relay, Fiverr*** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sonsofcpas/message

In honor of our upcoming IO2022 Innovation Accelerated Summit, which is happening September 19th and 20th in Lincoln Nebraska. Thought it'd be nice to pull some of the best interviews and sessions from our IO2020 virtual event. So, over the next few weeks, check out some of our amazing speakers and grab a ticket for the upcoming event. We'd love to see you there. Tickets and more information can be found at io2022.com. And now back to the show. Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is a podcast to help new innovators navigate what's next. Each week, we'll give you a front row seat into what it takes to learn, grow, and thrive in today's world of accelerating change and uncertainty. Join us as we explore, engage in experiment with the best and the brightest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses. It's time to get started.Interview Transcript with Doc Williams, Brand Developer, Founder of Brand Factory and Maker of Build With MeSusan Stibal: Doc Williams is here to show you how to best utilize this new field of building without code and what concepts, tools, and plans you need to begin creating. Doc Williams is a brand developer, founder of Brand Factory and maker of Build With Me. Doc is also an entrepreneur who has worked with everyone from ESPN to App Sumo. So, Doc, I will let you take it away. Thanks for coming. And I can't wait to hear your presentation. Doc Williams: Well, thank you so much for having me. I really do appreciate it. I'm so excited. Saw the other presenters earlier today. I'm just so excited to be here. So, I'm gonna get right into it because I'm excited about No Code. I'm gonna be talking about how I can help you. And I have a small presentation, but again, this is about how I can help you. And if you're new to No Code, if you do not know what it is or you've heard the term and you're not so familiar, we gotcha. Don't worry. We got you in this Presentation and we're going to go through this a little bit. We're going to go through this. Okay.This discussion today, we're going to be talking about an Introduction to No Code. Okay. And again, I don't want to talk about myself that much. So, I'm going to go through this very quickly. Just wanted to tell you a little bit about myself. So again, I run a six-figure consulting business and strategy. I also help startups integrate tech, so everything from telling their story to actually building that tech stack. So, I've worked from copywriter front end dev. I've been a CTO a few times. A CIO, blah, blah, blah, blah. All that kind of stuff. So more importantly, I just get to work with some great people. That's what I like doing. So, we're going to have to stop looking at my picture as I'm looking off into the sunset for a moment. We're going to be talking about the world is changing really quick. And Brian was talking about this in the intro to the Summit, and I cannot agree with that more. Right now, we see a huge shift of technology and what's going on in the world. 83.5% of small businesses experienced a negative effect with the COVID pandemic. 72% of the world startups saw that their revenue fell and 56% of the US workforce holds a job that is compatible at least partially with remote work. So, there's a lot of things happening all at the same time. And people are scrambling to come up with new ideas or to test new ideas, lean out their business, and you can be doing all of that by using the power of No Code. And so, we're going to be talking about why you need to be ready for this new age and using No Code as an innovation. So, the first question is before we even get started and how you can be using no code, it's important to understand what No Code is. So, what is it? Let's go with a definition real quick. No Code is a development platform that allows programmers and non-programmers to create apps and programs, using visual tools instead of traditional computer programming languages.Oh, that was a lot. So, the TLDR, what is it? Building visually. So, a lot of times some people are already using no code tools and they did not know that but basically allows you to do things that usually took what programmers were doing, writing code. So here are a few no code services. Now there's a whole other discussion. If you want to know the difference between no code and low code. But here are a few no code services that I use almost daily. So, there's Bubble, Air Table, IFTTT, Elementor, Zapier, Hopin, Repurpose.io. Okay. Those are a lot of different tools. Now what we're going to be talking about, this is the Intro to No Code. So instead of delving into very specific platforms, we can talk about it in the Q and A, and that's not a problem, but instead of just talking about all of these different services, what's really important is looking at areas to disrupt the industry and how it can help you figure out what you want to get done in your business. So, in the chat, please let me know.Yep. Has anyone tried Amazon's HoneyCode? Yes. I did a whole breakdown video on that about three weeks ago as well. Yes. We're going to be talking about a lot of these things. If you're thinking about like seeing the handle, not the tool. Tons of times, if you only think about the tool you're going to see, like, only if it's a hammer, you're just going to see about how you can hit nails. Right? If you've got a Catana, it's the same thing. You're just going to be slicing things up. So, instead of thinking about just the platform, think about the handle. What are you trying to accomplish? And then we can go into the right kind of platform. Now also too, just to let you know, I have a YouTube show called Build With Me.And so, I build three different businesses with one No Code tool every single Wednesday night. And also, I do tech reviews for App Sumo. So right now, I'm up to 453 tech reviews for them. And then, for the show we've done like a hundred episodes. So, we just passed 300 businesses with No Code tools. So, let's get right into it.If you are trying to use no code and you're trying to speed up your design process, no code can be perfect for this. Designing complex websites and applications, it takes a lot of time, but with no code, you can do this really quickly. So again, if you are having a problem and I want it in the chat, if you're dealing with a design problem, you need to mockup things very quickly. We got you. What about another one. Automation. Perhaps you're doing a lot of manual tasks. For example, one of our, one of the clients that we were working with, they were working with a big manufacturer, and they were manually still filling in invoices and filling in all of these different things. Well, we had a No Code tool that automatically you set up the boundaries of reading different boxes. So, when people scan their order and instead of retyping it, taking all that manual work, it just looks at the numbers, looks at the letters, and then it just automatically does everything for you. So, and it already puts it into the system. So again, what tasks are you looking to solve as well?The other one too, is architecture. So, system frameworks. If you're thinking about email marketing, SOPs, lead generation, complex, the complex tasks, we can talk about architecting a way for you to be able to solve those problems as well. That is the three main ways. And really the reason we went through the three ways, and we looked at it this way is actually even older.We talk about, a lot on the program, Leonard DaVinci, and how he broke his style up was he was an artist. He was an engineer. An architect. And that actually forms a really clear line, especially with a lot of no code tools, which bucket you want to be into. We're going to talk about those three. And before we go into it and talk from the chat. Why start now? Because you need to be saving time. You need to make sure that you are getting to your goals. You're being able to adapt and pivot in this time. So, this is the time to start. Now, how can I help? I do courses, consulting, workshops, whatever. I work with all different types of companies. I'm going to be helping you today in answering your questions, but keep in mind if you need help from me later on, go see me on YouTube. Go email me. I'll bring this up. And all of that kind of stuff from building a marketplace in less than 60 minutes, was it two months ago, we built Netflix in an hour and a half. Creating Roku channels for your companies. We just do a lot of different random stuff. Oh, building SOPs for crime scene cleaners, you know, we go on and on.So, let's get right into it. What people are trying to build. Now, let's go through a question. How do I say that first name? Petro Petro. Maybe, maybe if I butchered it, I'm sorry. I want to build a product development and project management system, basically from cradle to grave life cycle management system and seeking a platform to get started.Okay. So that's a really good question. And what I would do with that one before even answering which one to go with, I would say, are you using it for your own team first or are you trying to build it as a Micro SAAS and get other people involved? So, if you're trying to build it internally, I would first talk about, okay, do you already have your SOPs broken out and how you want your workflow before deciding on a platform?And do you want to be building on top of a platform or actually just build it from the bottom up? So, I know that's a lot of different things, but I would go with that detailed first. But I can go through a couple different platforms, how to do that. Once I get the answer or more details, I will swing back around.Lindsay brings out, build a dashboard to show business metrics. So, I've got that one. All right. So let me break out of this. Actually, I was building a dashboard yesterday. So, if you're trying to build a dashboard, let's go through a couple different options. We were doing this with a client with the NBA about three weeks ago. And people were saying, well, where is this fancy system he's going through? It's just all my Twitter thread. So, we could use DataBox or we could use GeckoBoard. Okay. So, let's bring this up. I'm going to bring up Gecko Board. So, who asked this, Lindsay asked talking about, which one, if you're trying to display your data? Even if you're using like Google sheets or whatever, you can be using that. So, DataBox or Gecko. Yeah, depending on exactly the features that you want or how often you want it to be updated or what you want it to be integrated with. But I would go with yeah. Data Box. Gecko Board. Don, I think you're asking rapid prototyping. Own team then Microsoft. Okay. Petro again, let's see my own team and Micro SAAS. Okay. So, you're trying to build out your own team and Micro SAAS. Okay. So, if I was going to do that, it depends if you want to first white label or just pull the API or something like that. But Jumple would probably do that because they're already built to be similar to like Asana or, or a Slack. It's kind of like a mixture of the two it's really focused on agencies, but they do offer you to basically just white label it. And to do custom build outs too.So, they are a marketing team and they're developers. So, they're all in house and a couple months ago, they were talking about having solutions if certain companies want to have their own platform to build it out. That's another option and you can make a Micro SAAS platform pretty easy off them. Their team is in Australia. They're really cool. So, that might be something Jen's asking Twilio. Twilio integration with no code. Yeah. So, tell me more. Yeah, I definitely agree. We've had Twilio integrations. We've had someone build out their, it's for fancy football, but they're adding Twilio with it. So, they're adding actually another filter basically, so they can run their draft on Zoom and then they're using Twilio with it.And then they're transitioning from that to build their own platform for video conferencing. But they're modeling it using Zoom. They're using all the filters and then they're building it totally out with Trello and they're doing it with 70% no code. So let me know if you are what you're looking for with that one.Carlos is talking about what are the risks and downside of using No Code? It kind of depends Carlos of what you're trying to accomplish. A lot of people, sometimes there's a feeling like, oh no codes can do everything. Well, you know, it has limitations, but it depends on what you're trying to do, Carlos. If you're trying to validate, you're going to scale to a certain point, but as long as you know, your limits and where you're trying to go, it can go pretty far.If you're either bootstrapping or if you're VC funded, but you're making it really lean before you get to the next version. I can say that there are very successful apps and very successful businesses, all built on Bubble and No Code. Most people wouldn't know unless you asked them. So, it kind of depends on the capabilities of what you're trying to do.Now on the flip side, someone asked me the other day when we did this breakdown, they're like, well, you showed me how to create Netflix, but I can't add, like, I think they wanted to add like 3000 films. And they didn't want to pay for like a server. I mean we got to be reasonable here, guys. So it depends on what you're trying to create or what you're trying to do. And hopefully that answers. Rebecca says best one that includes document generation. Hmm. I would need to know a little bit more about document generation. What do you mean by that? Good question. Legal documents. Oh, okay. So you're saying creating templates for legal documents or you're doing oh, in Word. So let me ask you this, Rebecca. So, you are a business and you're trying to either sell legal documents, like templates or to interact. I need a little bit more details. I'll, I'll find it in a second. Jason, from Fire Spring is bringing up something. Let me know what's going on with the details. Streamlining the process of creating documents. There are a couple different ones, depending, again, there's a lot. I like Taskly. I see what the logo is, but I don't know how to spell it. There are a couple different ones. I mean, if I'm looking at that, I might even go with Nucey possibly. Streamlining the process of creating a document. That's tough for me because I would want to know, do you have to have input from other people on your team? Is it just for your own workflow? If I was doing something where I'm trying to create documents, I would probably Nucey and again, this is just if I'm trying to go with clients and everything like that, and I want everything where I can have a plug and play, I build out the templates and then everyone on my team can just access and build it out afterwards.Better proposals or Nucey. I would think. Oh, other teammates and or for clients. So, if I'm doing really advanced ones, I'd probably do Better Proposal. I use both. I have more contracts with Nucey. Because it's more based on a one pager. But every single time I use Better Proposal, I always get compliment. How well it looks. I mean, this Better Proposal probably is my bet. Not only that, because you can build your own branding kit too, so everything's on point. And your team can work with it. And then your clients go right with it. Good question. Three must have no code tools. Okay, Susan. I'm glad you asked that question. It really depends. Okay. So, so if I'm trying to build out automation. I'm probably going to go with Zapier. Yeah. We could go with Integromat. And all the other ones, but like, if I'm just going to go with like general automations to save you time, I'm probably going to build out Zapier, probably going to go with that one.And that's if I'm business related. If I'm trying to figure out, just automating my life. And just things that I have to do around the house. I probably go with IFTTT because then it's allowing you to basically create different automations, like a recipe. And it's all based, it's really just really easy stuff. But I feel that Zapier is more leaning towards business.If I'm doing something where I'm just trying to automate my life as much as possible. I'm going to go with IFTTT. If, so yeah, that's where I would start. If for me personally, for my business, the one thing that I use is probably repurposed.io. They don't get talked about enough. Basically, this is when I was working with Vayner Media in the Sasha Group.So, this was broken down where we did a challenge where Gary has about 25 people working for him in building content. So, we built the Gary V Content Model 2.0 using Repurpose. So, with one person and using repurpose.io, we replace 25 people. And the way that you do this is you're plugging this in. You're live streaming. And then you're dropping timestamps and it does it automatically.Or you can set it up and you can distribute your content and it makes all of those pieces for you. So, say for instance, you make a 30-piece, 30-minute live stream. Well, I can make 37 pieces of content with automation right off the bat. So, this pretty much changed my entire workflow. And what used to take like four full-time VAs. Now it takes 20 minutes a week to do all this. And we have a podcast. We have a YouTube channel. We have all of these different outlets, and I don't think repurpose. And he's awesome. That's his company. And they just kill it. They just kill it. So again, I probably, I would spend tons of time if I did not have this.So, Repurpose is definitely up there on it. Let's see. What else do I use a lot? Again, it depends on what you're trying to do with your business, and if you're using it more for content creation or just saving time or money in your business. The other one that I really like, and although you could do it similar to like Typeform or anything like that, you can go with, my favorite is probably Paper Form.And that's because not only does Paper Form have tons of integrations, the automations are just like second to none. So, we actually built a marketplace using Paper Form and a Google Sheet and yeah. Oh it, now, if I was going to build a full, like a full marketplace, which we're getting contracted a lot to do now, I probably use ShareTribe though.I probably use ShareTribe. I pretty much use ShareTribe, maybe, seven times a week, at least. But we've spun up, built out niche marketplaces so quickly. We've built a Ikea marketplace. We've built a marketplace for App Sumo. So yeah, a lot of good stuff. That was a good question, Susan. So, I hate to be that vague, but it kind of depends on what your business strategy is or what you want.If you're trying to go for automation mockups. Oh, now if I'm trying to go up for mockups. And I'm trying to look at the most robust, No Code tool. If I'm using a mock-up, I'd probably use Sketch.com. The reason behind it is it integrates with so many other systems. I can be mapping things out, giving it to my devs.It's not a big deal at all. If I don't have that kind of team and I need to do the animation. And I need it to code in the background, Supernova. People don't talk about enough Supernova. You can build out all your animations. It writes the code. You can send it out. You'll be good to go. Are large corporations using no code or just startups? No large corporations are using it. Depends on how they're using it. Again, I don't want to generalize. I'm sure some don't if you're using Windows, we're going to have to go a different way. Y'all if you use a Mac, keep on going. Yeah. So, Susan was talking about bigger companies. I've seen bigger companies use no code sometimes to use it with smaller teams to build out ideas or build out MVPs very quickly. And then again, bring it back in house and then they'll code. Either way, but I mean, if you look at some of the bigger companies. Again, it depends on what people call no code, because some people call Shopify no code. Some of the biggest e-commerce stores online are Shopify, which would be no code. So, yeah. Good question. Really good session. Again, no code this is really just the introduction to it. There's tons and tons and tons of apps and platforms being made with no code. What I would encourage you to do is write down the functionality in what you're trying to get out of no code, and then decide to use those platforms. Because there's just, it's endless. It really is endless. Susan Stibal: Do you have any final remarks? Doc Williams: Start and just begin and start experimenting and start working on it. And if you don't know how to do it, no code community on Twitter is so vast and there's so many people trying to help. So, reach out to me, reach out to anyone that's an expert in that type of no code platform. They'll be happy to help you. And yeah, just keep building. It will be good times. For More InformationSusan Stibal: Doc, that was terrific. And if you want to see more of Doc, check out his build with me on YouTube. It's very similar to this session. So powerful, so much information that can really change the course of a startup or even intrepreneurs. So, thanks so much, Doc. Doc Williams: Definitely. Thank you so much. Bye bye.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. 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Esta semana os traigo un nuevo proyecto que vuelve a tener como protagonista a Fernando Rodrigo, esta vez junto a Laura Muñoz, su socia en este proyecto. Cocinar salud es una web para una comunidad de personas que quieran tener una relación especial con la comida y será el pilar fundamental de su nuevo proyecto conjunto. Es una web basada en GeneratePress como casi todos mis proyectos últimamente, con un tema muy limpio y minimalista. En este proyecto el contenido está centrado en el Blog y en un podcast, en el blog publican dos categorías de contenido, una consiste en recetas y en la otra categoría cuentan cómo se conocieron y cuál es su relación con la comida. El podcast tiene una periodicidad semanal y lo hacen conjuntamente, un podcast que trata los temas con naturalidad y humor. Hacen también alguna entrevista a profesionales que tienen relación con el mundo de la gastronomía, la nutrición y la psicología El objetivo de este proyecto es poder ofrecer a su comunidad algo más que un mero recetario, la explicación del vínculo que hay entre la comida y la mente, mostrando que comprendiendo las razones es mucho más sencillo fijarse objetivos. Ya os he hablado varias veces de Integromat para hacer las automatizaciones, en este caso, he creado un escenario que tienen 4 elementos: El primer elemento es la aplicación que lee RSS, que está conectada con Anchor, a través de la URL del Feed y los credenciales necesarios para que esta aplicación pueda leer el feed y extraer los datos. Después añado una conexión con Wordpress, introduciendo la URl del sitio de cocinar salud e introduciendo como credenciales el API KEy que me ha generado el plugin de integromat que he instalado en ese sitio wordpress La acción a realizar en este caso cuando uso el NODO Wordpress en Integromat es Crear un post, esto me abre una ventana con una serie de campos a rellenar, como título del post, la descripción… De qué tipo es el post que quiero crear, en este caso es tipo Podcast por que tengo instalado en el sitio web Seriously Simple Podcasting, un plugin que me crea este tipo de contenido y todo el metadata necesario para hacer un podcast en tu sitio web, aunque yo he preferido hacerlo en anchor, que es gratis mientras el podcast sea gratis. Hay algún mentadata más que relleno como por ejemplo el autor, la categoría y lo más importante la URL del fichero de audio que contiene cada episodio Después añado un nodo HTTP, al que le paso la URL de la imagen que tiene cada episodio como carátula y conectó este nodo HTTP a un nuevo nodo Wordpress en este caso, en vez de crear un post lo que le digo es que cree un nuevo Media, una nueva imagen, que va a coger de la URL de la imagen representativa del RSS del podcast. Como estoy haciendo esto en el mismo escenario, Integromat me permite pasar datos de un nodo a otro, como por ejemplo el ID del Post que he creado con el primer nodo de Wordpress para que la imagen wordpress que acabo de crear se asocie como imagen destacada del post del tipo Podcast que va a crear este escenario. Con esto cada vez que se ejecuta el escenario, mira a ver si hay algún episodio nuevo, si es así, crea un nuevo post tipo Podcast al que le agrega toda la información como título, descripción categoría autor, imagen destacada y fichero de audio. Este escenario se ejecuta una vez a la semana poco después de que esté programada la publicación del episodio de Anchor. Si os gusta la gastronomía y os interesa la salud, os recomiendo que echéis un ojo al sitio donde podéis encontrar y contactar a estos dos peculiares personajes que os harán pasar muy buenos ratos con su podcast.

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Integromat es una potente plataforma de integración que te permite visualizar, diseñar y automatizar tu trabajo en minutos. Concéntrate en los fundamentos de tu negocio y deja que la automatización se encargue del resto. Automatiza flujos de trabajo integrando unas aplicaciones con otras. La gran ventaja de Integromat es que permite hacer todo esto de forma sencilla y sin necesidad de saber programar. Cuenta con integración con cientos de aplicaciones y servicios. Recoge y permite trabajar con las principales acciones que se llevan a cabo en estos programas. Lo que hacemos para crear estas integraciones es unir las acciones típicas de cada aplicación pasando datos de una aplicación a otra a través del control de sus API's. Todo esto se hace a través de un editor visual muy sencillo que representa las aplicaciones como Bolas con el icono de la aplicación y líneas que conectan el flujo de trabajo entre una aplicación y otra. Podemos por ejemplo hacer la automatización del envío automático de correos electrónicos personalizados a partir de los datos que se encuentran en una hoja de cálculo de Google. Estos correos se envían de forma automática cuando una nueva fila se añade en la hoja de cálculo. No se trata solo de arrastrar y conectar bolitas, hay que configurar cada una de estas bolas con los datos de conexión a la aplicación. en el ejemplo anterior ya que definir: Qué hoja de cálculo quieres conectar, De qué cuenta de google, En qué columna está ese correo electrónico Texto a utilizar en el correo almacenado en una celda de la hoja de cálculo con qué frecuencia se comprueba la hoja y se envía el correo Realmente esto supone muchísimo ahorro de tiempo y te empodera en cuanto a conocimiento sin tener que programar nada Estas automatizaciones se organizan en lo que Integromat llama escenarios. Crea un escenario Añades aplicaciones Crea las conexiones para cada una de las aplicaciones conectas las aplicaciones pruebas el escenario programas la ejecución del escenario y listo No es la solución a todo, no automatiza todo ni merece la pena automatizar todo. Hay que supervisar las tareas de forma periódica o configurar las notificaciones que te reportará cualquier tipo de error. Precios Gratis. hasta 2 escenarios 1000 operaciones 100 Megas de transferencia de datos cada 15 minutos frecuencia mínima Básico 9$/mes Sin limite de escenarios 10K operaciones 1 GB cada 5 minutos Standard 29$/Mes Sin limite de escenarios 40K operaciones 20 GB cada Minuto Podeis encontrar el servicio en este enlace: https://www.integromat.com/

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Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.  Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.  What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?  Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?  You can't always blame algorithms.  Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.  People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.  Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.  1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.  jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).  Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.  Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.  Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.  Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.  Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.  Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.  Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.  China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.  Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.  Living the #ConventLife.  TikTok ruins everything.  TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.  YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.  'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.  Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.  Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.  Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.  Shuffled By the iPod.  Picks:  Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).  Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.  Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.  Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: BuckMason.com/twig nureva.com CDW.com/HPE

Resources- Prime Lab Website - https://primelab.ioList of all the projects, tools and resources mentioned during this episode:* Platforms for hosting the upcoming Gen C conference:- Gather Town: https://www.gather.town- https://nearhub.club- https://twitter.com/NearLands- https://www.realitychain.ioEasily onboard new users by reserving their account name and preload it with NEAR:- NearNames - https://nearnames.com*Web 2.0 No-Code Tooling:- Bubble - https://bubble.io/- IndieHackers - https://www.indiehackers.com/- 100DaysOfNoCode - https://www.100daysofnocode.com - Zapier - https://zapier.com/- Integromat - https://www.integromat.com/* NEAR Learning - NEAR University - https://www.near.university/- Figment Learn - https://learn.figment.io/pathways - Encode Club - https://www.encode.club/near- Pagoda - https://www.pagoda.co * Marketing Learning- [Book] 'Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Growth' by Gabriel Weinberg - https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Customer/dp/1591848369- [Website] Winning by Design - https://winningbydesign.com* Prime Lab / Proximity / Pagoda Validator AMA - https://youtu.be/gFXJNyjYviY* NEAR Token Supply and Distribution - https://near.org/blog/near-token-supply-and-distribution/* Introduction to NEAR Protocol's Economics - https://near.org/blog/near-protocol-economics/Blockstack App Mininghttps://blog.blockstack.org/introducing-app-mining/https://community.stacks.org/javascriptFollow on SocialRoss Gates - https://twitter.com/rossegatesPrime Lab - https://twitter.com/primelab4Prime Lab YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU7r1mYqRlM5FRyNNf9lxIAAVB - https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1

Hoy tenemos la segunda parte de esta estupenda entrevista que nos brindó Gisela en que aprendemos un montón. La gran Gisela Bravo se pasó por Webificando para hablar del marketing (o business) automation, del rebranding de Integratomat a Make y mucho más. Como experta en el tema, le preguntamos qué es el marketing (o business) automation, qué importancia tiene y cómo podemos sacarle jugo a las herramientas de automatización para no perder ningún posible cliente. Obviamente, aprovechando que Gisela es partner de Make (antes Integromat), le preguntamos por este rebranding, qué significa este cambio y cómo afecta a los usuarios y a los clientes finales. La semana que viene tendrás la segunda parte, si no puedes aguantar, tienes la entrevista entera en YouTube. A Gisela la puedes encontrar en Twitter como @gisela_bravoc.

Hoy tenemos la segunda parte de esta estupenda entrevista que nos brindó Gisela en que aprendemos un montón. La gran Gisela Bravo se pasó por Webificando para hablar del marketing (o business) automation, del rebranding de Integratomat a Make y mucho más. Como experta en el tema, le preguntamos qué es el marketing (o business) automation, qué importancia tiene y cómo podemos sacarle jugo a las herramientas de automatización para no perder ningún posible cliente. Obviamente, aprovechando que Gisela es partner de Make (antes Integromat), le preguntamos por este rebranding, qué significa este cambio y cómo afecta a los usuarios y a los clientes finales. La semana que viene tendrás la segunda parte, si no puedes aguantar, tienes la entrevista entera en YouTube. A Gisela la puedes encontrar en Twitter como @gisela_bravoc.

Automation tools, used correctly, can revolutionize parts of your business, streamline your operation, reduce errors and save costs in terms of time and wages. However, used inappropriately or incorrectly they can be a substantial drain on your time and resources. Steve is here to denote correct application of these tools to help you avoid the pitfalls. KEY TAKEAWAYS Apps such as Zapier or Integromat are web based app that allow two or more different apps to talk to each other. For instance, someone submitting a form into your system could trigger a range of actions in different apps, such as informing a staff member, disseminating the data into your database, sending marketing emails or creating a time slot in your calendar. They do take a long time to set up, however, and need maintenance regularly and are not error free. If you have high frequency repeated tasks in your operation such as repeated purchases or high volume communications they are invaluable. Only look to automate processes and tasks that are already tried and tested. Once something is automated it cannot be improved so any intrinsic error present in the process will be repeated ad infinitum until you intervene. Make sure you are not replicating something in an automation tool that can be easily actioned elsewhere. You may spend time setting up an automation that can manually be completed once a month in five minutes. These apps require a fair amount of IT knowledge and skill to get the most out of them, but are accessible immediately to new users. If you want comprehensive usage, you will need to be, or source someone tech savvy. Bear in mind, with complicated automations, your specialist staff member could leave the company and you have no information on how the automation works. Zapier has good training backup, so train internally and then get your trained staff to document their automations. BEST MOMENTS ‘Anything that’s prone to human error or time consuming, like moving files around or creating documents or templates, all that sort of thing. Anything that’s really repetitive and doesn’t require a brain to think of subjective things, just following a very strict process, that’s the sort of stuff that is really good.’ ‘I had a client the other day and we were speaking about setting up a Zapier. The idea was simple. Every time somebody booked into accommodation he would pull that data from the website and put it into a spreadsheet so he could than total up revenue for all his properties and split it out by property etc.’ ‘That is the problem with setting up automation, it’s set and forget, out of sight out of mind, you’ve got to keep that forefront of your mind.‘ ‘Sometimes automation is just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should. Sense check before you start to automate.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/SystemsAndOutsourcing/ Website: https://systemsandoutsourcing.com/welcome-1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drsteveday The RIGHT Assistants For Your Business by Dr Steve Day http://bit.ly/sys-10 ABOUT THE HOST Steve used to be a slave to his business but when he moved to Sweden in 2015, he was forced to change the way he worked. He switched to running his businesses remotely and after totally nailing this concept he decided to spend his time helping other small business owners do the same. Steve’s been investing in property since 2002, has a degree in Computing, and worked as a doctor in the NHS before quitting to focus full-time on sharing his systems and outsourcing Methodology with the world. He now lives in Sweden and runs his UK-based businesses remotely with the help of his team of Filipino and UK-based Virtual Assistants. Most business owners are overwhelmed because they don't know how to create systems or get the right help. Our systems and outsourcing Courses and coaching programme will help you automate your business and work effectively with affordable virtual assistants. That way, you will stop feeling overwhelmed and start making more money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12:05 - No-Code flow released this awesome tool to support Ukraine12:42 - Daniel Brassnyo put together https://www.aid4ukr.com/13:24 - Webflow released Generation No-Code! Let's go Webflow TV!!14:18 - Women in No-Code relaunch — Lacey's Twitter18:03 - Favorite and follow Colleen's no-code events thread18:31 - Snowhouse Studio is looking for a Webflow Developer19:40 - Airtable released some new interface features20:19 - Integromat is now Make!27:35 - Zapier announces National No-Code Day!28:56 - Readymag looks interesting

This week Jessie and Angela tackle the virtual assistant technology AI known as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. They also sprinkle in other automated systems like Zapier, Integromat, and IFTTT. Listen in as they discuss how these virtual assistants can help make your life easier at work and home with everything from timers and lights to stories and parental controls. This week's challenge: find a way to implement some sort of AI automation into your life and/or work this week. How did it change things for you?Say hello on Instagram! @marketingmomspodcastSubscribe to get notified of new episodes marketingmomspodcast.comGrab the Marketing Moms book marketingmomsbook.comJoin us on Patreon to get EXCLUSIVE EXTRAS!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/marketingmoms )

Do you feel like you have a hard time staying on top of everything? You're not alone. In today's fast-paced world, it can be difficult to stay organized and get things done. But it doesn't have to be. With ClickUp, you can build a second brain for yourself! It's the simplest way to stay productive while working on all your different projects.  Today, we welcome Meagan Beltekoglu. Meagan is a Certified Director of Operations and Vetted ClickUp Consultant who helps women-owned small businesses and agencies with the back end of their businesses so that they can spend more time making a difference in the world. She thinks tweaking the settings of tech tools is fun and loves breaking big visions down into focused, manageable projects and tasks using her favorite productivity tool - ClickUp! She applies her love for strategy, planning, and project management to every aspect of her life from her children's homeschooling to her basement remodeling to her client work. She's a New Jersey-born obsessive researcher, infovore, birdwatcher, and homeschooling mother of 3 living in Pennsylvania.  During this episode, we talk about: What is ClickUp? (3:46) Importance of having a second brain (7:12) Project management and beyond (14:09) Using ClickUp for automation and sending emails (18:14) Creating a plan for automation (25:05)   Visit Meagan: Website: https://www.newleafdigital.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/newleafdigital/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newleafdigital  Twitter: https://twitter.com/newleafdigital   Learn about Meagan's new offer to build your business ecosystem with ClickUp - https://www.newleafdigital.net/business-ecosystem-clickup-setup/    Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Collab with Kiva. Growth stage, brick-and-mortar business owners come to Kiva to document their operating systems to grow their revenue and impact without investing more time in their business. >> Every good team has a playbook. Does yours? Ready to build out your business playbook to not only take things off of your plate but help your business scale? Book a call with Kiva  =>  https://www.the516collaborative.com/schedule-call Let's stay connected! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kivaslade/  Website: https://www.the516collaborative.com/    Episode Transcript   Kiva Slade  0:02   Hello and welcome to Collab with Kiva. I'm your host Kiva, Slade. From the marbled halls of the US Congress to my racing-themed office chair. I've learned that there is no perfect path to the life of your dreams. My journey over the past 20 years has included being a legislative director for a member of Congress, policy director for a nonprofit, stay-at-home mom, homeschooling mom, jewelry biz owner, and now the owner of a service-based business. Whether your journey has been a straight line, or follow zigs and zags. Join me and my guest as we share insights, hope, and lessons learned from our female entrepreneurship journeys. May the collaborative sharing of our stories be the tide that lifts your boat? Let's dive in. Hello, and welcome to another episode of Collab with Kiva. I am super excited today to bring you, my next guest. I have the pleasure of having attended a program with her together in addition to that, just we're both homeschooling mamas. So I am super excited to introduce you to Megan Beltekoglu and who is the owner, operator founder of New Leaf digital Excuse me. And so I'm super excited Megan to welcome you today to collab with Kiva. How are you?   Meagan Beltekoglu  1:26   Thank you for having me. Kiva. I'm super excited to be here. And yeah, we did two programs together.    Kiva Slade  1:31   We did. We did group coaching. Really, it's still out in this online space. I felt like I've known you longer. Like I think back it was literally last June that we pretty much may that we really met but I definitely feel like I've known making way longer than that. But I know. It hasn't been that it's almost a year and a half-ish. So I guess in internet time, that's super a lot. So we'll go with so let me get let me tell you guys a little bit about Megan. So she's a certified Director of Operations and a certified ClickUp consultant who helps women-owned small businesses and agencies with the back end of their businesses so that they can spend more time making a difference in the world. She thinks tweaking the settings of tech tools is fun. And she loves breaking big visions down into focused manageable projects and tasks using her favorite productivity tool. ClickUp she has converted me I will just say and she'll probably convert you by the end of this episode. She applies her love for strategy, planning, and project management to every aspect of her life from her children's homeschooling to her Basement Remodeling to her client work. We are both Jersey-born gals and she's an obsessive researcher info for birdwatcher and homeschooling mother of three living in Pennsylvania. You can find out more about her and her business and her business at New Leaf digital debt net. And the secret catch tell is that is you will not find Megan all over social media. So I love that about her because she really has made how she runs her business unique to her. So let's dive in. Because ClickUp is it's everywhere. It feels like now I kid you not like one of my most popular blog posts, I did like a comparison of tools. And when I look at search terms, people find me for looking up, ClickUp, because that was one of the tools that I talked about. So tell us a little bit more. What is ClickUp? How does it help with productivity? And how do you use it for homeschooling Basement Remodeling and client work?   Meagan Beltekoglu  3:46   Yeah, those are great questions, Kiva. So what ClickUp is, is it's a work and project management tool. But what actually what their goal is, is to be one app to replace them all. So not only is ClickUp something like Asana, or like the Reminders app in your phone, where you can have, you know, your regular to do is you know, buy milk, you know, call the electrician but you can also have you use ClickUp to replace Google Docs because they have docs. You can replace Survey Monkey or type form because they have forms. They also have dashboards so it's really like a comprehensive place to manage all of your work and yes, even your homeschooling and your Basement Remodeling so as you know homeschooling has a lot of moving pieces. One kids doing this one kids doing that. You have trips, you have books, you have all these kinds of things to keep track of. So I have a template actually that I use and I also have it on my website. People can Download the free version to, to their ClickUp. And you can just use it to keep track of all those different things from, you know, paperwork you have to submit to your school district portfolio at the end of the year, if that's what your state requires. And all the different things you're you come across and think, Oh, that looks cool. I want to do that in my home school, right? There's so many of these things too many actually. So it's really good to have a place to store them. And you know, it's also at its heart, a project management tool and remodeling your basement is a significant project with tons of moving pieces. And so I needed to have a place that wasn't a notebook that I would lose so that I could put in dates, I could put in links, I could put in information about the plumber, the electrician, the tile, the you know, paint colors, and have links to my Pinterest boards and everything all in just one place.   Kiva Slade  6:00   Oh, my goodness, I love that. Like, I know that I shared your homeschooling template, you know, homeschooling group, and people were like, eyes glazed over feeling like, oh, my gosh, is this like the most amazing thing whatsoever? Because there are a ton of moving pieces, like you said, in each of those, whether it's homeschooling, whether it's a Basement Remodeling, or client work and keeping track of all of those things. And having a tool that either a has its own native integrations, in terms of documents. I personally love that, like, I can add a quick photo to something that's in, you know, ClickUp. And it's, it's there for me to see which sometimes I need is that what does that task again? Oh, yeah, that's right. It's about such and such. So I love the functionality of that. And the fact that, like you said, it's almost like a hub for all of that information that we've been collecting. In some cases, it's a lot of information. So that kind of leads me to my next question, and we were talking about that earlier, is a second brain. And some people might be wondering what that is, but you have a feeling that businesses need a second brain. So let's talk through that and what that looks like.   Meagan Beltekoglu  7:12   Yeah, so a second brain is another location, obviously, outside of your actual brain, where you keep stuff. And so that can be all kinds of different stuff. You can have personal things there. But we'll focus on the business side of the second brain. I heard from so many women I've worked with that. They spent so much time searching for things. They're looking there, they want to be visible. They want to get on podcasts, right? But to be applied to be on somebody's podcast, what do you have to do, you have to submit your bio, you have to submit your headshot, you have to submit your freebie links, you have to submit you know this and that. And they spend or their VA spent all this time just looking for all of that stuff. So a business second brain is not only a place to keep track of all your important fundamental business related documents, but also the other things that you know, aren't so fun, like your W nine, right? Sometimes people ask for that. Where the heck did I put that thing? You know which folder? Did I save it in? Is it in my Google Drive? Just having one place? Where did that stays saves you time even if it's a few seconds? Every time you're searching for something that adds up? It's a great place to keep you know your hex codes you your branding photos, and also your team directory who's on your team? What's their email address? What timezone are they in? What's their anniversary date? So these are all the kinds of different things we build into. Second, your second brain, it's, it's basically like, you know, the fundamental pieces of your business, what are they? And how can we keep them in one nice, organized area, alongside other pieces of information that may be useful to you in the future. This can be swipe files, or programs you want to do or conferences you want to attend. It's really designed to be something that's really comprehensive, with the goal of trying to make the business owner more relaxed, more present, more focused on what they're really good at, and letting the tech in the background handle. that heavy lifting of holding things and finding things for you. Just like our actual brains do. Our actual brains are overloaded. They were tasking them with way too much and we need to get that stuff out and stored somewhere external so that we can be make use of the innovative powers that our brain tap.   Kiva Slade  10:05   Yeah, I love that. Because I know for me, I am. And I was thinking about this earlier, affiliate links. I knew I have them. And it's like, it's in the brain. Yeah, yeah, that's like literally something that I've had to start categorizing because otherwise, like you said, it's time spent looking for them. Or it's time spent, like, where did I put that? Is it in slot? Was it in Google? Was it in my GMAT like, I don't even remember sometimes where it is. So I've literally made a spot in my ClickUp for them, where it's like affiliate links, so that I know exactly where they are. And they're so much easier, and so much more easy, accessible now. And then also, I'm on my shortened links, you know, like that I have for redirects for my website, and things like that. It's like, people are gonna constantly like, schedule a call with me, oh, wait, you don't need this here, boom, I can just give you this quick link. But you're right. If we don't get it out of our heads and into a spot, it does take time to where we're constantly looking for it in that time does definitely add up. So I love that I can imagine your clients are like, Megan is a godsend. Because she comes in and it's like getting all of that out of our brains. Like you said, it's our brains are tired. I feel like at times, it's like we're so overloaded. You can't sleep at night. It's rest is disruptive. Because some other thought, I mean, I have a notepad in the shower, just because like the showers in place. I feel like I get thoughts. And I'm like, they, they they just dissipate if I don't write them down. But it's like, maybe it's the water. I'm not sure what it is. But it's like actual place where thoughts come and it's like, I need something to write them down. Oh, look, Amazon actually has a waterproof tablet, I mean, for the wall. So obviously, I must not be the only one who thinks in the shower. But it is so helpful to be able to know that that idea that you had was like sometimes just a fleeting thought. And it has like now found a resting place. So that is super helpful.   Meagan Beltekoglu  12:07   Yeah, and not only like having a place for having a resting place for those things, but also having some filters to kind of pull things through. Because we come in contact with information from when we wake up until when we go to sleep. And some of us are even waking up in the middle of the night, and on our phones and that and we really need to create some some kind of filter for for the information that we're actively processing and actively storing in our brain or in our second brain. So thinking a little bit on that has been a really valuable experience for me and asking myself like, is this content? Is this something that's inspirational? Is this something that that's useful? Useful to me personally useful to my business? Is it something like a novel and then surprising, or, you know, what, what kind of benefits? Can I get from this now? Or if I save it in the future?   Kiva Slade  13:10   Absolutely. I love that. Thank you so much for sharing, I feel like offline, we're gonna talk more about the secondary. I'm gonna pop into your message. So tell us how ClickUp can be more than just a project management tool? Because I feel like it does. It does so many different things. And I know for myself, I'm just starting to tap into the automations that it does, which to me have been pretty eye opening and mind blowing. I felt like at the same time. So there are days where I don't know about listeners, but I feel like I'm just totally under utilizing ClickUp. And then there are days when I'm like, Oh yeah, I'm rocking today. It's being amazing and doing so much great stuff. So when we think of a project management tool, I think, you know, general terms are like, okay, we're keeping track of this project, and this task needs to be done and by whom? But how do you view ClickUp? And how do or how can we use it then more than just project management?   Meagan Beltekoglu  14:09   Yeah, that's a great question. So it's more than it's definitely more than just a project management tool. I mean, and a lot of, I would say maybe 90% of the women who I work with, they're kind of just scratching the surface, they, they, they have ClickUp, and they're using it as mainly just a really long to do list. That what's great about ClickUp is that not only is it a place to store all of your tasks related to your projects, but it lets you organize all those tasks in different ways. So you can the one of the biggest mistakes that I see people doing is not making use of the custom fields. And so with the custom fields and ClickUp you can track any kind of data that you want, you know, going back to the homeschooling example I can track which kid does which lesson, I can track subjects. You know, for business, you can track track your your department, you can track your team members, you can track, you know, a checkmark was something done or not done for your leads, you can track industry. Really, the possibilities are entirely endless, of what you can track in, ClickUp. And generally people aren't doing that. So that's one thing. The other thing is, then once you're tracking those those different pieces of data in in ClickUp, you can then create these customized views so that you can see only the information you want to see. And you can hide all the rest. So that might mean like if you're the CEO, that might mean you only want like the big picture of what's going on, you don't need to see like, Okay, someone, you know, created a social media post, they added the graphics, you might just want to see like, project is done and ready for review. Right? You don't need to see all those little tiny steps that go into getting that project done. ClickUp has a variety of different views that not only let you see what you want to see and not see what you don't want to see but also takes into consideration the different learning styles and how people prefer things visually. That's also endlessly customizable. In addition, there are forms, you know, I have one client, I helped her set up a pretty automated hiring process inside of ClickUp, where she's using. And she was doing this before in Excel, where she's now using a ClickUp form, the click of a form comes into a list. They're all different pre pre set up views. So she can see all the applicants in one place all the shortlisted candidates in one place, all the people she has selected as finalists in one place. And a lot of this is happening automatically or just with one or two clicks. Then once you hire somebody, an automation fires moves up person down to the onboarding list, and they go through her onboarding process. It's all very smooth and automated. The point here is that ClickUp is so much more than just a project management tool more than just a to do list more than just the Reminders app in your phone. It's really can be a system for managing at least 75% of your business.   Kiva Slade  17:46   Wow, that was just mind blowing for me, because I was literally like kind of walking through that process with you have, because I personally have hired and it's like, here's the Google Form that they've completed that has led to obviously the Google spreadsheet where we've like, you know, gone through and made that shortlist of then those who were interviewed. But it was a very, I'm gonna say it was a manual process, in essence of you know, you Hi, I   Meagan Beltekoglu  18:14   didn't even mention, I didn't even mention the automated emails we had sending out. So we had this automated email going out from inside of ClickUp, where if she changed the status of one of the candidates to rejected, it was sending out this nice automated email even right to their name saying Dear so and so. We're sorry, we didn't pick you. You know, blah, blah, blah. Okay,   Kiva Slade  18:39   wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait a minute, Megan, that was like a whole Mic drop. Wait a minute. You're telling me that was in ClickUp? We can send out automated emails late. Yes,   Meagan Beltekoglu  18:53   yes. So you can send automated emails and there are tons of triggers. So you could send an email. So like when the due date arrives, send an email. When the custom field changes, send an email, when the status changes, send an email and a lot of what you're pulling into the email in the automation. You can use the Smart variables so you can reference things in the email, you can reference the task name and it will pull in what the task name is. You can reference the due date and it will put in like the actual due date.   Kiva Slade  19:31   Okay, I don't know about everybody else, but now I'm just sitting here like, okay, yes, this is a definite confirmation that I'm under utilizing my ClickUp.   Meagan Beltekoglu  19:41   I mean, most people are you're not you're certainly not alone. Oh, you're certainly not alone. And that's why I like to really make it clear to people. You know, when I'm working with them, I show them my ClickUp I show them my personal ClickUp I show them my demo workspace. And I always open their eyes to the possibilities that that are out there. Like we didn't even really talk about dashboards. Like yesterday, I showed one of my clients my lead tracking dashboard, and she was just like, just is a marketer's dream. Because I'm tracking the industry, I'm checking the source where they find me. I'm tracking what service they buy, I'm tracking why they don't buy, what's the reason why they don't buy. And I'm using all of these things to make database decisions. So you mentioned like, I don't do a lot of social media. And that one of the reasons is because I don't need to, because most of my clients are referrals.   Kiva Slade  20:43   Love it. So there's no, yeah. And I have the data that show, right. Yeah, absolutely. And I think that that's so key and important. And just such as a fact to stress is that, you know, for some businesses, they may not be tracking data, you know, but it is so necessary and vital to inform the decisions that you're making for your business. Because obviously, you're yours is showing you like, you don't need to have this heavy presence on fill in the blank platform, you know, that you can literally because of referrals, your client list is the way that it is and you're able to see, hey, it's the referrals that are coming in, that's what's generating these leads, it's not, you know, the latest, I don't know tic tac video, I've made retired talking about ClickUp, that has actually led to where leads are coming from. So I think that's very, very helpful in these dashboards are you you creating those in ClickUp with basic information that you're pulling, I'm assuming from different places?   Meagan Beltekoglu  21:45   Yeah, I'm creating them in in ClickUp. And so the the main thing is that in order to have a nice dashboard and ClickUp that's providing you with valuable data as you need to have that data in ClickUp. So either that data is being entered manually, or it's being pulled in from another source. So for example, I have a zap setup so that when somebody fills out my contact form, all that data is being sent into a ClickUp task. And so that's, that's automated, I don't, I don't need to do anything aside from going there and put in some notes after our call. Other times, I have to add things like I have a drop down field for industry. So I have to pick, you know, are they a coach? Are they a bookkeeper? And I just have to, you know, select that custom field there. Once I have all that data, I can pull that data into the dashboard. And that's what I use to review, I review monthly and I make my decisions about what are my future plans for my business based on that data?   Kiva Slade  22:50   Oh, I love that. So I touched on the automation, you've touched on automation that occurs pretty much within ClickUp. You know, so for someone who might be listening who is like a solopreneur. It sounds that with some good foundational setup of ClickUp, they could literally have a lot of processes in their business that are automated and not necessarily requiring them to hire out yet. Would you be in agreement with that or not?   Meagan Beltekoglu  23:19   I mean, yes, I know there are there are there are a lot of things that ClickUp can help you do as a solopreneur. They even have a personal mode. So it turns off a lot of the features if you don't have a team. Can I mean can it replace, like the work that, you know, for example, my VA does for me? Not really, because that's more hands on kind of things that my VA does. But there are ways that you could automate things, or use different ClickUp features, like we talked about, like the forms, like instead of having, you know, that process where you have the Google the Google Form the Google Sheet, you're manipulating the data in the Google Sheet, you're copying and pasting the rows, that could all just be and you're sending out the emails to the candidates come for an interview, you're rejected. That process could all be automated, that you could do on your own with very minimal, very minimal manual actions.   Kiva Slade  24:27   Love that. So when it comes to automation, though, it does seem like we need to have some vision about it and and probably some wisdom because obviously not everything can be automated. And there are some things that require still a human touch. But when you're working with clients and talk to me about like automating their businesses, what does that look like? And what does it mean? Because I think for some, there's a perception that they can pretty much automate their entire business, you know, or there's a tool or something that's going to automate everything or maybe they'll have a gazillion and a half saps. For those things that, you know, when it comes to beginning to set up automation, what   Meagan Beltekoglu  25:05   do you need to think about? Um, when it when somebody is ready to set up an automation, like who is ready to set up an automation. So that's something you should think about. First, you need to have your processes already documented. You need to already have those processes in place. Otherwise you're you're not really going to know what you're going to be automating. You're just going to go into Zapier or integrate. We are Integra master clicking around and trying things with no clear goal in mind, you have to have a goal of what you're going to automate and do some thinking on why you want to automate it. Does it take a lot of time? Is it just this totally boring, repetitive manual tasks that you can't stand? You know why there there has to be some some thought into it, you shouldn't just go off and just, you know, start connecting your apps and setting up things, you're just going to waste your time. So really, I encourage people to think first, you know, what is my process? Is my process optimized? Are there other parts of my process, I can streamline first before I automate it, and automating automation comes comes later. It's it's not something that I encourage people to to jump right into, but more to reflect on on what they're doing, how they're doing it, who is doing it, what's the goal for doing it. And then look at those kind of annoying parts that you hate, or that take up a lot of time and look to automate those. Can you automate your business 100%? I don't think so. But there are a lot of cool tools out there that make a lot of things really, really smooth and easy for you. You know, something like, in my other business, we have a Facebook group. So we use a tool, we get a lot of our leads through the Facebook group, we use a tool that manages the Facebook group. And so when somebody joins, and they put their email address that's going right into a Google sheet, we have that Google Sheet connected with integrate Lee into our funnel software. So when somebody goes and joins our Facebook group, and they leave their email address in the questions, they're going right into our funnel, as well. So that is a process that probably take would have taken a VA, you know, 10 minutes per person to admit them, copy their info, save it somewhere, add them into the funnel, tag them into the funnel, so they go into the race sequence. But that's all happening automatically. And then we're not paying somebody to do it either. So I really caution people like when you're going to looking to automate things to just pause, like, pause, reflect, think through it, and and then go forward.   Kiva Slade  28:05   Yeah, I love that. And I love the fact that you said, like, document, you know, it's so hard to optimize what you already don't even you can't say what you're doing, you know, so you don't really know what needs to be optimized, can it actually be optimized? And taking that time to reflect on what the actual process is? What's the goal in the process? And where are we going with that? What's our end goal of what we're trying to achieve is so just vitally important as we move forward in our businesses and our business to start to grow. So you mentioned super quick into your greatly. I know, I mentioned Zapier, and you said Integromat, do you utilize a combination of all three of those tools? Or do you have a preference or tool as it relates to making connections there for automation?   Meagan Beltekoglu  28:52   I mean, it's from my side as somebody who does a lot of work in these tools. There are a few different things I look for ease of use, availability of apps to connect and great customer service. Those are, you know, my top three so um, and affordability. That's a big one as well. So for example, integrate li i have a lifetime deal. So I don't pay for it. I already paid and you know, it's awesome. They have great customer service they they offer to go on. They we did we did a call on Google meet when I had a trouble with one trouble with one of my automations we went on Google meet to solve the issue. It was very, very helpful. But integrate Lee does not have all the apps that Zapier has like dubsado for example, a lot of my clients use dubsado. Their dubsado is only on Zapier. So if you want to integrate saw one ClickUp, you have to do it in Zapier, you can't use integrately. If you're looking at something that's a little more complex and more filtering, that's when I go to Integra mat.   Kiva Slade  30:13   Okay, I appreciate that. Because I think sometimes we hear these kind of tools being batted around and understanding what we should look for, even with those and understanding that kind of like any tool, there's never a one size fits all. Because obviously, they may not have some of the same integrations or they may not work with some of the tools that you're using. So really, just being diligent and doing your research being open to pay, I might have to use more than one of these to get the job done after I've already paused, reflected, documented and optimize my process. So I think that's super helpful. So all right, uh, you have shared some wisdom upon wisdom gems, mic drop moments, everything, how can people work with you? Is there anything you have coming down the pipe that they might just want to say, Run down, run the doors down, we're gonna get to Megan's so   Meagan Beltekoglu  31:05   I, so I have kind of two different paths that people can take. So one is for people who are already active ClickUp users, and they need help with optimizing their ClickUp. This is, you know, they have a lot of questions they need answered. And they're just not finding the answers on YouTube or in Facebook groups, you know, shouting into the void. So I have a like consulting session where I just I answer all your questions, right? In that time. It's super fun for me, because I love problem solving. And it's really valuable for my clients. I also have a service where I restructure and reorganize, ClickUps that kind of got a little out of control, a lot of people come to me and you know, they've done this setup on their own, which is, which is fine, I'm not gonna say don't do the setup on your own. But sometimes that kind of just grows to a point where it becomes not productive. And so what I do then is I come in, we have a strategy session, we talk about, you know, what you want to see in your ClickUp, what you use it for, what kind of data you want to track, and then in one day, I just, you know, do my magic and package it all nicely up for you and give it back to you. And it's a no all shiny and nice and beautiful, and ready to go for your team. The other side is a brand new service that I recently launched, and that is the strategic business ecosystem, which is related to that that business second brain that we were talking about before. So that is a service where we really look closely at at your, at your business at your mission, your vision and your your values and where you're going in your business. And we we look at some priorities in a, you know, a short strategy session, and then I set up your ClickUp based on that. And that set up not for where your business is now. But it's it's growth oriented. So it's, it's about where you're going. So it's it's different than how other people set up, ClickUp. Because it's really focused strategically on what you're doing and where you want to be. It's it's not for it's not a stagnant system. It's really, it's really unique in that way. And then I teach you how to use it, of course, so I want you to be active in using it. Yeah, so that that's my new service that I launched a few months ago. And it's just been really rewarding to be able to help people create that space outside of their, their brain, outside of all their files on their computer just to be more organized in that way.   Kiva Slade  34:16   Oh, absolutely love that a strategic business ecosystem. I love it. Awesome. So everyone, there will be additional links in the show notes of how you can definitely reach out and connect with Megan, you can obviously found her. She is on Twitter at New Leaf digital and she's on LinkedIn. You can find her on Facebook as well there. But we'll make sure that all of those links are in the show notes so that you can reach out because if you're like me, and I've had a strategy session with Megan, I might be one of those who's ClickUp. I don't think it's out of control, but maybe it's grown a few thorns. I need some, some pruning and some cleaning up or something of that sort in order to Make sure it's bright and shiny and new again. So with that kind of new car smell, so I am so grateful to just have you here, obviously on the podcast to share with everyone because, as we've talked about, you know, our brains are taking in a ton of information that, uh, you know, 20 years ago was not even a thought that we were going to have some of these input areas that we currently do have. So I'm so grateful to just know that you exist and you are helping us obviously solve a lot of these different problems. So I am curious, though, when Megan was young and growing up, what did me want to be when she grew up?   Meagan Beltekoglu  35:43   I wanted to be a meteorologist.   Kiva Slade  35:46   Already, everyone. I love that though. You wanted to be a meteorologist. And your journey though is led you hear that i i see you creating some stars and some moons that we're kind of talking about, if maybe some other weather patterns that might start to shift with that business system. This is ecosystem that you're creating. So I don't know, I think some way or another, we can all tie that all together. So thank you again, Megan, for being here. Make sure you check out the show notes to reach out to Megan, if you want to optimize the ClickUp that you already have sought out or if you're saying I have never heard of ClickUp but I know that I need it and I want it and I need to have it set up in a way that works for me. Definitely reach out and connect with her also follow her newsletter which is always chock full of really great detailed information on how we can all do life better. So thanks again Megan for being here.   Meagan Beltekoglu  36:47   Thanks so much, Kiva.   Kiva Slade  36:49   Alright everyone, tune into the next episode. Talk to you later. Bye. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Collab with Kiva I hope you were feeling inspired and motivated to keep being your amazing self. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any future episodes. Also, your reviews on Apple are greatly appreciated. They will help other women knows that their path is unique to them. If you're interested in being or finding a partner for this journey that you can collab with, join us in The Collab a community of female business owners on Facebook. See you next time.

What tasks are worth automating in our businesses? What tools shall we use? In this episode, we talk to Jimmy Rose, founder of Content Snare. You'll learn several automation ideas that can improve business processes, the differences between popular automation platforms, how to automate content and document collection from clients, and more.Visit our website for the detailed episode recap with key learnings.Content Snare — Jimmy's SaaS productZapier, Integromat, IFTTT — popular automation toolsCalendly, SavvyCal — scheduling toolsSuperhuman — a Gmail clientFront, Intercom — shared inbox toolsElgato Stream Deck — a tool for streamingTouch Portal — the Android app for controlsZapier Lead Score — an integration for scoring leadsZapier Email Parser — a built-in email parserZapier vs. Integromat YouTube videoTypeform — a popular form builderDropbox, Google Drive — popular cloud storage optionsClickUp, Monday.com — project management systemsNotion, Dropbox Paper — other collaboration toolsjimmyrose.me — Jimmy's website on automationFollow Jimmy on TwitterThanks for listening! If you found the episode useful, please spread the word about the show on Twitter mentioning @userlist, or leave us a review on iTunes.SponsorThis show is brought to you by Userlist — the best tool for sending onboarding emails and segmenting your SaaS users. To follow the best practices, download our free printable email planning worksheets at userlist.com/worksheets.

Check out our guest! "Gavin Wiener Consulting and Automation" is an automation agency. They specialize in using platforms like Zapier, and Integromat to help, primarily, online wellness businesses to save time and grow. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gavinwienerconsulting Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavin_wiener Energetic Automator Series Podcast: https://anchor.fm/theengergeticautomator Gavin is also the co-founder of Leapfrog Leads (https://leapfrogleads.com/) - a platform helping Upwork freelancers win more projects by sending email notifications for ideal jobs. https://gavinwiener.com/

We Can Do This is a podcast that connects people looking to create meaningful change with the tools, skills, and community they need to stay the course and make an impact. It's hosted by founder Sean Pritzkau, and brings together social entrepreneurs and experts on topics such as marketing, branding, no-code, and more.GUEST BIO:Arvid Kahl is a software engineer turned entrepreneur. He co-founded and ran FeedbackPanda, an online teacher productivity SaaS company, with his partner Danielle Simpson. They sold the business for a life-changing amount of money in 2019, two years after founding the business.Arvid writes on TheBootstrappedFounder.com because bootstrapping is a desirable, value- and wealth-generating way of running a company.He has written the best-selling books Zero to Sold and The Embedded Entrepreneur.In over a decade of working in startup businesses of all sizes, Arvid has learned a thing or two about what works, what doesn't, and how to increase the chances of building a successful business.Follow Arvid on Twitter → https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/The Embedded Entreprenur → https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/Zero to Sold → https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/zero-to-sold/Tools mentioned in this episode:Gumroad → https://gumroad.com/Zapier → https://zapier.com/Integromat → https://www.integromat.com/enRead a full transcript and more at https://wecandothis.co/episodes/013Instagram → https://instagram.com/wecandothiscoTwitter → https://twitter.com/wecandothisco–––Follow Sean at the links below:Instagram → https://instagram.com/seanpritzkauTwitter → https://twitter.com/seanpritzkau–––EPISODE CREDITS:Music by Darren King on Soundstripe

Hoy una idea de negocio que si bien existe hay pocas personas dedicadas a ella e incluso caben diferenciaciones por nicho. Hablo específicamente de ofrecer servicios como implementador/a de automatizaciones utilizando la webapp más robusta del momento: Integromat. Escucha mis planteamientos.

In this episode of the Process and Automation Podcast we are focusing on Integration and iPaaS as part of a wider automation initiative. https://www.theautomationguys.net Do you have any questions? Would you like to give us feedback? Are you interested in workshops on the topic of automation? Are you an expert in the field of automation and would like to be on the podcast? Let's talk! LinkedIn Arno: https://bit.ly/3aABArd LinkedIn Sascha: https://bit.ly/36Jd31T Velocity-IT: https://www.velocity-it.com/about-us/ convedo Group: https://www.convedo.com/about-us

0:22 - Episode begins2:22 - Adalo launched a new Component in the Marketplace, Interstitial ads4:09 - Jetboost dropped some new features!7:42 - Connor Finlayson has a new video out “11 tools to level up your Webflow game” 8:27 - Sara Soueidan announced a new accessibility course!9:19 - Finsweet announced a new show, Critique!12:40 - Finsweet also released Nobull into beta (more on that later in this episode)12:50 - MKT1, dropped a newsletter article about how to build your site right the 1st time14:00 - Jan Losert posted a new project built in Webflow, prismdata.com15:05 - Softr dropped some new updates15:40 - Coda launched a new toolbar and cover image!16:40 - Glide announced “Apps for Work”17:52 - Glide is looking for Enterprise customers who want to build on MySQL19:55 - Integromat added a Zoom integration20:43 - Tally Forms now has multi-language support21:06 - Debuild is joining the text based app creation party25:40 - Httpdump looks cool (A simpler version of webhook.site)26:23 - Episode Begins27:50 - Finsweet's launch video40:49 - Docs

00:22 - Episode begins03:17 - Webflow is featured in the new Google UX Design Certificate03:42 - Webflow also released an awesome blog post about Women designers in history04:22 - Parabola announced a native Airtable integration05:08 - Parabola also dropped some new pricing12:50 - Glide updated their Data Editor to use Glide Grid - and it's open source13:20 - Softr has new pricing, custom domains on the free plan, SEO improvements, and more14:43 - Integromat has launched a new autosave feature and trolled Matt17:52 - Andrew Davidson and Luhhu tackle all the new apps in Zapier for March18:15 - Bildr HQ is having another Bildr Hour on Friday to showcase the Cocina app by Richard Lo19:43 - GRID - Your spreadsheet's new best friend21:16 - Cotter helps you build a no-code passwordless authentication24:22 - Weweb also launched as “The new standard in website creation”30:02 - We Love No Code launched on Product Hunt37:22 - Aron Korenblit is wanting to help content creators improve their process38:23 - Cardboarrd is a tore for Carrd templates

2:21 - Webflow launched a Merch Store3:50 - Webflow order manager now available in the Designer4:12 - Adalo launched a tutorial on their QR Code Scanner4:39 - And Adalo released new single use in-app purchases!4:50 - Adalocado launched from Parker!!6:47 - Airtable launched an engineering blog7:30 - Airtable also has a Gantt view now9:20 - Airtable also added remote fetch10:43 - Zapier bought Makerpad!13:04 - Veronica (8020)15:30 - Sebastian (8020)17:03 - Zapier adds Bubble and Tally17:30 - Flutterflow launches on Product Hunt (Built on top of Flutter)19:04 - SAP acquires Appgyver20:54 - Baseboosters lets you use Airtable as a backend for your website (Thread)23:28 - Tally added some new features, then launched on Product Hunt24:34 - Softr lets you add and remove users (tutorial on employee portals)24:55 - Glide has lots of updates! Redesigned app builder, tablet preview, and a data tab25:58 - Burger King really stepped in it, then Hunt, Gather made Burger Queen in Webflow29:22 - UI Flow is in beta and you can request early access30:35 - Wix Editor X had a big event and launch!32:11 - Coda rolling in with so many new updates!33:20 - Pixelgeek used a small amount of code to replicate fullpage.js with a Webflow slider35:21 - Jetboost announces better pricing and advanced pagination37:21 - Notion launched an API.......finally?!?39:49 - Integromat's Search Filter42:31 - Lacey's tweet about database or UI first

Our metric for business is value generation. The scope of Economics For Business is not determined by business size or type — we don't label firms as small, medium or large, or by the stage of their development, or by industry. We see business through the lens of entrepreneurship, defined as the intentional pursuit of new economic value. A reasonable proxy metric we can use is growth. Business growth is consequence of generating new economic value. That value is determined by customers, and a growing company is creating more customers and/or adding to its share of customer dollars spent in value exchange. The changing dimensions of business growth. The economic route to growth is changing. In today's markets, we often see speed of growth that goes beyond historical expectations. Business models can expand their reach and accelerate their performance over networks faster than ever before. An Austrian perspective on business enables entrepreneurs to perform in a high-growth environment: Austrian entrepreneurs recognize the boundaryless-ness of markets, the flexibility of capital combinations, and re-combinations to respond to the rolling flow of value learning signals from consumers, and the benefits of shedding control in order to accept complexity and emergence. Austrian entrepreneurs are well-placed to enjoy success in today's markets. Professor Mohammad Keyhani sums up the Austrian entrepreneur's advantage in the term Generativity. The generativity of a system is the capacity to produce unprompted, unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from a large, broad, and varied audience. The concept of generativity is closely aligned with the Austrian ideas of spontaneous order and emergence. By way of an example, the concept has been applied to technologies, where the characteristics of generativity can be identified as the increase in participation as an input and the increase of innovation as an output. One of the results of this thinking has been open innovation: anyone can participate (e.g., when corporate research is not limited to a corporate R&D lab, ideas can come from anywhere outside the corporation), and more and better innovation is an outcome. One of the potential effects of generativity is to overcome knowledge constraints. Open innovation is an example: even the biggest corporation with the best minds in its employment can not possibly have a majority of good ideas. They don't even know what answers they should be looking for. With generativity, the part of the agency for the search for knowledge and entrepreneurial action is carried out by the product itself. Importantly, whereas open innovation is an organizational technique, generativity is a product characteristic. It gives the product itself some entrepreneurial agency in the Austrian sense of the word. Detaching the search process from the searcher. When we face knowledge constraints, we search for answers. But a searcher only knows to search in certain places. Generativity can separate the search from the searcher, unleashing the search process to look in places that would be blind spots for the searcher. Similarly, generative design can generate product ideas that the human designer could not. The incentives of the market can take control of the search process. The demand side (via broad, unfiltered participation) defines the problem to be solved and the supply side (via equally broad and equally unfiltered participation) creates solutions. Generative characteristics can be built-in to a product or service. 5 characteristics of generativity in products are: Leverage: the product can be put to many uses, and users can do many things with it, including those that the product designer could never anticipate. Adaptability: the product can be further modified to broaden its range of tasks even further; new code can be contributed by users, accessories can be added, and so on. Ease Of Mastery: there are no or low barriers to broad usage and broad adoption due to unusual or hard-to-acquire skills. Accessibility: the product is accessible to everyone and its usage is not limited to a specific set of users. Transferability: The advances in and changes to the technology made by some users are transferable to all users; new users can build on what previous users have contributed. Generative products are tools for entrepreneurs. Generative products are a little hard to describe or categorize. They're more like toolkits rather than specific use products. Professor Keyhani started a website to curate some of these kinds of tools / toolkits for entrepreneurs: Entrepreneur-Tools.Zeef.com/Keyhanimo Some examples he mentions: Zapier.com and Integromat.com link web apps and digital tools together via API's to assemble automated workflows. Airtable.com — flexible and powerful cloud-based relational database for regular users. No-code software development tools like Adalo.com (build your own app), Voiceflow.com (build your own voice app) and Bubble.io (anyone can be a software developer). There is a broad future growth path in generativity. Let users generate innovations; let them accumulate (new users can build on the innovations of earlier users); focus on capturing as much of the value as is appropriate for the entrepreneur-as-orchestrator. Additional Resources "How Generative Is Your Business?" (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_104_PDF "A Theory of Digital Firm-Designed Markets: Defying Knowledge Constraints with Crowds and Marketplaces" by Mohammad Keyhani, et al (on JSTOR): Mises.org/E4B_104_PDF2 Professor Keyhani's website: MohammadKeyhani.com

Join us for our first LaunchPad session as we go through too many topics in a short period of time:  Webooks: Chad Lawson shows us how to easily setup Webhook integrations with Jamf Pro using services like Zapier or Integromat.  Auto Advance through Setup Assistant: The time has finally come for a completely automated provisioning process for school labs! But what are the caveats, and does it really behave like the old imaging workflows with Deploy Studio? Jamf Connect with Okta: We go through the pros and cons of using Jamf Connect with Okta.  ---------------------------------  Launchpad Podcast is hosted by Rocketman Tech where we discuss recent news, updates and happenings in the Jamf and Apple world. Always relevant and always casual, we'll have a Keynote speaker, discuss current LaunchPad events, and invite group discussion, questions and topic requests throughout the ~1 hour meeting.

1:16 - Webflow Cyber Week sale on templates!2:00 - Have you been watching Webflow's Design Monday's2:50 - Bravo has HTML & Markdown styling now3:22 - No Code Jac is looking for some Zapier and Integromat pros4:04 - Carrie Craver has the No Code Coffee Club to connect for free4:46 - We need more women in no-code7:25 - WINC7:43 - Buildbox has a guide out on how to make a 3D game with no-code8:20 - Outseta now has SSO Integration with Circle App and Affiliate integration with Rewardful10:40 - Sheena from Inside No-Code is giving away paid subscriptions in December11:16 - Glide has a guide for building a Google Analytics Glide App14:29 -  Adalo + Metaranx = MAGIC16:22 - Metaranx also sent out a big batch of closed beta invites16:32 - Adalo also has a horizontal chip list now!16:47 - Softr now has web app functionality!!20:20 - Pory has some cool updates for November20:49 - Zapier has a live workshop this week on getting started with their amazing tool21:29 - Stacker development has not slowed down at all22:45 - Salesforce purchased Slack for 27 BILLION?

0:22 - Episode begins1:33 - Webflow E-Commerce Update: new product types3:32 - Webflow's Digital Dollar Store, proceeds going to OTTP-SF4:02 - Webflow has iPhone 12 widths in the Designer already!6:50 - Integromat has been acquired8:36 - Celonis13:06 - Memberstack's Blog Post: Celebrating New Milestones15:00 - Adalo Updates: Ada Lovelace Day15:45 - Adalo's Next Chapter16:37 - David Adkin's Episodes (Interview, Future is No-code)16:56 - The Future is No Code18:43 - Jeremy's tweet thread20:19 - David's tweet thread about 3 Reasons Why No-Code Exploded21:12 - Glide Update: You can now assign roles to your app's users22:16 - Aron Korenblit's tweet thread on Airtable Scripting22:55 - AATT (Newsletter)23:01 - Carri Craver's tweet about no-code lists26:06 - Erik Israni's tweet about no-code dev roles26:42 - Max Joles's tweet about working in someone else's no-code project28:43 - Edgar Allan30:10 - Max Joles31:13 - Main episode: Coda released a Notion Importer34:51 - Our Coda Episode42:58 - Ben's guide for Notion Users moving to Coda

0:22 - Episode begins1:09 - Webflow announced the Webflow World Tour Winners1:19 - Business or E-Commerce Prototype: Zoom Prototype by Sarkis Buniatyan1:41 - Best Enterprise Solution: Webflow Haypi by Finsweet5:25 - Best Integration or Add-on: Vivek Shukla5:56 - Best Social Impact Project: STEAMCycle6:10 - Best Portfolio or Side Project: The Mountaineer by Amit Patel6:25 - Best Cloned Project or Use of a Pre-built Template: Shariar Azad Evan7:23 - Webflow Update: Control font display settings for faster loading8:25 - Built-in text accessibility contrast checker9:54 - Cat Noone of Stark (Listen to our episode with her)10:57 - Webflow listed as one of the top 100 private cloud companies11:30 - Glide Update: Glide released another course on building your own custom tasks12:00 - Glide also released the ability to release your own personal app12:44 - Adalo had a “Make a Clone” challenge13:47 - Adalo's Two-Minute Tuesday for the Stopwatch component + Lottie component14:00 - Minimum Studio14:28 - Airtable raises $185M and releases 3 huge new features14:52 - Airtable Automations15:44 - Airtable Apps16:12 - Airtable Sync22:00 - Outseta23:00 - Stacker has been funded!25:05 - IFTTT Pro has arrived26:08 - Notion's API is coming! They're hiring a Dev Advocate26:27 - Notion's security flaw28:21 - Integromat responded to Matt's comment re: Support28:49 - Parabola33:38 - EPISODE: Best Build Strategies for Webflow35:30 - Style Guide36:40 - Wireframing37:15 - Understanding what content you're going to use before you start38:00 - Sticky notes + building your CMS39:00 - What are the end goals?49:50 - Components + CMS52:00 - Styling responsively53:00 - Using swatches54:11 - Biggest mistakes we made56:20 - Font optimization57:16 - Webflow Interactions57:45 - Dialing in your testing58:05 - Adding internal scripts58:16 - Fathom Analytics58:30 - Calling different JS libraries58:44 - Ben's pro-tip: Preventing a video from loading on mobile using JS59:45 - Lazy Load (A Webflow default now)1:00:08 - Webflow University1:02:00 - Image Optimizations (TinyPNG, Squoosh App, etc.)1:02:55 - Use SVGs when you can1:03:37 - Use thumbnails when possible in the CMS1:04:00 - Avoid icon fonts1:04:40 - Clean up unused styles1:04:58 - Quick Find (CMD + K or CMD + E)1:05:15 - Webflow 15-sec tutorial on Quick Find

0:22 - Episode begins1:40 - Notion's API is coming soon?2:31 - Notion.vip Newsletter4:13 - Bubble's new integration with Slack6:10 - Marcel's tweet / #UnpopularOpinion10:16 - Nelson Abalos Jr (PixelGeek) has launched his community!11:00 - Webflow has updates to Alt Text12:57 - Zapier now has Zap Details!14:30 - Why Ben's leaving Integromat for Zapier18:15 - Ben's making a cloneable site that helps share + tweet about social issues

In this episode we talk about three popular automation tools that no-code makers use and compare their pros and cons.