I'm a Web Guy, Internet Marketer, and Apple Fanboy. Parking Problems in Downtown Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a great city, and I am blessed to be able to work and play here. I particularly like our downtown area… it’s the heart of the Springs; it’s where our city and county government operations are based, it’s where community thrives, it’s where our public events take place, and it’s where business gets done. There are many, many great aspects to downtown Colorado Springs. Continue Reading →
NFC Payments are a Dumb, Dumb Idea
Among the many fledgling technologies creating buzz in 2012, I personally think that NFC (Near Field Communication) is the worst. Though all NFC technically means is “transactions made over radio frequency at close range,” the context you’re probably most familiar with is in regards to NFC payments. Put plainly, this is waving-your-phone-in-front-of-a–detector-thingy technology. Continue Reading →
Video: Things I Learned At My First Video Shoot
I recently worked with a videographer to make two videos for a new video marketing service I wanted to start. I’d never really stood in front of a camera before, and thought it would be fun to do. I’m a big fan of online video, as I’ve explained before, but something that drives me nuts is the massive amount of online video that’s of embarassing quality and I didn’t want to do that. So I hired a professional videographer, rented out a studio, and did a shoot and we ended up with two videos that I’m quite proud of.
Here’s a fun blooper reel I made to showcase some of the fun parts of the shoot: Continue Reading →
How Not to Connect on LinkedIn
Recently I’ve gotten several requests from people to connect on LinkedIn. Which is normally fine. But what I find annoying is when somebody I don’t know—at all—sends a request to connect with no note, or instructions, or any other indicator of who on earth he or she is.
When I get these, I do NOT hit the “accept” button, but instead hit the “reply (don’t accept yet)” button located just below it, and compose this same short, sweet message: Continue Reading →
City Councilman Tim Leigh
Nearly everybody in Colorado Springs has, at one time or another, heard of Tim Leigh. And if you’ve heard of Tim Leigh, it wasn’t just once. You’ve heard about him many, many times. He’s a Colorado Springs City Councilman (at-large), and with all the attention he gets, you may not believe that he’s actually one of the newest members on council. Continue Reading →
Lessons From a Customer
A few years ago, I met with a customer who was an older gentleman in the roadbase and paving industry. I was asking him my standard questions before coming up with a proposal for a new website. I started asked things like “Do you have any social media accounts? Do you do any offline advertising? Who’s your target customer?” and he cut me off in the middle of my questioning. Continue Reading →
Ron’s Rants: Copyright Notices
Ok, rant time. You know how sometimes you’re searching for something online, or looking through a photo album for an event, and you find a great photo, but it’s ruined because the photographer put a giant, obtrusive copyright notice right on the photo? I hate it when that happens.
Never Sit in the Same Chair
I like taking classes. Especially classes outside of a traditional school environment, and when I don’t have to do homework. So I take lots of them. I take extracurricular classes all the time. Free classes, paid classes… I’ve taken classes on all kinds of things: bonsai gardening workshops, how to get out of debt, public speaking, writing, basic accounting small businesses classes, Citizens’ Academies put on by my local government, classes on social media, and much, much more. I have an insatiable appetite for learning. Continue Reading →
Should I Join a BNI Chapter?
I’m a guy who’s into networking, meeting other business people, and making relationships, and doing business. So, naturally, when I found out about BNI (Business Network International), I was absolutely hooked. I took a membership application home with me the first day, and brought it back the next week with payment. I didn’t know much about it, or how the meetings worked, but I loved that I found a group dedicated to meeting every week and passing business back and forth. Continue Reading →