Let’s take a travel blog:
What content can one post on such a blog?
How to make a nice slider for a web site?
On a lot of web sites you can see a very nice slider; what’s good about it and how can it be further improved?
How to link the web sites together?
Have a look at a network of web site. They’re connected one to another; how have they done it?
What you like to do, what you have to do
I think there are two major things in life: a. What you do because you have to (you need to eat, thus you need money, thus you need to work, thus you need to have a job, thus you need to act in certain ways); b. What you do just because you want to (decide to go out for a run, play a game); OK, the above is not rocket science, but it’s pretty important on how decisive are the above things on emotions; only do things because you’re forced to, and you may not feel good; managing to do the things you love & have to do at the same time, you may feel better; Also, diversity is key – you can’t eat chocolate all day and expect to feel great after this; A final observation – the above are very likely seen in movies – you may notice what is a job and what is a pleasure; also, people seem to get a lot pleasure from childhood.
Watching “An inconvenient truth” (2006) from the perspective of a wannabe presenter
I want to be a good presenter; so, when Al GORE said in “An inconvenient truth” (2006) that he has held the speech / presentation in the movie for more than 1,000 times, I looked for some methods he used; I will not speak in the blog post about the message itself, but about how it was said; when seeing the movie, do remember that Al GORE is a successful politician, so he, in theory, should have the ability to hold a very good speech.
Simple site review: Fastupload.ro – what can be further improved?
I have to admit, I’m a fan; I like Fastupload.ro – transfer rapid de fişiere online a lot.
The service is still in beta testing, it’s already great, but they’re working on it.
Schimbări pe Facebook
Facebook e nou – poți să mergi în “urmă” cu status updates mult timp (am mers până pe 30 august, anterior puteai să vezi doar ultimele două-trei zile); apoi chestia cu ce anume să urmărești de la un om (totul, sau chestiile importante, sau chestiile foarte importante) e binevenită; în fine, listele urmează modelul Circles al Google; eu aveam doar două plângeri, care au fost rezolvate, vezi mai sus; Circles nu era obligatoriu, dar dacă trebe, trebe.
Idea: There is no competition, only niches and segments
I think there is no competition, only niches and segments; let me explain this: Any business you would take, you can segment it very much and pick a niche that hasn’t been taken yet and solve that niche’s problems better than anyone else; you will be the master of a niche; then, you can expand your business; Let’s say you pick a niche which is already taken; even in that niche you can create another niche; so, if you build a donuts shop next to another donuts shop, you can differentiate via customer service, quality, products, marketing, operating times and so on; you can be a different donuts shop. So the bottom line is that, in some way, there is no competition, only niches and segments. I got this idea from Vlad STAN (Twitter), at the Coaching Support Group Bucharest, Noble Manhattan training center. My follow-up: 2011.09.15 Vlad STAN at Coaching Support Group Bucharest.
Idea: (self-)promotion doesn’t work
There are two business models: You can solve a problem, get recommendations, solve other problem, get more recommendations; Another one is bragging “I’m so good, look at me!”; promoting yourself all over places. I think it’s better to use the first model (personal recommendations) rather than the second one (self-promotion); of course, you can do some self-promotion, but this should not be the key factor; other people’s recommendations count more. The search engines, who put much more emphasis on a link you get from other web sites than your own, knew this for years. Main takeaway – let others do the promotion for you; it’s more believable. I got this idea from Vlad STAN (Twitter), at the Coaching Support Group Bucharest, Noble Manhattan training center. My follow-up: 2011.09.15 Vlad STAN at Coaching Support Group Bucharest.
Idea: Constantly communicate with your target audience
How about this? Constantly communicate with your target audience. So, if you have a Facebook group, keep it alive; Twitter? Communicate constantly; newsletter? Set a frequency and keep it; you should constantly blog with a defined frequency; So, the main idea – whatever your channel of communication is (Twitter, Facebook, email, newsletter, blog, forum), you should keep a constant flow of communication with your audience. Constant. I got this idea from Vlad STAN (Twitter), at the Coaching Support Group Bucharest, Noble Manhattan training center. My follow-up: 2011.09.15 Vlad STAN at Coaching Support Group Bucharest.