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I know where you can stick those Resolutions…

May 27, 2014 / / 0 Comments
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Hello, Good day and Happy New Year!  I hope everyone is recovered from the weekend parties and is ready to get back to work today.  My wife had to work at the hospital yesterday, the 1st, and she said there were an amazing amount of people who were there because of headaches and dehydration.   Why?  Drinking.  The truth is they were looking for Dr. Excused work notes.  Silly people.

Anyway today is a big day for posts about Resolutions and things that will be going on in the new year.  I have decided that I am not going to do that.  First of all, it is boring to you all, and it doesn’t really do anything but feed my tiny ego anyway.  So I am not going to list my resolutions here.

What I am going to tell you is that this blogging experiment that I started 2 years ago is awesome.  I still love to write and maintain it even if I haven’t been very good doing it last year.  I am going to be working hard at it again, just like I did 2 years ago, growing and building this site and my online business.

If there are any real people out there actually reading this dribble, there will be more.  As for resolutions, How many of you are planning on pretending to fix your life this year?  I am not going to pretend, I am going to do.  That is all for today, please join in a discussion below in the comments or shoot me an email with all of the things that I am doing wrong or you think that I could or should change.

I probably wont listen but it is worth a shot.  Finally, Go Broncos!  It has been a long time since they have made the playoffs.  Are they going to make the Superbowl?  Not a chance.  And that is coming from a fan who lived through 3 dismal Superbowls and the ’80’s edition of the team.  I have been there a long time with my butt firmly attached to the bandwagon.  With screws and Liquid Nails.  Probably some duct tape as well.

Have a good one.

-Justin

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Used Cows For Sale!

May 27, 2014 / / 4 Comments

This picture has made me laugh for years.  I don’t know where I got it from so if it is yours, let me know and I will give you credit.  This picture is funny because it is factual, but absurd!

This is a great example to me of a brilliant marketing strategy.  Think of this, if I own a cow and want to sell it what is the generic wording to use?  Cow for sale right?  Now look at this guy.  Same type of cow for sale.  Maybe just has too many other cows and needs to get rid of one.  but he says Used Cow for sale.  I think there is a certain implication in that one word that brings up thoughts of a used car.  Broken in but not used up, or barely rolled the sucker into the dealership to get rid of it.  (I have had 2 of those)

How much more likely are people to call the number for the Used Cows sign?  Given a choice of Cows for sale vs Used cows for sale, I can see perceived value in a good quality Used cow.  Maybe he should have a new sign with Previously Owned cows for sale, just to keep up with the times.

We can learn a lot about marketing with one word.  When we market ourselves, or ebooks, our websites, and our blog posts, Titles can be incredibly important.  There have been blog posts out there that I have clicked on sheerly because of the title.  There are posts of mine that people have noticed because of the title.  Even the best posts will not get read without people coming by.  The best way to get people interested in coming by is to have a catchy title.

Small caveat, catchy titles are great but don’t stress too much about it.  Don’t make the mistake of having a great title with unrelated material or complete garbage following it.  Eventually people will know you and your brand and will read just because you wrote it.

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Thanks for reading

Justin

Tech is good but so is Grease…

May 27, 2014 / / 8 Comments

If you have been reading this blog for long you may have picked up that there is quite the dichotomy to my life.  I like so many different things, from medieval weapons, to the fur trade of the 1800’s and the mountain men, to sourdough cooking, to car repair, to fishing, to computers and web stuff.

For all of the things that the internet is, it is wonderful.  I love technology, and the web, and my blog, and my laptop, and….well you get the idea.  But the other day I was reminded how much I like grease.

I had to rebuild my tiller motor so that A. It will run, and B. So I could start it.  There is something immensely satisfying in taking something that will not run very well and making it work.  There is some of that satisfaction when you are playing with code, but code doesn’t smell like exhaust when it works right.

Maybe it was just spring fever.  I love to be outside.  Maybe it is because I need to get my garden in.  Maybe the fishing bug has bit rather hard again and I need to get the garden in so I can go fishing.  I am not too sure, but I do know that there is not much better than some manual labor in the spring.  Outside, tearing down equipment with hand tools.  I can feel the chest hair growing even now.

How about you all?  What gets you out from in front of the computer and into the real world?

I’d love to hear it, comments are open below

-Justin

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