Getting out of a Funk

March 30, 2010 By Jeff Leave a Comment

What I may look like if I am in a funk

Last week saw me gradually get stuck in a funk.  I think that it got started when I was working some crazy hours at the beginning of the week, only to find out that what I was working on was not as important as I was lead to believe.  The funk really hit its peak Sunday evening when I was really not that fun to be around.

Monday morning it was the same thing.  I was snappy and was able to get motivated at all when I sat down at my desk.  I tried to take an early lunch and that break worked a little, but the thing that worked the best was getting my ass kicked at the gym at the end of the day. I am working on a Nike+ coach program so I figured that something like hitting the gym would work out well.

As I sat down to write this I checked out what some of the how-to sites had to say about getting yourself out of a bad mood.  None of them really gave me any good info, to me it sounded too generic and I am not sure how it helps anyone.  When I am in a funk, a mood, or generally down, I find it best to talk to someone and get it out there.  Sometimes though I am not even really sure why the funk is there in the first place.  It is at those times that I can sometimes just take some me time.  Get away from everyone and spend some time by myself, doing nothing.

This time that didn’t work either.

That is why I hit the gym, sweating it out, pushing for that extra 1/4 mile was huge in me getting out of the funk.  Sometimes you may feel that it really doesn’t matter if you are in a bad mood, but it really affects everything and everyone around you.  On my way to work Monday morning I knew that I had to do something to snap out of it before I went home, and the gym was the perfect thing to work this time.

When I got home, made supper and went to bed I was all ready to make up for the lack of productivity that struck me on Monday.

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Is your Twitter Profile URL Pulling the Plug on Your Followers?

February 21, 2010 By Jeff 2 Comments

There is a relatively new person on twitter that I started following because of a recommendation from a Twitter Friend (@lolaaugustine) who I have been following her since I got onto this Twitter thing.  When I visited this new person’s profile earlier this week I noticed one of the SPAMMER warnings that jump right out at me.  She had been using an ow.ly shortened URL as her profile, not as bad as bit.ly, but still made me cringe.

I have noticed that most of the people using a shortening service like ow.ly or bit.ly on their Profile link to trick you into clicking it and then signing up for something.  It happens enough that people like me, and a lot of people I know on Twitter, will simply not follow you if see that.  I brought this up at a Tweetup once and there were a number of people at the table that said they will automatically block them without a second thought.

Now how to fix it

If you are one of the culprits and don’t even realize it.  Maybe a friend set up your account for you, well it is easy to fix.

All you need to do is to go to http://twitter.com/settings/profile and in the WEB box put your “real” URL, to get this go to your website and in the address bar at the top of the browser grab the entire thing there starting with http://.  If your web address is a Facebook page, and you also have a blog I would recommend using your Blog address as it will allow you better control over your traffic.Then to point your blog visitors to your Facebook Fan page you can use a plugin like http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-fan-box/. If you are not sure how to set that up, I can help just send me a note using the Contact Us page or a comment on this post with your email.

Hope that helps you gain more Twitter Followers with your efforts.
Cheers,
Jeff M
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Karma Friday – The Premeir

February 19, 2010 By Jeff Leave a Comment

A couple of other blogs that I have in my reader do a weekly link dump of sorts.  Gala Darling does – Things I Love Thursday, Dr Pauly does various Link Dumps, and there are a few others that I can’t think of right now.  Now I am going to have my own Karma Friday where I will be pointing out the cool or important posts that I come across during the week.

  • Clickbank Case Study – Clickbank is not something that I have had a lot of luck with over the years, but maybe it is time that I take a simple approach to it and see where it takes me.  Dan Walker did a very simple Case Study that started me thing that maybe it was me and not them

So after just over a week, I’ve earned $100 from a spend of $55, an ROI of nearly 100%. So how did I turn $55 into $100 with literally half an hours work a week. Schimples.

  • Top 5 Crucial Internet Marketing Tips for 2010 – This is from Winning the Web, I am not sure if I agree completely that the longer you wait the harder it is going to be start making big money online.  Maybe it will be harder the way that people do it today, but that is similar to saying that it is getting harder to start any business.  The fact is that it is not easy no matter when you start, and if you do it right anyone with a good idea will be able to profit from it.

The most important thing is to keep hustling and working smart in the new year to see success. Consistency and persistence are always rewarded.

  • How Graywolf manages a Wordpress Site – This is a great post for everyone, I have bookmarked it to read again later when I have more time.  Rather than use Thesis for my theme framework I like to use Genesis.  The community is not as large for the child themes but Studiopress is a great little company that has been doing good things.

Why Wordpress and not another CMS? It’s easier to administer, easier to get writers to upload and format their own content, and it has RSS and other social tools built in or that can be integrated very easily with plugins.

If you have link/tweet that you think I would like be sure to let me know.  The easiest way for it not to get lost in the shuffle is to tweet me at The_Bluenoser but if you are not on the Twitter drop me a line using the Contact Form.  I love to hear from you…..

Cheers,

Jeff M

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