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What Makes a Guru? What Doesn’t?
Posted by Bob Woods in Associations, Blogging, Content, Government, Sales/Marketing, social media on July 1st, 2009
This is one of those posts that can help you no matter what you do for a living. If you’re a businessperson, work for an organization, or collect a government paycheck, this post is for you.
Many people think that being an expert in whatever it is they do will help them succeed. And they’re right. After all, who would you hire, work with, or take advice from … just someone you know. or a person who is an expert?
If you want to be considered a true “guru” in whatever your little corner is of our planet, there’s two things you should do … and two you shouldn’t … that can help you be the expert everyone will flock to when they need help. Or when they want to hire someone for whatever it is they are looking for.
Want to be the gal or the guy? Read on.
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Posted by Bob Woods in Associations, Blogging, Content, Government, Housekeeping, Sales/Marketing on June 12th, 2009
I’ve written a lot of blog posts over my Internet “lifetime.” Topics related to real estate, social networking, sales and marketing, and even a decent amount of fun stuff.
While I’m getting this site up to fighting strength, I’m going to re-work and publish those posts that are applicable for the site’s specific audience. I’m hoping that you’ll derive the same benefits that readers at my other blogs have received. Those postings will start next week.
In the meantime, if you want to check out those blogs:
- Sibdu Blog, covering commercial real estate topics and news. This site even has my video and audio productions.
- Portalfuze Blog, which concentrates on social media-related topics
I’m writing as myself on both of those blogs for my clients, being eCREsystems and Portalfuze — by the way, I devleoped the content for both of those sites, too. When I get the content for this site fully up and running, you’ll understand how blog postings can help you and/or your company build credibility and a “voice” for whatever community it is you serve.
Contact Bob Woods at Infonitum.
WordPress 2.8
This Web site had WordPress 2.8 installed for much of the day today. It’s a brand-spankin’ new version of the popular blogging platform that more and more people and companies are using to not only blog, but upon which to build entire Web sites.
I’m using it for Infonitum’s Web site, because it is very easy and there’s lots of really cool features you can add to these sites for free. That’s a price that cannot be beat.
I was pretty pumped about the platform. Pumped like a balloon that’s filled about as much as it can be. So, what happens when a little bit of stress is put on a balloon like that? Yep, it pops.
That’s what happened to me today.
One of the nice features of WordPress is something called its visual editor. It’s used in writing blog posts and other content pages within WordPress sites. You’ll see it in other kinds of platforms as well. The visual editor performs a lot of the heavy lifting for people who either 1) don’t know the language that makes Web pages look like they do; or 2) know the language, but don’t want to get bogged down in coding a post. I’m in the latter category.
When I upgraded from 2.7.1 to 2.8, though, that underloved-but-really-needed piece of the platform went missing. AWOL. History. Toast.
Since today was my day to try to put together most of this site, having this happen was more than a bit of a disappointment. I won’t go into details; suffice it to say, my last resort was to blow away the entire 2.8 installation and downgrade back to 2.7.1. Problem solved, except for the fact that I lost about 4 hours of work on the site. Yep, not happy.
I’ve been burned in the past by upgrading too quickly. Like the time when I turned my iPhone into an iBrick for several hours after a failed upgrade. I’ve been caught up in many bad upgrades of Windows, too, along with many other failed and headache-inducing software upgrades.
Yet I still do it. Why? I think it’s because I always want something that’s better. Stronger. Faster. Kind of like the 6 Million Dollar Man.
At least potential clients of mine know that I’ll bring that “better, stronger, faster” mentality to any project for which I am hired. More on my company’s services is coming soon, as I fill out the site with my own content.
(For those of you who came along from my earlier Twitter post, expecting to see a glowing review of WP 2.8 — well, things changed. That tweet was written before all of the problems I had with the new version. Let’s just say I had a lot of stars in my eyes when I first downloaded 2.8. Oh well. C’est la vie.)
Contact Bob Woods at Infonitum.
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