We had a fabulous first Family Time Rocks! show this evening at the Nutty Brown Cafe…made up lots of songs like this one for Hayden, a young fellow who told us that the rain had stopped and we could continue to play. Sara sang this song for him.
Sara singing “I Wish I Were A Princess” outside, kids night at the Nutty Brown Cafe.
Eric (dad), Franklin, Peter, Ted, and John, standing in my grandparent’s patio, San Marcos St. Seguin, TX.
Jason Repko encouraged me to develop my book idea. We had lunch and I advised him on creating a Web presence for himself. He agreed to help document the process from his perspective, exactly what I need to make sure this book answers the questions of the novice reader. Here’s what I advised, he asked in reply, and I answered. (I haven’t answered all the questions yet, but I will. And add others.)
Me: You need a site with blog. Get a host that supports (easily installs and upgrades) WordPress.
Q: Why in the world would I need a website?
A. It’s Google’s world. That’s where you need to show up as you want to be found. But you need to do more than show up, you need to be accurately and impressively portrayed. Don’t leave that to chance. Represent yourself. Google rewards recency, relevance, and referrals. So do people. You’ve got to have a site that was updated recently, is relevant to your interests, and is referred to from other sites, part of the Web.
Say someone is interested in you. Perhaps you’re applying for a job, or they heard about you through a friend or colleague, met you at a conference or saw something you had done. They want to know more about you. They Google your name. What do they find? Make sure they find you as you want to be found. Continue reading Q&A w/Jason Repko
“Digital Ambassador” could be broken down in many ways.
The whole thing started as a two part idea, manifesto for how to show up at Google’s party like a rockstar and the nuts and bolts of doing it. Part philosophy, part tutorial.
Philosophy could include: brand of you applied on the Web, listening strategies, how to play the networking game your way, recency-relevance-reference, the blog format as business card and living cv, technographic community awareness, finding your people, sharing your value.
How-to could include: set up your Google accounts, use them, and appear on the front page, approach Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, post audio and video, set up a Blogger or WordPress blog, integrate your network activity, use media effectively.
Lily 1 – You Can’t Stop
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Lily 2 – On Top Of The World
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Lily 3 – Not A Catch
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Lily 3 – Out Here In The Sun
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