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Jan 05
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E-mail newsletter options

Bryan Person
BryanPerson
Research options for sending e-mail marketing newsletters. Looking at @BlueSkyFactory, Constant Contact, and MyEmma.com. Other suggestions? 21 minutes ago from web

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Deb Pang Davis
cococello
@BryanPerson another vote for Campaign Monitor

Tamara Gruber
tgruber
@BryanPerson thanks for the email vendor roundup. We use Jangomail (robust and inexpensive) but always good to see the options 

Jill Whalen
jillwhalen
@BryanPerson we’ve been using ListCast at http://www.listcast.com for many, many years.

Bill Johnston
billjohnston
@BryanPerson campaignmonitor.com is great as well. Easy interface, great analytic interface. 

Kari Rippetoe
KariRippetoe
@BryanPerson I’ve used Constant Contact and Emma - I like Constant Contact much better. Bit more robust and intuitive.

WhiplashDesign
WhiplashDesign
@BryanPerson AWebber is a great one - I use it and it’s fantastic (e-newsletter service)

KimRossi
KimRossi
@BryanPerson we’re about to switch to Campaign Monitor. Haven’t used it yet, so I can’t say how it is, but you might want to take a look. 

Redstar209
Redstar209
@BryanPerson http://www.omeda.com/ from twhirl in reply to BryanPerson

Leah Jones
missleah26
@BryanPerson I use Vertical Response. Not sure if I love it or not. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Will Dearman
wtd
@BryanPerson We use iContact.com with good results and it costs less than Constant Contact

Janet Fouts
jfouts
@BryanPerson take a look at aWeber and Mailchimp as well. Both excellent and affordable .

David Austin
DaveAustin
@bryanperson aweber worth a look 

Peter O'Connell

audioconnell @BryanPerson constant contact format is easy but they get pricky on data management. I dropped them
Jenni Hilton
gurnage
@BryanPerson I have been using @mailchimp and really like it compared to a former email marketing solution.

Rachel Reuben
rachelreuben
@BryanPerson Fire Engine Red to BryanPerson

CJ Bowker
cjbowker

@BryanPerson I would love to hear about your findings and what you decide.

Adam Kmiec
adamkmiec
@BryanPerson I also like Mail Chimp 

Kelly Rusk
krusk
@BryanPerson Check out http://cakemail.com I’ve used many others, but I LOVE Cakemail

Hugh, Steph, Suw, +

bookoven
@BryanPerson http://www.cakemail.com/http://icontact.com

Becky Carroll
bcarroll7 @BryanPerson I have heard that Aweber is highly recommended for email mktg newsletters. LMK what you decide; thinking about it, too. 

Alexis Martin Neely
AlexisNeely
@BryanPerson Infusion (prob more than you need), 1ShoppingCart, Aweber. What is your business? 
George Dearing

GeorgeDearing
@BryanPerson @icontactcorp

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Jul 16
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Opinions on Evernote

Bryan Person BryanPerson What’s your take on Evernote? Noodling around with it now and wondering how it would replace Google Docs for my workflow? from web

Chris Christensen chris2x @BryanPerson for me I see Evernote more replacing my notes app which had been SOHO Notes

Ed Stafford pixel8r @BryanPerson From what I can see, could evernote really be a replacement to Gapps? They server two different purposes. No?

Andrea Mercado andreamercado @bryanperson I could see it easily replacing social bookmarking 4 me. I don’t use GDocs for little notes, so it wouldn’t be a replacement.

Beau Colburn beaucolburn @BryanPerson note sure if you are, but if you are considering for iPhone sync ability, check this: http://bit.ly/9CtkH

Ed Roberts EdRoberts @BryanPerson Doesn’t touch Google Docs as it’s not really a word processor. But I’ve nuked Google Notes with Evernote. Use it more and more.

Brent Morris closetgeekshow @BryanPerson i’m using it right now to keep track of my research online. plus i use it to compile blog posts to read later on my pda

 C.C. Chapman cc_chapman @BryanPerson Doesn’t replace Docs for me, but did kill Google Notebook use.

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Jun 09
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What's worse than bad PowerPoint?

Question:

Bp_headshot_normal BryanPerson: Just wondering: What’s worse than bad PowerPoint?

Responses:

Christie clgoodman: @heidimiller @BryanPerson My DH is an eng. At an eng conf, the backup speaker began: I didn’t have time to prepare & I’m not a good speaker.

Mud_normal helenium: @BryanPerson. Stepping on Lego with bare feet. Nothing else.

Hmiller1176aheadshot_normal heidimiller: @BryanPerson What’s worse than PowerPoint? An engineer with PowerPoint.

Oopsydaisy_normal phdaisy: @BryanPerson someone reading from their paper—we see that a lot at literature conferences. ugh!

Josh_headshot_normal jgee: @BryanPerson a bad table made in an excel spreadsheet = indecipherable

Blogguy1_normal michaelbuckley: @BryanPerson Other than kidney stones, I can’t think of anything.

Bbn_square_cartoon_normal barbaranixon: @BryanPerson Worse than bad PowerPoint? PowerPoint in a room with no exit?

Larry1june08sm_normal larrylawfer: @BryanPerson bad sushi, both stink and make you sick as well as wish you were somewhere else.

Me_and_bamboo_smallest_normal achitwood: @BryanPerson - bad public speaking I think is worse than bad ppt…

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    Jun 04
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    Test

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson Truely a wonderful thing to be discussing cricket with you on twitter. One of these days you’ll have to join us live :)

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson The fact that in cricket a result other than win or lose is possible makes it even more appealing to me and much closer

    Bp_headshot_normalBryanPerson: @Zik: 5 days and more than 30 hours of cricket — and a draw. As an American, it’s one part of the game that sometimes rankles me.

    Bp_headshot_normalBryanPerson: @Zik: Into the final seven overs. I think the West Indies will survive.

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson In the Caribbean, cricket is not just a game, it’s community :).

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson Enough time for my palms to be mad sweaty right about now. If another wicket falls I’m gonna need meds

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson It’s a new stadium built for the WC2007. This is the 1st test match being played on it. Infuriating incompetence nonetheless

    Zik Daniel zik @BryanPerson Building a new stadium without adequate drainage is unforgiveable. Heads should roll, but alas none will.

    Bp_headshot_normalBryanPerson: @zik You mean they can’t get a decent drainage system? Just don’t understand how it takes 3+ hours to get game going after rain stopped.

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    Feb 14
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    Montage from Social Media Breakfast 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.

    Montage from Social Media Breakfast 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.

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    Takeaways from the Social Media Breakfast

    On Wednesday, February 13, Social Media Breakfast events were staged in both Boston and the Twin Cities.  That led to this question:

    Question:

    Bryan Person Bryper If you attended today’s Social Media Breakfast in Boston or the Twin Cities, what was your biggest learning/takeaway?

    Responses:

    Stephanie slolee @bryanperson It usually takes baby steps to convince others of the power and good of social media 

    Jim Storer jstorerj @bryanperson the SMB confirmed for me that there’s no substitute for good ‘ole F2F meetings to establish trust and build relationships. 

    Dean Whitney deanwhit @bryanperson I missed it again! got half way there and realized i forgot to drop my son at daycare (he was in the back seat) 

    Greg Swan perfectporridge @BryanPerson My biggest learning from the Twin Cities SMB is that geeks have no excuse not to have real world friends. 

     Todd Van Hoosear vanhoosear @BryanPerson I like what @jstorerj had to say about Twitter favorites—good ideas! 

     Todd Van Hoosear vanhoosear @BryanPerson That I gotta get me one of @Stevegarfield’s Nokia phones, even though it doesn’t look like the live streams worked. :-) 

    Joshua Melvin masterots @BryanPerson: that there are some potentially huge enterprise uses for Twitter 

    Mike Keliher mjkeliher @BryanPerson One takeaway from today’s SMB Twin Cities is that there’s absolutley no substitute for meeting people in person. 11:51 AM February 13, 2008 from Snitter in reply to BryanPerson Icon_star_empty reply to mjkeliher

    Colin Browning crbrowning @BryanPerson they keep getting better and better! and bigger and bigger!

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    Feb 12
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    What can we do to make our presentations suck less?

    Good and bad presentations are on my mind this week, after finishing up Garr Reynolds’s excellent Presentation Zen book over the weekend.

    Question: 

    Bryan Person Bryper What can we do to make our presentations suck less?

    Responses:

    KarenRussellKarenRussell @BryanPerson: remember it’s about the audience, not the presenter.

    chelpixie chelpixie @BryanPerson Best Presentation I’ve seen hands down, Mitch Joel @PCB. He connects with his audience very well.

    Jim Storer jstorerj @bryanperson in most cases animations in ppt are superfluous… stick to the story and stop trying to be cute

    LewisG LewisG @BryanPerson Don’t use PowerPoint. Engage your audience, meet their eyes, and speak to their wants and needs, which you must first discover.

    Christie Goodman clgoodman @BryanPerson My sugg: As always, know your audience. And if you use PowerPoint, don’t use bullets.

    Scott Monty ScottMonty @BryanPerson PowerPoint is not Word. PowerPoint is not Word. PowerPoint is not Word. PowerPoint is not Word. PowerPoint is not Word.

    G gubilla @BryanPerson depending on the type of presentation, try to get your crowd interacting as much as possible

    Shey Smith shey @BryanPerson different “rules” exist on how many words/lines per slide, the key is the audience GET what youre slide is saying in 5s or less

    Eden Spodek EdenSpodek @BryanPerson More planing, more images, less text. Larger images & text. Slides should enhance a presentation, not provide the script.

    Adam Cohen adamcohen @BryanPerson ban stupid clip art, especially stick figures 

    jljohansen jljohansen @bryanperson Don’t look at the screen. Have bullet points on notecards and stay focused on your audience. Also prevents just reading slides.

    Dave Forde daveforde @BryanPerson presentations are great when the speaker can connect with the audience, talk to them before you start presenting. 

    Dan York danyork @BryanPerson Use no more than 5 words on a slide… fewer if you can. Max 10. You want listeners to pay attention to *you*, not your slides.

    Dan York danyork @BryanPerson My tip - DON’T READ YOUR SLIDES!!! Use your slides to tell a story and *accent* your speaking. Use pictures, simple words.

    Donna Papacosta DonnaPapacosta @bryanperson: Create the presentation WITHOUT slides. If you do add slides, practice WITHOUT them.

    asyouwish asyouwish @bryanperson practice practice practice. I read to spend 80% of the time rehearsing and only 20% of the time developing the content.

    davefleet davefleet @bryanperson - less bullets; focus on the audience, not yourself; write the presentation like a story and THEN do the slides

    Mark W. McClennan McClennan @bryanperson presentations are not book readings. Your audience matters more than your text

    Mark W. McClennan McClennan @bryanperson Powerpoint is not a diary and you are not paid by the word. Keep it short.

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    Feb 02
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    The trouble with the pursuit of perfection

    Question:

    Bryan Person Bryper  Can being a perfectionist at our work slow us down? Should we be content with good enough and keep going?

    Responses: 

    Adam Cohenadamcohen @bryper I spend a lot of my time coaching business folks and developers on projects on trying not to make good enough, perfect 

    Jennifer Leggio mediaphyter @Bryper I think I have too much OCD to not try to be a perfectionist at work. And yes, sometimes it slows me down. Blessing and curse.

    Adam Cohen adamcohen @bryper The relentless pursuit of perfection will absolutely slow down projects - the 80/20 rule is what allows them to actually finish

    ourman ourman @bryper - yes, yes, yes. It’ll do WILL do. Too many bosses who have had new ideas right up till deadline and wrecked it. 1st get it done. 

    Rick Murray rickmurray @bryper Some things demand perfection; others can be treated as *betas* The spoils go to those who can consistently discern which is which.

    Anna Farmery Engagingbrand @bryper perfection doesn’t exist, because it is out of date when you get there..aim should be evolving

    marc uhlig marcuhlig @Bryper meg whiteman: “perfect is the enemy of good enough”, sometimes it has to be perfect, but most of the times good enough will do it… 

    jljohansen jljohansen @bryper Being a perfectionist often means you try to do it all yourself. I do think that slows us down without providing desired results. 

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    Jan 31
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    [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

    I speak with my Twitter pal, Trula, about work/life balance.

    Running time: 3 minutes, 27 seconds.  

    Here’s how she answered my question yesterday:

    Question:

    Bryper What’s your best tip for ensuring a good work/life balance (… or trying to)?

    Trula @Bryper: if you don’t get enough sleep, you will never have balance between work/personal cause you stay feeling raggedy. perpetual catch-up

    Trula @Bryper: work like you don’t need $. In your personal time, be active & do fun things. learn new things 4 personal & biz growth. also, SLEEP

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