As someone who gripes as little as possible, I have finally come to the end of my rope.

No matter what anyone “in the business” says, VoIP sucks. Using Skype for business phone calls sucks. Google Voice sucks. It is all unreliable, intermittent and the sound quality just plain sucks. There, I said it.

I will have to get a “land line” and DSL to augment my Comcast internet “service,” so that I can have reliable phones.

After asking a brilliant friend what his solution would be, I’m going to implement it, at roughly 5x the cost of a regular phone line. Having 100% uptime is critical to any business, and I’m in business, so I need phones that work when people call.

Enough complaining from me. My brilliant friend is available for problem solving and consulting. Send me a comment on this post, and I’ll reply with his email address.

It’s time to get out in this gorgeous Portland weather!

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iZigg: The Bright Future of Marketing

by thubten on May 27, 2010

If you haven’t yet noticed, I really enjoy discovering great opportunities for us all to participate in. Few that I’ve seen leverage such powerful cultural forces like iZigg does.

The first stage of pre-launch for iZigg ends at 11:59PM on Friday, May 28th. Watch the video for a quick introduction. The username / password are: dreambig / gogogo. Here’s the VIDEO.

To take the next step send me a message (using the form below) expressing your interest, and we’ll go from there!

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Venmo – A Kinder Gentler PayPal

May 7, 2010

Have you heard of Venmo yet? Most people haven’t. I was a customer of PayPal’s rival, X.Com back in 1998, and was happy when they merged with PayPal. Since PayPal’s acquisition by eBay, at least from my point of view, everything’s gone down hill. As someone who markets products and services via web sites, PayPal [...]

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The Myth of Balance

April 26, 2010

As entrepreneurs and business owners we hear virtually constant advice (at least I do) from people in our lives and productivity/effectiveness gurus telling us to balance our lives. When I hear that it sounds very nice, but the reality is that life, at least mine, is never balanced. What does balance really look like? Doing [...]

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Posting Audio to Your Blog

April 5, 2010

Yes, it’s nearly midnight on Easter Sunday, and I just finished a project that has spanned days, researching and testing free MP3 players for a friend’s blog site. Finding one that worked in every browser I could find, on both Mac and Widows was a challenge. I’m amazed that this had to be so difficult, [...]

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Welcome to the Fire, Ready, Aim Network!

March 8, 2010

FireReadyAim.Net is the new home of the members and subscribers of The 4-Hour Guru. All are welcome here. Feel free to poke around. Make yourself at home. If you are interested in getting into action with your business, you have come to the right place. I look forward to getting to know you and seeing [...]

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Fast Company Science on Twitter

October 31, 2009

Fast Company recently published an article on Twitter, Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter. The article presents science on which Twitter updates get re-tweeted more often, and why. Here’s what the data say: Use links in tweets, but use shorter URL shorteners Pleading for re-tweets works Idle conversation doesn’t Use $5 [...]

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Not My Passion = Not My Job

September 29, 2009
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The Magic of RSS

September 4, 2009

I am writing an e-book, and would very much appreciate your input, so that I can answer your questions and make sure that the book meets your needs. The book will cover maximizing the use of RSS feeds to build your audience and your reach. I will do a basic overview, and then go in [...]

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Creating Your Product

August 26, 2009

Creating your first information product can be a challenge, if you don’t have an experienced guide to show you the way. For me, that guide has been Brian McElroy. I have been using Brian’s systems since I first met him and have had great success with them. I can’t recommend him highly enough. I know [...]

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