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220 GID The 30/3 Rule

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:59:50 EST

Manage your time by using the quick 30/3 heuristic when time commitments pop up.

Video: Podcasting – Stay in control of your RSS feed from PodCampAZ

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:05:54 EST

Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com) presents "Stay in Control of Your RSS Feed" at PodCampAZ 2009 (http://pocampaz.org) It is important for podcasters to start out on the right foot when setting up the RSS feeds for their podcasts. The RSS feed is their main connection with their subscribers and losing control of that feed can be disastrous to communicating with and maintaining their audience. Don't see the video above? Watch "Podcasting - Stay in control of your RSS feed" on YouTube Â Â Subscribe to Douglas' YouTube ChannelÂ |Â Watch the Careers in New Media YouTube Playlist Subscribe to the Careers in New Media podcast using iTunes Â

Video Archives: Career Prescriptions at Tuesdays with Transitioners

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:05:49 EST

Douglas E. Welch offers his career "prescriptions" - actions that every careerist should be doing to "build the career you deserve." These prescriptions include blogging to share "what you do and how well you do it", selectively using Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media sites and maybe even producing your own "show." Recorded at Tuesdays with Transitioners in Northridge, California. (http://tuesdayswithtransitioners.ning.com) Don't see the video above? Watch "Career Prescriptions" on YouTube Â Subscribe to Douglas' YouTube ChannelÂ |Â Watch the Career Opportunities YouTube Playlist Subscribe to the Career Opportunities podcast using iTunes

155 TPS 5 Steps to Better Communication

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:46:36 EST

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261 Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform – How Many Downloads Is A Good Number? – And More…

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:09:18 EST

Michael Hyatt Talks About Building A Platform In this week's episode, I am super excited about talking with Michael Hyatt. Michael is the Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S. He has over 200,000 subscribers to his personal blog that is focused leadership, productivity, publishing, social media, and the valuable resources that he discovers.In this episode, I talked with Michael about his new book titled Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. In the book, he shares his story about how he built the platform that he has today in the online world. What I learned in this episode is that for the first four years that Michael published his personal blog, he never had over 1,000 subscribers to his blog. Michael shares a little insight into how he went about getting noticed in his niche market.I highly encourage you to pick up the PHYSICAL COPY of Michael's book between Monday, May 21st and Friday, May 24th from one of the retailers listed at http://MichaelHyatt.com/platform. If you do, and you forward your paid receipt to gifts@MichaelHyatt.com, you'll receive all the digital versions of the book as well as over $300 worth of other bonuses.Michael and I also spoke briefly about his This Is Your Life podcast that he launched back in February of this year. After episode 008, this podcast became one of the top 5 podcasts that I have every subscribed to with my favorite episode being episode 10 titled HOW TO SHAVE 10 HOURS OFF YOUR WORK WEEK. I highly recommend that you subscribe to Michael's podcast in iTunes today.Random Plug of The Week This week's random plug of the week goes out to the The MasonWorld Late-Night Internet Marketing Podcast by Mark Mason. If you check out his show and like it, please be sure to let him know you heard about the show from The Podcast Answer Man!iTunes Changed Their Mind! iTunes changed their mind. They now want 1400x1400 artwork! Back on April 5th, I published episode 256 of Podcast Answer Man where I reported that iTunes updated it's specs to suggest 1200x1200 artwork. Without any rhyme or reason, they now have updated their specs, again, to state that they now prefer 1400x1400 artwork!Podcast Artwork for $175 Most podcasters do not invest enough into the artwork for their podcast. The truth is that your podcast artwork is often what sets the 1st impression for your podcast. This is especially true when it comes to those who find your show in a podcast directory.I've been working with Jenny Hamson for several years and she does all my podcast artwork. I've also personally contracted her to do the artwork for all of my coaching and consulting clients. In all the years that I have worked with Jenny, she's never failed to provide artwork that not only meets expectations but delivers far more than could have been anticipated. If you are looking for artwork, please contact Jenny Hamson today and tell her that Cliff sent you!Two Quick Questions In this episode, I answer two questions from Tommy Kendrick of the Actor's Talk Podcast. The first question that Tommy asked was "How many downloads is a good number for a podcast." He also asked about whether or not he should break down this podcast into a shorter version and a longer version for his podcast. I provide my thoughts on both of these questions in the episode.iTunes Ratings & Reviews I started Podcast Answer Man in December of 2006. Until April 2012, I really never asked anyone to provide a rating and/or review for this show in iTunes. If you find this show has been valuable to you, would you please go to my iTunes Listing to both rate and review Podcast Answer Man?The Podcast Mastermind One of the reasons that I love working with podcasters so much is due to the fact that they are influencing someone every single time they produce a podcast episode.

Archive: A Death in the Family

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:22:55 EST

Funerals have a way of sharpening your perspective on everything. The father of friend died unexpectedly this week. He had also become our friend over the years, helping us with legal and corporate issues in our small company. I also worked for him, providing computer assistance. As I talked with his wife after the services, she related how I would need to stop by soon to help her sort out all the information that was stored in their computers and help her put things in order. Whatâ��s even more striking is, this is not the first time I have had this discussion with someone. Listen to this Podcast Now available from Douglas E. Welch and Amazon.com Cultivating Your Career Opportunities by Douglas E. Welch 11,000 Words While we often talk about having one, monolithic, Reputation â�� with a capital R -- I believe that there are a series of reputations that combine to create the whole. It is often said you can't "do" projects, you can only do the individual tasks that make up the project. The same can be said for reputation. You don't build your reputation as a whole, you cultivate the smaller reputations that create it. Each individual action builds your reputation in unique ways and each requires some thought as to how they relate to the whole. Cultivating Your Career Reputations examines each of these reputations in detail and helps you find specific areas where you can improve your work, your actions and your thoughts so that your overall professional reputation can grow Buy Now Â Like Career Opportunities on Facebook Working in high-tech often means working very closely with people and developing relationships that go far beyond the usual situation of employer and employee. Over the course of your career, many people will become family. You need to be prepared for the eventualities of life, in both your own life and the lives of those around you. As we grow older, we all prepare for the day when we die. We create our wills, buy insurance, and create Trusts, all in an effort to make it easier for our family and friends when we pass. In addition to all the usual arrangements, though, all of us need to consider the new, computerized world in which we live. In the past, our children may have sorted through paper documentation, but now, more and more, of our lives are bound up in our computers, our email and many other personal and business-related documents. Computer issues might seem a shallow thought compared to the other issues surrounding a funeral, but in todayâ��s world, it is very important. In the last 2 years, I have faced this issue with several clients and, as I work with many older people in my consulting work, I am sure to face it more as the years pass. To that end, I am developing plans for all of my clients that can help make computer issues less of a concern when the time comes. First, every member of the family should have some concept of where family data is stored, passwords needed for access and backups in the event that anything happens to the family home. Too often, I find myself digging for passwords or even attempting to crack passwords in an effort to access data. Data could be scattered among several directories or even several computers. None of us likes to think about death, but I try to keep, in the back of mind, the old adage, â��I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.â�� We never know what is coming and the only way to insure that our families can continue with as little trouble as possible is to prepare today. Next, insure that backups of data, even if they are relatively old, are placed in several locations. Family members should share backups with other family members and friends. You may never need this information, but if you do, it will be extremely important to access it easily. Clean out your paper files and label everything religiously. It should be obvious where to find a variety of information no matter who might be searching. If your son or daughter canâ��t find the deeds to property,

The little truths we need to tell ourselves – Podcast

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:57:54 EST

Telling the truth, especially in situations that require it, is important to every career. The truth can be hard. It can be dangerous to your job. It can also raise you above others who have decided to ignore the problems that are right before them. Sure, we all tell little white lies to smooth our interactions with others, but in the end, the truth is usually the most powerful tool we own. Listen to this Podcast Subscribe to Douglas' YouTube Channel Visit the video archives and see when each new video is uploaded Also, visit the Career Opportunities playlist -- the home for all my career-related videos Â Like Career Opportunities on Facebook The scary part is that we humans have a great ability for ignoring the truth even when faced with it. Worse still is our ability to lie to ourselves. Most of us are great at ignoring the truth in our lives, our relationships and our work. We can go through great gyrations to ignore that one, large, inconvenient truth and when we do so we damage everything around us. This is why it is so important to learn to tell ourselves the little truths we face every day. In our hearts and minds we often see things exactly as they are. When that happens we need to acknowledge those truths, not ignore them. What sort of little truths do we face in our career each day? Sometimes we can know in our hearts that we are not that good at our job. Maybe we lack skills. Maybe we lack training. Maybe we lack the right environment. Some people will lie to themselves and think they are doing a great job, even though evidence to the contrary is right in front of them. It is far better for you to acknowledge your limitations and then work to remove them rather than trying to hide them from yourself and others. This doesnâ��t mean you have to go around the office explaining to your manager and co-workers just how lame you are at your job. You only need to tell yourself this little truth -- acknowledge it fully -- and then figure out some way to improve your work. This is where the power of little truths can be deeply felt and used. Perhaps you know that one of your teammates, your manager, your CEO, simply isnâ��t up to the job they have been given. Maybe some form of substance abuse is involved. Maybe they are involved in illegal business practices. You can lie to yourself -- and them -- and explain it all away. It isnâ��t embezzlement. Itâ��s just creative accounting. No one will find out those parts are sub-standard. What does it matter? Maybe Bob is just having some health problems. He canâ��t possibly be doing drugs in the bathroom. Lies like these are convenient to you. They let you get through the day with less worry and anxiety. They can also lead to your greatest and easiest downfall. Each of them could bring your job, your company and your career to an end with a short, sharp, shock. While these truths are often the hardest to face, they are also the most important. If someone is embezzling, you want to make it very clear that you had nothing to do with it and, more importantly, brought it to the attention of someone in charge. This is the clearest way of protecting yourself from prosecution, even if it does mean the end of your job. If someone is abusing drugs, and you do nothing, you are enabling their abuse. You may even be enabling their death if the situation is serious enough. You can try small interventions first, but in the most dangerous cases you may have to face the issue head on. It could be that your co-worker is endangering your life and the lives of your co-workers. To stand by and do nothing is facilitating your own injury and perhaps death. In a situation like this, you should see how important the little truths can be. If ignored long enough, by enough people, these truths can turn into dramatic situations. What are some truths that you need to tell yourself right now? What have you been ignoring in hopes that it might just go away? Who is in danger because of your willful ignorance?

I’m Just Saying Ep. 89 – Manhattan Banned 5-14-12

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:37:00 EST

This week on I'm Just Saying: Lon thinks Andrew died when he didn't show up to his favorite watering hole over the weekend. Lon also talks about his preparation for his Aids LifeCycle ride. Is he excited yet? Lon gets a phone number from a lesbian. What was Joanna's reaction? Lon and Andrew discuss how crazy New York is. Was Staten Island really where people dumped their sick? They also talk about the upcoming 2012 Olympics. Are there any real sports in the Olympics?

219 GID Taming Perfectionism

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:36:38 EST

How to keep perfectionism from killing your productivity.

Video Archives: My Podcast Process from PodCampAZ

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:57:58 EST

Douglas presents his podcast process from the beginning of recording to the final release and download of the podcast file. If you have been wondering how to share your podcasts with the world, this presentation gives a thorough overview of the entire process. If you can't see this video above, please watch "My Podcast Process" on my YouTube Channel Â Subscribe to Douglas' YouTube ChannelÂ |Â Watch the Careers in New Media YouTube Playlist Subscribe to the Careers in New Media podcast using iTunes