How I set up my Home Office Hardware

September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This is an introduction to how I have set up and organised the principal elements of my home office.  

While I am fortunate to have an office in London for my Corporate Advisory work as a partner of IAF Capital Limited, I try to spend several days a week working from my home office and this is therefore a very important part of my work/life balance.

Disclaimer: Please note this article contains affiliate links and I may be paid a commission if you click through on them and make a purchase.  In the article I am explaining what I like and what I use and this has nothing to do with the affiliate relationship.  I will not promote items I do not believe offer good value or good quality.  If you do click through, please allow me to thank you and ask you to email (jbdcolley[at]aol[dot]com or tweet me (@jbdcolley) me to let me know so I can thank you personally.  I really appreciate the support.

Making a Start…

The first element you will need is a suitable room, preferable somewhat cutoff or separate from your main house.  This needs to be yours – all yours and not shared with your life partner.  Its not that I am not into the sharing thing but you need the space to be able to concentrate and focus on your work.

I would then make sure that, however you furnish it, you have a good desk and a comfortable office chair.  In addition, sufficient drawers, bookshelves and cupboards for putting everything away in makes it much easier to remain organised.  I have to admit that I am not always the tidiest person in the room and my desk can sometimes look like a tornado has hit it.

That then is the basics.  Lets get down to the real meat of this article, the technology!

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Do you want to Book Yourself Solid? Ask Michael Port

August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

Part of the mission of this blog is to help you to find great resources to help you with your business strategy.  This fulfills that objective in spades!

 

 

I have just finished reading and digesting one of the best books on sales and marketing that I have read for a long while and I want to share it with you.  The book is called “Book Yourself Solid” by Michael Port.  Although primarily written for self employed consultants, the ideas and structure of the book hold many lessons for anyone trying to grow their client list and revenues.

The book splits into Four Modules:

  • Modules 1 & 2 are all about building your foundation and then developing your trust and credibility.
  • Module 3 teaches you about selling and pricing; and
  • Module 4  is about self promotion with seven self promotion strategies.

I have prepared a short video below in which I set out six reasons why I think you should strongly consider reading the book and getting to know Michael and his content better, as I am doing.

You can download the slide presentation below:

If you want to download the link to the excellent and very detailed mind map of the book prepared by Jamie McKean, you can find all the information here.

To find out more about the book and to sign up to get the free chapters follow this link.

If all this has convinced you that you have to buy the book, then you can do so from Amazon below (Affiliate link).  Alternatively you can buy the book through Michael’s site.

I really hope you get some benefit from this book as I have.  Let me know if you think it is as useful as I do.  Contact me at jbdcolley[at]aol[dot].com.

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Do you have the remotest idea what Pogoplug PC does?

August 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I was reading the latest copy of Wired Magazine and in a small review of Cloud Storage Devices at the back found mention of the Pogoplug PC application and I became curious.

 

 

I went to the Pogoplug website and looked up the section on Remote Access software.  The video below tells you a little more about what I found.

To learn more about Pogoplug and its other products watch this video in which the President and CEO of Pogoplug, Daniel Putterman, talks to Robert Scoble in this interview.

Let me know if you think this is a useful application, leave me a comment or email me – jbdcolley[at]aol[dot]com.

Thank you for joining in the Conversation!

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Is this the Best Entrepreneurs Magazine you have read?

August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Do you benefit from reading about other businesses?  Well, Entrepreneur Magazine provides you with a wealth of information to enjoy and take action on.

I have spent the last few weeks catching up on the back issues.  Did you know you can download all the 2011 issues for free?  Amazing isn’t it!

I have prepared a video review of the Magazine to help you understand the benefits of the magazine and to help you decide if this is something you want to take a closer look at.

Enjoy the video!

Full Disclosure: No Affiliate relationship or links.

I have embedded the presentation below and you can download it if you need the presentation to discuss this further with your management team or colleagues.

Let me know if you enjoy the magazine as much as I have.  Email me at jbdcolley[at]aol[dot]com.

Come and join the Six Minute Strategist Community by signing up to the mailing list on this page.

Thank you for joining the Conversation.

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iExecutive for iPad from NutKase Accessories – Video Review

April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

Following my exciting interview with Oliver Page the Founder of NutKase Accessories, I wanted to share with you why I am excited about my iPad iExecutive NutKase.

You can listen to the interview here.

 

I hope you find the Video informative and helpful.  Let me know what you think.

 

You can find Oliver’s website at www.mynutkase.com, his Facebook Fan Page is at https://www.facebook.com/nutkaseaccessories, and on Twitter he is @nutkaseforipad

If you listen to the interview, you can find out how to get a 20% Discount from Oliver, a generous offer he has made for members of the Six Minute Strategist Community.  Hint you will need to know where to find him.

If you want to email Oliver (to place an order for example :) ) he can be reached at nutkaseproducts[at]gmail.com

Thank you for joining the Conversation.

Full Disclosure: I have no affiliate relationship with Oliver (April 2012) but I would really like to do something about this :)

 

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Do you have an iVideo Hero? Let me introduce you to one!

March 29, 2012 by 1 Comment

As you may have realised I have been teaching myself how to make videos with my iPhone as part of the blog since the beginning of the year.

Well I have found a great new source of inspiration in the form of Jules Watkins at ivideohero.com who has an amazing CV in television and is a real expert on video. You can find his course here (affiliate link)

He has created a course which teaches you all you need to know to really get the most out of your iPhone using its full 1080P HD camera and I am already trying out some of his ideas.

Check out this video below I have made incorporating a couple of tips from Jules.

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3 Steps to becoming an Expert – The Expert Success Formula

March 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Expertise in your field takes time to acquire but takes strategy to communicate to your audience.  As a blogger, podcaster and vidcaster, this is obviously a subject in which I take a personal interest.

So, I was very fortunate to meet Daniel Wagner at a Seminar last week and was able to have a good chat with him in the Bar afterwards.

We were discussing online branding and the importance of strategically developing your personal brand to become expert in your field.  Daniel then delighted and surprised me by telling me about his new book – The Expert Success Formula – which he co-authored with James Watson.  He promptly produced a review copy, signed it and gave it to me.

Well of course, I then had to read it and I am very glad that I did.

The three steps are

1. Create your personal brand online – mine as you know is the Six Minute Strategist

2. Produce Powerful Products

3. Cultivate a Buying Audience

You can learn more about this from Daniel who has posted this video on YouTube which I have embedded below.

I found the book very easy to follow as it is well laid out and has plenty of heading and sub-headings to guide you through.  There are helpful exercises some of which I have already tried.  If you are trying to work out how to accelerate your personal brand building then I can wholeheartedly recommend Daniel and James’s book.

(Full Disclosure: I have no financial arrangements with Daniel or James of any kind)

You can find out more about The Expert Success Formula by visiting their website http://www.expertsuccessformula.com/; Click the Link now and go and have a look.

I hope you find the book interesting, thank you for Joining My Conversation!

 

 

 

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Why Not Ask Pat about Smart Passive Income? Video Review

March 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

 

I have shared with you on several occasions my favorite blog and podcast sites.

I thought I would move some of these into Video to help you understand the benefits of some of these sites.

 

This review is all about Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income website, home to his blog and his podcast.

Here is the video.  I hope you enjoy it.  Let me know.

Please go and visit Pat’s site and tell me what you think.  (Full Disclosure: no affiliate links and no financial relationship with Pat).  This is all about giving something back to Pat for his amazing content.

Thanks for Joining this Conversation.

 

 

 

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Find My Content in Three Clicks – Video Introduction

March 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

 

I have made a brief video explaining how you can find any and all of my Blog content in just three clicks.

By using the flash (sorry iPad users) objects to click through and search, all my posts are now accessible in just three clicks or less.

Here is the video – I hope it helps to explain how this works.

 

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How to find my Content in just Three Clicks!

March 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

I have now been blogging for nearly 18 months and in that time have produced over 200 different pieces of content.

But how do you know what is out there and how can you find it?

 

Well now its EASY!  You can find any of my pieces of Content in no more than three clicks!

First Click

Go to my Menu Header = Find My Content”

This will open a page with an interactive flash object with 10 Icons on it.   By Clicking on anyone of these icons you can go to the Topic Page indicated, e.g. Online Marketing or Strategy.

Alternatively you can directly select any of these pages from the drop down menu below the “Find My Content” Menu item.

Second Click

When you arrive at the Topic Page, another Flash object will load.  You can select any of the icons to go to that blog post.  Each Icon has the title of the blog post on it.

Alternatively you can use the menus on the right hand side to filter out the topics you are not interested in.  This will grey out the connected icons leaving you with a shorter number of options from which to select.

Third Click

Click on the Icon relating to the Content you wish to find and this will open in a separate window.  Thats it.

What do the different Icon Styles Mean?

There are four designs of Icon so that you can see at a glance what type of content you are connecting to.

Icons Relating to Eye Piece - Shorter Blog Posts

 

 

Eye Pieces which are my short blog posts

 

 

Icons relating to Blog Posts - Longer Pieces on Major Topics

 

 

Blog Posts which cover major topics or issues.   These often come in several parts.

 

 

Icons Relating to Podcast Episodes

 

 

My Podcast Episodes.  These often cover the same topics as the Blog Posts and enable you to consume the content in a different way.

 

 

Icons Relating to Video Content

Video Content, normally under 3 minutes and often introductions to my Blog Posts.

 

I hope you find this makes accessing my content a lot easier.  Please let me know what you think by emailing me (jbdcolley[at]aol.com) or by leaving a comment!

Have a great day and thank you for joining the Conversation!

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