So it has been about a year since I started Look Social. If you did not know Look Social is a full service digital agency that does logo design, web design, social media management, internet marketing and much more. It has been an interesting year starting the company and more and less learning as I go. With ThinkComputers I really never dealt with customers, made up contracts, etc. So there was a lot of learning and I sure have made some mistakes, but that is of course how you learn. Here are some of the biggest things I’ve learned over the past year.
How You Can Spot Fake Internet “Guru’s”
Ever since the internet was started there have been people out there ripping people off and today it is no different. Sadly, because of this when I tell people I make a living online they think I am doing some type of shady marketing or something like that. The truth is I am living proof…
Using Your Facebook Page Effectively
Social Media has really transformed how we market our content, products and services online. Many companies have full-time social media managers and entire social media divisions so it is a real thing and can generate traffic to your website and even better generate revenue. Over the past few years it has been increasingly harder to get your content in front of people on all social media, especially on Facebook. I shouldn’t have to tell you that you should have a Facebook page for your business and I’ve already shown you how to build an engaging Facebook community. What I’m here to do today is to show you have to effectively use your Facebook page. Facebook actually gives you many tools to do this. So let’s get started.
WordPress 101: Why Choose WordPress
Wordpress is quite known by now. If you don’t know what Wordpress is it is powering this blog! It is a content management system that was first released in 2003 and makes it extremely easy for anyone to start a website, manage content and more. Many of my previous websites were made using flat file systems or were hand-coded and that just takes a lot of time! Now every one of my websites are based off of Wordpress! So why should you use Wordpress? Here are a few reasons…
The #1 Reason Why You Don’t Do What I Do
I have been thinking about all of the people who have said to me, “I would love to do what you do”, but for some reason they are not doing it. I am going to tell you the #1 reason you are not doing what I do and it may make you upset. Here it…
Work Hard, Play Hard & More
Well this past Memorial Day weekend was one of the best weekends of my life. I spent each day with great friends and had an all around good time. After all the fun was over I did feel a little down, but the next day I was extremely energized to work and get a lot…
Interview: Pat Hanavan
Today I am kicking off my interview series with Pat Hanavan. Pat is a pretty close friend of mine. Over the past few years I have seen him be a big part of a start-up Vodka company and build an online community and destination website for Faded Industry. So let’s get this interview started!
Upcoming Interview Series
I get asked so many different questions about what I do. These questions range from what I actually do to how I make money online. Over the past few years I have met many different people that make a living online or that work in social media. To give you guys a better idea of…
Why I Decided to Live By My Own Rules and How You Can Too
Many people ask me how I got started doing what I’m doing and they story always ends up with me telling them how I took the leap of faith and dropped out of college to build my business and be able to work on it full time. This is scary for a lot of people, and I had no clue that things would work out when I made my decision, but I knew a few things that I wanted out of life and following the “right thing to do” path was not going to allow me to do those things, or at least not right away. Since making that decision I have done things I could have never dreamed about doing before, met some amazing people and most importantly I am my own boss.
Stand Out with Your Own Personal Brand
I’ve always been a big proponent of having a personal brand. In plain terms your personal brand is what people know you for. Think about that for a second, what are you known for? I would assume when people think about me they know I’m the guy who runs ThinkComputers, takes photos of what he eats and maybe even a guy who gives good advice about running an online business. There are many platforms for building your own personal brand, which we will get into in a second, but why should you waste time building your personal brand?
So You Think it is Easy to Run an Online Business?
It’s crazy to think I have been running ThinkComputers for 10 years, but I have. Over this time many people have said to me, “man your job must be easy”. At the same time just as many people have said, “I wish I could do what you do”. The truth is anyone can do what…
Launched the Official ThinkComputers YouTube Channel!
ThinkComputers has really not done that much video, although we should! All of the videos on ThinkComputers prior to a month ago were mixed in with videos on my personal YouTube page. This was an issue for many reasons so I decided one to create a channel specifically for ThinkComputers and to produce more video…
How to Start a Tech Site Webinar
I get this question all of the time, “How can I do what you do?”. That question is not always the easiest thing to answer. This Thursday I will be partnering with John Chow, Stephen Fung and Gary Ng to explain how you can start a tech / review blog or site. Many people think…
Getting back in to Affiliate Marketing
I have been quite busy since the start of 2011. ThinkComputers is taking up much of my time, which is a good thing, but it has consumed me at times. I am finally starting to delegate many of the tasks off to other staff members to free up time for myself and make my life…
The Wait Is Over! Blog Profit Camp Opens!
The wait if over! John Chow has open his Blog Profit Camp coaching program for registration. However, it’s only open for 4 days so you need to sign up now to ensure you get a seat! Blog Profit Camp is a 12-week interactive course that will show you step by step how to make big…