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Re: 3 Financial Mistakes I Made When I Started My Career (And What I Should Have Done Differently)

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:18:33 -0000

These are super smart tips. Living below your means allows you to have "cheat" days without feeling financial burdens. It's stressful not controlling your finances and not knowing what you would do if something significant happens.

Re: Avoiding The WordPress Theme Lock-in Effect

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:27:19 -0000

Totally see your point on the "proprietary" effect and lock-in using those themes, but honestly changing any theme is likely to require a varying degree of re-doing copy, design, customizations, etc. Divi definitely would require a lot more because of the page builder, but it's just the sacrifice you give at the expense of being able to quickly create pages and designs. It's so flexible and allows you to create a gorgeous page in minutes. Plus, you can customize the crap out of it. In addition, out of the box, it integrates with a ton of services such as woocommerce and bbpress. This saves a ton of money and time when building ecommerce sites and communities. The biggest win for me is that it puts small businesses in a great place to have a functional site with great design with less development time.

Re: Announcing Our New Site: Bro + Co

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:07:41 -0000

in all seriousness, I would probably visit this site regularly :P

Re: Steve Wozniak: The iPhone 6 is three years too late

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:20:32 -0000

This is the first time I've raised my eyebrows about something Woz said. Whenever you're building a product or company, there's a MILLION things and directions you can go at any time. Anyone can suggest a tactic or thing to do, but the best are truly focused on "why" and the mission.

Sure, Apple has a ton of reserves to do nearly anything they want, but they sure insist on getting it done right no matter when they do it. Growing to be come one of the biggest companies in the world certainly helps explain that they're doing great.

Re: The Story Behind Buffer’s New(ish) Content Suggestions

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:25:23 -0000

Love these, but I often find myself reformatting the messages. They often are buffered like a headline, so I remove the uppercases to read more like a sentence.

Re: Hiring at Buffer in February: 2,024 Applicants, 3 Offers Made

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:18:01 -0000

Hey Leo,

Is there anything I can do to help you fill the community role?

Re: How the Buffer Happiness Team did in January: 9771 Emails Sent, 5700 Tweets & 265 Live Chats

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:55:53 -0000

Hi Carolyn - extremely interesting read! Although I have far fewer requests from clients to help out, I face the similar dilemma with email: do I start by age of the email or difficulty?

I found that as long as I pick a strategy and stick with it, I'm most happy, productive and produce the best work. Assuming all clients have similar deadlines and priorities, some days I want to knock out a bunch at once; but other times I want to spend time on the ones that I know are more difficult challenges.

It depends on the cup of coffee I guess ;) Thanks again for putting this together! Have a great weekend.

Re: Two more Happiness Heroes join the Buffer team: Mary and Adam

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:47:06 -0000

Congrats, Mary and Adam! You've been extremely helpful and responsive to my tweets, and I can't thank you enough. I look forward to your continued success with Buffer :) Glad that you found a position and company that's right for you.

Re: How Should Journalists Be Paid in The Digital Age?

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:28:53 -0000

Hey Len, I agree that we need to move to a direct model, but the how needs to be redefined. It's clear that people aren't going to pay $2 to read a blog post. It's becoming evident that content is becoming more open and collaborative. I'd like to see a model that makes more eyes see and be interested in the content they want to read. It'd be great if it was easier for people to publish great work for a larger and possibly more niche audience.

I just don't think the way newspapers (or any of the ways traditional media companies) monetize are going to work in the future. We're seeing it in print. Far less in TV, but still very expensive to get the same ROI as newer technologies. Definitely a time for marketers and advertisers to rethink how they ask for customers on TV. Native internet advertising is much more tailored to the kinds of things we want to see and is only getting better.

Re: The T-Shaped Web Marketer

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:40:04 -0000

I also agree that analytics is a critical web marketing skill. Even knowing the basics such as the ability to log into analytics and figure out basic trends and casual relationships would be extremely helpful.

Re: Your Chrome Passwords Are Readily Accessible to (Almost) Anyone

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:02:18 -0000

It's been this way for ages. Safari is a little safer in this sense, as you have to enter your computer account password to access the passwords. If you're looking for password safety, I'd recommend using a service such as One Password, or similar.

Re: You Should Remove All Ads From Your Site

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:18:38 -0000

Love this post. I recently graduated college and had a class on digital media entrepreneurship. One class period covered "do not base your entire business model on advertising." This nails that argument on the head. I shared it on Twitter! Thanks.

Re: Lockitron: New Lockitron Color

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:55:01 -0000

Love it. Great work!

Re: Drive it Home Show Coming to Phoenix! Win a Car!! #DriveItHome #CGC

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:07:35 -0000

Hi Deanna! We hope to see you there! Register here: http://driveithomephoenix.e...

Re: Don%26%238217%3Bt+understand+Bitcoin%3F+This+video+explains+it+in+less+than+4%26nbsp%3Bminutes

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:10:08 -0000

I'm still lost. What does solving algorithms accomplish in respect to Bitcoin? Why algorithms instead of something else? Can someone please explain that aspect to me? Thanks.

Re: The Smartwatch Arm Race: Don't Lock Us Into A Closed Loop - by Dan Rowinski

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:23:16 -0000

This is definitely not the right battle to face if you're an artist. I can see why they're going after Vine, but I see many similarities to why artists went after YouTube. Vine provides value through creativity, which are bound to increase reputation and brand awareness. If you're an artist, you should take advantage of this platform to reach your fans -- not the other way around.

Re: Mobile-Only Magic: How Instagram Just Killed What Makes It Special - by Taylor Hatmaker

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:15:20 -0000

i disagree. Nothing has changed the core of Instagram and its focus.

Re: This Is How Much Facebook Made Per User Last Month: 2 Pennies

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:30:28 -0000

Just wait. All of this data isn't sitting around for pennies on the dollar. They're going to be right up there with the rest of them.

Re: My Interview with Gary Vaynerchuk: Huge 2013 Predictions, Push Notifications and more (Part 1)

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:02:21 -0000

Great interview. Look forward to part two with Gary Vaynerchuk.

Re: 55 Stunning Freebies from Dribbble

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:16:57 -0000

These are beautifully designed. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Instead of a New Year’s Resolution… Create a Career Action Plan!

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:26:29 -0000

Great ideas. Thank you!

Re: Foursquare now shows “popular hours” for businesses

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:44:15 -0000

Great idea! Love your recent improvements in discovery. I think taking the next step such as realtime waiting times would be welcomed.

Re: Foursquare now shows “popular hours” for businesses

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:43:57 -0000

Great idea! Love your recent improvements in discovery. I think taking the next step such as realtime waiting times would be welcomed as well.

Re: Ironwood Ridge earned football championship over Centennial 27-3

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:34:03 -0000

All of the excuses the media gave Centennial are worthless. Playoff sports often require teammates to step up when others are injured or underperforming. It's at this stage where the leaders and winners shine. That is exactly what IRHS did. Go Nighthawks!

Re: Syncing Google contacts in Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Zach Solomon-Beloin — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:39:06 -0000

Thank you!