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Re: Rocket Company

Dave Yankowiak — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:27:07 -0000

In the meantime I'm listening to Montell Jordan's "This is How We Do It"

Re: Rocket Company

Dave Yankowiak — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:21:14 -0000

This delay is actually great. I was late!

Re: A Trust-Based Sales Funnel

Dave Yankowiak — Thu, 15 May 2014 11:50:28 -0000

This is excellent, Brian. Could not agree more with trust being a base factor in sales, and in my world (project-based customers), that trust or lack of trust tends to carry through the extent of a project. If you don't build that up front, you still may make the sale but end up getting second-guessed by the customer during the full project and beyond. Not fun.

One other thing I'd add to making the sale that has really been working for me, both up-front and during the project: Show gratitude. I think clients start to trust you more when they feel like you are grateful for them. Remember that early feeling of "wow, someone is actually willing to pay me money to buy this?" Let a little of that gratitude and wonder come through. This is vital during the customer support phase as well.

Re: That Time I Was A Sponsored Sailor

Dave Yankowiak — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:47:25 -0000

The sailor suit is a classic. Man how was that over four years ago already?!

Re: Episode 5: How I Transitioned From Consulting to Products, Full-Time

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:15:56 -0000

WP Bids FTW! :) Sent out three proposals on it last week alone.

Re: Who Will Pick Up Where WordPress Left Off?

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:57:33 -0000

Quote: "There is no longer such a strong notion that WordPress is "just a blogging platform,” because it's actually no longer a blogging platform at all."
Actually, Ghost is not a blogging...or any...platform at all yet. Please release it first.

Re: Common Craft: Weaning A Business That’s Totally Dependent On Its Founder – with Lee LeFever

Dave Yankowiak — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:02:12 -0000

I really enjoyed your first interview with Lee. Good to see him back for an encore. Big fan of what he's doing.

Re: The Secret to Becoming Awesome

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:44:25 -0000

I've blocked the following phrase from my thoughts: "What if this fails?" Because life always goes on. I took the leap into launching my business full-time over five years ago. I've had successes and I've had failures, but life has always gone on...God has always provided...and I've learned to not only not fear the unknown, but have started to actually embrace it.

Re: work it / personal finance with help from google (+ free downloads!)

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:47:49 -0000

This is awesome, Caroline. Had to comment as this is very similar to how we track and manage our household budget. We do use Mint to track balances and trends, but I'm pretty hands-on with that which makes a big difference. However, we do use Google Drive for all of the monthly cash-flow and budgeting and Google Calendar for the bill reminders. I definitely agree that it helps to become more pro-active about everything. Being self-employed, another thing I've found that helps us is to pay myself a weekly salary as opposed to monthly, bi-weekly, or as needed (as-needed is terrible, actually). That really helps us more accurately budget things like groceries, household supplies, and gas for our vehicles.

Re: Help Us Promote Our Road Trip, Win The Brand New Apple iPhone 5

Dave Yankowiak — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:23:20 -0000

I do not see MN on this list of stops, Jason. ;)

Re: An Interview with Bob Goff [Video]

Dave Yankowiak — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:18:18 -0000

I would love to read this book. Having three young daughters and doing our best to teach them what love is through ACTION, I think Bob's book would be a great source of inspiration and instruction for my wife and me. Excellent interview as always, Michael.

Re: Tell us: What makes your heart leap for joy?

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:26 -0000

I love the flexibility of working wherever I want. Right now I'm sitting at my dining room table developing a website while my daughter is ten feet away getting some school work done.

Re: Ditching Basecamp for Project Management With Google Docs - Video

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:11:19 -0000

George, this made me chuckle. I'm a father of three little girls and we're always trying to get them to go to sleep. Maybe that tendency has made it's way into my podcasting approach as well. :)

Re: Motivational Mondays: Dave Yankowiak of AnywhereMan.com

Dave Yankowiak — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:23:34 -0000

Thanks for posting this, Artiatesia. Wonderful site you have here!

Re: http://jasonsadler.com/post/10404189766

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:04:21 -0000

Good analysis here, Jason.

The bottom line with Netflix is that I want them to be profitable and to succeed since they are already so integrated into everything I use: app on my TV, app on my phone, app on my Wii, and accessibility on my computer. I do think that moving the DVD service to its own brand is a good move AS LONG AS the streaming service gets better. I do like what you added about a more social approach as well.

When they initially made the split between DVD & streaming services a few months ago, I decided to stick with streaming. It's so easy to sit down and find something to watch, especially with kids' programs. As for accessibility to new movies and things like that, we only watch a few per month so it makes more sense for me to skip out on the DVD by mail service and just grab new release DVDs from Redbox for $1 per night.

That's where I think Netflix could succeed: Adopt a Redbox-like element to their streaming service. Continue to give us a ton of streaming shows, movies, etc for the $7.99 price per month like they do now. Plenty of good content to draw in base subscribers. On top of that, create an premium, on-demand feature like Vudu.com that includes new releases & movies not normally available in their streaming plan, but price it at $1/day per title which is the price of a Redbox rental. Vudu charges up to $5.99/day for HD rentals which seems like a total ripoff. If Redbox can generate profits renting physical DVDs for $1/day, why can't Netflix do it via streaming?

I'd much rather pay $1 extra to rent a premium movie and stream it. I'd get the exact movies I want, when I want them, without spending a ton and at the same time Netflix profits and stays in business. I think this addition streaming income would help them secure better deals with studios and expand their offering.

Re: “Responsive Web Design” Book Review

Dave Yankowiak — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:14:26 -0000

I am really looking forward to reading this book. Actually working on a re-design of my own website right now and am going to be using some responsive elements. Have read Ethan's original Responsive article as well as a few other online tutorials, but I'm sure the book is pretty much the definitive guide.

Re: An Open Letter to Priceline and Days Inn

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:56:33 -0000

Absolutely unbelievable. As if the bed bugs aren't bad enough, the lack of a refund is just the icing on the poop-cake. Was actually about to book a hotel for the weekend through Priceline. I think I'll go elsewhere. Or maybe sleep in a tent. :)

Re: Why I Hope to Die Empty

Dave Yankowiak — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:38:45 -0000

What I am doing today to make a difference is the promise to myself to be more spontaneous. As a freelance web biz owner, I need to stop working so hard to try to become "rich" but instead do things RIGHT NOW to live a rich life. That doesn't mean doing away with all structure and responsibility, but leaving flexibility in my schedule to try new things, push the limits of my ideas and creativity, and heck just do fun and meaningful stuff with my getting-old-too-quickly kids.

Super excited to read Todd's book, by the way. I've been a big fan of the Accidental Creative podcast which is always a nice shot of honest, to-the-point inspiration.

Re: Catch my video chat with Dave and Brian on Freelance Jam

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:13:01 -0000

Thanks, Phil! We really enjoyed having you on the show. We'll keep the tunes coming. :)

Re: http://jasonsadler.com/post/5800401944

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:34:23 -0000

What Noah did was wrong. He seems to be genuinely sorry about what he said, but he still has to face the consequences and I think he's accepted that. However, I feel that a $50,000 fine is more than fair for a player whose salary is $3.1 million for the season. Kobe, on the other hand, has a $24.8 million salary - now that's a crapload! So I would say that Noah's penalty hurt a lot more than Kobe's. Also, Kobe's remarks were directed at a ref. I know the league has really been trying to cut down on that type of thing, so Kobe's was almost a double offense by 1) what he said and 2) who it was directed towards.

The bottom line is: I really hope the Heat lose. :) lol

Re: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/5645593686

Dave Yankowiak — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:37:11 -0000

Facebook...LinkedIn...Google...Microsoft...Skype...I'm dizzy, Gary! :)

Re: Was the White iPhone 4 Release a Victory?

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:34:21 -0000

It's been great. This is a somewhat small town (about 7000) and a small space (capacity of about 10 folks at any given time), but we have about 6 full-timers and a few part-timers and drop-ins. We've all made some great connections through each other, too. Definitely better than working from home. :)

Re: Was the White iPhone 4 Release a Victory?

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:25:32 -0000

I helped start a local coworking space last year here in Grand Rapids, MN: http://commonspacegr.com

Re: Was the White iPhone 4 Release a Victory?

Dave Yankowiak — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:09:20 -0000

A very similar thing happened to me last week. I stopped being able to hear voice calls on my current smartphone (Palm Pre Plus) - second time it's happened. Last time, Verizon just replaced it. This time I asked if I could upgrade and they said that would be fine. So I ordered the white iPhone 4 as well. Yeah, the 5 should be coming out soon, but who cares? The latest and greatest is always coming next. Will just be nice to (finally) be using an iPhone on the Verizon network.

Coincidentally someone else at my coworking space had the exact same thing happen this week. She is now sporting a white iPhone 4 as well.

Re: New Tools

Dave Yankowiak — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:01:36 -0000

Glad you're finding those Gmail apps/plugins handy, Jeremy. ActiveInbox has been a serious game-changer for me in getting things done and keeping the inbox clean.