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Re: Why this is the best time in our lives to get into the BEST shape of our lives!

michaelzelbel — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:21:22 -0000

Great episode! Thank you!

Re: Feel Good Friday – At-Home Workout Program – Must Read

michaelzelbel — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:50:46 -0000

The at home workout program is a fantastic idea!

Re: Random Update & Thoughts (van life, travel, virus) – Ep. 240

michaelzelbel — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:47:01 -0000

Awesome episode! Thank you!

Re: Better contact management in Podio

michaelzelbel — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:03:07 -0000

We are currently using the piesync contact-manager app. Shall we migrate (at least as soon as the migration tool is available)? Does it have benefits?

Re: Stuart Roseman, Some details on Wednesday's SaneBox downtime

michaelzelbel — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:57:09 -0000

Awesome, awesome, awesome response. You rock!

> 1) What was it in our development
> process that allowed this to happen

There are things you can't know, but only very few things you can't test

> 2) What can we change about it
> to avoid this ever happening again

When it comes to web applications we use 2 to 4 days worth or request logs and fire those requests against the app in a staging environment. We do this at 4 times the speed, so it's actually a brutal load test as well.

However, you situation and setup might be totally different. I just felt like if you take the time and effort to write the above, then I should at least make the best suggestion I can think of.

Re: An Intro to Google Buzz for Photographers

michaelzelbel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:31:11 -0000

Thanks a lot for this nice post. I fully agree on Buzz usually being "more of a passive marketing stream than an active one". Unless some photographer comes along and really crushes it. Anybody thought that you can make really huge money with microstock? Well, and then came Yuri Acours.
However, the I see it most useful if you integrate it into your already existing distribution strategy. Using free services such as ping.fm, it is zero effort to keep buzz updated with more input than just your flickr photo stream. I posted a video tutorial on how to setup Google Buzz in order to distribute photographs: http://SmokingStrobes.com/buzz . The strategy helps marketing photos if that is your intention. Besides that, I believe we photographers should see Buzz as a similar cocktail party like facebook and we should use it to spark the one or the other nice conversation. So let's get buzzing.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - It is 2010….you can get to anyone…just grab it I...

michaelzelbel — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:30:32 -0000

I love your attitude, but actually, I think it is not as easy as you say.

Re: The First 30DC Plus Q And A Webinar

michaelzelbel — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:28:49 -0000

Hi Ed,
I'd love to join the webinar but it is at 2:30 AM my timezone (Berlin) and unfortunatly I have to get up the next morning for work. Can you please repeat the webinar at a time which we European people can make? For instance Saturday 9am EST?
Kind regards,
Michael

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Emotion is a dangerous pill when doing business I...

michaelzelbel — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:49:47 -0000

Agree that emotional decision taking is a dangerous pill as soon as it comes to decisions that imply risk. However, what I would be really interested in is: How to base all decisions on facts? What is a mechanism to easily gather the necessary data to take an informed decision?
My big questions right now at this moment is: What is the bottleneck of my current business? I will focus all my energy to remove it. But, how do I base the identification of the bottleneck on facts? How do I make sure that I really work on the bottleneck and not on what I THINK is the bottleneck?
Can you give us tip?

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Communication in 2009 In a day and age were we...

michaelzelbel — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:21:01 -0000

Gary, you rock! This video is truely inspiring! Having the courage to be so open is simply great! Actually I believe you got more good ideas than a lot of other people. For sure much more than me ;-)

BTW: The baby is coming? You are a father? Heeey, that's great!!! I guess you are an excellent father.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Telling your story and how so many miss it After...

michaelzelbel — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:40:28 -0000

MMmhh, well, the idea is good. And for smaller businesses this works fine. However, in larger businesses the board would need to give the CEO or whoever the OK for mumbling unreflected thoughts into a flipcam. On the one hand this is a big chance for the business, on the other hand a big risk. And most of the boards try to minimize risk as they are responsible for securing the business and feeding the employees.

However, I really like the idea about honest statements from the heart (of the company). I just don't see a way yet to implement that in larger corps.

Anyway, let's do a cool thing today: Gary, please sell me a bottle of wine ... via Twitpay. I think their idea rocks and I'd like to encourage them to do more.
Probably a portugese wine? Shipped as a gigt to a US friend of mine. How about that?

Cheers,
Michael

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - ESPN has changed their layout and I don’t like it ...

michaelzelbel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:39:41 -0000

MMmmhhh, do you think a company of that size would do this change without split testing it upfront? At least the big media players I worked for would have played it save and tested it.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Dominos pizza and why there are bigger losers...

michaelzelbel — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:24:44 -0000

Gary, this is an excellent example. And I agree 100% with your view. And I wonder what WOULD happen to Dominos brand if spokesman McIntyre would not have been speaking about "any idiot on the web can..." but rather WARMHEARTED. More like "we had the two employees and obviously they had not idea what damage they were doing...". I mean, look at those two guys in the video - THEY HAD NO IDEA. They are not part of "c level management" and they are not driven home after work in a BMW 7. Of course they did a bad thing, but come on - the video for sure will not ruin the brand - it will merely make a dent. Domino got a chance over here. Like you say, if they become more transparent, let people see how clean they are working. let other employees tell how clean they everything is, then they will win.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - How do you cut through the noise? Everyone is...

michaelzelbel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:27:28 -0000

Makes good sense. How about if you give some examples of such good ideas. Some that might still work...
-- Michael

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Good People Day 2009! Good people day is...

michaelzelbel — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:36:26 -0000

@_Gary:
Wonderful idea! It brings tears to my eyes. Really!

@_all:
Do what he says, but include all wonderful people you are connected to somehow in your post. At least adress them in general. Otherwise the one you pick might feel like you put him on the spot in a way, and others might feel hurt about not being the one you have choosen.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - My biggest news in Business in a long time - wish me luck

michaelzelbel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:06:53 -0000

Well done my friend! Congrats!

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - How will Twitter monetize? So many people at...

michaelzelbel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:56:57 -0000

With tweetlater alerts http://bit.ly/Cchw I get my twitter search result digest delivered to my inbox. So search.twitter.com is expired for me. The world changes every day ;-) And you are a clown ;-) A very wise one ;-)

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - You Down With ROI?…Yeah You Know Me ROI. I am...

michaelzelbel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:47:56 -0000

Yep, and just think about what will happen because we are constantly developing cellphones more towards social network devices. Boy it will be grand!