Archive for August, 2009

• I just signed up to @tweetmeit where you can shorten your links and share your social networks http://tweet.me.it #
• @MarshaCollier You're saying LA got hot today? I saw 104 on a board today here in Boise … wishing I was on the river too in reply to MarshaCollier #

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• Just learned a new word … Twoosh … I found out I have 29 of them #
• Checking out my TweetStats! http://tweetstats.com/graphs/ScottProck – VERY interesting stuff #
• RT @MarshaCollier : There's a reason it's called Social Media: Being social (interacting with people) and we're on the media – Embrace It! #
• 9 ways to say "thanks" online http://sbne.ws/r/2AW1 #
• RE: Thanks Mitch,

  I do the same too … and I often find myself looking at an email, and then before you know it I'… http://disq.us/20xq #

• @lilivonshtupp I'de like to see the iron … er, maybe not … interesting though in reply to lilivonshtupp #
• 45% of employers check social networks before hiring – http://ow.ly/kJGy #
• Here are some interesting facts about URL shortening services and their reliability – http://ow.ly/kFXh #
• @CraigMJamieson Yes … you are on the same track … in reply to CraigMJamieson #
• Meet the newest Tweep Of The Day @MarshaCollier – http://ow.ly/kFRj #
• RE: @ScottProck I want to know what your favorite URL shortener is, please RT and add your comments. http://disq.us/20jg #
• Did you know … ? if you add the + sign to the end of any bit.ly URL you can see the stats of that URL #
• @CraigMJamieson Yeah … that's because my personal blog has so many gadgets on it lol … any post gets sent to FB, Twitter, & I think FF in reply to CraigMJamieson #
• RT @cesarabueg: "Don't try 2 sell me unless U've built a relationship w/ me 1st, or U may just get Unfollowed" ~UNKNOWN #
• RT @G0: Social business: Building brands in the social media realm http://bit.ly/uMVyO #
• An excellent article on graphic design "Spec work" and a sample letter at the end to give to clients – http://ow.ly/kEe8 #

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I just had to fill out an online employment review in order to continue receiving unemployment but I wonder when the Idaho Labor department is going to update their form for reporting job searches.

With the current economy and … well, being unemployed … one would think Idaho Labor would understand in this age of information online that it would make sense to save money on gas and do your job searching, applications, and interview scheduling online. After all, they do encourage the use of online job searching.

Then why … I can’t figure it out … do they NOT have a section on their form to fill in email contacts, or searches you have done online. Do they not understand that many of the applications only have an email address, some don’t even have the company name.

I have been responding to an average of one job posting per day (most days more) from a number of different online job searches, but there’s no place for me to put that information on the Idaho Labor form … WTF!!!

If you know of anyone hiring in the graphic design field, or looking for freelance work, let me know … also be sure to check out my offer for free blog installation

Enjoy … Scott

I admittedly declare to be a distracted entrepreneur and it’s largely due to brilliant Internet Marketers.

I have recently unsubscribed from all but one Internet Marketer because I have become numb to their emails, and usually just delete them anyway. Don’t get me wrong … I subscribed to them and believed them to be of value but I just don’t have time to be distracted all the time.

You see … the IM world is great at creating such buzz around their product launches and such that it makes people like me want to buy them, thus propagating further distractions to the tune of never getting anything done because next week will bring another brilliant program.

The tipping point was reached today when I was reviewing some of the emails I get from well known names in the IM market, and I realized the programs had nothing to do with WHY I originally subscribed to their emails. That, in my opinion is abuse of my email and is worthy of an unsubscribe. As an example, I had subscribed to an email list about social media and after looking back at the many emails I received from this person only about a third of them contained anything relevant to social media, and most were solicitations of some format.

From here on out I have decided if I am to have any chance of success, I must weed out anything that can distract me and pull me off track. This is very difficult for me to do, as I feel like I’m shutting myself out, or closing myself off to information I may be interested in. However, it has to be done and I wonder if any of he IM’rs ever consider how many people they are pulling off course only to keep them in an endless cycle of failure.

I’m not blaming my problems on others as I am aware we have choices, but I don’t need to make it easy for others to pull me off course, therefore I have just made my choice.

… Scott

• I upgraded to #HootSuite 2.0 because It's looking like a TweetDeck killer http://hootsuite.com/upgrade #

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• What to charge as a Freelance designer – great article, and links to more at the end – http://cli.gs/6GL1VH #
• I just created an online portfolio of my work at – http://www.behance.net/ScottProck – let me know what you think #

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