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steven reader is with Malcolm Millar and 18 others
The unexpected Xmas story according to Ben Legg. (The Full version)
Every year I do a Christmas nativity story. This is usually dedicated to an individual who has shown me love, warmth, and friendship; someone who has helped me through the year and brought smiles and laughter to my life. This year I choose the Portfolio Collective. It may be slightly contrived as I haven’t yet had time to fully appreciate your personalities, but if it brings some festive spirit, then it will be worth the effort. So here goes:
A long time ago, in a place called ‘America’, there lived a man with a big smile. He was an excitable chap with bundles of energy, and for good reason. The angel of the lord came to see him out of the blue one night. He couldn’t remember if his name was Peter or Malcolm, anyhow, suffice to say he was shiny on top. The Angel told him that if he ‘swiped right’ the good lord would bring him a beautiful wife and after much nocturnal fun they shall have a child, and h…
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Always creatively dreaming Laura, turning it into a reality is more of a challenge. Writing career will be put to bed, it’s a vanity indulgence with little upside.
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Judging by my my book sales, I think I might be sticking to property in the short term. I think my career as an author, might be much like my stories: short and sweet! My proxy is numbers. If I spread my portfolio career thinly enough, then surely I have to hit the jackpot at some point.
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Man, ”gerop” had me, I nearly spat my sour beer all over the baby I spent half hour getting to sleep. Luckily the mouthful also stopped my ROFL! Outstanding work Steven, I feel this needs caligraphing (new word alert) onto some parchment and formally filing with this year’s TPC accounts!
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Every year I do a Christmas nativity story. This is usually dedicated to an individual who has shown me love, warmth, and friendship; someone who has helped me through the year and brought smiles and laughter to my life. This year I choose the Portfolio Collective. It may be slightly contrived as I haven’t yet had time to fully appreciate your personalities, but if it brings some festive spirit, then it will be worth the effort. (as ever, there is no intention to offend) So here goes:
A long time ago, in a place called ‘America’, there lived a man with a big smile. He was an excitable chap with bundles of energy, and for good reason. The angel of the lord came to see him out of the blue one night. He couldn’t remember if his name was Peter or Malcolm, anyhow, suffice to say he was shiny on top. The Angel told him that if he ‘swiped right’ the good lord would bring him a beautiful wife and after much nocturnal fun they shall have a child, and he shall be called Jesus.
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Brilliant as ever steven reader. I’m sure Ben Legg is waiting with baited breath on the next installment…I know I am!
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Hey all.
Particularly those in Cohort 2, but also everyone else who has listened to me question / drone on whilst I straighten a few things out and pull in a few others who will be able to support should I unearth more than just the odd undemanding client 🙂
Anyway, just to say – as you may have missed it and these things disappear in the blink of an eye on LIn – here’s a post I sent out yesterday:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6741749716389789696/
I’m very happy to be ’out there’ and it’s the start of what I think must be my 5th career! Kind of a linear portfolio 😉
And there’ll be a couple of other strings to my bow soon as well. Onwards with the lessons from Module 7…!
Anyway, THANKYOU steven reader, Jenny Collins, Ben Legg Laura Thomas @mike Drummond Gilbert Paul David Mather Adam Park Regina Dundelova Duncan Dalzel-Job Nicola Twiston Davies Peter Allen,…
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it’s been great Malcolm! I spotted the infographic yesterday and really related to it too, thanks for sharing 🙂
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So important to have this sort of inspiration in uncertain times. These motivating connections, even our brief chats, are what make TPC so good.
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Silvia Janska is with Jesus Iniesta and 16 others
A massive thank you for everyone here who helped me so far in building my website; thank you for ideating with me on the company name (and @patricia.janska, my sister for creating the logo). Of course this is not perfect and i am open to feedback and constructive criticism ….for content and technical /appearance. Here it is: https://www.innoveting.com
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I really love the name Silvia! Well done for getting your website up. The logo is clever, kudos to your sister!
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Regina Dundelova replied to the topic Best productivity tools & hacks (and why!) in the forum
The Community in the group The CommunityTop of my list are:
Clockify
+ easy to use
+ capturing my time on different projects
+ can capture whether work is billable or not
+ Google extension
– (none so far)
Calendly
+ fairly easy to set up
+ a real time saver when it comes to scheduling appointments (I even use it with friends/family since they are all over the place!)
+ great at handling appointments across different timezones
+ integrates with multiple calendars
+ integrates with Zoom and other platforms
+ can take payments for appointments
– Advanced scheduling settings are not intuitively located but worth setting up (e.g. event buffers, increments etc.)
Email Tracker
+ great when doing bizdev – captures whether recipients opened emails you’ve sent
+ Google extension
+ basic version is free
– not 100% accurate
LastPass
+ secure password storage
+ works across multiple devices
+ can share password securely with another per…
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I love this idea Regina Dundelova!
Some of the links that came up in the chat a couple of weeks ago in the Catapult course included:
Google Domains is great for securing domains
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Canva -is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content.
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A how to guide- to make your website password protected- if you only want a select few to access it to give feedback, whilst you’re creating it.
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Useful landing page testing sites:
Hotjar – analyses website use, providing feedback through tools such as heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys. It works with web analytics tools such as Google Analytics to offer an insight into how people are navigating websites, and how their customer experience can be improved.
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UsabilityHub – is good for testing landing pages
You pay people to go check out your website and comment on it
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Unbounce – You can create and optimize dedicated landing pages that prompt your visitors with one focused goal instead of leaving them to wander a site full of distractions.
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I would be a mess without Last Pass! I also love http://e.ggtimer.com/ for time boxing tasks and doing the Pomodoro technique
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great read, thanks Steve, I’m in the festive mood now!