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20 – Advanced Podcast Analytics and Statistics II

20 – Advanced Podcast Analytics and Statistics II

Firstly we looked at some of the equipment we use for doing our podcasts.
We use the Audio-Technica ATR – 2100 USB.  This is a great directional microphone that cuts down on noise in your recordings.

19 – Advanced Podcast Analytics and Statistics

It can be really difficult to understand how effective your podcast is going.  Podcast statistics are a bit of an arcane art, and it is difficult to understand the relative difference in downloads between podcasts and also there are some great ways that you can find out which parts of your podcast resonate with your audience…

18 – How to fly like a Boss with Steve Hui

Steve Hui, the Points Whisperer, is the owner of I fly flat.   We talk about what the tricks are to using points in your business to be able to fly business class.  Business owners have a huge advantage when it comes to Frequent Flyer Points…  

16 – Application Development for Small Businesses Part II

16 – Application Development for Small Businesses Part II

Creating bespoke software for your small business has never been easier or cheaper than it is today and it can make a fundamental difference to the productivity and profitability of your business.
We look at Google Analytics.  Do you know how to use Google Analytics?  It tells you some key metrics for your website.

14 – How to take a holiday when you own a Small Business

14 – How to take a holiday when you own a Small Business

We discuss why it is important for business owners to take a holiday.
It is pretty important for you to get out of the business to recharge your batteries and make sure that you aren’t burning out.  It is also important to get out of the business to reflect on the business…

13 – Your competitors are offshoring – Should you?

13 – Your competitors are offshoring – Should you?

Call routing has made it a lot easier for small business to be able to offshore.
Logitech Web cams – we talk about the C930 webcam.  This is a really cool and simple piece of tech that I use for video conferencing as well as the Facebook lives that I do.  It natively supports green screen which is pretty cool.  Webcams make a big difference when you are teleconferencing and this one works really well…

12 – Application Development for Small Business – Profiting from your Bright Ideas

12 – Application Development for Small Business – Profiting from your Bright Ideas

In Tech Focus we look at Microsoft Power BI.  We have been using Power BI to pull information from line of business application.  At Extreme we can see who has been entering their timesheets, who has been working with which customers and what billings each engineer has.  This updates in real time and display it on one of our monitors that is mounted on the wall.  This means that everyone can see how the team and each individual is performing…

11 – How to market a boring Small Business – Part II

11 – How to market a boring Small Business – Part II

In Tech Focus we look at our new Acer Acer Veriton M6640G.  Straight out of the box it supports the 4 monitors that I need to drive.  Pretty much silent and driven by a super power Core i7 CPU bringing a lot more power for the video editing and other work that I do…