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One of the things that struck me in the whole conversation is, the word ‘done‘ was never used. I guess these were developers who are experienced enough to know software is never truly done. For every simple action button you and I see in the user interface, there are tens and hundreds of commands to make that one little thing work.

So, as you can imagine, the more complex a software is, the more things need to be thought out and also the more chances for errors. Even if you implement every user request, for every request you fulfill, it may cause other parts of the software to become break. You’re constantly going back over each feature, refining, tweaking, perfecting. That’s just the way it is.

This serves as a little kick in the butt for me as there is one particular project that has been on the brink of rolling out for a long time but I’m so very hesitant. The project is a living thing. There is no write/record it, package and sell it.

Members of this project will enjoy continuous development, continuous research. It will never be done. But it is shippable. Get it out already as my coaches and partners tell me.

What are you waiting to be done?

Don’t overestimate your self when it comes to launching a product. I’ve rolled out a few either myself or with partners and can say it’s always easier when you have help.

If you need that help by the way, Kelly McCausey and Carrie Lauth both women I know and personally worked with are putting out an intensive product launch coaching session so you can roll your product out in 42 days.

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How you handle technical issues within your business? Do you have a tech support person for your business? 

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By tech support I mean someone (or a team) who you call when your computer/network is not working.

Do you have a website support person (or team)? For example when your blog is giving errors, needs upgrading or when you have an idea but don’t know how to make it happen.

I imagine if you do, they’d most likely be different people or teams since these two areas require different expertise. There may be some overlap but when you need to get to the nitty gritty of things they are different.

Do you have a computer ghost buster you pay to help you with technical stuff or do you attempt it yourself first? Or do you ask your (own/neighbor’s/brother’s/sister’s) kid to help you? Nothing wrong with that if the job gets done properly.

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Today, I needed to come up with one of those “Please wait while this application loads” images for a client’s project. I’m not a graphic designer and don’t want to mess with creating one myself. There’s got to be a generator out there.

Sure enough, I found Ajaxload. Veerry neat! Select the type of indicator you want, background color, color of the image, hit generate, voila! Featured in this post are some of the images I created. Took me less than a minute for each.

P/S: There is of course a need for real graphics programs. For those design challenged like me, we sure are thankful for lovely tools like these.

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From Aweber, I can tell which page they signed up from because of a tracking code in the signup form. But it doesn’t tell me where those who signed up came from. Thankfully, the CrazyEgg tracking code was installed on the blog in the past and I got my answer.

A good number of Google Docs visitors did sign up. I blogged the results over at Alice’s blog along with some alternative services you can use to track what really happens on your blog. Go read the full story.

By the way, if you need more assistance to whip your blog up into shape, check out Internet Marketing Blogging Bootcamp. Only 25 seats and we close this Sunday, July 13th.

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The last time we ran this and closed the doors, we had people asking us when we’ll be re-opening. We can only take 25 people and doors close on Sunday, July 13th. If you need help to re-vamp your business blog better join
us soon. We’re so looking forward to working with you.

The next Bootcamp I’m holding (at the same time *gasp*) is Blog Theme Bootcamp. Oh yeah. This one I am really excited about. It’s a step-by-step, take you by the hand learning system that teaches you not only how to edit but develop themes from any HTML template.

Lessons are delivered in bite size chunks, written in easy to understand - read plain English - format. Designed to be simple so you don’t have to be a tech whiz to follow. But it gets better. I’ve joined forces with Kelly McCausey who created Blog Evangelists.

In Blog Evangelists, Kelly shows you how to market blog setup and customization services to local businesses and to your own niche. We felt together, Blog Evangelists and Blog Theme Bootcamp would make a super value and high quality system for VA’s, designers and anyone who wishes to offer blog creation services for some extra cash.

All the details can be found at http://blogevangelists.com. There’s no closing date but the introductory pricing will end soon.

I’ve got another Blog related project coming up soon and will let you know as soon as it’s ready. Meanwhile, if you’re signed up for my list, I’ll be announcing how you can promote your own stuff in this new project. So watch out for my email.

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