Reading Time: 2 minEvery week I come across new things that I find interesting, and most of them turn into blog posts. However, I also stumble upon a lot of other items that aren’t worth a full post, but are worth sharing. Here are some from the past week. Game: Stardew Valley If you take a little Minecraft, […]
Business
From ProsperWorks to Pipedrive for lead management
Reading Time: 2 minAli and I have been using the ProsperWorks CRM for a few years to help keep our GreenMellen leads organized. It’s a great application, but with some other changes that we’ve been it’s become a bit redundant for us. Here’s a bit about how it works: Clean up those contacts The main thing that drove […]
Please don’t have your external links always open a new tab
Reading Time: 2 minI posted a few years ago on the GreenMellen blog about sites that have links automatically open in new windows, and how that wasn’t always the best move. The logic I hear is “if you’re taking them to a new site, have it open in a new tab so that they don’t leave your site”. […]
Verizon’s new commercial is aimed specifically at ripping you off
Reading Time: < 1 minCell phone companies often show hilariously inaccurate commercials (I need to talk about Sprint one of these days), and when I saw this Verizon commercial yesterday I laughed. Watch it and let me know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYOr-CeRCs What’s the problem? They say “the majority of people pay for data they never use“. Then, “most […]
Easy ways to find time to meet
Reading Time: 3 minWe’ve all been there. You’re trying to meet up with someone in person, planning it via email. It goes something like this: “Are you free for lunch on Tuesday?” “Sorry, I can’t, but I’m around Thursday.” “No, my Thursday is crazy. How about Friday morning?” “I already have a breakfast meeting Friday. Let’s look at […]
Getting all of those contacts organized
Reading Time: 3 minContact management can be a pain. Most people will add some contacts from their phone, add some from their email, end up with duplicates and some missing info, and just have a big mess on their hands. We’ve all been there. I spent much of 2016 trying to find ways to get things organized. I […]
Your Google search results are a big part of your brand
Reading Time: 2 minYears ago I was talking with a woman named Carol about personal branding in search results. Her philosophy was to focus on one platform (LinkedIn) so she could “avoid having too much info about her show up online”. It makes sense at first, but the problem with that approach is that when someone searches for […]
People have always been afraid of the effects of new technology
Reading Time: 3 minI find it amazing how many very old quotes can sound like they were first said yesterday. When I was a youth pastor around the year 2001 and people tried to tell me “how awful kids are today”, I loved this quote from Socrates (somewhere around 400 B.C.): The children now love luxury; they have […]
Forwarders are good for everyone
Reading Time: 2 minGiven the somewhat unique spelling of my last name, people often have trouble typing in the correct website address for GreenMellen Media. As a result, we’ve purchased and configured a variety of misspellings to make sure people get to the right place. Along with GreenMellenMedia.com, you can also find us at GreenMellen.com, GreenMelonMedia.com and GreenMellonMedia.com. […]
The hierarchy of attention; or, why we hate your robocalls
Reading Time: 2 minToday in Georgia we have a handful of runoff elections, and our phones have been ringing off the hook with robocalls from some of the tighter races. The two men running for the Senate, Jack Kingston and David Perdue, have each robocalled our house more than a dozen times. It’s crazy. The problem is that […]