Server Issues

Server Issues We had quite a day today it started when I tried to login to JibberJobber this morning at 7am and it didnt work. I tried 3 other logins and nothing worked. Then I went to the blog page and it had an error. Argh! Let me back up a little. JibberJobber went live on May 15th, and since then weve been with GoDaddy. There have been a few little glitches here and there but I was able to live with it. About two weeks ago we were having a problem (that I couldnt live with) and so I told my dev team to prepare to move the site to a new server environment. This new server environment is one that you move to if you are serious about heavy traffic, lots of users, high reliability, etc. I honestly thought that we wouldnt make this move until after Christmas, but since my team had been working on it and the server was totally choking, we decided to move this morning! So, how lucky are we that we had been preparing for this fateful day. No data has been lost, and we still have access to the old server. Weve been testing all day but if you come across anything wierd then let us know well jump on it right away. Now that we got this server move out of the way we are free to do some more great development. And boy, do we have some great stuff were working on! Sorry if this was an inconvenience to anyone hopefully were on a great long-term solution that we can grow with. Server Issues We had quite a day today it started when I tried to login to JibberJobber this morning at 7am and it didnt work. I tried 3 other logins and nothing worked. Then I went to the blog page and it had an error. Argh! Let me back up a little. JibberJobber went live on May 15th, and since then weve been with GoDaddy. There have been a few little glitches here and there but I was able to live with it. About two weeks ago we were having a problem (that I couldnt live with) and so I told my dev team to prepare to move the site to a new server environment. This new server environment is one that you move to if you are serious about heavy traffic, lots of users, high reliability, etc. I honestly thought that we wouldnt make this move until after Christmas, but since my team had been working on it and the server was totally choking, we decided to move this morning! So, how lucky are we that we had been preparing for this fateful day. No data has been lost, and we still have access to the old server. Weve been testing all day but if you come across anything wierd then let us know well jump on it right away. Now that we got this server move out of the way we are free to do some more great development. And boy, do we have some great stuff were working on! Sorry if this was an inconvenience to anyone hopefully were on a great long-term solution that we can grow with.

18 Reasons Every Company Should Use Gmail

18 Reasons Every Company Should Use Gmail Even in 2017, email can be considered the circulatory system in the body of your business. While other communication tools such as SMS, instant messaging, Slack and CoSchedule often augment a company’s communication strategy, email remains the solid core of business correspondence. Yet for many companies, while they may put lots of thought and invest lots of money into the software with which they run other areas of their business, email software is something of an afterthought. Either you go with the first free email service you try, or you pay to use one of the regular business-oriented packages without much consideration. Now, Google is not a perfect company by any means, and there are lots of good reasons for being hesitant about over-relying on their products. But as far as email goes, Gmail and their paid-for professional email service G Suite can be considered among industry leaders for what they can do for your business. It is one area where the might of Google Corp. can be seen as a huge advantage for their product’s users. For example, you can rely on Google’s servers to keep running 99.987% of the time. These aren’t cowboys with a get-rich-quick idea â€" they’re in it for the long run, and they’ve got the infrastructure to back them up. This also means they know a thing or two about security. Your Gmail emails will be encrypted in transit, and held on secure servers, so you know your data is safe. Google is known primarily as a search engine, and for trying to make a back up of the entire world and its knowledge (through innovations such as Google Map, Earth, and Books), so you can be sure that data will be easy to find when you need it. Gmail pioneered threaded messages, which is great for having a conversation but not always so handy when you need to get to a certain piece of information, fast. But Google’s search power, in addition to Gmail’s carefully designed advanced search options, make for a speedy recovery of whatever it is you seek. If you decide to go for the full professional G Suite â€" and, from $5 a month to subscribe, any serious business using Gmail should do â€" you get a range of professional features that will wipe away any doubt you have that Gmail can be a serious business tool. Google Vault, for example, archives your time-sensitive data so it that it is retrievable beyond standard retention periods. This could be a real life-saver should you face a lawsuit or audit. You also get 24/7 tech support of the highest quality, which means you never need leave your customers hanging. So Gmail has the business engine going on, but on a more cosmetic note, G Suite also has some great options for giving your email a professional look. When you set up your pro account, it is obligatory to let Google know your company’s URL (you do have a URL, right?) and it is straightforward to set up email addresses that make use of this domain (i.e. susan@susansbusiness.com rather than susanbusiness@gmail.com). Furthermore, you can actually replace the Google logo in-house with your own, by adding it to the software so that each of your employees (and visiting customers) see your logo instead of Gmail’s in the corner of your screen. And smooth integration with Google’s other tools such as Calendar, Hangouts, and Docs, make it a particularly smart choice if you’re trying to keep things consistent and usable, or to run your business ‘on the go’, moving from place to place and working off your laptop and the Cloud. So give this visual summary of Gmail’s business power by Cloudmigrator  five minutes of your time, and think again about which email service you’re using to keep your company agile. Picking the right email service could be the most important business decision you forgot to make. About the author:  Marilyn Vinch is a freelance writer and a digital nomad currently based in London, England. Her background is in human resources but over the years shes grown to enjoy reading (and writing!) about topics connected to leadership, personal development, productivity and work/life balance.

Surviving (Inevitable) Rejection - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Surviving (Inevitable) Rejection - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Rejection is inevitable in life, especially if youre making an effort and putting yourself out there. Here are some thoughts I use to make it less painful when I get it. First, try not to expect to get it before you actually do. Most of the negative situations you worry about will never happen. If you fret and dread what might occur it will show all over your face, in your voice, and in your manner. People will see it and give back what you project and seem to expect. Consider the source, timing, situation, politics, and any other contributing factors so that you accurately understand the rejection. If in your estimation its valid and usually at least some of it is immediately do something about your actions/behavior to minimize the pushback from recurring. Later thank the person(s) who gave it, briefly explain the changes you made, sustain the changes, then forget about the rebuff. Get callused to the fact that not everyone will like you or what you do no matter what. Think about, it, you dont like every one and every thing others do either. There is a percent of the population that will disprove of you regardless of how good you are. Take heart in the fact that some people dont like the Pope, the U.S. President, Miss America, or Sponge Bob either. Life is not logical or fair. As the country and western song goes sometimes youre the windshield, sometimes youre the bug. If youre guilty of any of the following behaviors you will increase your chances of receiving negative reactions from people so try to eliminate them from your operating style now: -Procrastination -Lack of organization or goals -Self-criticism; low self-esteem -Perfectionism -Blaming other people -Difficulty in making decision And finally, take some consolation in the fact that at least one of your friends will secretly be delighted in your rebuff or setback. Youll make at least that someone happy

Start a Blog in 5 Easy Steps - Classy Career Girl

Start a Blog in 5 Easy Steps Blogging is more important than ever right now. Google loves fresh, original content. With every new post, Google will come back and visit your site, which improves your overall ranking.  Your online tribe loves connecting with you and what you have to share. Blogging helps your tribe get to know, like, and trust you. In addition, every post gives you an excuse to email your list and post on all the major social media sites, which drives more and new traffic back to your site. So why not start a blog? Ready to launch your blog? Here are 5 easy steps to  start a blog: Step 1: Determine your desired reader. Spend 10â€"15 minutes describing the type of person you want to read your blog. For some of you this will include very specific things like demographics (age, gender, location), but for others it will be less specific. Remember, your blog has a purpose and isnt just for your random thoughts. You have to have a theme so your readers know why they should come back and check on your latest articles. Your blog  should  be able to help your ideal client or customer so they can see you know your stuff! Step 2: Identify another successful blog in your niche. IMPORTANT: This step is not to copy, but just to get  ideas. You want your website to be unique and, later on, you might not want to follow any blogs in your niche to avoid any jealousy or copying. But, in the beginning, its important to just get your ideas flowing and notice what you like and dont like about other peoples sites and what is missing that you can provide better.Ask yourself the following questions: What topics are they covering? What are they ignoring? What topics are generating the most engagement in the comments? What questions are readers asking? What do you think of their design? What have they done well or poorly with their design? What options do they have for readers to subscribe? Step 3: Come up with at least 5-10 categories your new blog will cover. When you start a blog, your goal is never to run out of post ideas. You do not want to be strapped for time and writing something last minute. You want quality and your readers will want consistency. Continually add to this list so when you sit down ready to write something you wont be starting from scratch. Its always easier to write when you have an outline ready to go.  We recommend batching your time together and writing multiple posts at the same time. For instance, maybe spend an hour every Saturday coming up with ideas for the next month on your blog. Then, the following day, start writing as many articles you can in a two-hour time frame. You may be surprised at how many articles you can get scheduled ahead of time just by devoting focused time to one activity and  avoiding distractions. Step 4: Take 5 Categories and Post Ideas  and think of 5 other posts for each  category. When you come up with one great idea, dont stop there. How can you make a series or a months worth of posts on the same topic? For instance, could you explore the opposite view or answer a question about the idea? Maybe you could take a news article about the idea and write what you think about it. Could you give step-by-step instructions about the idea? For example, if one post idea I had was about how to start a blog, other ideas I could also write step-by-step instructions, how to use a blog to start a business, how to pre-schedule your blog when you are really busy and how to blog when you have a full-time job. It’s also really fun to do a series. For example, a 30-Day Networking Challenge. See how one idea gave me so much more to work with? Just one idea can create so many more little blog posts. Your goal should be to plan out the entire month of blog posts before the month starts.  The process outlined in this post is what I try to do on at least a monthly basis. I set aside time at the start of each month to brainstorm as many possible topics as possible. Step 5: Find a Web Host and Install WordPress When you start a blog, there are sites that you can blog on like blogger.com and WordPress.com. By all means, start there (thats how CCG started!) but if you are planning to launch and grow your business, we highly recommend having your own domain and hosting. It may be a little more expensive to get started but it is worth it in the end to have amore professional site and own it yourself. So find a webhost, we recommend Bluehost.com, and then download and install WordPress yourself. Bluehost has plenty of tutorials to show you how to do this and it should take no longer than 10 minutes! (We will be writing a future post all about this so stay tuned!) [RELATED: Top 10 Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make] Share your new blog in the comments below!

Professional Resume Writing Services in Dallas TX

Professional Resume Writing Services in Dallas TXIf you are looking for professional resume writing services in Dallas TX, then you can expect that the company you choose will help you find a good job with a good salary. These services are actually more about helping a person get a job, rather than just creating resumes for them. It is really up to the person using the service whether or not he wants to get into such a situation.Some people want to start their own business, but they lack the personal charisma and business skills that others have. They do not want to go through the hassles of dealing with management, customers, and customers' requests. As such, they hire professional resume writing services in Dallas TX to help them get a hold of a good job. This is where they go out of their way to make their efforts worthwhile.These professional resume writing services in Dallas TX have a number of different skills to offer. One of the skills they can offer is the knowledge of how t o write a good resume. It is not that these people know the trick on how to give a resume an impressive look. Rather, they can help a person develop a custom resume, so that it would be appealing to those who would be checking a resume.Aside from looking at the information on the resume, they also need to take into consideration the potential employer. The candidate is evaluated on his current state and the previous position. The best way to come up with a viable resume is to write it based on the ideal candidate that is up for the job.There are also some other skills needed for creating a successful resume, including using different things to come up with a nice looking one. Sometimes a particular item of information can have a significant impact on the outcome of the work. Other skills involve the ability to know how to proofreada resume as well as how to use the different tools available.There are also a number of online sources that offer professional resume writing services in Dallas TX. Some of these places can be found in the web portal that is listed on the website. These resources often offer free resume writing services to job seekers.If you do not know where to find these services, then you can always look online for them and inquire. You can also try asking the company that hired you about the best services that they could offer. This is how you can judge what the best options are for you.Professional resume writing services in Dallas TX can help people who want to find a job. These services are more about getting people a good job rather than just creating resumes for them. However, if you have a unique skill set, they may be able to offer you a different type of resume.

Great Questions to Ask at Work and of Yourself

Great Questions to Ask at Work and of Yourself One of the things I’ve learned as a coach is that it’s far more useful to ask a good question than to give someone an answer. Yet, at work, we’re constantly expected to provide answers. Not only that, people want us to answer with conviction and confidence. Otherwise, we risk being seen as weak, ignorant, or both. Questions to ask at work While there are many times when a definitive answer is exactly the right thing, like when your boss turns to you in a meeting and asks, “What does the data say about XYZ?”, often you’re better off asking a great question. One that turns the meeting in a different direction, introduces a new angle for thinking about the problem, and makes people think. One of my former colleagues was especially skillful at this. He would wait until the right moment â€" usually about two-thirds of the way through the meeting when we were getting mired in some well-worn internal debate, and badly needed to get back on track. Then he would sit forward and ask something like, “Has anyone thought about this from the client’s perspective?” And that would free us from the endless loop so we could move into a more productive space. Here are a few others that I’ve come across that are effective. To make sure there’s alignment: “How would this benefit the bigger mission?” “How does this align with the company’s strategy?” To encourage collaboration: “Who else could contribute to this effort?” To manage stakeholders: “How would this affect stakeholder X?” “Who needs to know about this before it’s announced?” To elicit ideas: “What more can we do to win the mandate/competition/award/grant?” “What would happen if we did the opposite?” To pressure test: “What could stop us?” To do a reality check: “What would need to be true in order for us to succeed?” “What assumptions are we making?” To examine scenarios: “What if XYZ were to happen/not happen?” “Who would be the winners versus the losers in this scenario?” To get a meeting back on track: “These are good points, but we don’t have enough time to do them justice. Could we take this offline?” “Is this on the critical path?” “Is there anything else we need to cover before Mary has to leave for her next meeting?” Questions to ask yourself Another place where questions can make a big difference is when it comes to managing your own career. Unless you hire a coach or have a particularly astute set of mentors and friends, no one else is going to ask you to think about these things. Yet you’ll be far more successful and satisfied with your life if you do. So exactly why is asking yourself these questions such a vital part of having a great career and life? First, they make you think and reflect. In a world of hyperactivity and the “always on” culture, creating space to think is a well-deserved luxury. It will help you do your best work and live life according to your own terms. I like to think of it as living “on purpose”. Second, they can alert you to times when you need to make a change, and encourage you to act. Even though it’s uncomfortable to hear the truth, there’s no point in keeping yourself in the dark until it’s too late to do anything about it. Third, these questions make it more likely that you will focus on what truly matters and use your time wisely. And time is the only thing we can’t make more of, even if most of us don’t treat it that way. Like spending hours making international travel arrangements myself to avoid paying a nominal travel agent fee! There are certain questions that you need to ask yourself periodically to make sure you’re still on track. In case you’re concerned that these are navel-gazing kinds of questions, let me assure you that these are all practical and serve a purpose. Here are a dozen of my favorite ones grouped according to their application. When you are super busy: Why am I doing this? How does this support my bigger future? What do I need to say “no” to? Am I focusing my energies in the right places? To make sure you keep improving: How have I invested in myself this quarter? Am I still learning and growing? Am I putting my best foot forward every day? To get out of your own head: What more can I do for my clients/colleagues/organization/family? How can I make a difference here? To move beyond your comfort zone: What am I afraid of, and what do I want to do about that? Am I playing big enough? What’s the one action I will take this week to get beyond my comfort zone? It doesn’t hurt to ask As you can tell, I’m a big fan of asking questions. At work, they can help you add value and support the team, and in the career context, they can get you to take action toward your goals. Plus, as they say, if you don’t ask, you won’t know. And I like to go into situations knowing as much as I can. Don't you? So look for moments when asking just the right question can move a meeting along, help yourself or a colleague get noticed, and spur your career to new heights. And when it comes to having a great career and life, not only doesn’t it hurt to ask, you’ll be better off when you do. In the spirit of this post, let me ask you this question: What are your favorite questions to ask at work and to ask yourself? Leave a comment below and share your wisdom.

Test yourself Do you make your colleagues happy at work - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Test yourself Do you make your colleagues happy at work - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Do you make your co-workers happy or unhappy at work? Using my brand-new Facebook application, you can invite current or past co-workers to answer 10 simple questions about you, and learn if you make others happy at work or if youre the office bully making everyone run away screaming. You will also learn the top 3 ways you make others happy at work. Its really simple: Click here to go to Facebook and add the application. Invite current and past co-workers to rate you. Once they answer the questions about you, you can see your rating. You need to be a facebook user if youre not you can sign up for free right away. The application was developed by Infinito who did a great job on time and within the budget. I recommend them highly! Try it out and let me know what you think! Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related