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Jon Dale
New York City and Woodland Park, CO
Interests: hiking, kayaking, reading grisham novels, talking about: the heart, the bigger story and the role you have to play. i love leading people on adventures and helping them discover their place in the world.
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Vickie, that's so good...absolutely share your art with the world!
Commented Feb 14, 2013 on This might not work at SAMBA Blog
This might not work
If you're like me you spend most of your time playing it safe...scared to try anything that might not work. At work and at play, with my kids and most certainly with my spouse. But it turns out that most great things...most things that impact the world...might not have worked. Dave didn't have...
Kevin and Teri...super proud of you. Amy and I have been seeing a marriage counselor for the last 3 months...it's been great. Like you guys...our marriage is solid...we just want it be all that it can be.
Commented Sep 26, 2011 on Marital Fitness at Stumbling Around in The Light
Marital Fitness
So Kevin & I have been in kind of a marital slump for, umm, well, a long time. Like, since last Valentine's day. Seriously. We had this fun couple's dinner on Valentine's day, and so Kevin created a little questionnaire for us all to do before-hand...y'know, to facilitate conversation & learnin...
Agreed. In fact Id take it a step further and say if there are duplicates that add weight or klout to that post and show it to me closer to the top of the feed (or just give me a +5 next to it so I know there are other recommending the same thing).
Theres still plenty of room for someone to develop a standalone tool that does this (or even just creates an RSS feed with the content that I can put in anything else).
Come on developers...were offering you gold here :)
Thanks,
Jon
Commented Aug 10, 2011 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
It seems the other opportunity to clearly differentiate yourself is in customer service and customer engagement. Do people love doug business with you?
Jon
Co-Founder Chief Happiness Officer
Moolala
Commented Aug 10, 2011 on What to do if you don't want to compete on price at Jon Dale
What to do if you don't want to compete on price
How would you like to have raving fans, who'll drive hundreds of miles to your stores to pay higher prices than your competitors charge? REI has stores like that and I love to buy from them. They have great gear and knowledgeable staff (who actually use the gear). But they don't always have the ...
Thanks Austin. I like Cultural Artifact, I may start using that. Free Prize is of course, Seth Godins term.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Jon
Commented Mar 15, 2011 on Using a social media framework to grow your tribe at Jon Dale
Using a social media framework to grow your tribe
It takes two things to have tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate. When you gather people together with a shared passion and give them the tools to communicate - amazing things will happen. People are incredibly inventive and you'll be surprised and delighted by what occurs when you...
Christine,
I wish I could. However Im sworn to secrecy. Keep an eye on your inbox for exciting updates soon.
Thanks,
Jon
Commented Feb 2, 2011 on The new capital at Jon Dale
The new capital
It wasn't that long ago that the most significant investment you could ask someone to make was a financial one. But something started changing with the advent of the social web a few short years ago. It suddenly became more critical to get people to invest their social capital (their ability t...
The Business of Busyness
Okay, I admit it. My brain works differently than most women or maybe I should say most people. But, something I have real difficulty understanding is the desire to be busy. It seems that 95% of the American women I meet are so over-committed that going out for coffee is... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2011 at Think Like Yoda
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Shawn,
You made my day! Thanks.
Jon
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Commented Jan 12, 2011 on The new capital at Jon Dale
The new capital
It wasn't that long ago that the most significant investment you could ask someone to make was a financial one. But something started changing with the advent of the social web a few short years ago. It suddenly became more critical to get people to invest their social capital (their ability t...
Great questions. Check out the Moolala FAQs here: http://support.moolala.com/forums/314371-frequently-asked-questions
Thanks for reading and commenting,
Jon
Commented Jan 5, 2011 on The new capital at Jon Dale
The new capital
It wasn't that long ago that the most significant investment you could ask someone to make was a financial one. But something started changing with the advent of the social web a few short years ago. It suddenly became more critical to get people to invest their social capital (their ability t...
Thanks Kyle. This is fun adventure. I love that everyone we work with wins with this.
Jon
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Commented Jan 4, 2011 on The new capital at Jon Dale
The new capital
It wasn't that long ago that the most significant investment you could ask someone to make was a financial one. But something started changing with the advent of the social web a few short years ago. It suddenly became more critical to get people to invest their social capital (their ability t...
Aaron,
Im glad you enjoyed Phils book. Its definitely one of my favorites.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Jon
Commented Jan 3, 2011 on The new capital at Jon Dale
The new capital
It wasn't that long ago that the most significant investment you could ask someone to make was a financial one. But something started changing with the advent of the social web a few short years ago. It suddenly became more critical to get people to invest their social capital (their ability t...
Eli,
If you use the system Im suggesting here then you just need to find twitter users who are in your space. Id especially look for twitter users who have created lists for the industry that youre interested in. Also, Mashable has created a list of lists that may be helpful: http://mashable.com/twitterlists/
Hope that helps,
Jon
Commented Oct 28, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
Good words to live by
Thanks,
Commented Oct 22, 2010 on Execution at Jon Dale
Execution
Lots of people have ideas. Very few people act on them. Between having an idea and shipping it is the real work, the execution. Without the ability to execute an idea is just that, an idea. Zuckerberg had something the Winklevi did not, the ability to execute, quickly. The magic is in the ex...
Jake,
Thats a really good point. Thanks for commenting.
Jon
Commented Oct 20, 2010 on Surplus at Jon Dale
Surplus
Surplus is the extra left over from a transaction. Surpluses can be leveraged to make change. There are two ways to leverage surpluses: Make surpluses in an unrelated way and route them to where they are needed. or Do what creates the surpluses. If you want to make change you need to be doing o...
Thanks Angel. It sounds like you have a great system thats working really well for you. Keep it up.
Commented Oct 18, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
Mike,
We use basecamp for all our project management. You should give it a try.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
Jon
Commented Oct 15, 2010 on Your deadline or mine? at Jon Dale
Your deadline or mine?
Very few people have a habit of delivering early. Most people wait until the last minute to start on a project and then deliver right before (or more often right after) the deadline. I've found this to be especially true with graphic designers and web developers, but I think most of us are gui...
ROFL...Nope, Monday of next week :-)
Jon
Commented Oct 15, 2010 on Your deadline or mine? at Jon Dale
Your deadline or mine?
Very few people have a habit of delivering early. Most people wait until the last minute to start on a project and then deliver right before (or more often right after) the deadline. I've found this to be especially true with graphic designers and web developers, but I think most of us are gui...
James,
Thats a really good point. Id probably look at it this way. Creating things that produce residual income is an inherently entrepreneurial activity. But its one that many freelancers can and should take advantage of.
I think Seth is primarily a freelancer (professional speaker) but I think hed also admit to having some entrepreneurial tendancies (squidoo).
Thanks for reading and commenting,
Jon
Commented Oct 13, 2010 on Entrepreneur or freelancer? at Jon Dale
Entrepreneur or freelancer?
A freelancer gets paid when he works. An entrepreneur makes money while he sleeps. A freelancer says, "It couldn't work without me." An entrepreneur says, "Only tell me what happened today if it was an exception." A freelancer takes his time and trades it for money. An entrepreneur takes other p...
Randy,
Id love to subscribe to your sources list. Is it public?
Thanks,
Jon
Commented Oct 12, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
Hey Paul,
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I dont have the problem youre describing because at any given time I can just grab the most recent links. Theres no getting behind. I just jump in and out of this stack whenever I want to.
Jon
Commented Oct 12, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
ROFL - Thanks!
Commented Oct 11, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
Clay,
I remember that time well. Enjoy it while you can :-).
As long as you keep the number of blogs in reader low its going to work fine for you. I found that when the number of feeds I had subscribed to exceeded 50 (and some of those were very active blogs) was when it started becoming overwhelming.
Jon
Commented Oct 11, 2010 on How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite at Jon Dale
How I replaced Google Reader with a twitter list and hootsuite
I used to love Google Reader. It was a wonderful tool that brought all my favorite blogs together in one place and made them easy to read and share. It was great...until it wasn't. It soon become one more inbox that I couldn't keep empty. My unread items soon numbered in the thousands and th...
Itching for a gap is a sure sign that you need one :-).
Sara, you do amazing work with Keith. Keep it up. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Jon
Commented Sep 29, 2010 on Don't mind the gap at Jon Dale
Don't mind the gap
The gap is the space between things. We usually look at the gap as a bad thing. Something to be avoided. Something to get past as quickly as possible. The gap between clients. The gap between jobs. The gap in the economy. But what if we looked at the gap differently? What if the gap is ...
Awesome Jon! Let us know where things end up. Thanks for sharing!
Commented Sep 19, 2010 on Don't mind the gap at Jon Dale
Don't mind the gap
The gap is the space between things. We usually look at the gap as a bad thing. Something to be avoided. Something to get past as quickly as possible. The gap between clients. The gap between jobs. The gap in the economy. But what if we looked at the gap differently? What if the gap is ...
Great point. I agree. Thanks for reading.
Jon
Commented Aug 24, 2010 on Using a social media framework to grow your tribe at Jon Dale
Using a social media framework to grow your tribe
It takes two things to have tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate. When you gather people together with a shared passion and give them the tools to communicate - amazing things will happen. People are incredibly inventive and you'll be surprised and delighted by what occurs when you...
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