Working at Home on the Internet

Is Skype a Good Business Tool?

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I think I have developed a habit over the last two years of Blogging. I don’t know if it is really good or bad. I know a lot of you come here for information about working at home and all you seem to get recently is questions from me.

The main reason is that I feel that a lot of you really know more than me about most things “internet” and I trust my friends.

Since I got my new Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop, I have gained lots and lots of speed and capability to utilize some of the things I had only dreamed of while using my old (its older than dirt) put together desktop. I just installed a video camera, but there is no sound. I don’t have a microphone/headset to go with it, but that will be solved tomorrow.

This all leads up to the main reason for this post.

I plan on downloading and using Skype for my consulting business as soon as I get my new Mic. But, I wanted to get your opinion on the service.

Is this something you use? Is it worth it? (I know basic service is free)

I think it could be an advantage and make life a little easier when I am talking to a client and working on their computer at the same time. What do you think?

October 31st, 2007 at 02:08pm | Posted by Joe | Community, Suggestions | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Your Opinion Needed… Should I Import Posts On MCBS?

Over a year ago, I moved the Working at Home on the Internet Blog from Blogger to the WordPress platform. When I did that, I already had built a small loyal readership. I had a few (around 20) RSS subscribers and when I changed the URL on FeedBurner, I think that most of them didn’t even notice or didn’t care as long as the feed was still active.

I think I took a little hit on Page Rank if memory serves correctly, but with a PR 2-3 it didnt matter much. There were a lot of duplicate posts since I imported all previous content to the new platform. All in all it was the right move, even though I still get some hits and referrals from the old Blogger Blog.

Here’s the Dilemma…

As  most of you probably know, I started the My Computer Back in Service Blog as a platform for my computer consulting business. What most of you probably Don’t Know is that I have had the Joe’s Freeware Finds Blog since April 2006. It contains between 80-90 posts (if you can call them that, most are links to useful programs with a short description), but a lot of them could be useful to readers of the New Blog.

Search Engine Traffic is almost non-existant, but I do have around 20 RSS Subscribers that have remained pretty loyal since the beginning.

Your Opinion Needed…

• Should I import all the old posts from Freeware Finds and just close the old subdomain to save space on the server?
• Should I import the old posts as a separate page on the new Blog?
• Should I keep the Freeware Finds Blog, just not add anything and use a referral link to the new Blog?
• Should I just close the old Blog and just forget about it and put a forward on the URL to MCBS?
• Any other Suggestions?

This is not a poll, this is an honest question for the people whose opinion I trust most, YOU. Please either respond in comments, or you can always send me an e-mail.

Thanks,

Joe

September 17th, 2007 at 12:13pm | Posted by Joe | Suggestions | 6 reader remarks | Print This Post

Needed: Your Opinion of the New MCBS Presentation

So you want to know what’s been going on round the ole homestead?

 Most of you may already have an idea, but take a sneek peek of the My Computer Back in Service unfinished barely even close to ready Blog. I’m pretty proud of the way it’s shaping up, but I would like you to offer any suggestions you can to make this a successful launch.

Nothing is really ready to go, but there is still some time before the Blog will go live. I kinda like the Header and Footer. They are stock photos that I chopped, cut, pasted and tweaked to get a decent look for the intent of the overall project.

I would really like your opinion. The community we have means a lot to me and I always listen to what each and every one of you have to say, so let me know what you think is good or bad or needs work. Please be honest, but don’t hurt my feelings, I’m kinda sensitive today.

Shoot on over to My Computer Back in Service and let me know what you think in comments. (Don’t worry, I left a link to get back here just in case. )

Thanks for all your help.

Tentative Opening Day… 8/20/07

August 11th, 2007 at 06:37am | Posted by Joe | Community, Suggestions | reader remarks | Print This Post