Posts for Jason Alba al - buh


Gmail Brilliance

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
March 11, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I just wrote an email and hit the send button… check out the popup that I got: I admit it is a little eerie that gmail reads my mail, but you must realize this has been ... (more)

Want to be an entrepreneur?

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
March 8, 2010 at 11:37 am
Have an inclintation to be an entrepreneur? Read this post by Tim Ferriss, called Why Grow? and other wisdom from 37Signals.  Here are some of my favorite parts: >> 37Signals ... (more)

Does Your Tummy Feel Yucky?

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
March 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Last night Kim threw up on my bed after too much playing and laughing. About an hour later, as I was putting her to bed, I asked her: Does your tummy feel yucky? She replied, with ... (more)

Getting Product Testimonials

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
March 3, 2010 at 11:03 am
I have a buddy who is looking at developing a very cool new business offering and wanted to see if JibberJobber, as a CRM,  was good enough to be a part of the offering.  After ... (more)

Job Search Book + LinkedIn DVD Special

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
February 23, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I have 10 I’m in a Job Search — Now What??? books that I’ll bundle with my LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD for only $40 with no S&H. Total spend is $40. When ... (more)

How to NOT Pitch a Blogger

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
February 16, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Check out the intro in this email I got: Are you serious?  The first sentence says he’s been following my blog.  Dude, my name is all over all my blogs.  It’s not ... (more)

I swear I don’t teach her this stuff – LAME

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February 15, 2010 at 10:57 am

On Saturday I had three of my kids and we were escaping to Costco for a bit. I called my wife and asked her to look for an address for a store… I wanted to get her two end

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“I don’t do much with dogs”

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
February 5, 2010 at 11:21 am
This is what I wrote when my JibberJobber developer asked me a question about a certain part of JibberJobber. He asked me something that had to do with the Jobs section of JibberJobber. ... (more)

Choose the Right

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
February 2, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Along the path to becoming better parents we came across Nicholeen Peck’s stuff, which is best summarized as “teaching self government” to kids. The idea is to ... (more)

How to write a FREAKING AWESOME blog post

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 29, 2010 at 11:21 am
There are probably a million ideas on how to write, and how to write a blog post, and how to write a freaking awesome blog post. I’ll share just one… since it’s ... (more)

What Makes A Blog Suck

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 28, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I pick up a little side work as a social marketing consultant here and there.  Today I was working on a project looking for relevant bloggers to network with in a niche space. ... (more)

It’s Time To Shake Up The Email Signature Again

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 12, 2010 at 7:07 pm
I have a think for optimizing my email signature… so here we go again. Yesterday it was this: Today it is this – because I am not emphasizing my product lines enough: I ... (more)

Are You A Speaker? Here’s A Group To NOT Join

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January 12, 2010 at 1:56 pm

I started my speaking career shortly after my book came out.  I didn’t think I would become a speaker, but the first money offer was a real eye-opener.
I learned about the

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What is a social media expert?

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 11, 2010 at 9:32 am
Here’s another great resource and discussion on social media… Sean Nelson asks the question and gets terrific responses on LinkedIn… click here to read it. (you ... (more)

Choosing a Social Media Consultant, in reponse to Kyle Lacy

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 8, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I found Kyle Lacy on Twitter recently and really like what I saw.  There are a number of his blog posts that are great. In light of yesterday’s announcement I wanted to ... (more)

This is pretty cool…

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 8, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Check this out – JibberJobber.com mentioned by a federal entity: Let it not be the last time it’s mentioned officially As a disclaimer, I learned why they mention ... (more)

Announcement: Monthly Social Marketing Training

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
January 7, 2010 at 12:04 pm
It’s been a long time coming, and today’s the right day to announce this.  Today I’m announcing my 12 month social marketing training program for entrepreneurs ... (more)

New Ways to Mispell JibberJobber

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
December 21, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I am using Google Docs to write something and did the spell check… of course JibberJobber was flagged… surprisingly here are the options: Hm.  Not even close!  When ... (more)

“You’ll do worse things than that, I’m sure…”

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
December 18, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I just finished reading one of my birthday present books, a Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary. Bill Watterson is a genius, seriously. Since I don’t yet have Nicholeen’s ... (more)

Parenting Resource: Teaching Self-Government Book

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
December 17, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I blogged about Nicholeen’s experience with BBC a few weeks ago… I just found out her book is out and shipping.  It’s a whopper of a book, too… 383 pages! You ... (more)

Do You Use Blogs As Marketing Tools

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
December 15, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I started my business with lots of money… no wait, no money.  No money.  Lots of time, but no money. No one wanted to talk to me, because I was a nobody and people were ... (more)

What does it mean to be chaste? #kidstuff

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
December 8, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Last night for family night we were talking about being chaste (according to thefreedictionary: Morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest)… I asked my kids what ... (more)

Thoughts on Marketing a Book

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November 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm

I have a lot of thoughts on marketing books.  I have two books and I have two published authors in my series and soon will have at least two more.
Yesterday at Thanksgiving I

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Startups and Entrepreneurs

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
November 22, 2009 at 9:28 am
I came across Dharmesh Shah’s post that lays out 12 typical traits of entrepreneurs, based on a survey from the Kauffman foundation.  The results are not very intuitive, ... (more)

How to Create an Online Press Release, and what next?

From Jason Alba (al - buh)
November 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Janet Thaeler wrote a book in my series titled I Need a Killer Press Release — Now What??? When people have seen it their response has been “I’ve needed something ... (more)