2020 New Year Resolutions

Start The Year Right!

This showed up on my reading list, and the words inspire me for this next year:

1. Bring value to the customer.
2. Provide 51% of the value in a relationship, whether its's with an employee, a client, or a stranger.
3. Always play the long game of lifetime value.
4. Smart work will never replace hard work; it only supplements it.
5. People are your most important commodity.
6. Patience matters.
7. Never be romantic about how you make your money.
8. Try to put yourself out of business daily.

-- Gary Vaynerchuk

(AKA "Gary Vee")

How To Use A Green Screen

 Green Screen backgrounds:

Here is a 90-second video showing how I can change backgrounds!

All About Internet Video Hardware/Software

Rick's Internet Video Recommendations

Let's go shopping on Amazon for a web cam!
(Microphone shopping begins at the 2:48 mark.)

I have several software packages to recommend, too. They are listed below, after links to products mentioned in the video.

"Follow By Email"

On the sidebar to the right is an innocuous box that invites you to submit your email address.

When you do that, you will receive notifications delivered to that address when a new article has been posted to this blog!

YouTube Channels for Fun and Profit

Begin with this idea:

YouTube Wants You To Be Successful!

Practice ZOOM-ing!

Would you like to meet face-to-face with your customers, friends and family without having to drive there?

You'll need a tablet or a laptop or a desktop PC with a microphone & speakers. A webcam for your desktop PC is a decided plus!

ZOOM will allow two people to communicate from two different locations using the Internet. People can see each other, talk real time and, as appropriate, share computer desktops.

Zoom is one of the few products that works equally well on both Apple and Windows computers.

Now, you can practice and learn with me!

Rick's Reading List - WordPress

I subscribe to many email lists. When I read something interesting, I capture the link.

Now, for YOUR reading pleasure...

LastPass Password Management 2019 Review

I have been using LastPass password Manager for several years.

I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews before I selected LastPass.

One determining factor at that time was that it was free. (It's still free!) After the first year I paid $12 for the premium version, but I never used any of the features the Premium plan brought to me.

That cost is a bargain because LastPass in now managing over 800 passwords for me...

Video: My Senior Computer Coach website

I created this 20-second video for my Facebook business page:

 What do you think?

FYI: ABCInc.biz Blog moved to ABCInc.pw

At the end of June, 2019, I bought the domain name ABCInc.PW

ABCInc.biz now points to the A Better Computer, Inc. home page
ABCInc.pw now points to this blog for A Better Computer, Inc.
Jaggers.pw continues to point to my personal blog.

(Read "PW" as "Personal Web," which is appropriate for a blog.)