Protea Coaching

08/16/2021

The best marketing is polarizing marketing. Repel who you don't want and you'll get more of who you DO want. The world is different today and your 2019 marketing just ain't cuttin' it. The first step is admitting you have a problem. The second step is asking me for help.

07/26/2021

Be VERY careful about who you take marketing advice from. There are a lot of well-meaning but incompetent "experts" out there!

04/06/2021

FYI, Facebook Analytics is going away. Business Manager is the new-ish (forced) thing.

11/25/2019

This is big. Take note, biz owners!

The credit card company now requires merchants to get a cardholder's approval, via text or email, at the end of a trial before they start billing.

06/06/2019

**PROBABLE SCAM WARNING**
I received this email through my website today:

"I thought you would like to know, it looks like you've misspelled the word "Abilty" on your website. Silly mistakes can ruin your site's credibility. In the past I've used a tool like SpellingScan.com to keep mistakes off my website.

-Scott Matthews Sr."
(sent from [email protected])

It seemed fishy to me, especially because he didn't say which page has the misspelled word. If he's just a guy trying to be helpful, why not give me the sentence and the page so I can fix it? So I figured he's probably a guy who promotes the site and gets money for new customers.

I did a quick internet search and it turns out "Scott Matthews Sr." is a very busy man!!! He has left similar messages on comment threads and websites all over the place. So is he a man? I'm thinking he's a bot.

A few bloggers say spellingscan.com is collecting credit card and personal info for fraudulent intent, or that the site downloads harmful programs on your computer, but I couldn't find that info anywhere totally trustworthy and verifiable. Still, better safe than sorry.

I won't be using SpellingScan.com, and just wanted to make my clients and colleagues aware of the potential risk here.

Geesh. There's always a new scam out there. Be vigilant!

BTW, I find errors on my own websites all the time, so it's highly probably that I have, indeed, misspelled "Abilty" and several other words. If YOU you find a mistake, definitely tell me about it!

08/10/2018

Good to know!

In years gone by, recording and uploading video with the camera held vertically was looked upon with ridicule, producing big black bars…

08/03/2018

Some people are lucky enough to make their passion their vocation!

07/19/2018

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07/13/2018

I hate this show but I left the TV on and muted. Then I saw this. For sure I have experienced thinner hair and more quickly graying hair during stressful times. Just look how quickly former US presidents turn gray! VANITY: another great reason to get anxiety under control!

07/12/2018

https://www.cognitoforms.com/ProteaCoaching1/FocusGroupForMenApplication

06/04/2018

Cubicles--boo! And I gotta get me one of those pink noise thingies!!

06/01/2018

News from Facebook today. I guess they couldn't figure out how to keep the feature without skewing the numbers to promote stories consistent with their own political agenda. I really don't post about politics, but isn't/wasn't that the big issue with the Trending feature? If their stats are right, the numbers are abysmal, and what a HUGE business mistake they made by keeping the feature going when it caused more controversy than revenue (probably/maybe).

We will remove Trending from Facebook next week and we will also remove products and third-party partner integrations that rely on the Trends API.