A Tool to Simplify Your Life

Old friends of mine from high school were in San Diego for a convention this week.
First thing first, there is nothing like old friends. That they are from Chicago is an added bonus. Folks from Chicago will make you laugh, hug you and poke you, contribute to a lively conversation, and being from the Midwest, they eat!

I had a wonderful time with them. The husband of the couple is a consultant for the SBA. The Small Business Administration is an unsung National Treasure (we have a lot of those, including Yvonne Porcella who I will blog about later this week).

I first took advantage of the services and expertise of the SBA in the 70s in Chicago when I had a shop on North Michigan Avenue named "The Batikery." I remember taking a series of classes sponsored by the SBA called Business for the Arts or something like that. I also had a one on one business advisor from SCORE, and an intern whose salary was paid by a government program, CETA, no longer functioning I think. Congress should consider reactivating CETA, great program for small businesses and the unemployed.

Give me a minute and I'll get to the point. Richard reviewed my online presence, and gave me the best piece of advice I've received in a long time. "Use HootSuite."

Listen, in one week my online life has gone from being a pain in the butt, to a joyful experience that takes about 15 minutes a day.

What is HootSuite? An online site and application where you can add all of your everything on the internet and link that stuff together.

This is what happens - I have an RSS feed on this blog. I post an article. I have my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Foursquare, etc. accounts linked on HootSuite. I add the feed, select the accounts I want to send the feed too. When I post on the blog it is automatically fed into the accounts of my choice. The delivery time can be scheduled.

All this in one place. Have an Etsy shop, add the RSS feed. List a new item, the listing link is delivered everywhere without having to do a thing.

Is this not genius? I think so. Let me know if you use HootSuite or try it.

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