Last week, for the first time ever since I launched this newsletter, I couldn’t send or post an edition and that was due to a horrendous bunch of tech failures all happening at once.
Hardware, software, ISP…you name it. I had to re-set up everything from scratch and buy new PCs to boot (literally).
Clearly the heavens were trying to tell me something or I am particularly electrifying because my phone also chose this week to die…or at least, its screen did.
The good news is that, as of today, everything is back up and running. And yes, I do have my fingers crossed as I type that.
The other good news is that I have learned from past experience and keep backups of absolutely everything so the first resource I am going to share with you today is this invaluable selection of backup options so that, if the tech hammer hits you, you can be back up and running without losing any of your precious data:
https://www.lifewire.com/free-backup-software-tools-2617964
There are more suggestions here – with some crossover – as well as ideas for no cost online storage:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3235812/the-best-free-backup-software-and-services.html
But what if the worst does happen and you have no idea what to do? Here are some of my fave tech help sites which also contain great tips for all sorts of tech scenarios so are worth checking out even if everything is running super smoothly for you:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
While at this forum you can get fast help and advice for all kinds of tech issues and questions:
Want to learn more so you can prevent problems happening in the first place or get a tutorial on what to do if things go wrong? This site is full of them:
As we’re in tips mode, let’s now turn to marketing and this brilliant list of the ultimate marketing tips:
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/marketing-advice
With 30 more here from one of my go-to sites for their podcasts and everything else marketing:
As you are probably aware, and certainly when tech stuff starts to go wrong, working for yourself or from home can be very stressful…especially when you have to be your own boss, IT department and everything else…
So these 5 tips on how to reduce that stress will come in handy:
http://www.bestkeptself.com/5-tips-reduce-stress-work-home/
While here are 7 more simple things you can do to support and keep yourself at optimum levels of mental, emotional and physical wellbeing so you can succeed more:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244157
And I rather like Melyssa Griffin’s ideas here too:
It also helps to keep yourself motivated and here are 45 ways to do that:
If you like to listen in for your motivation, Mike Dillard’s podcasts are full of excellent speakers, insights and sheer life-affirming, butt-kicking brilliance. I especially like this one from Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning, because I am currently reading his book:
Let’s stay with that theme of inspiration and motivation with your TED talk which is a moving, heartfelt and often funny look at how our hardest times make us who we are:
On that note, onward and upward and I look forward to a week of peace and prosperity for us all!
