It’s amazing how quickly time goes by. The last time I updated our “Company History” document was two years ago… feels like I just updated it yesterday. We have created 390 GB and hundreds of thousands of tracking, process, and other docs on our Google Drive. Some of these have aged and need updating. I spent all day yesterday updating our primary processes we use for running the company and I still have a lot left to do.… read more “Process Aging & Updating Processes”
Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
Coalition Site Redesign
I have been working for quite some time on Coalition’s own site redesign. Our current site is actually pretty solid, so to make a major improvement worth pushing live we need to really push the envelope. I am currently thinking about how we can improve the design look & feel, implement incredibly fast page load speeds, and increase our conversion rate.… read more “Coalition Site Redesign”
Bishop Rock Climbing
I went rock climbing this weekend in Bishop with the Paradiso CrossFit crew. Good to see everyone and hang out. I rode with Matt and Max, really happy was I was able to get to know them better.
Link Building Management Software
I just upgraded one of my team’s internal tools to do much better backlink tracking for our clients to see where we have links. Should continue to improve our services!
Great Internet Comment
As someone who has been involved in technology for decades, I have been saying for a long time that our technological evolution has far outstripped our social evolution. Technology continues to empower individuals at an exponential rate. These drones are easily affordable to individuals. It doesn’t take much imagination to weaponize them; especially, when we already have military grade drones in operation serving as examples.… read more “Great Internet Comment”
Copy Management Software
I have yet to be able to find a good copy management software platform, so I am just going to build my own. Currently, Coalition is producing 600+ pages of high quality, unique, search optimized copy each month. We manage all of it through spreadsheets and do so fairly efficiently, however as I see the company continue to grow I think that the spreadsheets will eventually break down.… read more “Copy Management Software”
Systems Building
Building systems for a business is a lot like scientific knowledge. In science, you are constantly researching and trying to think of new good ideas and frameworks to test. Maybe you start out in biology and increase your knowledge there, but chemistry and physics remain at zero until you get around to learning and growing these areas.… read more “Systems Building”
G Suite Rebrand is Ridiculous
Google’s recent design changes to the Google Drive / Docs / Sheets have generally made each product more difficult to use. Now they have added insult to injury with the rebranding of Google Apps to G Suite. Google Apps is a great name that specifies exactly what the product does – provide apps for your business.… read more “G Suite Rebrand is Ridiculous”
Interesting Day Yesterday
I had a fun day yesterday (Saturday):
- Watched several Laracast training videos on PHP
- Worked on fixing my importer from Time Doctor to Time Tracker
- Came up with ideas for improving my SEO team’s tracking
- Watched Oblivion, a fun sci fi movie starring Tom Cruise
- Finished beating Inside, a highly rated xbox one game.
- Watched parts of the Washington Huskies football game where they blew out the Ducks 70-21.
Preventing Burn Out When Working 7 Days a Week
How do you prevent burn out when you work 7 days a week? I generally work every day including weekends, and many days I’ll put in very long hours. This can cause physical effects like blurry eyes, sore / stiff back, lack of flexibility. It can also cause mental burn out where you struggle to get anything done productive.… read more “Preventing Burn Out When Working 7 Days a Week”