Dust Yourself Off and Try Again

Feeling a bit ignored? Not recognized? A failure? Laughed at? I've been through so many of those times in my life where I started a business, it didn't work out... I started a new career and something went wrong... but I just keep thinking about Zig Ziglar's quote that Jonathon Hewitt (SEO expert) reminded me of today: "Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You're the only one who can do it permanently."

There is much experimentation, change, and chaos in the telecommunications industry right now, but it's exciting. You have so many online tools and so much more clout as an SMB and as a user! Users are actually driving all the change because of the opportunities that the Internet in general and online social networking tools offer.

Would you give up? Or try again?

From Aaliyah...

"And if at first you don't succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you don't succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again"



Check out a new career, revenue, market, business of owning your own brand of CFMS (call forward management) where you rebrand http://www.virtualphoneline.com and Super Technologies hosts it. We also offer the choice of becoming a Reseller. The globe of consumers and businesses are hungry to have a local presence all over the world without having to own a home or open a business there. Give them a virtual phone number in any of up to 50 countries so they can start receiving phone calls from the people in those international areas right away. They can put their new international phone numbers on their business cards, on their website, on their social networking portal sites, and more. It's more than a status symbol! Contact sales@virtualphoneline.com.

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

ITGulfcoast Meeting IPhone Applications

JULY 22 MEETING - IPhone Application Development in Pensacola, Florida!

PENSACOLA, FL – ITGulfCoast, an Information Technology Association for the Gulf Coast, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at PJC Downtown. Charles Armour, an entrepreneurial consultant , will discuss Apple's iPhone Ecosystem.

Presentation Abstract

With an almost perfect combination of features and marketing the iPhone has been taking the mobile market by storm, selling over 30 million devices to date. However, bringing an iPhone App to this profitable market is an involved process with many caveats and pitfalls to avoid. Charles Armour, an iPhone App developer and consultant, will lead the audience in building a simple iPhone App while discussing the iPhone ecosystem and its relevance to your business. Topics will include development cycles and costs, monetization from sales and advertising, design and style considerations, common pitfalls, and the iPhone 3.0 platform.

The presentation, source code, and more information will be available on http://www.charlesarmour.com/itgc-iphone following the event.

Presenter

Charles Armour is an entrepreneurial consultant with a strong background in systems integration, distributed computing, mobile applications, and web technologies. Having successfully launched three technology companies here in Pensacola, Charles is now independently consulting with area firms to address their needs in mobility, big data, and integration. For more information, please visit the CWA Consulting website at http://www.charlesarmour.com.

Register at http://itgcjuly2009.eventsbot.com/.

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

After Hours Networking During ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution

We are adding after hours networking activities that will take place during ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution in this blog post as we receive them. Send me your company's party, dinner, or other after hours business networking activities during this co-located conference on my Facebook email. You can also join the ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution groups and events area on Facebook.

Please send the details in this format and keep in mind that ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution is scheduled for Sept 1-3, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA:

Date, Time, who is sponsoring, name of event, website address if applicable, location of event, and if it is OPEN or RSVP or INVITATION ONLY.

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

Borrowed a Friend's IPhone

Why? Because I wanted to use it on my morning run today, and I wanted an excuse to get her to try making phone calls on the "Internet" side of her cell service. I gave her my favorite running tunes which she downloaded to it: "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, Gnarls Barkley, "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory, "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira & Wyclef Jean, "Home Life" by John Mayer, "Satisfaction" Club Mix byBenny Benassi, "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground, "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred, "Let's Get it Started" by Black Eyed Peas, "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, "Crazy" 2001 Club Mix and also "Killer" by Seal and ending in "Down to the River to Pray" by Alison Krauss.

In return, I set up her with a few voip applications, Fring, Nimbuzz (which the voip-sol blog doesn't mention but is quite good) and Truphone. An IPhone will truly augment the tough humid weather in Pensacola while running. Don't worry, I don't run fast enough to mess up an IPod or an IPhone. ;-D


... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

New Orleans Band Does Michael Jackson and Memories Shake us Up

Memories, thinking of my own, listening to others' make me want to care more about every one around me right now.

A couple dozen friends, family and I did the Crescent City Classic 10K in 2009 and later that evening visited all the pubs, museums, art galleries and more. We ran into this band.


The sound is a bit distorted, but you can tell who he is mimicking on each song. See the QIK area on the right side of my blog? Click there to watch and listen. It is the most recent video as of July 7, 2009.

In the midst of the chaos of daily work of generating revenue to pay you and your work team's salaries and pleasing your customers, you and I might stop and cherish a few moments here and there. Let's do it more often.

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

ITEXPO and 4G Wireless Evolution Conference Team Plan

ITEXPO and 4G Wireless Evolution conferences are co-located Sept 1-3, 2009 at the Los Angeles convention center. Not exhibiting? We are at #125. At least invest in bringing five or more from your company and business partners on the Diamond Team Plan. What do you get?

1. All the conference sessions where you will gather excellent information and connect with people and businesses all around who are serious about business development and collaborating with you, providing services to you, or purchasing services from you.

2. Complimentary and delicious lunch and breakfast each day.

3. Full expo pass to visit the exciting companies who are providing excellent opportunities for helping you take your business to more success.

4. All breakout sessions

5. All workshops

6. All keynotes and panel sessions

7. Unlimited exhibit hall access

8. All networking receptions

Sign up and start making concrete plans to place your company, entrepreneurial idea, and business development to ITEXPO. BTW, DIDX is hosting a Lucky Strike Bowling Alley Party with few other exhibitors at ITEXPO and we are looking forward to seeing you there.

Jack Materna's 2007 VoIP Vendor SLA Showdown

I'd like to see Jack do more VoIP Showdowns. I've read each one as soon as they were posted. It's been a while, Jack. Check out his 2007 Multi VoIP Vendor SLA Showdown among Qwest, Axiowave (gone in 2005 I thought), Virtela, Verio and Internap. Include the opportunity to leave a public comment on the showdowns instead of only offering to email comments and responses.

Google Translate will Detect the Language

Awesome, bad to the bone, Google Translate. I tried it after reading this item on one of my Facebook friends in the telephony industry had this in his status: Jdeme do Prahy v pátek.

I chose DETECT Language and translate to English: Come to Prague on Friday.

So, is this making it tough for those who make a career out of translation? Could, but then again, I am never sure when I use Google Translate if it is really translating to share the meaning that I intend when translating from English to another language except maybe Spanish and Japanese, my second and third languages.

Working on Urdu too with the help of my little entrepreneurial friend Momina Rehan.