UPDATE 059 – The Morning Greeting For Saturday, January 30th, 2021

2021-01-30-SAT @ 8:29 AM CST – 10:27 AM CST – – – Good morning readers! Today I’m starting up a new monologue in my social networking routine. It is simply called The Morning Greeting! By: David Thrift (that’s me ya’ll). I am at my kitchen counter desktop this a.m. where I had intended to get my taxes done online, I don’t know that I’m going to get that done today. I need to, but I’m pressed for time with all the writing I need to get done for my morning online check-in. Here’s a few things I have to share with you this morning.

1st UP – X1 Nano Review – ThinkPad’s answer to the Air? – From Mash IT – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2IDlWRrRgMAe9fRc4juEA – – – Here’s a video for a super cool and very thin & light 13″ Lenovo Thinkpad laptop. If you don’t know it, I’m a slight bit technology geek, and I love watching technology progress into the super thin and light computing machines that are getting slimmer and lighter every month. Well this laptop is insanely small, but for someone who really needs a thin and light machine for travel & on the go, or just to go chill out at the coffee shop… this might fit the bill. Bear in mind though that it is pretty expensive (aren’t they all!). Check out the video review at – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2IDlWRrRgMAe9fRc4juEA

2nd UP – Just a quick and simple productivity tip I personally use: In Notepad on your pc, create a text file called Official Scratchpad (or whatever you want to call it – that’s what I call mine). Use that file to do your writing for your social media posts, newsletters, and blog posts. You can create templates in it that allow you to build a matching format for all of your platforms that you use daily. For example, I like to place timestamps at the beginning of my updates. It’s intended more for my own personal use than for my reader’s, because I like to see when I wrote and posted information. With that written into my template, all I have to do is edit it – and it’s so easy and quick. It’s more convenient to have a template to customize with each of your posts, than it is to write new posts from scratch (that’s why I call my text file “Official Scratchpad).

3rd UP – I want to share some Etsy shops with you. I’m a huge fan of Etsy… ok, not so much Etsy itself, but the people who use it to sell their handmade products. (Fun Fact: I used to run an Etsy shop called The Hat Pit. It was where I sold my hand-knit beanies. I discovered however that promoting other businesses on Etsy through my blogging was more fun to me. That was how I got started as a business promoter and business directory owner). I only promote Etsy shops that are operated in the United States, so if you love supporting American businesses, then check these out.

(A.) – HOME & LIVING > OFFICE – circleandsquaredecor – Spanish Fork, Utah – Description: Welcome to the ORIGINAL personalized dry-erase board and acrylic calendar shop and the #1 Etsy featured custom calendar shop. WE SHIP THE FASTEST! All of our items are custom designed and created on a large professional press in order to not only have a high-quality look, but also won’t fade over time. – https://www.etsy.com/shop/circleandsquaredecor

(B.) – WEDDING & PARTY > WEDDING JEWELRY > NECKLACES – delezhen – Boston, Massachusetts – Personalized Gemstone Jewelry Gifts – https://www.etsy.com/shop/delezhen

(C.) – TOYS & ENTERTAINMENT > TOYS > STUFFED ANIMALS – CrochetFromKatie – Bellingham, Washington – https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrochetFromKatie

4th UP – A handy alt codes chart for special characters – https://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html

5th UP – More copy/paste emoji’s than you’ll ever know what to do with. This site has an emoji for nearly everything. – http://getemoji.com/

UPDATE 057 – Blip Billboards

2021-01-29-FRI @ 9:37 AM CST – – – This morning I want to recommend an advertising platform I love to use. It is Blip Billboards service. Do you know that if you have a small business, or even a large business, you can advertise on digital billboards all across the United States. You can set your own budget and spend exactly how much, or how little you wish to spend. Bear in mind that unlike previously, Blip Billboards now requires a minimum budget for multiple billboard signs. For example at the time that I am writing this, I have 2 billboards playing in my advertising campaign. For those 2 billboards, I’m required to spend a minimum $4.00 daily budget which would get me around 80+ billboard blips (a blip refers to each time your sign appears on a billboard). If you add more signs to your campaign, then your daily spending budget must be increased. It used to be possible to spend just a few bucks and add dozens of billboard signs to your campaign all across the U.S. However, now I’m figuring that Blip Billboards or the sign owners weren’t making any money, so they changed their business model. This isn’t entirely a bad thing. It just requires advertising in your campaigns a different way, and in the end it can cost the consumer more money to advertise, but when you consider the platform… Where else can you find it so easy to put a billboard sign up somewhere without having to make calls. You just sign up for an account. Create your sign according to the pixel size requirements for the location you wish to advertise at (or let Blip’s service design one for you), add the location to your campaign, set your daily spending budget, and then basically forget about it while you spend your time building your business. Using this platform allows me to get the word out about my business – The BIG List – https://www.BigBizList.com – without having to lift a finger on the internet if I don’t want to. I love Blip Billboards. Check them out – https://www.blipbillboards.com/

UPDATE 045 – President Trump Is Only The Beginning Of The MAGA Movement

2021-01-21-THU @ 2:06 AM CST – – – Yesterday, was not a good day. It was Donald J. Trump’s last day as president. Trump was the best president I’ve seen in my lifetime. We now have a straight up piece of shit – Joe Biden in office. I did not watch the inaugaration. FUCK JOE BIDEN. That’s my thoughts on that. Oh wait, no it’s not. I am relaunching a business directory I own that I haven’t really done anything with, that will be focused on promoting businesses who are not specifically aligned with conservative views, but who treasure our fundamental American rights to FREE SPEECH and stands against Big tech censorship. Follow progress at – http://www.BigBizList.com