Archive for Blogging

switching blogs

Maybe it is just me, but lately I’ve been a little unhappy with Blogger. Everything works perfect, they have great compatibility, but I just have been getting what I want to out of Blogger. They are great for personal blogs, but I feel like I want a slightly more professional and cleaner site than what [...]

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What I’m Reading

For my semi-frequent visitors, you may have noticed a new “What I’m Reading” section in the right navigation of my blog. It’s powered by Google Reader so anytime I find something of interest, I can immediately share it with all who read my blog. It helps me keep my blog a little more up-to-date without [...]

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my post at CUES

Check out my recent post over at CUES Skybox about members savings!

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Black Rock Federal

I stumbled up Black Rock Federal Credit Union, or soon to be, from Jesse Robbins‘ recent comment on my blog. It chronicles a small group of individuals efforts to start a credit union. I’m anxious to see how their interactions with the NCUA and vendors work out in their start-up. I love the fact that [...]

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slight tweaks to the blog

If you are a frequent visitor to the blog you may have noticed some minor changes. I’m using a new beta template from blogger which is pretty sweet. I’ve added the subscribe options over to the right. Google Analytics has told me that Live.com and NewGator are some major sources of referrals for my blog, [...]

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Welcome Loren

I’d like to welcome Loren Paulsen as a new contributing author to The Life and times of a Credit Union Employee. Loren brings a highly technical expertise to the blog and he’s full of new technology ideas that will push the limits of many credit unions. I’m looking forward to his first post…..

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What? Pay me to blog?

Talk about a great idea for a CU to use when they kick off their blog! http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71415-0.html?tw=rss.index

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Focus Groups

I’ve heard it said before that blogging is the new focus group, and I believe it now. I just sat through a focus group for a product development project we’re working on and received very valuable feedback. I received so much in fact that I’d love to be able to do a monthly city hall [...]

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