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s3 or b2?

Now isn’t that fun to write?

Should I use Amazon S3, or Backblaze B2 for my business?

Listen to this weeks episode to get Damashe and Michael’s responce to that very question.

Case for the cloud?

What is the reason that you would like to use a cloud hosting service?
If you want to avoide the 10 or so line policy configuration for permitions then you need to check out backblaze b2.
If however, you need the ability to lock your files down tighter then…

Well, tighter then your in house IT geek may think is possible, then you need to check s3 out.

Want more from the notes?
Two bad, you need to listen for this weeks episode!
back to our normal show notes and podcast content next week

oh and hears an article from Damashe for you.
Amazon AWS S3 outage is breaking things for a lot of websites and apps | TechCrunch

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– @damashe
– @payown

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Backing Your Digital life up!

This is the 22nd installment of the DM Show.

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Listen as Damashe shares his excitement, he hasn’t been this excited since well, um, Cloud Storage for your Business, DM 11

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Before we get into it

One moment, before we get into this weeks important episode all about backups, Michael shares an interesting happening with you before the network identifier.

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Starting this episode out, Damashe and Michael have a quick chat about why it’s important to backup your Digital life…

Your phone especially. [1]

Ask Michael…

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Have you ben there?

Back Your computer, phone, and website

Michael then asks Damashe how often he backs his iPhone up [2].
We chat a bit about why it’s important to back your website up! [3]
and a few tools are discussed for backing up, including a disk cloning app for Mac OS, and a tool Damashe Suggests called ARQ for Mac and Windows. [4]
We also suggest backblaze. [5]

Connect with us on twitter [Michael is ]@damashe](http://twitter.com/damashe) && Michael @payown.

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Resources for this episode

• How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – Apple Support
• What does iCloud back up? – Apple Support
• iCloud – Wikipedia
• About encrypted backups in iTunes – Apple Support
• Backblaze
• SuperDuper! – Shirt Pocket
• Cloud Backup for Mac and Windows | Encrypted Online Backup | Arq Backup
• Clone a Mac with SuperDuper! – Computer Skills – Envato Tuts

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DM20: Publishing with Purpose

• Why are we doing this show?
• Why should you actively engage on social media?
• Why take any of the advice you can find on the web about marketing?

These three questions all come down to the same answer, having a purpose. Whether we’re talking engaging with your potential audience, or consistently publishing new content, it all should have a purpose.

Once you have identified your purpose, then you get down to implementation.

For example, we wanted to do a podcast, but what is the purpose of our podcast? We decided that our purpose of recording a weekly podcast is to share our knowledge of technology to help other business focused individuals maximize their effectiveness. Whether or not we achieve this goal is left up to you the listener, and your feedback helps tweek our processes.

Defining your purpose

I hear some of you saying >I get it, but I’m not a publisher… but you’re wrong.
In today’s world of social media and easy to post blogs, we are all publishing content. But from a business point of view, what is the over all point of your blog or Facebook page?
Defining that purpose gives you direction in posting content, and also builds the expectation of your audience. The process of creating content becomes somewhat easier with a definite purpose in mind, making your content more consistent. This also lets your audience know what to expect, they know that they won’t get cat pictures and videos if you are consistently publishing content giving them personal care tips. This means that when they want tips about grooming, your site will be at top of mind, of course, this also means when they want cat videos, they’ll go elsewhere for that?
How you define your purpose is up to you, but randlomly posting content quickly leads to posting no content.
You can always reach out to us on Twitter @Damashe and @Payown

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Does your site look like every other WordPress site out there? It shouldn’t! yourownpay.com looks completely different from damashe.org, even though both Damashe and Michael are WordPress users, and even use some of the same tools.
Why is this, it is all about the theme you choose for your site. Think of your site’s theme as the design of your house, or your particular style of dress. You should want your site to reflect the business you are in, but also reflect your personal branding.
A WordPress theme can determine the layout of your site’s navigation links, how photos are displayed, and even the color people see when highlighting a link. And just like Plugins, themes can add functionality to your site in amazing ways.


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How to pick a theme


With all the available themes out there, both free and payed, which one should you pick for your site?
While this answer differs for each site, there are things to look for when picking a WordPress theme:
* what type of site are you building?
 If you have a store front, then you most likely want a theme that is designed to showcase your products.
 If it is a blog, then your content should should be front and center.
* How customizable is the theme?
 You want the ability to customize different aspects of the theme to fit your needs.
 If you don’t want a slideshow at the top of your site, you should be able to remove it.
* Does the theme get regular updates?
 You don’t want a theme that hasn’t been updated in years, because it could introduce vulnerabilities in to your site, and it’s probably not using the latest and greatest technologies that have been brought to the WordPress core.

And remember, you can always change your theme without losing any of your site’s content. THe only thing that changes with a theme change is how that content is displayed.
Share with us the theme you like to use by leaving a comment or tweeting us @Damashe and @Payown.


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