Author: Jim Collison

Crowdfunding Spreads the Word About Important Solar Projects

By Maria Ramos – Guest Writer Web-based crowdfunding platforms, like KickStarter or IndieGoGo, are an excellent way to take promising projects with funding needs beyond the originator’s financial resources. They also offer individuals the opportunity to become backers in return for a share of the eventual profits or products. This can be said for virtually any project, no matter how ridiculous it may seem, but one such area in our society that needs more support is renewable energy. With individuals becoming more environmentally-conscious, there is sure to be a consumer market aimed at one of the most viable forms of

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for August 8, 2015

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach,  Dave is back from Podcast Movement in Texas.  We talk about everyone wanting more listeners and the key to great interviews is listening.  Jim talked about how he was contacted by http://tawk.to CEO via the platform.  We covered Skype vs Google Hangouts and which is better.  Dave says that Ray Ortega has a great video on getting rid of the hiss in your audio.  Jim spends some time go over his work flow.  That post is at https://theaverageguy.tv/2015/08/02/the-hands-on-of-podcasting-and-walk-thru-of-the-process-for-the-average-guy-hgg224/ Dave goes over this Castermind and we talk about what makes good show notes.  

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Summer Gadget Bash and Back to School Gadgets Reviews – HGG226

Mike Wieger http://wiegertech.com from Wieger Tech and the Open Mike Night Podcast http://omnpodcast.com  joins Jim https://twitter.com/jcollison for show #226 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com community. Please leave a REVIEW (iPhone or iPad) at https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=457300409&type=Podcast&ls=1&mt=1 Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy or if you… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Hands on Review of the Anear LED Spotlight with PIR Motion Sensor

On Amazon: http://amzn.to/1OY6qHm Full Disclosure – This unit was provide to me by Anear with the express purpose of review and was not purchased. Notes: I was contacted from Anear about reviewing the Anear LED Spotlight with PIR Motion Sensor for the blog.  Since I had the perfect spot in the garage to install it, I took them up on the offer.  Currently in our garage, I have a switched light that we always end up leaving on since the switch is in a very bad location.  I installed a florescence light there to help with the energy savings, but

Click for more / Podcast Player>

Timelines of Success 113 – Jim Gives 7 Success Principles for Podcasting

I was a featured guest on the Timelines of Success Podcast hosted by Bill Conrad.  We talked about podcasting and some success tips to get it done right. How I do my work flow – https://theaverageguy.tv/2015/08/02/the-hands-on-of-podcasting-and-walk-thru-of-the-process-for-the-average-guy-hgg224/ At the end of the show, we covered these 7 Success Principles: 1.  Karma matters – be nice to people 2.  It’s still about hustle 3.  Know what you are good at doing.  Focus on that! 4.  Know what needs to be outsourced. 5.  Find and understand your audience 6.  Take lots of risks and try things 7.  Use automation whenever you can   You

Click for more / Podcast Player>