{"id":331,"date":"2012-07-17T01:12:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T05:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/?p=331"},"modified":"2012-07-17T01:12:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T05:12:02","slug":"episode-60-20-tips-to-improve-your-computer-business-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/episode-60-20-tips-to-improve-your-computer-business-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 60 &#8211; 20 Tips To Improve Your Computer Business Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talk with a computer consultant who wrote an e-book with helpful tips for other computer business owners and is giving it to them FREE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10<br \/>\nIntro 1:18<br \/>\nBillboard 1:34<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News and Comment segment 2:53<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\">AMD<\/a>  was awarded $12.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/press-releases\/Pages\/amd-us-government-computing-2012jul11.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us\/press-releases\/Pages\/amd-us-government-computing-2012jul11.aspx\">two research projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MakeUseOf is offering a free e-book called <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/theforcefield.tradepub.com\/free\/w_make30\" href=\"http:\/\/theforcefield.tradepub.com\/free\/w_make30\">Your Guide to Solid State Drives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 400,000 <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\">Yahoo<\/a> passwords were stolen July 11.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/blog.betaworks.com\/post\/27070595530\/digg\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.betaworks.com\/post\/27070595530\/digg\">Betaworks<\/a> reports that it has acquired <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/digg.com\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\">Digg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial Break 2:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Computer Business Kit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technibble.com\/aff\/forcefield\">The Computer Business Kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro to Topic 2:11<\/strong><br \/>\nToday we&#8217;re going to talk with Matthew Rodela an IT consultant, owner of <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yfncg.com\">Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy<\/a> and author of a free e-book called <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"20 Things You Can Do Right Now To Improve Your Computer Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yfncg.com\/2012\/01\/12\/improve-your-computer-business\/\">20 Things You Can Do Right Now To Improve Your Computer Business<\/a>. We&#8217;ll learn what inspired him to write it, find out what makes it different from other publications of its kind, and discuss how you can incorporate the first ten tips listed in his e-book into your own business. Par1 1 of a two part series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Matthew Rodela 21:59<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 61 Teaser  :33<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wrap up and Close  :46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comments, questions or suggestions? Send them in to comments@theforcefield.net or post them in <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/forums\/index.php?board=205.0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/forums\/index.php?board=205.0\">The Force Field Forums<\/a>. Feedback on this topic will be read by the host and included in future episodes of the show. Visit us at <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\">http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92012 Savoia Computer. 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