Month: December 2022

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but I encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one I took on the road.

• Chatsonic – Chatsonic is a new way to create content, easily and quickly. You can chat with your computer, giving it commands in plain English. It’s like ChatGPT, but better!
• Chron – Cron is a next-generation calendar for professionals and teams. It streamlines workflows, integrates other productivity tools, and builds collaboration right into your calendar. Cron is helping make the modern workspace more efficient.
• Readitfor.me – is the world’s leading book summary service for executives and entrepreneurs who want to stay on top of the latest

When it comes to preventing fraud, banks and other financial institutions have their work cut out for them. Not only is financial fraud on the rise, but it’s also getting harder and more expensive to stop as the payments industry continues to diversify by embracing real-time transactions.¹

According to reporting in the ABA Banking Journal, attacks on banks increased 17% per month between 2020 and 2021.² In the same time frame, costs rose from $3.64 per dollar lost to $4.00. Labor and investigative costs make up a substantial portion of these losses. With yearly fraud losses in the hundreds of billions and rising worldwide, these per-dollar costs can cut profit margins significantly.

This is because most financial institutions still rely on highly trained analysts to spot fraud. With more real-time transaction processing just on the horizon, it will become impossible for these analysts to keep up. While there

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I’m doing a solo show. Today, we have the ability now to start businesses without really adding much overhead. You don’t need an office – all you really need is a computer. But in order to scale, there are a few things you have to get right, and we’ve created a system to do just that.

Topics I cover:

• [1:42] Why it’s actually pretty easy to scale without adding a whole bunch of overhead
• [4:06] Why undercharging is attracting the wrong clientele
• [4:48] Why you need to stop selling the marketing tactic
• [5:53] Custom projects and making up every engagement as you go isn’t the right move
• [7:28] The first step to scaling without adding overhead is understanding the problem that you’re trying to solve and promising to solve it
• [8:31] It’s time to start charging

Marketing Podcast with Jenn Herman

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Jenn Herman. Jenn is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. She is a sought-after international speaker providing tips, resources, and training for organizations of all sizes that need to structure their social media strategies. She is the co-author of Instagram for Dummies 2.0 (2022) Edition.

Key Takeaway:

Instagram is a powerful tool for companies of any size to make connections with potential customers and promote their products. With over two billion people logging in monthly, if you haven’t already hopped on the bandwagon, now’s the time! In this episode, Jenn Herman and I chat about the current tactics that work on Instagram and the guidelines that you should keep in mind.

Questions I ask Jenn Herman:

• [1:21] Why did you feel like you needed a new edition to your

After detecting a potential cybersecurity threat, Fulton County Schools knew that it needed to investigate and come up with a diagnosis. Although its IT team found that the detected ransomware didn’t affect the school’s data, the district wanted to take a more proactive approach to cybersecurity moving forward. 

Like many school districts, Fulton County Schools needed to bridge the gap between its legacy systems and a modernized cybersecurity posture. So, the school district launched a cyber-incident response plan, which includes using AI for predictive threat detection all day, every day. School leaders also organized a task force equipped with Microsoft Azure solutions that help monitor, detect, and stop threats. Now Fulton County Schools can detect cybersecurity threats before they occur and respond preemptively. 

As more students have moved to hybrid learning, schools must learn how to mitigate ransomware, malware, and phishing attempts. From raising awareness to creating a response plan,