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	<description>- Issues facing; Expat professionals, Trailing Spouses, Portable Businesses, Near Retirement Professionals .... and other stuff of professional and personal interest.</description>
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		<title>WordPress owners &#8211; are you &#8220;admin&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/wordpress-admin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you asked me from September 2012 forward, the answer would change dramatically with WordPress Brute Force Attacks now exceeding 50% of all attacks being reported.  Peter Abraham, dynamicnet.net  Viewing my stats recently on one of my websites, I noticed several persistent attempts from one IP address to log into my site with the username &#8216;admin&#8217;. I don&#8217;t have a user named &#8216;admin&#8217; so it caught my eye. It&#8217;s recognized best practice on WordPress sites to delete and replace this default user with another administrative username for your site &#8211; and here&#8217;s why. As I looked deeper into this login attempt I noticed it was from a location in The Netherlands, and it had been happening on a regular basis for several weeks. In the hacker world this is known as a Brute Force Attack, persistent attempts to login with a list of possible passwords to a known or likely username. So given that there are so many WordPress installations on the web and many installers don&#8217;t bother changing their username from &#8216;admin&#8217; it&#8217;s a prime target. It&#8217;s likely that they start with some common, easy to remember passwords like; password, pa$$word, admin, administrator&#8230;and so on &#8211; don&#8217;t laugh, I&#8217;ve seen many people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble in the Cloud &#8211; Dropping Dropbox</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/trouble-in-the-cloud-dropping-dropbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ability to share files easily using &#8216;Cloud Services&#8217; like Amazon S3, Dropbox, Box.com etc. has made working remotely and with mobility so much easier. A couple of years back I started using Box.com and I still have an account, I had experimented with Dropbox but couldn&#8217;t see any compelling reason to move away from Box.com until Dropbox introduced their sync to desktop feature; A folder on your computer kept in sync with the cloud. That provides you with an inherent backup and of course the ability to keep multiple computers in sync&#8230;I was sold. I&#8217;ve been very happy with Dropbox until recently, even ignoring their security flaw of late 2011 when they allowed potentially anyone access to your files without using a password &#8211; This problem persisted for about 4 hours until they plugged the hole.  But unreliability has started to creep in, my Dropbox folders stall at or near completion of an upload and fail to complete. There&#8217;s been no pattern to the problem and the fixes vary from re-starting the app, restarting the computer, updating to a later version. Even though the app has a &#8216;LAN Sync&#8217; function, this is sometimes ignored and getting files from desktop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arguments</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/arguments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguments take two&#8230;.don&#8217;t participate! From the wise words of Dale Carnegie in his book &#8216;How to Win Friends and Influence People&#8217;  &#8230;.I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument &#8211; and that is to avoid it . Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes. Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right. You can&#8217;t win an argument. You can&#8217;t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Why? Well, suppose you triumph over the other man and shoot his argument full of holes and prove that he is non compos mentis. Then what? You will feel fine. But what about him? You have made him feel inferior. You have hurt his pride. He will resent your triumph. And - A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still. . Or get it on Audible &#8211;&#62;]]></description>
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		<title>Anger</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/anger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind. &#8230;an Arab proverb. Suppressing and controlling anger in a business and personal situation enables you to stay focused. In an argument, those you &#8216;keep there cool&#8217; invariably come out on top.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your Social Media Business Marketing tool of choice?</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/whats-your-social-media-business-marketing-tool-of-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a big Twitter fan, but I perceive that it&#8217;s becoming less popular as a marketing tool &#8211; It&#8217;s just too noisy for me. Facebook feels like it&#8217;s lost somewhere between our personal life and our business life and leaning toward the former rather than being a useful business tool. LinkedIn still feels like the best tool for me given its almost sole business focus, it seems to have grown beyond its Job Search roots to become a powerful business communication tool. Blogging also remains a powerful tool regardless of which other methods you use to communicate your business to the world. It might be your own blog or via comments on other blogs, but these self-published works usually find it to the top of search queries. I accept that this is not a straightforward answer for anyone and we all use a mix of tools and methods to market our products and services but I&#8217;d welcome your votes here: LinkedIn Poll &#8212; What&#8217;s your social media Business Marketing tool of choice? &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Next assignment &#8211; Rome</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/next-assignment-rome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat Professional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving Sale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trailing Spouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well time in New Zealand is coming to a close and we have commenced our packout activities in full swing hence the items for sale in previous posts on here. Casual readers please disregard  We are off to Rome later this year, this will be a massive cultural shift after living in the antipodes and feeling much more culturally comfortable for the last three years but an experience we are looking forward to. Work will be a challenge I&#8217;m sure as I contract my work space from a full room in a four bedroom house dedicated to my work to maybe a kitchen table or a closet in our Italian apartment. Time will tell! As always staying connected and productive during the move will be the greatest challenge. I&#8217;m currently scanning any paper I need to keep, disposing of almost all paper. Books are another heavy commodity that can now be eliminated. As much as I hate to let go of many of my ready references and motivational works, I&#8217;ve decided to go and audiobook and eBook all the way. Kindle, iPad and iPods weigh much less than my 6 shelves of books. I&#8217;ll be posting all the titles up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn Maps</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2012/linkedin-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LinkedIn has a cool feature known as LinkedIn Maps. It allows you to graphically view your network. You can see mine below. What I like about this tool is that at the high level view you can see the clusters of your network shown by color differences. You can identify and name each part of the network to help you analyze further. When you zoom in, you can see the members and the connectors within each cluster. Hovering over each one of the dots shows you the details of your connection. The larger the dot, the more connections. You can see the relationships between clusters. I&#8217;ve used this function to help identify important connectors in my network and build new connections. More than just pretty lines, LinkedIn Maps is a cool tool. &#8211; Check it out here: LinkedIn Maps]]></description>
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		<title>USA &#8211; Australia &#8211; New Zealand Business opportunity development</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2011/usanz-opportunity-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those that know me and have worked with me, you will be aware of my passion for assisting unique and growing small businesses and for helping to identify and nurture potential business opportunities in domestic and export markets. I&#8217;ve recently incorporated USANZ Extended Marketing LLC to formalize these efforts by actively networking known and trusted businesses on my &#8216;RADAR&#8217; with each other, and with evolving opportunities that I uncover. My goal, as always is to identify and recognize a potential opportunity and add value with little or no cost to the RADAR business. Where these or other opportunities lead to on-going relationships I seek to represent the organization for mutual gain. Under this premise, I actively promote unique American, Australian and New Zealand businesses through The Ausmerican, the USANZem blog, and through the Regional Business Talk Radio podcast programs. Readers who are aware of unique businesses in the USA, Australia and New Zealand are invited to submit details to the USANZem Business RADAR by clicking: SUBMIT  If accepted, we look forward to working with you or the company to help identify and build export business opportunities for small and medium business. Thanks Jeff &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>What makes an entrepreneur?</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2011/an_entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great series of articles from Mark Suster from his Both Sides of the Table blog describing the makeup and attributes of entrepreneurs. 1. Tenacity – the most important attribute of an entrepreneur is never being willing to give up. 2. Street Smarts – getting out and understanding customers is far more important than book smarts or computer research. 3. Ability to Pivot – it’s not good enough to be tenacious and smart.  You also need to be sure you have a great product/market fit and that it is a big enough market to make money.  The best entrepreneurs fine tune their product and their business model until they find this groove. 4. Resiliency – being an entrepreneur is sexy … for those who haven’t done it.  In reality it’s gritty, tough work where you will be filled with self doubt.  Entrepreneurs are survivors. 5. Inspiration - Tenacity + street smarts is not enough without inspiration.  You need to lead teams and convince others to move mountains when by all means they shouldn’t believe they can. 6. Perspiration - We all know people who can stand up at a conference and deliver a rousing speech or who sound awesome in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.ausmerica.com/blog/2011/warrior-to-entrepreneur-w2e-2011-business-plan-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small & Micro Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest &#8211; The American Small Business Coalition The Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest is an opportunity for injured and disabled Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, interested in or already starting their own business, to connect with business leaders and resource partners to help bring their vision to fruition through advisory support, financing and more. The American Small Business Coalition &#8211; www.TheASBC.org  is a relentless advocate for small and minority business and their initiative to conduct the Warrior-to-Entrepreneur Business Plan contest is a great opportunity for returning veterans to realize their business goals. Click here for contest rules and to submit your plan!]]></description>
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