Dear Internet Business Santa,

I promise I’ve been good this year. I hardly got into any flame wars at all and I didn’t do any black hat SEO [well not for a while anyways] so here my wish list…please provide ASAP:

1.) A business coach/mentor who can:

• call me on it when I’m full of shit and/or deceiving myself
• help me get to my goals much faster
• guide me to work at the point of greatest leverage more often
• help me calm down when everything is going to hell
• be kind and is wise enough not to confuse his own BS with mine

2.) A business analyst who can:

• understand the processes involved in my business
• create reporting systems that present key metrics
• design systems and processes [technical and non-technical] to ratchet up profits from these systems
• design systems and processes [technical and non-technical] to improve efficiencies and drive down costs in the business

3.) A reliable technical person(s) who can:

• install, configure and maintain WordPress
• take care of web server configuration, technical and security issues
• can create applications to automate regular tasks
• set up and configure a hosting account, including email
• register domain names and configure DNS

4.) A highly skilled developer(s) that can:

• gather and analyze requirements for development processes within the business
• create applications that automate business processes

5.) A trustworthy web developer(s) who can:

• quickly create secure, efficient and scalable php/mysql data driven web sites
• understands modular design so that elements can be re-used for various projects

6.) A visual designer(s)who can:

• produce an eye pleasing and effective design quickly.
• understands the difference between what is trendy and timeless and knows when to use each of them.
• knows how to work with me to get the best of our collaborative visions.

7.) High quality content creators who can:

• understand my style of effective communication [baby steps - fall over simple]
• produce written and illustrated tutorials
• blog effectively about a topic
• produce engaging video [screencast] tutorials

8.) A general assistant(s) who can:

• screen emails so that I only take care of essential ones…they handle the rest by funneling them to the appropriate person
• take care of routine errands [bank deposits, office supplies etc]
• bookkeeping and dealing with accounting
• legal stuff: filing papers, maintain minute books
• take minutes at meetings and organize my notes
• compile and present me with a report of the businesses key metrics

Thanks a lot Santa, I’ve left a Grande Mocha and a biscotti over by the door.

Jon Symons

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