My Dad is an Idiot.
A Napoleon's Idiot that is. (He came up with the name and I just follow what he says)
For years, and I mean years, my Dad has called me on Skype to ask me questions about the different Social Media sites, his email, programs he was having a problem with and so on. I could be in the middle of a meeting with potential clients and he'd call and say, "Hey, I'm having this problem with ____________(fill in the blank) and I'm going to share my screen with you!"
Thank God I work for myself and the clients I had were amazing and loved my Dad. ;)
Well last year we got this bright idea to start recording our conversations and the screen because we knew that these questions were being asked by others as well.
Especially from the Baby Boomers and Seniors that were coming online and being completely confused by these Social Media sites.
So we came up with The Napoleon's Idiot Series! We cartooned ourselves, started recording, uploaded it to YouTube and the rest is history.
Dad use to tell us 6 kids a story about Napoleon's Idiot. Whether it was true or not it always stuck with me. Napoleon Bonaparte kept an "idiot", on his staff to review all commands issued from his headquarters before they were sent. If "Napoleon's Idiot" understood them and could explain them, the orders would then be sent to his brilliant field commanders. This avoided many serious errors on the battlefield.
Fast forward to today and if I can teach my Dad to understand these Social Media sites and avoid errors along the way, then you can to.
We usually do an episode a week and with Dad being 77 yrs. old (I think that's how old he is lol) there is no telling what will come out of his mouth. Some of our episodes are definitely comically, especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjlKlsmH2uw
I love doing these episodes because it gives my dad purpose. It gives him a reason to get up in the mornings. It gives him something to look forward to and it gives me the opportunity to stay connected with my dad when he lives so far away from me.
If you'd like to watch some of our other episodes follow this link https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbbnKy5q8XT...
and if you feel led to leave us a comment or have a suggestion/question for an episode, please do so. He absolutely LOVES reading all the comments and it always brings a smile to his face.
Finally, I want to thank Kyle and Carson and all the members who contribute to the training here at Wealthy Affiliate. Because of this community I stepped out of my comfort zone and dove into the YouTube world. Of course if any of you are thinking about doing YouTube and hooking up your Adsense be sure to follow my training here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-mo...
You do not want to miss out on earning by missing these steps. ;)
Y'all Be Blessed,
Audrey
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Great story. I have a mother who was the same. I moved countries 4 years ago and seems to have solved the problem....
Hi Tony,
Not sure where my comment went to you but I know I responded. So do you and your mom still Skype and you help her that way?
Be Blessed,
Audrey
Hi Audrey,
We still Skype but I aren't called on as tech support any longer. She has some clever grandkids now who can fill the gap.
I will head on over and have a look when I've finished checking my emails - I'm looking forward to seeing them! Will let you know my thoughts later on :)
Thank you so much Jude for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
Be Blessed,
Audrey
I can relate as my 23-year old daughter and I have exactly the smae relationship! LOL!! And it's WONDERFUL!! Thanks for sharing Audrey
Vince, that is so cool to have that relationship. I definitely treasure the relationship I have with my dad and love talking to him every day. It's a blessing for sure.
Be Blessed,
Audrey
What a great idea to help someone. I know myself the often training doesn't consider the first principals of any subject. Basically (pun) start right at the beginning and build up the training, don't jump in expecting all people to know what is unsaid. I will look at these and have bookmarked this post.
You're right Helen. That's why we started this series and built our website Social Media 4 Beginners. My background is in Internet Marketing but while training small business owners on how to use Facebook for business I realized that 100% of them didn't even know the first thing about Facebook. Their children or grandchildren hooked them up then left them to figure it out on their own. :(
Hopefully the videos can help you where you may need help and give you some comedy.
Be Blessed,
Audrey
And I find things like FB help really infuriating. You get a paragraph with further links. Rather like scam make money sites! I have a FB help file. Every once in a while I go further in and but things together so all the help is in one place. I shouldn't have to do this.
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Hi there, just to let you know I'm not being ignorant. I don't know if you read my post yesterday but I am having many problems and being unable to respond to Private Messages is one of them! Would you mind emailing me your requirements so at least I can keep in contact with you? (I don't really know if I'm allowed to share emails here but I can't think of any other way of getting in touch with you!)
Mine is: jude-portman(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk
Hey Jude,
Just sent you a message. Let me know if you got it.
Be Blessed,
Audrey
Just setting up new laptop, yes I've got it, thank you. Will be in touch in a little while :)