Bill Dotson

Virtual CIO. Helping business owners fix IT decisions and cut waste. No jargon. Just straight advice. Certified Value Builder Advisor

[Chidanand Tripathi @thetripathi58]

A guy sat at his laptop ready to permanently delete his 15-year-old Gmail account.

He was getting 400 spam emails a day. Fake Best Buy receipts. Phishing links from "Netflix." Cryptic extortion threats.

He hovered his mouse over "Delete Account" and sighed: "I just want peace."

His coworker, a former email deliverability engineer, looked over his shoulder.

"Before you nuke 15 years of contacts and data, let me show you something. Your email isn't broken. It's weaponized. There are 22 ways you've been leaving the door wide open. Google won't tell you this because the data collection feeds their entire ad engine. Give me 14 minutes."

Here's what she showed him:

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

Before your next hire: ask whether the right answer is a new employee or a better-equipped current one. The math is changing fast. Here is how to run it for manufacturing and professional services roles: https://t.co/vEXesscksp #HiringStrategy #AITools

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

These continue to happen. Make sure you don’t fall for it if you run a business

Beware Fake Annual Report Filing Notices Targeting Owners https://t.co/Q1DxFUqtrR

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

Your "Open Door Policy" could be killing your team’s growth. 

"My door is always open" is often code for "I haven't built a system where my team can function without me." If you are the constant "answer-key," you are a single point of failure.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

And this is a great video to summarize the process of creating standard operating processes (or procedures...): https://t.co/pn393e9DlO

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

Don’t buy more tech tools. Fix your data hygiene and your decision-making frameworks first. Start with reviewing your standard operating procedures and then you can figure out what would be optimized from there. 

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

If you're an IT pro who's tired of being undervalued, this is for you.

Watch the intro video: https://t.co/DJUgFnydnW
Join the Academy: https://t.co/FnK4nP0Hmk

Let's build something better together.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

I just launched something I've been working on for months.

It's called the Rocker IT Leadership Academy, and it's designed to help IT professionals stop being treated like janitors and start being treated like executives.

Here's what it is (and why I built it): 🧵

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

We do weekly live "Quick Win" sessions, give you proven playbooks (SaaS audits, budget templates, etc.), and build a community of IT leaders who actually get it.

Free tier to start. Paid membership for the full library + coaching.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

Before: I didn’t think I could keep up with work (down to one hand!). So I experimented with AI for over a year now.

After: Now, I’ve achieved almost 100% back to work, and I’m so glad I didn’t give up. 🤭

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

Just something funny.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

@CFEmx ¿Dónde está el mapa de interrupciones y un tiempo de 1 a 2 horas cuando se restaurará la energía? Como agencia federal, debe establecer el estándar para los demás.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

@leonesdeyucatan Hola, podrías enviarme por favor el mapa de asientos? O el link para poder verlo. Gracias!

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

For anyone wondering why I’m in Mexico for health: cardiology visit, EKG, and heath ultrasound in 60 min : $167. In KY: $6-7000. Same equipment, doc does all the work.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

@Uber_Support thanks! Doing that now.

[Bill Dotson @bdotson]

@Uber_Support hi I need someone from the accounts and payments team to contact me. I have been on the phone for over 30 minutes and your customer support team is unable to help. They let me know there is no phone number for the accounts and payments team.