I've just added a new page to the site explaining a little bit more about how WordPress works and how my clients benefit from this extremely robust, easy to use platform. With WordPress, to add a page you just click a button, fill in the headline, write some text (in the visual interface), and hit "Publish." Writing news posts is just as easy, and … [Read more...] about New info page added on WordPress development
WordPress for iPhone rocks
Just installed WordPress for the iPhone and am trying it out for the first time. Works just fine, although I'd love to be able to type sideways for bigger buttons. You can even add images from your phone! From yesterday: Very sweet. … [Read more...] about WordPress for iPhone rocks
100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers
Bootstrapper » The Business Blogging Toolset: 100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers Great list of handy tools for business bloggers, or bloggers who are in business, or even bloggers wishing to make their business by blogging. The resources are broken into categories including Blogging Platforms (I suggest Wordpress), Design and Content … [Read more...] about 100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers
Digg – Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll
My first Digg front-page post. Go Sean! One superhero's fight to take back Kansas from the religious goofballs, XKCD-style Digg - Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll [this is good] … [Read more...] about Digg – Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll
52 Creative Ideas for Finding New Clients: Bootstrapper
You should be able to tell where my mind has been recently. :-) As a bootstrapper, you know that clients equal business. Without them, you’d just be another one-man (or woman) shop with an office trying not to go into debt. Fighting for and retaining clients against your competition can be a struggle, just like recruiting new employees or … [Read more...] about 52 Creative Ideas for Finding New Clients: Bootstrapper
How To Increase Business While Beating The Summer Heat: Freelance Folder
Start a marketing blitz, or a newsletter with your church, check in with old clients, contact your local chamber -- all sorts of great ideas here. How To Increase Business While Beating The Summer Heat | Freelance Folder | A Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers … [Read more...] about How To Increase Business While Beating The Summer Heat: Freelance Folder
Working on edits to the redesign
If you're wondering why the site looks so goofy, it's because I'm midway into redesigning the look and feel to keep up with Brian Gardner's awesome Revolution theme. … [Read more...] about Working on edits to the redesign
Self Marketing: Build a Powerful Reputation Using the Internet
For businesses interested in selling their services from an expert perspective online, it can seem daunting. Here's a good set of tips to help you on the path: It's not that difficult to develop some sort of presence online nowadays, but to become an expert, you need to do a little more. Self Marketing: Build a Powerful Reputation Using the … [Read more...] about Self Marketing: Build a Powerful Reputation Using the Internet
Shortcut Screencast Contest: Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel – Lifehacker
Shortcut Screencast Contest: Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel - Lifehacker This is brilliant. I love little hacks like this... if you want to compare some numbers via excel, this is the way to go. … [Read more...] about Shortcut Screencast Contest: Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel – Lifehacker
Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites - Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites - News and Analysis by PC Magazine Our list of the new and/or undiscovered Web sites that have grabbed our attention this year. Youll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games … [Read more...] about Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
Networking tips
Alphabet Bash, Networking Event for Minnesota Marketing Communication Professionals I just attended a great networking event in the Twin Cities last night. The event, in its second year, brought together a number of communication groups (IABC, AMA, AdFed, PRSA -- hence "alphabet bash") for the express reason to network contacts and generate leads, … [Read more...] about Networking tips
E-mail Etiquette 101
From Where I Sit: E-mail Etiquette 101 18 suggestions on email etiquette. My favorites (abridged, with my comments below): Keep messages brief and to the point. Make your most important point first, then provide detail if necessary. Make it clear at the beginning of the message why you are writing... if you send long messages, it is much less … [Read more...] about E-mail Etiquette 101
5 Hacks to Improve Your Presentations
5 Powerful Hacks to Immediately Improve Your Presentations at Ririan Project I don't give presentations a lot, but these handy tips, via LifeHacker, were extremely useful. Things like remembering to pause, slowing down and taking a breath if you get tripped up, and rephrasing questions to buy yourself some time are all handy gems, but I really like … [Read more...] about 5 Hacks to Improve Your Presentations
5 Common Headline Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Five Common Headline Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Copyblogger five common mistakes that people make when writing headlines, which also serve as checklist items for you to take into account when crafting your own. Good stuff to think about when writing headlines, and a few I'd not thought about. Listing is a great idea, e.g., "Five common … [Read more...] about 5 Common Headline Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Internet marketing videos from Tubetorial
Internet marketing videos from Tubetorial Looks like this will be a great resource on learning some of the finer bits of Web design and other tips/tricks -- video is probably one of the fastest ways I've found to learn online. … [Read more...] about Internet marketing videos from Tubetorial
Nagless Reminders
Nagless Reminders — Get the Recipient to Respond On Time and Cut Through their Email Overload « Email Overloaded Nice quick trick to keep on top of things. Just need to find a way to set a reminder automatically -- wonder if Entourage can do this? … [Read more...] about Nagless Reminders
Buffet on Habit
From a video posted to PersonalMBA.com - "The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they're too heavy to be broken." … [Read more...] about Buffet on Habit
IABC Leadership Conference: San Diego
Much learned, mostly about how to engage and manage volunteers. Things to look into: Wiki technology, or perhaps something simpler like Yahoo Groups or Google Groups, to manage documents, handle discussions and track progress of group activities/projects. More after I get a chance to pore over my notes. … [Read more...] about IABC Leadership Conference: San Diego
Bookmark reviews: Large Companies and “A” talent
I've been an avid consumer of blogs forever, and whenever I see something I want to check out later it goes in my "review someday" folder. I'm digging through my old links and will begin posting articles that I've found professionally helpful and/or interesting. Extra bonus: I get to clean out my bookmarks log. First up: from moblog: Large … [Read more...] about Bookmark reviews: Large Companies and “A” talent