Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
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If you ever read Consumer Reports, you may remember their reader-rated movie guide.
Because of the subjectivity of cinema, Consumer Reports couldn't very well put a batch of DVDs in a blender and analyze the slurry for quality.
The readers' recommendations served as the social proof that drives ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Want to increase your click-through rate?
Need to advertise stuff Google thinks is questionable?
Use poetry in your ad!
Solage is a form that is most suitable for this purpose.
It's only three lines.
Only the first two lines rhyme - which is about the limit for an ad, anyway.
The third line is a play ...
Posted in Poetry, Tips | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
If your blog is out of tune with the BlogRush widget, now is the time to tweak it.
Category Not Relevant
Duh!
I forgot to change my category from Business: Internet Marketing when I switched my focus to writing.
Now, it's "Writing & Literature : Other".
I see more interesting headlines and, more importantly, ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
For those of us who celebrate Christmas and enjoy the festive holidays, there are special memories that stand out like mileposts.
Seeing distant relatives, gathering around the dinner table, going bowling.
Huh?
Well, my cousin and a couple of her friends did that one year so, yeah. Bowling.
That's not such a foreign ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Public Announcement
I did some thinking about blog etiquette after reading GracePub’s post on Communati.com:
Should Bloggers Let Other Bloggers Hijack Their Blogs?
In my usual allegory fashion, I left the following comment:
Blog software is a city in the land of Blogosphere.
The webmaster is the mayor.
Akismet is the chief of police.
Your blog is ...
Posted in Tips, Musings | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Well, the intrepid Sharon Hurley Hall has done it again. She discovered BlogRush, yet another community for bloggers. Created by John Reese, BlogRush aims to link your blog to other related blogs. To paraphrase Sharon, it’s like a blogroll on steroids.
As soon as I had installed the widget, I was ...
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
I've installed Ultimate Tag Warrior 3, a Wordpress plug-in for tag management. Not only are tag clouds pretty, they also help drive traffic to blogs. I'll be going through my previous posts, adding tags and generally having fun with this neato creation.
Thanks, Christine Davis! If you notice anything ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
My friend Crystal Pina, of VisionsVirtualAssistance.com, wrote an excellent post about using business cards to build your list of subscribers. Are You Spamming? reveals a surprising mistake that nearly all networkers make. Thankfully, Crystal shows you how to avoid this potentially disastrous landmine.
An even more detailed treatment is given by ...
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
I finally bit the bullet and cleaned out my email system.
For those of you who prefer the short version, here's a quick summary:
I don't recommend using the catch-all email account on your domain (*@yourdomain.com).
With today's web hosts offering practically unlimited email accounts, there really is no reason to make it ...
Posted in Tips, Clients, Musings | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
If you're like me, you subscribe to dozens of alerts, email notification services from forums and blog subscriptions.
Unless you judiciously delete each email as soon as you have completed clicking on all of the hyperlinks within, these little notes will clutter up your email folders.
Preventive Measures
On the off-chance that your ...
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