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Links: 2008-11-28
25 Wall Textures Pack for Photoshop licensed under Creative Commons. Smooth! (pun intended) [Link: Graphic Identity] Web Designer Wall List of Free Press Release Sites And for fun because were allowed How to Make Candles in the Crockpot: Go figure. Just threw out a few candles that w ...
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OMG! President-Elect Speaks in Complete Sentences
Here is the article in its entirety as Im running around trying to get stuff done before hand surgery and Thanksgiving. Grammar geeks rejoice. Shouldnt we be happy he actually speaks English? Obamas Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy: Stunning Break with Last Eight Years by Andy Borowitz ...
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Links: 2008-11-21
Twitter PR: Fabulous and easy to get presentation without sounding dumbed-down. Id love to take Corrine Weisgerbers social media PR class. Social media will not kill PR, but it does expose industry weaknesses. Whats Your Least Favorite Part of Freelance Writing? Mine: Phone interviews. Y ...
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Hey! Your Book Review Sucks!
Having just read two great articles about book reviewing, it felt appropriate to make this the next, Hey! blog entry. Joanna Young and Joyful Jubilant Learning ask what do you look for in a book review and Lillie Ammann reviews The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing. Bad Quotes These quotes tell the ...
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Hows the Dash Part of Your Life?
While playing mahjongg with friends, they started talking about a book that I ordered as soon as I arrived home. On Saturday night, I read half of Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!) that came in my mailbox earlier in the day. Fate may have intervened when all this happened. The next day, I went t ...
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Links: 2008-11-14
Hocus Focus: Expert advice on dealing with coworkers and managers with short attention spans. The Beginners Guide to Finding a Job with Twitter [Link: Ritu] Figure in todays economy job seekers need all the help they can get. The Top 5 Mistakes Internet Marketers Make on Twitter [Link: Ann] ...
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How to Make Microsoft Word Stop Ignoring Mouse
This quirky problem has happened often enough that it warrants a post of its own. The problem doesnt happen on my desktop running Microsoft Windows XP with Office 2003. It occurs only on the laptop running Microsoft Vista with Office 2007. I cant tell you if its a Vista problem, an Office problem, ...
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Hey! What Does Your Business Do?
Ever receive a link to a business web site where you cant figure out what the company does? The home page sounds like something from the companys fancy and non-sensical mission statement. Unfortunately, many companies rely on content from their business plan and other internal documents. I had a br ...
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Links: 2008-11-07
The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form Thank goodness, the election ended with no run-offs (at least not for my area). But a good lesson to be learned with political signs looking like bad PowerPoint slides. Just like writing for the web differs from other resources, signs have their ...
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Hey! Wheres the Contact Info?
I believe Im a resourceful person. I try to find answers on my own through support pages, FAQ, research, search engines, and other resources. But we cant find everything we need. We may need to contact people who have the information or the knowledge stored in their brain cells or on the computers ...
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Poetry Writing with Children
I enjoyed reading Great Writing from a Small Child. When I read the post, my 5-year-old had written a poem. The requirements were the poem had to be about you and the end of every line must rhyme with dog. Can you believe not many words qualify? His poem: I have a dog. I like to sing about a frog. ...
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Links: 2008-10-31
How to Pre-screen Prospects with Your Book Writing That Comes from the Source. The Four P Approach: Persuasive Writing That Works. Outsourcing: Whats Your Policy? Know the nursery rhyme, The Lion and the Unicorn? Heres a parody: The Writer and the SME. Forvo: Pronunciation guide. ...
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Striking Gold without Going to Eldorado
Gaily bedight A gallant knight, In sunshine and shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe Businesses dont have to journey long to find Eldorado of marketing. Most companies start right by establishing a Web site. However, some dont make th ...
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Links: 2008-10-24
25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn Twitter source: Who is following you that youre not following and vice versa: www.mytweeple.com, www.friendorfollow.com, www.lessfriends.com. When a Client Cant Afford You: Why Its Still Better to Bid High: Sound advice. How to Write a ...
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11 Ways to Play the Name Game
Call me goofy, but I loved singing The Name Game as kid: Meryl, Meryl, bo-beryl, Banana-fana fo-feryl Fee-fi-mo-meryl Meryl! Yeah, yeah I know how some immature kids like to use names like Chuck and Mitch. Im sure youve heard your share. Ive always been fascinated with names, how they came to b ...
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Links: 2008-10-17
11 troubled web companies: The next Kozmos? Yikes! Companies behind many popular apps. Twitter PR: 5 Ways to Measure Rank, Reach, and Results. In Defense of PR Pros. LitMob: Concise book reviews. Journey of Discovery: I love how his son provides insight into his story. How to Sta ...
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Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
This years Blog Action Day looks at poverty. Thanks to my daughter, I learned about an innovative product that helps those living in poverty. When my daughter collected cash gifts, she donated 15% to Darfur to buy Berkeley-Darfur stoves for families. My daughter explains why she did this: Darfur i ...
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Numbers as Brand Names
TechCrunch reports that Microsoft calls its next operating system (the one after Vista) Windows 7. Mickey comments: Id love to see them start using logical numbers again, but it doesnt add up: Windows 3.1 (Windows 3) Windows 95 (4) Windows 98 (5) Windows ME/2000 (6) Windows XP (7) Windows Vista (8 ...
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Links: 2008-10-08
Doing this earlier this week since I missed last week and too much happening. Sorry the time is right for this inspirational quote, but we can all use it. Thanks, Darren Hardy. This was in reference to the 1991 recession: I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decide ...
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Better About Pages
Jakob Nielsen reports seeing a 9 percent improvement on company About pages. I rely on About pages when looking at companies either for research or for buying from them. I still run into the following problems: Struggle to find the About pages when they have one: they shouldnt be buried or har ...
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