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Ok...one more

A little bit of a non-sequitur, but so is my life.

Attach-Compose-Address

This little trick will help me on a daily basis.

Super Happy Fun Stuff: Search Engine Decoder

I'm frequently asked about search engines and search engine optimization by my clients

Lots of Tips for Low- (or No-) Cost Branding

Aviva Directory gives us a very thorough (and often clever) list of "Little Known Ways to Brand on the Cheap."

Top Tips to Attract Blog Subscribers

One question I am frequenly asked by clients is "how do I attract more subscribers to my blog?"

Little Moo

I am a total sucker for little things. Get me into the travel-sized product aisle of Target or the drug store and you'd think I had found a stash of gold.

Have I mentioned I don't like Flash animations?

I know...you're smacking your forehead, thinking "she's going to bitch about Flash again."

Concentration

Matthew Stibbe at Bad Language gives us list of 10 Ways to Concentrate on Writing. While some of these items I practice religiously when I'm having a mental block or need a motivational jump start (which is most days), others are new to me.

Calls to Action and Barking Cats

Last year I stumbled across a fantastic book entitled "Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results" by Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg...

Web Design Glossary

The fine folks at Motive in New Zealand have put together an awesome glossary of web-related terms.

Fontastic

Just ran across an amazing tool for web designers: Typetester

PayPal Fee Calculator

PPCalc is a PayPal fee calculator that lets you, um, well...calculate PayPal fees.

Adding FeedFlare to Your Blog

You've probably noticed a line of useful links at the bottom of posts on many blogs you read (including this one) - email this, subscribe to this feed, add to del.icio.us - and wondered how you, too, can add those to your own blog.

What is this delicious thing?

I am frequently asked by my clients and others about del.icio.us when they see the "add to del.icio.us" link at the bottom of my posts.

Because I said so?

I often have some trouble articulating to my clients why they should want a standards-compliant web site....

DIY Troubleshooting

In the 1990s I had a couple of different jobs providing software technical support. If you're looking for a tried-and-true spirit-crushing career, tech support ranks right up there with porta-potty cleaner.

Change in feed

I am consolidating my blog's Feedburner feeds...

Untitled Page

918,000...that's the number of results when you search for the term "untitled page" on Google

Pink Spoons on the Brain

I've been devouring my new copy of "Pink Spoon Marketing" by my friends Andrea Lee and Tina Forsyth. This is good stuff, people. It will change the way you approach your business, particularly if you offer information products.

Where to Find Cheap Stock Images

Presentation Zen offers up a great list of sites to obtain royalty-free images for your blog or your web site.

Having a little fun...

I finally purchased some Photoshop plug-ins I've had my eye on...they automate the creation of ebook covers, product boxes, and the like. I'm frequenly asked to create these sorts of images for my clients when they launch a new information product, and it was about time I made it a little easier for myself.

Because this is an ACTION blog*

A thorough list of action verbs

Blogging Cheatsheets!

The always cool Andy Wibbels offers up PDF cheatsheets for Movable Type, TypePad, WordPress, and Blogger.

Digging in the Deep Web

Or, "Confessions of a One-time Library Geek"...Last week Lifehacker had a fantastic piece on the Deep (or Invisible) Web...

Upgrade to Movable Type 3.2 was Successful!

I had out off upgrading to MT 3.2 for several weeks. I was very, very nervous about it...with little reason, as it turned out.

MarsEdit: Love It!

After a lengthy search and testing process, I've finally found a Mac blog editor I can really use: MarsEdit, by Ranchero Software.

Springwise

I'm a big fan of Springwise. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a monthly newlsetter about the latest business trends and ideas....

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