Monthly Archives: October 2008

Learning to Twitter

When Craig Cannings of VAClassroom.com named Twitter as one of the three most important social media applications in one of his teleseminars, I realized it was something I needed to learn more about, but I didn’t get around to checking it out until a couple of months ago when Julie Bestry encouraged me to sign…

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LinkedIn Bloggers Carnival

Are you familiar with blog carnivals? A blog carnival is a collection of posts by different bloggers that are related to a particular topic. They are usually published on a weekly or monthly basis. I became involved with the Virtual Assistant and Home Business Blog Carnival for several months, but unfortunately, it has been discontinued….

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Mental Illness Awareness Week

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the first week of October is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and now that it’s here, I’d like to jump up on my soapbox and explain why this is so important. Mental illness is one of the leading causes of ill health and disability worldwide, with one in five…

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Information Diet: Weekly Report

If you’ve been following this blog for the last couple of weeks, you already know that Melodee Patterson has joined me in the battle against “infomania.” If you also read Melodee’s blog, you also know that she has thrown down the gauntlet and implied that I have not been trying hard enough to curb my…

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Introducing Organized Homes

I’ve recently completed work on a new website for Professional Organizer Judi Suraci. Judi came to me for help because her original website, which was created for her by a student, wasn’t coming up on the search engines, even searching on the name of her business. I explained that because her website was designed using…

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Canada's Do Not Call List and Your Business

Consumers across Canada breathed a sigh of relief when the long-awaited Do Not Call List was introduced earlier this week. The fact that the registration website has gone down several times due to the high volume of users shows how badly we want this service. On the other side of the coin, if your business…

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Information Junkies Unite!

I’ve discovered first hand that you have to be careful what you say in your blog. No, I didn’t offend someone! When I wrote last week about My Information Diet, it had quite an impact on Melodee Patterson, who left a comment confessing that she is also an “infomaniac” and was inspired to blog about…

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