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  • Tune Out Web Noise: RSS Readers and Aggregators
    I don’t know about you, but I’m really bombarded by too much noise along with some of the really good stuff I want to keep track of on the web.  Twitter has some good uses but trying to “take” value...

  • Developing a Social Media Policy
    If you’re like me, you spend a fair amount of time keeping up with your social media and networking plan.  Even worse is spending far too much time on trying to conquering this monster by not having a plan and...

  • What's In YOUR Toolbox? Part 2
    Part 2:  Software Tools and Utilities
    For Part 2 we’ll look at a quick list of some of the software programs I use regularly. Since I do mostly Joomla! Related projects, I don’t really need a lot of production software...

  • What's In YOUR Toolbox? Part 1
    Part 1:  Online-Tools
    I get a lot of people asking me what type of software and on-line tools I use in website creation and site administration I use so I’ve decided to list out some of my most frequently used....

  • Mobile Email Pet Peeves
    Email on smart phones, Blackberries and such, has become prevalent over the last couple years and it has changed the way we communicate.  While this can be a great convenience and enhancement to communication, it can also "dumb down" communication...

  • Free Ad-Words Credits Might Not Be For You
    Are you seeing  more and more special offers for free Google Ad-Words credits from your website hosting provider or other online services?  They are getting pretty prevalent as Google tries to develop more pay-per-click ad revenue by letting people get...

  • APA Declares "Website" Official
    For quite a while, we've all been struggling with what is actually correct, "web site" or "website".  The American Psychological Association, APA, has declared the official and correct term for what you are currently reading is "website".   Who cares?  I know,...

  • Review Of "Can Spam" Requirements
    One of the webmaster forums I frequent had a thread on email policies and how to avoid "looking guilty" or actually violating their unsolicited email policies.  So many members of this forum commented on how they were not aware of some...

  • New Trend For Linkedin Groups?
    Has anyone besides me seen a big change in the Linkedin groups evolve over the past year?  It seems more and more people are not really there to network and provide true community value as much as to cast their...

  • More Interaction With Your Visitors
    We all more or less have the same objective:  to interact more with our website visitors.  Doing so gets them more involved with our brand and more committed to their relationship with it.  There are several ways of going about...