Monthly Archives: March 2008
Team Whiteboarding
I’ve got two multi-user online collaborative whiteboards for you to check out… Twiddla Skrbl (it must be Web 2.0 since it is missing its vowels) Both allow users to create and share online “whiteboards” with freehand drawing, text, pictures and such. Worth a look.
Runner's High – Science Proves It
Well, if it was in the New York Times, it must be true… Yes, Running Can Make You High
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Blog comments and posts
John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing posts about how Posting relevant comments on blogs is networking. There are many ways to do networking on the web but I happen to think one of the easiest is to participate in blogs you enjoy by frequently posting relevant content. Blog comment posting is very much like standing [...]
Subscribe to Coffee Pods
I love my coffee pods, but since I’m the only one in my house that drinks coffee, my wife (a.k.a. Supermarket Hero) never knows when I’m running low on this crucial element of my diet. Thankfully, Amazon to the rescue with it’s “Subscribe & Save” service. Simply put, you tell it how often you need [...]
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Local Advertisements in Ohio
Glancing through the local paper on my vacation in the middle of Ohio, I found this ad… Yes, really. For the neighbors’ sake, I hope that they come more than once per week.
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Really Bad PowerPoint
Most business professionals abuse PowerPoint. It’s just too easy to do. Author Seth Godin’s Really Bad PowerPoint post on this topic hits the nail on the head. Business Week has a great article about how Steve Jobs is a master at giving presentations. He doesn’t use PowerPoint, rather a program for the Mac called Keynote.
Why I should run more
Running is hard. Sometimes it hurts. Much of the time it is boring. And it is never particularly convenient in my busy schedule. And if I take a week or two off, it’s like starting over again. But I am reminded that anything that is too easy isn’t worth doing at all. That is why [...]
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Email Marketing – In the customer's mind
So often, email marketing bugs me. Companies forget that in order for email marketing to really be effective, the customer has to actually be interested in the message. So when I received a short message from Lens.com today, I was totally blown away. No ads, no sales, no special offers, no testimonials, just a short [...]
CAN-SPAM and Email Marketing