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Three stumbling blocks many first-time website owners face are: The discovery that a website, for it to be effective, requires writing. The Web is read differently than books, manuals or other print mediums, and therefore requires a different style. Umm, I’m not a good writer. With that, lots of people struggle to write for their site....
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Participating in an online giveaway can be a quick way to add substantially to your email marketing list.  These promotions are very popular for that reason and should be fairly easy to find.  If you are unfamiliar with them, look the offer over carefully before deciding to join as a contributor and be aware...
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In the past, I used to draw my ideas out on a piece of paper until I discover a software that will allow me to draw my ideas for my business and in turn to demonstrate to my clients. This tool is known as the mind mapping software. With that in mind, ...
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They say God is in the details. Recently, I heard someone say the devil is in the details. Interesting, I thought. I’ve also heard, “It’s all in the details.” Hmmm … well, here are two great details; one handy, and one brandy (branding). Handy —> The Shortlink. In recent versions of WordPress, there’s a short link button. Great for...
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Whether you’re collaborating with another writer, you’ve hired an editor or you’ve asked your VA to proofread a document for you, Microsoft Word has many useful tools to help you work together. Here are links to three brief videos that will walk you through MS Word’s “Track Changes” feature: How to collaborate on your articles using...
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Here are five common ways coaches get their website built – the pros and cons, and some tips. 1. Use an automated site-builder An automated site-builder is an online service that takes you through a few steps where you choose some images, select some colors, and enter in some text and Voila – a website! Pro: they...
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Photos can be a great way of giving support to your blog whether it is within the blog post itself or on the sidebar to link to a photo gallery. The majority of us either use a self-hosted blog like that of www.wordpress.org or a hosted blog such as www.wordpress.com that may or may...
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Lists are a great structure to use in your articles, but only if they’re written well. In The Art of the List, Guy Kawasaki of Alltop rates the lists in several blog posts. He ends with a list of suggestions, one of which was to keep list items parallel by making them all the...
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You may have seen articles, books and other writings on losing weight, or growing a business, etc. All good stuff. But as self-improvement grows and we further ourselves into an age where we can access lots of information easily(internet), much of the writings out there age fast and give off an I’ve-already-seen-that-before feel. For example, A...
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Our special guest author for this post is NCC member Tammi Metzler of The Write Associate This article is reprinted from Tammi’s blog, where it first appeared on November 11, 2009. View it here. If you’re struggling to come up with fresh content for your articles, there are several things you can do to...
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Hi, Everyone, Those of us who get lots of messages in our email Inbox every day day may find it difficult to keep them all straight unless we set up message filters, which most email programs allow. This is especially true if you belong to several email discussion lists, get lots of updates from Facebook...
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If you use Mozilla Firefox as an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera; Mozilla Firefox provides the flexibility and extensibility to both non-developers and developers allowing its users to add little applications (An example of this is FireFTP that is used to upload an updated web page to the web server/web...
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This is a short but brief information on what a domain name is and where to park your domain name if you are not ready to use your domain.
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After you have registered your domain name, choose a web hosting provider, and have your website visible on the web, what do you do next? The next thing is website maintenance. But how? One way I like to maintain my website or others I work with is using a web content management system. First...
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I attended a networking event for women earlier this week in my small town.  Despite the town’s size, there were more than 50 women there.  During the event, I heard the short pitch of three different women that I might be interested in hiring to help me in various ways.  Later, during the mix...
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