Archive for April, 2009
Decisions: The Road Not Taken
In college at the University of Arizona, I took a Graphic Design course by a really great professor. One of our assignments was to take a poem or song and integrate it into a story book. The words were the lyrics and we were to add images that they text lay on in a artsy way.
I chose the poem by Robert Frost written in 1915 titled “The Road Not Taken”. I bring this up because I was recently digging through old boxes and found this storybook that I designed 7 years earlier. I flipped
through the pages, about 12, and remembered what that poem meant to me at the time…
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts to Save Time
There are many little tricks I use all day long that helps me to work more quickly and efficiently. I promise that once you learn and practice these few little commands, you’ll love them too!
So let’s start out with the basics.
Let’s say you want to bold some text. Instead of highlighting the text, scrolling up to the toolbar in whatever program you are working in, locating the b button for bold and clicking it … simply highlight the text and hit ctrl + B on your keyboard.
- Italics: highlight text, then ctrl + I
Get Your Business Thriving in a Rough Economy with ‘Tough Teams’
Leaders in companies across the nation are brainstorming on ways to increase sales, productivity and efficiency. This economic downturn has entrepreneurs scrambling to unify their team and lead them toward a common goal of growth and success. But sometimes among these teams, conflict will arise…
“Tension and conflict are neither good nor bad, they are part of living. For a team to get work done, there must be human interaction. Interaction often leads to conflict. This is especially true when the work is challenging and the risks are great.” – Bill Kuehn, Owner of Tough Teams
A Must See Video!
Video is the Hottest Thing on the Internet – What Are YOU Doing About It??
There are over 100,000,000 videos watched daily on YouTube. When you Google “video” 3,190,000,000 (Billion!!!) search listings come up. Sites like CNN, NYT, MSN are covered in video news casts…
Do you think that maybe this is something to notice? It sure is!
Companies big and small are adding video to their websites just to try and stay in the game. The Internet is a very fast-paced ever-changing machine. We all know this. When a visitor comes to your site and see you don’t have some of the most common elements of Web 2.0 or the modern Internet, will they stay? Or will they go to a competitor site that IS staying up with the times?
HTML Code – Not the Scariest Thing to Learn
If you’re anything like me, I tried to avoid learning HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) code because I thought it was a bunch of complicated numbers and letters. I was overwhelmed just looking at code, let alone having to turn it into my job day in and day out. But hey, I started at the beginning and before I knew it, it became easier and easier. You CAN do this!
So let’s start off with a few basics…
A Single Serve Coffee Success
So something you should know about me, I am a HUGE coffee fan. I wasn’t always, actually. I can remember my dad and sister going out for coffee and me wondering why on Earth they liked the taste. But, somewhere around 7 years ago everything changed. Now, I can’t skip a single day without drinking my latte.
But check this out, there’s a company out there that can be found at www.SingleBrew.com that made me look at coffee in a totally new way – but a good way!
It’s Time to Get Creative With Promoting Your Website
How often have I heard, “I need more traffic to my website (or blog)” or “My site isn’t being picked up by Search Engines“. A lot.
Here are a few things that maybe you haven’t thought of to increase your website viability.
1. If you haven’t put your website URL into your email signature line, your crazy. Here are some examples:
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Step-by-Step: How to Make Blog Posts
This post is for HereNextYear clients, designed to teach you how to post to your blog.
- Go to http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/
- Enter in your username and password to get to the Dashboard.
- Click on “Add new post” on the far left column
Now, I will go from the top to the bottom, focusing only in the middle of the page – disregard the right and left sidebars for now.
- Add a title to your post in the first open box under the words “Add New Post”
My Crazy Pets Make Me Laugh Daily
I thought I would do a less serious blog post for once and share something with you that makes me laugh every single day.
About 3 years ago, I was on top of the world. I am a big dog person, and that was the time I was able to take Bailey home – a yellow lab from a breeder in Colorado Springs. Bailey (formerly named Moonstar or something) was already almost 6 months old. He had gotten sick as a pup but was completely healthy then, and he and I immediately connected. We shared a lot of laughs as he grew up – when I first brought him home he was TERRIFIED of the stairs … the times when I was in the backyard for 5 hours straight picking up shreds of a pillow he destroyed … ahh … those were the days. The days when he made me mad, but I loved him fully anyway.
