October 2008

Usernamecheck.com is a fabulous new way to check to see if your name, brand, product or service is ‘taken’ or ‘available’ at a large range of social network sites. Check it out!
Tip of the Akubra to @CommonSense4
Technorati Tags: commonsense4, usernamecheck.com, usernamecheck, social networks, social media, social networking, business communication

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What to do, what to do…
My beloved hiptop3 is on its final legs; the blue roller button doesn’t work as an ‘enter’ key anymore, so it is just one more key-press to get things to send, receive, move around the phone, etc.
The inbuilt camera and the web browser have always been lousy, so anything [...]

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Dropping Adsense - Saying Goodbye to $100K Per Year in Easy Income
Well,I admire their honesty. Mrs BetterComms would kill me, mind you…
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50 best social media links - Twitter Blogs and Bookmarks | Koka Sexton dot Com
Some of the ideas have been superceded by newer technology, but an interesting collection of links and [...]

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At which point I roll off my chair laughing and think immediately of discussions Laurel, I and others have had about the “it’s good for your business, think of the networking opportunities” crap that is always spun out at speakers when organisers are trying to maximise their profits.

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Advanced CSS Printing — Using CSS Page Breaks | Web Builder Zone
At last, a really simple way to ensure that your pages break where you want them to. It's taken me ages to find this!
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Social Media for Small Business – Powered by Dell | Facebook
Brilliant. You must check this out!
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"You have GOT to be kidding!" I screamed to no one in particular.
I re-read the email. And re-read it again.
Me. Invited speaker. IABC World Conference, San Francisco, June 2009.
Unheard of.
For those who may not be aware, the IABC is the International Association of Business Communicators. To be asked to speak at one of [...]

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If YOU have a small-to-medium sized businesses you will want to get up early and be a part of it, particularly now that the economy has gotten tough and it’s not as easy to attend any conference, let alone one in the USA, in person

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