First, it was the email newsletter. We all signed up like wild beavers damming up our inboxes. Then blogs and the nefarious RSS (or Real Simple Syndication.) “Those people” keep making it easier and easier for us to sign-up and subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. […]
The Best Use of Text Messaging Ever
Driving home today I was listening to a talk radio station and they were doing an interview with someone from Centraide, a charity (affiliated with The United Way) that collects money for dozens of organizations in the Montreal/Quebec area. Centraide does a lot of good around here. The interview was about a very cool, new […]
Microsoft Versus Google – Microsoft Claims They’re Not Worried
I don’t talk about technology here as much as I’d like. I’m really not sure why…perhaps because so many others cover it well already. Nevertheless, on occasion I find something worth mentioning and linking to. Today that’s Classic Disruption: Microsoft Dismisses New Google Apps as Inferior from Michael Urlocker who has one of the greatest […]
The Digg Effect – How Social Media Can Explode Blog Traffic
On October 2nd I wrote a post titled, 5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Your Money On When Starting a Business. It was my first post for Blog About 5 Things Week. I thought it was a good post, with some useful information. No advice-related post is perfect for everyone though, or 100% complete with all […]
5 Lessons Learned as a Podcasting Newbie
I’m a podcasting newbie. No question about it. I’ve recorded 7 episodes of The Great Big Small Business Show, and I’ve worked on mixing in the music for the last couple shows. It’s been a lot of fun, interesting and a great learning experience. Before that, I had listened to a handful of podcasts but […]
Get Hooked on StumbleUpon; It’s a Fun Tool for Finding New Sites
StumbleUpon is cool. And fun. And interesting. It took me awhile to finally give it a try, but after a bit of cajoling from Chris Cree and a sizeable boost in traffic over the last week to my side project Where Is Basil I jumped in. StumbleUpon allows you to discover new and worthwhile websites. […]
Winning Prizes or Donating to Charity, Which is Better?
At the beginning of June, I found GoodSearch. It’s a search engine that donates approximately 1 penny to the charity of your choice each time you run a search. The results are powered by Yahoo. I said I would use it for awhile to try it out and I’ve done that intermittently. It’s hard to […]
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