From the monthly archives:

June 2008

A Thorough Checklist for Blogsite & Social Media Promotion

by Mary on June 21, 2008

Social media marketing expert Chris Brogan posted a thorough to-do list for anyone who’s serious about promoting their business with their blogsite and on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.. Among the many useful suggestions include checking your site with diagnosis and search tools like WebsiteGrader.com or Summize - and simply posting on other blogs (a [...]

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Buzzword Watch: Bacn

by Mary on June 19, 2008

Buzzword alert: bacn – yep, that’s “bacon” minus the O. It differs from its less-desirable cousin spam, in that bacn, while also a variety of delicious pork product, is defined as email that you solicited, but still may consider a distraction. Examples include automated messages from sites such as Facebook or CNN breaking news alerts. [...]

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TweetBeep: A “Google Alert” Tool for Serious Twitterholics

by Mary on June 12, 2008

A new gadget for the Twitterholic in your life (me). With TweetBeep, you can create email alerts when domains and phrases of your choosing are “tweeted”. Slick features include user filtering and can report on domains even if they are in a shortened URL, such as TinyURL or Snurl.
Thanks to Mari Smith for the [...]

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Sun Microsystems Study Shows (Again!) Virtual Offices An Energy-Saving Solution

by Mary on June 11, 2008

Here’s a quick post to a new Sun Microsystems press release discussing another recent study demonstrating the enormous environmental and cost benefit to adopting telework programs and virtual workgroups.
Quick adoption by the business community of alternative work enviroments such as virtual offices can have a dramatic and immediate impact on the environment and energy [...]

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YouSendIt Launches Outlook Plug-In for Large Attachments

by Mary on June 11, 2008

Most know that email accounts have some limit on the size of files you can attach to messages – typically it’s less than 10MB…which is not a lot in the world of YouTube and Podcasts. Many (like me) are fans of file transfer services like YouSendIt – which provides “drop box” service for any large [...]

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