How do I love Google?

Image via CrunchBaseLet me count the ways..."When technologists of the future look back in time, they'll remember 2009 as the year Google got serious about an internet operating system, speeding up the web, and indexing EVERYTHING in sight. Take a look at the year 2009 in Google." Source: This Year in Google: The 2009 Edition … Continue reading How do I love Google?

Calendars…

The folks at Lifehacker took a poll on the top calendaring applications. Here are the results... "Nothing's more important to your productivity arsenal than a solid scheduling tool, and considering so much of what we do happens at the computer, a good calendar application is just the thing to bring order to your agenda. On … Continue reading Calendars…

Start me up!

An inside look at my morning routine and the tools I use to bring e1evation.com together... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFHGIoLhyQQ In case you missed it, I've covered Google Reader in depth here, Feedly here, Gist here, and Shareaholic here... btw, I'm aware this not my best video yet, but I'm learning to use Camtasia which is a powerful, … Continue reading Start me up!

The Art of Mind Mapping

via visualoop.tumblr.com I've shared before that mindmapping is one of the single most important tools I use. I use freemind which is complete cross platform and free as well as Mindmeister and Mindmanager Pro which are not. Have you tried it yet? Related articles Mind Mapping Software: More Powerful Than You May Realize (mindmappingsoftwareblog.com) Mindmanager … Continue reading The Art of Mind Mapping

Perspectives on Posterous

If I only had one tool to use for blogging, it wouldn't be WordPress and it wouldn't be Blogger [although both are great tools that I use every day] it would be Posterous. I'm currently scripting my own screencast on the subject of Posterous, but in the meantime, here are a couple of other good … Continue reading Perspectives on Posterous

Do yourself a favor…

...and use Google Apps! I had a chat with a business owner yesterday who was still using a pop mail account to run his business -- scheduling meetings with his partners is a nightmare! Enter Google Apps! Here's a quick overview... Contact me! I'll be happy to talk you through it because your organization needs … Continue reading Do yourself a favor…

7 Reasons Your Blog Is Failing

Setting up a blog is not that difficult. In fact, most people can easily use WordPress or Blogger to set one up in a matter of minutes. With the sheer number of blogs today, estimated at 126 million by BlogPulse, only a very small percent of them are actually active and good. The vast majority … Continue reading 7 Reasons Your Blog Is Failing

Is your website a ‘billboard in the desert’?

In December of last year, I embarked upon an experiment to see if I could leverage a website with a blog combined with social media tools to increase traffic to a site. In that month, my sandbox site had a grand total of 670 pageviews. In the month that ended yesterday, I had a total … Continue reading Is your website a ‘billboard in the desert’?

Content marketing: 13 ways to get your clients to think like a blogger

In the past few weeks, I’ve had numerous conversations with colleagues, partners and in some cases, clients, about blogging and the challenges of keeping a blog up and running. Most of those conversations come down to one thing: Content. Do you have enough to say to sustain a blog? Do you have strong enough opinions … Continue reading Content marketing: 13 ways to get your clients to think like a blogger

I’m working on a presentation…

...on the Top 10 Tactics and Tools for Social Media. Here's my mindmap. What's missing? You can grab the map and move it around or make it full screen if that helps by using the menu bar at the bottom of the map... http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/public_map_shell/30396771?width=500&height=400&zoom=1