:: Tips for Public Speaking
and Presenting
05/28/2009
Presentations can be a great way to
attract new business, simply by making yourself
more well-known. However, nerves can often get
in the way of entrepreneurs who want to use
speaking opportunities to develop their business.
Follow these steps to overcome nerves and make
a powerful presentation during your public speaking
engagement...
Tips
for Public Speaking and Presenting
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:: How Do I Promote
My Podcast?
05/27/2009
There are a variety of things you can
do to promote your podcast and increase its
popularity... How
Do I Promote Podcasts?
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:: Credit Cards and Small
Businesses
05/26/2009
Common small-business wisdom holds
that you should separate your personal credit-card
expenses from your company credit-card expenses.
But will that truly be in your best interest
-- no pun intended -- when President Barack
Obama signs into law today the Credit Card Accountability
Responsibility and Disclosure Act?
complete
article
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:: Social Networking
Future
05/25/2009
Yahoo Inc is looking to buy companies
that will allow it to become a bigger player
in social networking and revamp its family of
products, Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh
said on Wednesday.
complete
article
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:: Free Business Advice
05/18/2009
Many free, online resources can help
answer your business questions. While some sites
are skewed towards single-person startups, you
can still find a community to help an established,
larger business.
The U.S.
Small Business Administration is densely
packed with information. You can learn basics
about writing a business plan, establishing
a trademark, and managing business operation.
You will find ways to apply for government financial
assistance, loans, and tips on applying for
grants.
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:: Software Peoples
Choice Awards
05/14/2009
The SIAF People's
Choice Awards were created so software users
would have the opportunity to vote for their
favorite software programs. The voting for these
awards is hosted each year by some of the largest
sites on the Internet. In past years, this has
included popular sites like CNET, Simtel, Tucows,
PC World, and others. Software authors are also
allowed to point to the People's Choice Award
voting site and encourage their users to vote!
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:: Blog Promotion Tips
05/12/2009
There are a wide variety of things
you can do in regard to blog promotion. Here
are just a few...
Blog
Promotion Tips
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:: Audio File
Optimization Tips
05/11/2009
Optimize your audio files to increase
their popularity, just as you would optimize
a website. Audio search engines are becoming
more advanced as audio files become more commonplace
on the Internet. Here are some tips to optimize
your audio offerings...
Audio
File Optimization Tips
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:: Applications I Cannot Live
Without
05/06/2009
Applications I Can not Live Without!
FeedForAll
Used daily for updating RSS feeds.
The
Bat!
Used hourly for managing email.
FTP
Voyager
Used for FTPing up new web design layouts and
images.
Dreamweaver
Used for Web Design.
MS
Office
Used for correspondents and administrative tasks.
PaintShop
Pro
Used for graphic editing and image enhancement.
RecordForAll
Used occasionally for recording audio files
for podcasts.
RSS
Submit
Used weekly to submit RSS feeds to RSS directories
and search engines.
FeedDemon
Used to manage reading of RSS feeds on a regular
basis.
GroupMail
Used for sending email newsletters.
PDF995
Used regularly for converting documents to PDFs.
TNT
Screen Capture
Used occasionally for capturing screen shots
TopStyle
Used occasionally for making changes to Cascading
Style Sheets -CSS
SureThing
CD Labler
Used occasionally for designing CD inserts and
labels.
FireFox
Used hourly for navigating the web, also use
plug-ins for search marketing research.
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:: New Sound
Effects Solutions
05/05/2009
Large collection of royalty
free sound effects that can be used by marketers,
webmasters, broadcasters or podcasters.
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:: Find Royalty Free Sound
Effects
04/29/2009
If you purchase a sound effect, be
sure that you read the licensing agreement completely.
Some agreements may restrict resale of the sound
effects or music compilations, and you want
to be aware of that.
Where
to Find Royalty Free Sound Effects
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:: 7 Smart Security
Practices For Small Businesses
04/27/2009
1. Protect your personal information.
It's valuable.
2. Know who you are dealing with.
3. Use security software that updates automatically.
4. Keep your operating system and Web browser
up-to-date and learn about their security features.
5. Keep your passwords safe, secure and strong.
6. Back up important files.
7. Learn what to do in an e€“mergency.
7
Smart Security Practices For Small Businesses
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:: Only 23 Percent Uses the
Web
04/27/2009
Just 23 percent of the globes population
currently uses the Internet, according to the
United Nations International Telecommunications
Union, with use much higher in developed nations.
By contrast, just five percent of Africans surf
the web, it said in a report issued last month.
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:: Creative Podcasting
for Businesses
04/24/2009
Podcasting content comes in a wide
variety of shapes and sizes. Businesses are
finding many different and creative ways of
incorporating podcasts into their business strategies
and marketing plans.
Here are just some of the various types of content
that businesses are turning into podcasts...
Creative
Podcasting for Businesses
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