On Monday 21st February, I’m giving a live demo to some local entrepreneurs and academics to show how, for me, Windows Live Writer has revolutionised blogging. Some of the topics I’ll cover and expand upon during the demo are: My Approach to Blogging Visual appeal trumps content (but the content must...
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Have you been following this fascinating series on BBC 2? It examines some of the social and cultural repercussions of one of mankind’s greatest achievements – and it’s not all good! Today, I find it quite impossible to imagine life without The Internet, yet only 20 years ago, I had never even heard...
I’ve had a miserable experience with RSS feeds in Outlook. There are feeds (suc as those from teh Stack Overflow Trilogy sites) that I just know should update at least every few minutes, yet Outlook often takes an hour or more to show any changes. Today after an email exchange with Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror...
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I’ve always jokingly said that my favourite computer game is Microsoft Office. Well, I think Microsoft must have heard me, because now, you can play Ribbon Hero and have fun while you learn how to become an Office power user. They say that if you find a job you love, you’ll never work another day in...
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Happy New Year to all my readers, I hope the new year and the new decade bring good times for you. I love snow. Yesterday and today we’ve had a good covering of lovely fluffy powder snow across South Wales, there’s about 5 inches on my driveway right now, and with the predicted deep freeze tonight, it...
Everything You Do is Marketing I see lots of individuals and worse, businesses who project a shoddy half-assed online persona. Businesses should really understand this: everything you do says something about your company . Your online presence is perhaps the biggest piece of marketing you’ll ever do...
Everything You Do is Marketing I see lots of individuals and worse, businesses who project a shoddy half-assed online persona. Businesses should really understand this: everything you do says something about your company . Your online presence is perhaps the biggest piece of marketing you’ll ever do...
Blogging can be an effective publicity tool for any size business. It can help you keep your customers in the loop, provide a means of support, feedback and customer service, be a marketing channel for distributing announcements, offers and product information and reaching out to new customers. For free...
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