Archive for the ‘Web/Tech’ Category

WordPress Ecourse Recommendation (Tom Antion)

Posted on June 25th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

 
I just answered a question this morning from a Life of E’s member (today is one of our *E*mail *E*xtravaganzas) and she had written in about my recent recommendation I’d sent her about Tom Antion’s ecourse on WordPress wanting to know more about what she would learn and why I had bought it.  Here’s my [...]

In Search of Great Fonts (Typefaces)

Posted on December 26th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

I receive design tips from Pamela Wilson (who provides GREAT information).  This morning, after receiving her tips, I asked if she would allow me to post part of it on the blog and she said, yes!  Note the link to the special report:  Ten Design Mistakes at the bottom of the post.  It’s VERY helpful [...]

Questions to Ask a Web Team – When I’m Deciding

Posted on November 8th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Here’s my response to this Life of E’s question:
I need to contract with a website team.  What are the interviewing questions I need to consider?
Karyn Greenstreet had a great article recently…and here’s a link:
http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/
Here is an excellent article about 10 Questions to Ask:
http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Questions-To-Ask-Your-Prospective-Web-Designer&id=548109
I agree with every single one of the ones she’s suggested here.
You need [...]

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Meggin recommends: Become a Blogging Maniac with Bea Fields. This course begins on August 10th.

Posted on July 22nd, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Meggin recommends: Become a Blogging Maniac with Bea Fields.  This course begins on August 10th.
 
I have taken this and other educational programs from Bea Fields and she provides useful information, presented in an easily digestible manner!  I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about blogging (and other internet-related topics; I learned [...]

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Generate Great Titles for Your Articles, Workshops, and Books

Posted on June 1st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Holy Moly…you have to check this out:
www.RackandWrite.com
I learned about this in the WordPress class I’m taking from Bea Fields (Become a Blogging Maniac).  And that was only on the first day.  She has a wealth of information on her site.  

10 Questions to Ask Before Setting Up Your Website (Rich Brooks)

Posted on May 13th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

I recently heard Rich Brooks speak at the NAPO Conference and he was EXCELLENT.  I subscribed to his newsletters and now have access to a number of his special free reports.  I suggest you also go to http://www.flyte.biz/ where you can sign up and access free articles, reports, etc. – including one on “10 Questions to [...]

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Recognizing Good Web Copy and Creating Your Own

Posted on May 6th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Guest Blog Post: Recognizing Good Web Copy and Creating Your Own (from Kelly J. Eveleth, after listening to MichelePW’s teleseminar). 
One thing I have noticed is how some web sites, blogs, and articles have a greater influence on me – the consumer of written language.  As we have such short attention spans when it comes [...]

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Cool Tech Tips from David Pogue (and NYTimes Readers)

Posted on April 16th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

I really like David Pogue’s tips and ideas, and this was in his column awhile back and I’ve been saving and am now finally posting…There were a bunch of these I knew and a bunch that I didn’t.  Probably will be true for you, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/10/02/technology/circuitsemail/index.html?8cir&emc=cir
If we could all learn one new tip each week, it would increase our [...]

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Countdown to Your Teleseminar

Posted on April 12th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

The teleseminar on how to get everything done so you can offer a teleseminar in 4-6 weeks is tomorrow!  If you haven’t yet signed up (and you’ll receive the recording even if you can’t be there live) is http://meggin.com/CountdowntoaTeleseminar.php 
I have this PACKED with information and am looking forward to teaching it and then seeing all [...]

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Back Up Your Computer

Posted on April 5th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

This is on my mind today because, thankfully, yesterday when my computer started acting pretty weird, I backed up all my documents onto an external hard drive.  I do it fairly regularly, but hadn’t for a few days. 
And today, my main computer appears to be ’sick,’ as in infected…and so I have it turned completely [...]

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