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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 [...]

Tags: David Pogue, New York Times, technology, tips

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 [...]

Tags: checklist, Meggin McIntosh, teleseminars

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 [...]

Tags: back up, crash, hard drive, laptop, wireless

Email is ubiquitous in today’s professional world, to say the least. If you know how to use it properly (and that will take hundreds of articles, blog posts, and books to explain), then it’s an incredibly powerful “marketing” and communications tool. Maybe you have a question such as, “I’ve got my new website, and its [...]

Tags: communication, email, Marketing, professional, signature line

There is a dizzying array of domain name extensions (and more will be added this year and every year for the foreseeable future). When you are purchasing your domain names, it’s hard to know which ones to buy – all of them? Just .com? This post shares some ideas for you to consider when you [...]

Tags: .biz, .com, .info, business name, domain, domain names, extensions

Essentially all email programs give you three addressing options: To: cc: bcc: The “To” option is obvious and in general, so is the cc option, but in case there’s any question about the latter, it is intended to be used for the people you are including in the message but for whom you may not [...]

Tags: bcc line, best practices, cc line, email, etiquette, manners, prevent spam, security

Excellent question sent in by a Life of E’s member about how to organize his computer (and let’s just say that a LOT of us need help with this one!): I would like to get my computer files organized. It seems that I have files all over the place and sometimes I have a hard [...]

Tags: categories, computer, documents, Gina Trapani, map, organizing computer files

I received an email from Alicia Smith, someone I’ve taken many classes from, and she recommended the class “Become a Blogging Maniac.”  I went to the site and learned more about it – and figured, WTH (What the Heck), it’s only $97 and it’s taught by Bea Fields, someone else I’ve taken classes from in [...]

Tags: Alicia Smith, Bea Fields, blog, blogging, maniac

A Life of E’s member sent in this question about LinkedIn: For our type of business I think you said this is the best social networking site. If you are familiar with it, can you give us an idea of how to use it to market ourselves and connect with others? Are there other similar [...]

Tags: FaceBook, LinkedIn, network, online networking, social networking

You may noticed when I make a ‘comment’ on a blog post, there’s a little picture of me that shows up next to it.  The same is true for Kelly J. Eveleth (who at this point is the only other person who comments on this blog who has a gravatar).  I’ve (just today) had a Life [...]

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