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[Zoomcast #2] Capture leads by offering value
Here's our next mini-workshop (8:34 minutes). Karen Estrin (LocalWerx founder...
[Zoomcast #1] Who we are plus website lead gen basics
Hey there! My tech buddy, Karen Estrin (LocalWerx founder + marketing...
[QW17] Test your site again AFTER it launches!
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] I've discovered many people have this resolution in January: "THIS is the year I get my website!" If that's you, let me share this surprising tip: [QW17] Test your site again...
Guest Appearance: “How to create Non-Overwhelm in your business”
When Danielle "Dani" Hamlet asked me to guest on her Discovery Call Podcast, neither of us had any idea what would happen next. It was amazing. Â Early this month, Dani asked me to share website ease of use ('usability') tips for her listeners, helping them take a...
Kathie’s ‘take’ on Hemingway Editor
I'm open to saving editing bucks when I can. Although most...
[QW16] Is ‘farther’ or ‘further’ correct?
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] I don't provide a lot of grammar-type Quick Wins nowadays (let me know if you'd like to see those, again), but I thought it was time to throw this one into the mix. In my...
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[QW15] Taming your ‘Save As’ list in MS Office
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] OK now. Seriously. Am I the only person fed up with the cumbersome ‘Save As’ list in MS Office products? That puppy seems to go on forEVer. In reality, this is our 'Recent...
[QW14] Getting past the iPad/iPhone ‘Unable to Move Message’
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] You're on your iPad (or iPhone), cleaning up your email inbox. There are several messages you need to send to Trash. On the third one, you are stopped cold in your tracks....
“Aim for zero.” What?!?
I always appreciate emails from Matthew Stibbe. It means he's...
[QW13] How to email a perfect file
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] Once upon a time, the world had typewriters. You typed a page, gave it to a client, and it did not morph into something different. Then, God created the people ... who...
[QW12] Kathie’s ‘7 deadlies’: words to avoid in projects
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] [ Executive summary: avoid overusing the words on the 2nd bulleted list. 🙂 ] It doesn't matter if we are authoring a technical manual, non-fiction book on X process, or a...
My auto-email problem solved! (I t.h.i.n.k)
[Note] Â Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of D-Day, where participants from 12 countries fought as allies against the Nazi regime. Many battles took place that day. Thank you to veterans who participated and the families who supported them back home in Australia,...
[QW11] Fixing corrupted Windows filenames
Happy Anniversary to our Quick Win posts! The first QW offering appeared on May 20 last year, and we haven't looked back! I love these. They are short, sweet, and get some useful 'office tech' or other tips in your hands. The QWs usually come from costly lessons...
Moms: Small moves. Lots of love.
Something a little different this time: a writing assignment for you! But hang on. I think you'll like it. When you're finished, you'll have a different kind of Mother's Day card mapped out (or something for another special person in your life). I first offered...
[QW10] – Copying an online button or its text
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] . Here are three reasons to copy a website button or the text behind it: You don't have time to check out the information right now. You want to see where the button leads before...
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