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Using Windows Live Writer

Posted on November 13th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

If you have a blog, I’d highly recommend that you write your articles in Windows Live Writer. It’s a free download, available on the Windows Live web site. You’ll need a Windows Live account before you can use the program, so if you don’t have an account yet, it’ll take you a couple of minutes [...]

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Welcome Your Subscribers

Posted on November 6th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

If you use Feedburner to manage your blog’s email subscriptions, you can customize the activation letter that goes out to new subscribers. Instead of using the default address, subject line and email body, you can use your own greeting. I just discovered this feature, so if you got a boring, generic greeting from me, I [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Communication | 4 Comments »

Are You a Star Maker?

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

When I open Google Reader first thing in the morning, there are a few blogs that I always read, if they’ve posted any new articles. Most of those I read within Google Reader, and occasionally click the link to go to the blog, to read the comments or find the end of a partial feed’s [...]

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Blog Stats Dashboard Template

Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

One of the things that I do while drinking my morning coffee is to check the statistics for my website and blog. It’s interesting to see the fluctuations in traffic, and discover where’s it coming from. I use Google Analytics and my web host also has a daily statistics file that shows me the hits [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Charts, Excel | 6 Comments »

The Business Side of Twitter

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

Sure, you can use Twitter to let everyone know what you had for lunch, or all about football practice, or what you fished out of the swimming pool, and plenty of people do just that. However, you can also use Twitter to ask for feedback, share links, or give quick updates on your business or [...]

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Back Up Your RSS Feed

Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

Every day, I skim through a long list of blog posts, in Google Reader. I’ve accumulated the items in my list over a few years, and would hate to lose it.
Now I’m sure that the fine people at Google take very good care of my feed, and I don’t have to worry about it. However, [...]

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Simplify Your Writing With Thsrs

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

If you’re writing an article or presentation, in many cases it’s better to use smaller words, that more readers will easily understand, than to fill your articles with five syllable tongue-twisters. Eschew obfuscation, as they say. Now there’s Thsrs, an online thesaurus to help you simplify your writing.
Enter a long word in the input box, [...]

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Blog vs Web Site

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

One of the blogs that I read,  Working at Home on the Internet, is sponsoring a Blog vs.Web Site project, and it made me think about why I started this blog.
I’ve had a web site since 2001 and enjoy creating Excel tutorials and sample files. These are popular, and traffic increases each month. Recently, I [...]

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