• Go Green

    Posted on August 19th, 2009

    Written by Tammy

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    5 Ways to Conserve Water

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    Ever feel like your wasting water? Well I do all the time… so today I’m offering up a few quick tips to conserve water in your home.

    1. Check faucets and pipes for leaks  - see how to fix a leaky faucet
    2. Install water-saving shower heads - click here
    3. Take shorter showers (I’m the worst with this one) – order a shower timer
    4. Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush
    5. When washing dishes by hand, don’t leave the water running for rinsing 
      (If you have a double-basin, fill one with soapy water and one with rinse water.)

    I’m going to start with #5 on this list tomorrow! Everyday we take for granted our water supply. One cannot even imagine life without a steady, cool supply of water. But if we think for a second, we can work towards conserving water and conserving our resources for our planet.

    134 more beautiful days of blogging to go!

  • Ask Me, Blogging, Techie Tech

    Posted on August 18th, 2009

    Written by Tammy

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    Websites gone Mobile

    Ever think about how to make your website mobile? With more and more people with Blackberrys, iPhones etc, even more are going online with their phones. Since I was in the car for part of the day (not driving) I researched some interesting websites that may help you get started.

    Mofuse seems to be the leader in converting your blog (or website) to a mobile website quickly and easily. If you have a blog, you can use Mofuse for FREE. I’m going to test out Mofuse to convert this blog to a mobile blog and I’ll let you know how it goes.

    Websites going mobile is still somewhat of a new technology, so if you’re going to pay someone to technically do this for you, make sure you do your homework. There are so many different phones out there, your web person will need to do some serious testing to make sure the mobile site is viewable with most phone sizes. Also, you need to consider how you want your mobile website to function — the main idea is to keep things simple.

    Keep the design and images to a minimum
    Since mobile phones don’t use a mouse, your website should mostly scroll
    Limit the number of “links” (or pages) your customer will need to navigate through
    Think about what kind of information your customer would be looking for on the phone
    Keep the most important information at the top of your page

    More information to come….

    135 days of blogging to go!

  • Ask Me

    Posted on August 15th, 2009

    Written by sydney

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    Uh. Anyone need a tagline?

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    I have been thinking about a new tagline for my web design business, Glo Marketing, for at least a couple of months now. It’s never easy trying to reinvent yourself. I finally completely revised my website (check it out — www.glomarketing.com) and I was still unhappy with my company tagline. For those of you who are saying — what the HECK is a tagline? It’s a slogan that sums up your company and its services — and hopefully says something meaningful and impactful about your company at the same time. In a nutshell, it’s tough to do.

    Here’s  a couple of the more famous taglines out there:

    UPS: What can brown do for you?
    Apple Computer: Think Different
    California Milk: Got Milk?
    CNN: The most trusted name in news.
    Maxwell House: Good to the last drop.

    Anyway, after researching (again) I came across this “retired bloggers” website that had a great article about planning out your website ahead of time. So, anyone who’s considering or just starting to plan a new website should read this article. The process of creating your website costs time and money, so you’ll want to make sure you invest both wisely!

    I digress. After all of my web surfing today, my new tagline finally “popped” into my head just like that. My interests have always been in the environment and I’ve been researching, blogging and living the eco-friendly lifestyle for a number of years now. Recently I’ve taken on some eco-friendly websites and I even offer eco-friendly hosting. Put all that together and voi la! My new company slogan—

    Glo Marketing. Eco-friendly web design with you in mind!

    (by the way– only 137 days of non-stop blogging to go…)

  • Blogging

    Posted on August 13th, 2009

    Written by Tammy

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    Good Deed for the Day

    The other day my neighbor told me about this great program called “Operation Backpack” where you can help send kids back to school with the supplies they need!


    So I normally don’t take “action” — you know we get caught up in our daily lives. It’s not that I don’t mean to help, I just forget. So today I decided to help and it felt great! I went with my neighbor to the the office supply store, shopped for tons of fun school supplies for the backpacks and donated them. I will never get to see the children who receive them but it brings a smile to my face that a few more kids will not go without. Maybe sometimes we get the “all or nothing attitude” — sometimes we don’t need to commit 10 hours a week to charity work, just buying a couple backpacks with supplies can go along way.

    140 more days of marathon blogging to go!!!

  • Ask Me, Social Networking

    Posted on July 21st, 2009

    Written by Tammy

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    LinkedIn Networking Tips

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    Today in my BNI Group (business networking group in Michigan) I learned simple ways to use LinkedIn for business networking and ultimately referrals. 

    Here’s my simple breakdown:

    1) Get a LinkedIn account. If you are not currently signed up for LinkedIn, CLICK HERE.

    2) Be sure to complete your profile including your public profile. Be sure to add links to your websites/other sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

    3) Add a professional photo to your profile

    4) In order to GET recommendations under your profile you need to GIVE them. 
    Pick out your top 5 0r 10 people you would like recommendations from, invited them to join LinkedIn (if they haven’t already) AND write a recommendation FOR them. 
    In return they will (hopefully) write a recommendation for you!

    5) Brainstorm all of your network connections such as groups or organizations you are members of, colleagues, customers or clients, etc. and find them or invite them to JOIN Linked In.
     

    If you work ON your business, you would be surprised who you’ll meet and the business you’ll get.

    Thanks to Jessica from eBootCamp.com who provided myself and my BNI group with this valuable information. 

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