A sponsor asked me to set up recurring payments for his account on PayPal. In the past, I wanted this feature, but didn’t find it. When the sponsor told me to set it up, I searched harder and found the answer under Subscriptions and Recurring Payments. PayPal’s recurring payment feature is more of a Web … Read more
As a mother of two young girls, Huffington wanted to provide a guide for female fearlessness. She does this in On Becoming Fearless by capturing her experiences in dealing with fear. Her first serious encounter occurs when her own mother shows the courage to stand up to German soldiers who threatened to kill everyone if … Read more
Denny Hatch criticizes book reviewers proclaiming they reveal too much information. Whether you agree or not, I follow these rules in writing book reviews: * Honest: I try to provide an overview of the reading experience including the content without the marketing speak you find on the back of the book or inside the cover. … Read more
A few years ago, I started working on a business plan. I even sought a SCORE counselor. But nothing materialized with the business plan. I’m not looking to grow, add employees or any of that. I simply want to do what I enjoy and work with clients that I can support. I do. I’m lucky … Read more
Death By PowerPoint begins with absorbing insight into the life of the drones and queen bees. The queen bee sits all day while her slaves service her and feed her royal jelly that no one else can have. Who knew the world of bees could be fascinating and resemble the corporate world? The book takes … Read more
On occasion, I get an assignment from a specific client that includes brainstorming company names as well as finding potential matching domain names. Lifehack has a nice article on How To Brainstorm Domain Names. When I brainstorm names that need domain names, here are things I keep in mind: * Avoid words where the end … Read more
OK, if this poll by British pollsters of YouGov is accurate — then prepare to cringe. The ten most hated words on the Internet — based on a poll of 2,091 adults — reports the following words making the list: 1. folksonomy 2. blogosphere 3. blog 4. netiquette 5. blook 6. webinar 7. vlog 8. … Read more
I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I like and respect the client, but the work has turned tedious. It keeps falling on my list of priorities in serving my clients. I do good work — the trouble comes in when I do the work. Something prevents me from updating the content as … Read more
My tennis team discussed the state of the newspaper because one of the players works for a major newspaper’s sales and marketing division. She said that the newspaper’s subscriptions were down, but readership went up. People pick up the paper in places like Starbucks, thus driving up the readership. The newspaper employee said that the … Read more
I always subscribe to text version of a newsletters when given a choice since I don’t use the traditional e-mail client — usually Outlook. Plus, I use Web-based e-mail applications, which don’t display HTML e-mails very well. Jeffrey Zeldman rants about HTML newsletters, something I addressed in the past. Many respect him and listen to … Read more