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Moving Your Computer or Office? Eliminating the Aggravation

by Jo Golden on July 20, 2010

in Business, Professionals

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If you’re moving your computer workspace, across the country or across the room, things can go wrong. The tips below will go a long way towards eliminating aggravation, lost time, and worst of all—lost data.

1. Back up your data.

2. Lifehacker says: Back up your data. If you need a visual (whether or not you liked Sex in the City) you can watch Carrie lose her mind when she didn’t have a backup on YouTube.

3. Oh yeah, backup your data, maybe with one of these offline backup tools. You can never tell when disaster will strike, so before you make any major change to your computer (including installing new software) it is prudent to have a full backup of your data and (preferably) the system itself. Read the full post →

Tagged as: applications/services, How To, making life easier, security/privacy

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Search Engines Lists & Directories — 7 Lucky Links

by Jo Golden on May 21, 2010

in Business, Professionals

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Using the right search engine for the job can save you tons of time. Check out the links below to learn about specific search engines and what they can do for you. Do you have another one to recommend? Let us know by adding a comment. Link Friday is a regular feature.

1. Pandia Powersearch – Amazing all-in-one list of search engines and directories, including the hidden Web, audio and video, and much more.

2. Search Engines Directory – Search engine directory from a fantastic authority—check out the blog while you’re there. Read the full post →

Tagged as: Job Seeker, Link Friday, research, search

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Business Research Strategies and Skills

May 18, 2010
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If you’re a consultant, freelancer, or small business owner, at some point you’ll need to do research for your business. You need a strategy, tools to work with the information you find, and the skills to manage the logistics—and that all comes before you can even start making sense of whatever you find.

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Take Charge of Your Digital Success

May 11, 2010
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There’s a lot to learn when you want to share your business passion on the social web. Blogs, video, social networks—you name it—the playing field keeps changing and expanding. How do you keep up?
Self-education is a key component of Digital Success™ so we put a great deal of energy into creating useful techniques to help [...]

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7 Lucky Links to Share Your Passion & Build Your Business on the Social Web

May 7, 2010
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Sharing your passion on the social web (social media and social networks) can be rewarding for you and for your connections and colleagues. If you’ve thought about increasing the reach reach of your network, joining groups on Facebeook® or LinkedIn® can be a great start. I’ve collected 7 lucky links (+ 1 bonus) to help [...]

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5 Lucky Links on Monitoring Your Online Reputation (Link Friday)

April 30, 2010
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Monitoring what people are saying about you or your company on the Web is an important strategy to protecting your brand reputation. Here are 5 lucky links to help you in your monitoring mission.
1. Social Media Monitoring Tools – 2010 Review – Series on the basics of social media monitoring.
2. Roundup: Social Media Monitoring Tools – nice roundup of [...]

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Monitor Your Online Reputation with Alerts (Video)

April 27, 2010
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In this video Tracey show you how to get started monitoring your (and your company’s) online reputation with Google Alerts and Social Mention Alerts from Socialmention.com.

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Introduction to the Social Web

March 16, 2010
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Last Saturday found us, once again, at Cleveland Park Library talking with a local group of computer users—only this time it was with a lovely group of Mac users. You can learn more about the National Capitol Mac Users Group (NCA-MUG) on their website. Attendee experience with social networking ran the gamut from “why?” to [...]

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