Back in 2010, I wrote about using Websafe Fonts for your website to ensure that the display integrity was maintained. This article is long overdue and will revisit ‘websafe fonts’ and the use of Web Fonts to really spice up the look of your website. A quick refresh on websafe fonts and why you want […]
A Geek Mumma’s guide to Internet Acronyms
Not so long along, there was a discussion about the number of Internet acronyms and how confusing we often found the language we were confronted with on a, now, daily basis. I thought it would be fun to have a look at some of the more common (and not so common) variations of our language. […]
Business Tools: Automating WorkFlows
There are so many business tools available to help make managing and running your business easier (I shared some of these business tools here). One of the challenges that I deal with in using different systems is automating workflows to get appropriate data and information between these systems in an effective and efficient manner. Here’s an […]
Online Scheduling Tool: Vcita Walkthrough
One of the things that I really like is being able to book appointments with a provider or a client and know that the time and date is blocked out in my calendar. To me, there is nothing worse than the too-ing and fro-ing via email or text messaging trying to work out a date […]
You can’t hide from Facebooks’ Search anymore – or can you?
As usual with most information about Facebook and changes to privacy settings, there’s a bit of a kefuffle brewing about Facebook’s most recent blog post “Reminder: Finishing the Removal of an Old Search Setting“. Many people are, quite rightly, concerned about this change however – IT IS NOT NEW. This is the extension of a […]
TEDx Canberra 2013 – Speaker Prep
What do: a Slam Poet a Social Researcher a Friend of SmartPhones a De-miner a Bat Guy Story Gatherers an Energy Nerd an Interplanetary Explorer a Science Technologist a Leader Differentiator have in common? Not a lot really, except that they were just some of the awesome speakers from TEDx Canberra on September 7th.
Choose Local? Best or not…?
Following on from my article earlier this week, I thought I would talk about the economy of using ‘virtual workers’ that you pay considerably less than you would pay a local provider. There has been a lot being said in the Virtual Assistant industry lately about “dealing local vs overseas”. I’m going to weigh […]
You Get What You Pay For…
Rant Alert – this post is likely to upset some readers. I don’t know how many times in the last couple of months, I’ve seen requests like: “Wondering if anyone knows of a reasonably priced electrician. Struggling to find one that does not cost an arm and a leg” “Looking for a hairdresser that isn’t […]
SEO: 3 Tips to your website ranking in the Search Engines
When we build a website for a business, we do as much as we possibly can to get a site listed in the Search Engines when it launches, and get the ‘ranking’ process to start. It’s extremely unusual that a site will rank highly in the Search Engines as soon as it’s launched. Normally, there […]
