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musings and bon mots from the basement office of the websmith

google is my best friend (sorry, dear husband)

I cannot count how many times google has saved my posterior from major drama and computer-related emotional trauma. As an entrepreneur, I am the talent, the salesperson, the A/R and A/P departments, the IT support, the marketing department and the customer service rep. (I bet you know the feeling!) So when my computer starts bugging [...]

thought for today…and every day

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, [...]

a note from the universe…

…I just had to share this with you all. We work so hard! Deliberate living is very cool, Tracey, but so is deliberate resting. Chill, The Universe

No, abc123 is NOT a strong enough password, granny!

This morning at 6:30, my husband woke me, saying “Ms. K (name withheld!) is on Facebook chat and she’s in London. She was mugged and needs cash to help her get back.” Now, I am no morning person, so none of this made any sense as I shook off my nice dreams and went downstairs [...]

getting pdfs (and other files) onto your iPhone/iPod Touch

Despite being on the geeky side, and loving new technology a whole lot, my wallet doesn’t always allow for picking up the newest gadget as soon as it comes out. When I do finally get that new gizmo that I’ve been coveting (Hello, iPod Touch I bought last October), sometimes it takes me a while [...]

25 Inexpensive Ways of Promoting and Advertising Your Business

The number one complaint I hear from my clients (besides “Is it happy hour yet?”) is “I don’t have enough money to advertise and do marketing!” therefore I’m constantly on the lookout for new ideas to pass along. I think I hit the mother lode the other day when reading an article on ArtFire. If [...]

How to Make Blogging Work for Your Business

Chris Garrett has a great article on Wordtracker called How To Make Blogging Work For Your Business. The part of the article I love most is where he says “The solution is to change our approach from shouting to attracting.” I have never been the type of business person who uses loud advertising. I find [...]

Tips For Making Your Large Graphics Load Faster

There’s football on the tv, there are leaves on the lawn and a really nice crisp snap in the air — no doubt about it (despite the warm temperature today in Colorado): It’s autumn. It’s my favorite time of year! I love the colors, the holidays, the cool weather…but I don’t like the end of [...]

What’s email etiquette and why do I care?

Since I started using the internet in 1994, it has grown exponentially and every day, new users join us online. I sometimes forget that I was once a “newbie,” too and that not everybody had the great teachers I had online. Today, I’d like to talk about email netiquette and I hope it might help [...]

google toolbar and firefox inbound links extension

• The Google toolbar is now available for Mac! We’re using it with Firefox and are very happy to have a way to check out the Google page rank without heading for the PC. • There is a great new extension for Firefox that will allow you to hover over a link and learn how many [...]