My new training center, The Digital Breakthroughs Institute, is officially open! Mission is to improve technology skills and boost productivity of small business owners and professionals (www.DigitalBreakthroughs.com).
MONDAY BREAKTHROUGHS. Telecoaching from Peggy Duncan now available if you want to get organized at work. See DigitalBreakThroughs.com for details.
BLOGGING BOOTCAMP Learn WordPress, create your blog, DIY SEO, PR www.DigitalBreakThroughs.com.
Peggy Duncan accepted as a client with Salkind Literary Agency, THE agency for computer book authors.
Suite Minute blog wins Top Business Blog from FastPitchNetworking.com's inaugural contest. Thousands of entries and votes.
Before uploading photos to sharing sites such as Flickr, take a few minutes to change the filename and use some of your keywords. This is a largely untapped way to boost your search engine rankings.
I had some great photos from a recent event (the grand opening of my new training facility, The Digital Breakthroughs Institute). [...]
Have you ever tried to block justify your paragraphs (make your right margin even) in a Word document and ended up with an amateurish look of too much space between words? Try this instead (Word 2003).
In addition to my traditional books, I also sell two ebooks on my Website. Digital products are a breeze to sell, especially when you store them on a site like PayLoadz. My customers purchase the book on my Website via PayPal with any major credit card. Before they can blink, an email shows up with [...]
Do It Yourself Search Engine Optimization – SEO
I’m excited to announce my new ebook, Shameless Self-Promotion: Do-It-Yourself PR. Get Found Online. Details are on my Website, including a partial table of contents and a sample chapter.
In the two weeks that it took me to write this ebook, I received calls from Fitness, [...]
My latest book, The Time Management Memory Jogger(TM), will start shipping August 25, 2008. It is published by GOAL/QPC and becomes the latest in their bestselling series of books that focus on workplace improvement (over 10 million in print).
An editorial board had made some great suggestions that have made the book even better, and I [...]
If you’re collecting names and email addresses to send your enewsletter (also called ezine or if it’s Web-based, a Webzine), you’re probably using Constant Contact or iContact.com (formerly Intellicontact).
I’m switching from the computer-based software I’m currently using (Dynamic Mail Communicator) because although it automatically deletes bouncebacks, etc., it runs in the background of my computer [...]
When I send a training agreement to a client, I’ll create the agreement in Word, create a PDF of it, and email both of the documents together. (I’m using Adobe Acrobat 7.0.)
From the open PDF, click the Document menu, Attach a File.
Browse to find the file you want to attach, and double-click it.
Add other files [...]
Take your ebook to another level. I’ve seen so many that are downright tacky. If you’re going to do this, do it right. Make your ebook easy on the eyes…a pleasure to read.
Here are some ideas:
Before You Create the PDF (Adobe Acrobat full version has the most functionality and is worth every penny).
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