Webgrrls’ Finds: Tips, tricks to work faster, smarter & with style
There are so many great articles that can really teach you a thing or two - but unfortunately they seem to be lost amongst numerous other “less-meaty” ones. Here are 5 recent postings that may help you do your job or run your business more effectively.
How to Kill CSS Bugs
Have you ever been frustrated because your CSS layouts are rendering differently between browsers? Or are you still trying to figure out how to achieve a certain look with CSS? This Noupe article covers more than 20 fixes for issues relating to fixing IE bug, positioning block elements, creating columns & tables, working with floats and more.
A Free Alternative to Visio
If you’re looking for a robust flow chart and diagram tool, you’ve most likely already looked at Microsoft Visio. But if you’re not ready to shell out the bucks for the program, a great alternative is the free, open source application, Dia.
SEO: What Not to Do
Life is a never-ending joust for the folks working in Search Engine Marketing. Just when you think you’ve figured the search engines out, they change their algorithms. This article from SEOmoz shares some tips on targeting multiple terms and phrases on a single page and also highlights the “tricks” to avoid.
The Best $100 You Ever Spent
If you are running a website for a small to mid-size company you should jump on this tool (if you haven’t already). Google has re-launched its Custom Search Business Edition service as Google Site Search. Starting at $100 per year (or free if you don’t mind Google ads on your site), this site search application will index your entire website and help users to find what they are looking for. New features allow you to input synonyms, boost the page ranking of newer content and determine which search terms are not returning results.
Free Project Management Tool for Startups
Running a startup is never easy but thankfully there are companies out there that want to give you a break. Fog Creek Software is one such company. It provides its FogBugz on Demand project management tool free of charge for 2 users to students and startups. And not only is it an excellent project management application, it also has tremendous bug tracking abilities. If you don’t qualify for the free version, it can be purchased for $199 or less or as a hosted solution for $25/month.
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Can Speed Networking Really Work?
Recently while I was reading a usability professional email list, I noticed an invitation for Speed Networking from the New Hampshire Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. I couldn’t help but pause to google the term.
Turns out it’s all the rage. I even stumbled upon a speednetworking.com website, which quotes the New York Times as saying:
“The appeal of speed networking is that it eliminates the mundane chitchat and cuts right to the chase.”
And it quotes BusinessWeek as stating:
“Based on the popular courting concept, speed networking aims to supersize your contacts.”
Now I’ve heard of speed dating, but speed networking? I have never attended a speed dating event, though I can imagine why it might be successful. Many of us are good at identifying pretty quickly whether we spark with someone. And if two people spark, maybe they agree to meet for coffee to see where it goes. Is the same true with business relationships? And even if we identify quickly that I have something you need and you have something I need, how can both parties learn to trust one another with such an abrupt start?
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Copywriting Tools that Work For You (& Your Business)
You’re running (or working for) a business and want to get the word out, but you don’t have the time or writing skills to get your point across.
What to do? Here are three things you may want to consider:
• SEO (search engine optimization): Writing with specific keywords in mind is a key to search engine success. Search engines pick up on the words you designate crucial to your business, to help place you at the top when a potential client is searching for you or the kinds or services or products you offer. Don’t be afraid to blog or write multiple articles centering on similar topics – this will only boost your business in the search engines.
• Ghostwriting: Having a professional writer is like having a partner in business you never knew you had. Ghostwriters will work closely with you to successfully market your product. Whether it be for a website, press kit, marketing materials or other services, a good ghostwriter will learn the ins and outs of your business and will be able to get your point across more effectively (and free you up to do what you do best).
• ePress Kits: It’s safe to say that e-mailing has become a mainstay of communication, and not just for sending pictures. Building an electronic (”e”) press kit offers a complete PR kit for your business in an easy-to-send file (usually a pdf). Press releases, press clippings, interviews, your bio and other components are compiled in one convenient file. You won’t have to struggle to get the word out about your business - a click of the mouse is all it will take!
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Leverage your Gender in Job Negotiations
Below are two of the many very interesting points made by Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game, a research article published by Harvard Business School in May 2008:
…men are generally perceived to have an advantage in negotiations over women because they are expected to be more effective at asserting their self-interest and claiming value for themselves, whereas women are expected to act in a more yielding and agreeable and less effective manner in terms of individual performance…
…stereotypes make attempting to negotiate for higher compensation a more socially risky endeavor for women than for men, because people not only expect that women will be more agreeable and…evaluators were significantly less inclined to work with a woman who initiated compensation negotiations as compared to one who did not, because they found her overly demanding and lacking in niceness.
Read the full research paper to learn how to leverage your gender in your job negotiation.
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Net Neutrality - Why Should We Care?
Net Neutrality is an issue that could affect each one of us and is an important issue that will shape the future of the Internet. At the National Conference for Media Reform, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps was clear with his message: “We must have enforceable principles of Internet non-discrimination”.
From Wikipedia:
“A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions…which does not restrict content, sites or platforms, and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams”.
Net Neutrality is not a new issue, the term “Net Neutrality” was coined in 2000 and the debate is becoming increasingly fierce…with the telephone and cable companies on one side and almost everyone else on the other.
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The phone and cable companies believe that they should be able to be the gatekeepers to the Internet. They want to create a tiered system where you could pay more to have your content delivered as a priority or faster or at all.
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