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By Tyler King |
August 2nd, 2010
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Using more than one screen with your computer can boost productivity by 50%. There are a number of reasons why many people avoid making the switch to two monitors, and I'll address why those reasons aren't actually valid.
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By Bracken King |
August 3rd, 2010
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Google provides a number of nice online services. So many, in fact, that it's not uncommon to have multiple Google accounts for different uses. Unfortunately, switching between those accounts can be pretty annoying. While it's not perfect, a Chrome extension called Quick Google makes the process a little easier.
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By Tyler King |
August 4th, 2010
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LucidChart is a great web-based flowchart tool. It's going up against Microsoft's incumbent product Visio, and I think it's worth a serious look the next time you need to make a flowchart.
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By Bracken King |
August 5th, 2010
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We recently put together a white paper about how customer management software can help small businesses improve relationships with their customers. Check out a brief summary of the major points from the paper, or read the full 7 page paper.
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By Tyler King |
August 6th, 2010
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It's pretty common these days to suggest that planning isn't very useful. Most lean start-ups seem to prefer spending their time "doing" instead of "planning". This post explains why planning is important for all businesses, but that businesses are simply discovering more efficient ways to approach it.
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By Tyler King |
August 9th, 2010
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SheerSEO is an online tool that helps you stay on top of your site's SEO performance. It helps track keyword rankings, referring sites, social networking activity, and more. In this review I'll describe the pros and cons of the software.
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By Bracken King |
August 10th, 2010
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One of the best features of Chrome is the ability to create "application shortcuts" that let you launch web sites as stand alone applications. Unfortunately, application shortcuts are disabled in Chrome for Macs. I'm a big fan of webapps, so I wrote a little script that lets you create your own Chrome application shortcuts on a Mac.
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By Tyler King |
August 11th, 2010
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Earlier this week Google launched a new blog with tips and tools for small businesses. Since Google products are so important to most small businesses, it's definitely worth following.
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By Tyler King |
August 12th, 2010
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Starting a wiki for your business is a great way to help your team collaborate and stay organized. A wiki is basically just a website that anyone on your team can edit, and the flexibility allows you do track absolutely anything you want.
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By Tyler King |
August 16th, 2010
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If you have your own website or blog, then you know how hard it can be to monetize your traffic. Last month I wrote a post about different ways to make money with a blog, and I want to dive deeper into one of those methods: the Amazon affiliate account.
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