Monthly Archives: August 2007

Still loving iContact

Not content with building a great piece of software to manage ezines & autoresponders, the guys at iContact have also demonstrated a masterful example of great customer service. Having posted my review yesterday, I received an email from their Corporate Communications Director - Chuck - thanking me for the review and asking for my mailing ...

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Daily Dose of Success #21: The Past 6 Months of Being Location Independent

I've had time to reflect these past 3 weeks and having finally read the NY Times #1 bestseller...The 4-Hour Work Week ...it's been like reading an autobiographical account of things we've experienced and things we've learned, both about ourselves and about others in the past 6 months. Aside from some of the more obvious benefits to our ...

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For The Record…We Heart Grenada

Having been away from Grenada now for 3 weeks (it's our 3 week anniversary today in fact), I can officially say that I LOVE it. J and I were both very interested in how we'd feel once we'd left & whether we'd love it so much having got back to 'modern' life. I think 3 weeks ...

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Aweber vs iContact

I have spent the morning (damn my VA who I have yet to hire) faffing around changing the email & autoresponder service I use. This kind of decision is not one to be taken lightly - especially not if you have to make all your existing contacts re-opt in just because you decided to change services. However, ...

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A Round-up Of Links

I spend quite a bit of my time just wandering around the web, fascinated by everything that's out there. Here is a collection of some of my favourite findings recently... BreatheTogether - fab tool to help you get over a particularly stressful email, phone call, or argument with a colleague! CocktailBuilder - want to use up ...

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What’s wrong with talking & ‘normal’ emails?

I have been as guilty of this as the next person so these observations are about my actions as well as those of others... Since joining Facebook I've wondered why people are so much more likely to keep in touch with you & send you emails via FB than they are simply to just send you ...

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How To Treat People

Thanks to this website for these very important & inspiring lessons to remember for the beginning of your fabulous week... 1. First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady" During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read ...

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Blog Action Day

"What would happen if every blog published posts discussing the same issue, on the same day? One issue. One day. Thousands of voices." I'm about to sign up for Blog Action Day which sounds like a great idea and will, I think, be an interesting experiment to demonstrate the power of blogging. ...

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Just because you can…

...doesn't mean you should. The wise words of my first internet marketing mentor constantly ring in my ears but today I'm ignoring all that advice and blogging this just because I can!!! We've had a very slow, relaxing week in Italy but it is so nice to have access once again (courtesy of Boingo - ...

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