Archive for Technology

Social Media, A Day in the Life

Often times we understand what we are being told but cannot grasp the why of it.  I recently found this short explanation video that shows why you should be using social media.  What can happen in a day?  The answer is a lot. So if you are not sure why social media should be important [...]

Round-up Friday: My favorite resources

Usually on round up Friday I give you an overview of my favorite reads from the week.  This week is going to be different because I am going to give you my four favorite resources of where I get much of the information that I pass on.  These are in no particular order since there [...]

Free Web Hosting, I think not.

I often see many new and emerging virtual assistants who use free hosted services such as WordPress.com, Weebly or Microsoft Live to run their websites. Stop Now! I will give you my thoughts on why this should not be acceptable for you business website then you decide. They own you content. They own and control [...]

Social Media and the Super Bowl

Yesterday being Sunday I decided to make that my unplugged day.  We were having an early dinner with friends so that was an easy decision.  When we get together there is not much else besides conversation and food.  Then it was off to watch the Super Bowl.  Now my beloved Steelers were not playing so [...]

Make A List And Check It Twice

Using social media can be quite daunting for some as your network connections increase and you feeds are flooded with updates. I like to use lists to keep my streams manageable for both Facebook and Twitter.  I can then easily read and find information from those on my list as opposed to searching through the [...]