Monthly Archives: July 2011

More Newsletter DON’Ts: Thanks KW!

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Just a week ago Clifford added me to his newsletter (without my permission) and via Constant Contact started sending UBE to me.  Nice looking guy.  Good looking newsletter. Probably some good content to.
BUT It was also a perfect entry for Newsletters I never signed up for.
That was 1 week ago and it looks like he’s [...]

When is the best time to update or add plugins?

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Surprisingly, it’s not when you see the update button light up.  Click on that button, update the plugins and you may find your blog dead.  Out of order dead.  Can’t even login dead.  Fatal Error Dead.  Won’t load for you or any visitor DEAD.
Yeah, all that just from updating a simple plugin.  Sometimes technology really [...]

Search, Sort, Sift and Filter. 4 things I want out of Google Plus

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Recently, Robert Scoble identified a few of the things that were missing in Google Plus.  The short story is that Robert knows a bunch of venture capitalists.  He put them all in a circle called “VC’s” and then expected to be able to go to that circle and see a whole bunch of VC specific [...]

Newsletters I never signed up for

The Mike Mueller Tramp Stamp ver2.0

Like many of you I used to go to conferences, networking events and other events and happily pass out my business card.  Shortly after which I started seeing email newsletters show up in my inbox.  I tried a different tactic.  I now hand out custom laptop stickers that have my website, twitter and facebook page [...]

Blogging Rule #816: Comment Notification

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Let’s get real for just a minute.  I know people don’t wake up, turn on their computer, and type in the browser window
 h t t p : / / A r e W e C o n n e c t e d .  c o m
to see the latest happenings on the site.
People [...]

Facebook Event Spam

Facebook Event Spam

Most of the time I just let things like this pass.  Every now and again… Not so much.
My email notification says I was just invited to an Open House!

I really have to wonder why?  After all, I’m not in the market, I don’t sell real estate, and the distance to this event is only 3,000 [...]

2 clicks to help an injured animal get around

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UPDATE:  At the end it was down to the wire. Unfortunately Healing HEART didn’t win.  Then again, It’s not like anyone lost either.

A good friend of mine runs an animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.  She pours her heart and soul into doing everything she can to help injured or distressed animals.  With little funding, [...]

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