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Protonic.com is an online community which provides technical support to computer users for free. Each protonic.com support tech is a volunteer, and they support nearly everything: PCs, Macs, Unix and PDAs. A nice site to find, and their motives seem genuine. They will take donations, but I couldn’t tell if it is a bonafide non-profit organization. Oh well, when you’re tearing your hair out … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Protonic.com | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, IT / Technology / E-Business

Here’s a crash course on the value of a table of contents (TOC) and how to use Microsoft Word’s TOC feature.

Content: Article | Author: Jeff Davis | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

When you accidentally delete a file, having a backup ready can significantly minimize downtime and frustration. Check out this simple batch file that can make daily document backups a snap.

Editor’s Note: The article fails to mention that you should save the batch file with a .bat extension. Also, note that you can test out the functionality of the batch file by calling it from … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Itai Rolnick | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Productivity / Work Tips

Marketleap offers an excellent link popularity tool that finds out who is linking to your site, and then runs benchmarking reports to show you where you stand in comparison to competitors and other major online players. Enter your URL, those of up to 3 competitors, select your industry and get the report. Also use the verification tool to see your website’s placement in 30 of … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Marketleap | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, Marketing / Sales

Is there anything you can do to rescue ordinary meetings from disaster? The answer is, “Yes!” With a little work, any organization can start conducting meetings that are shorter, more productive and a lot more fun. The road to more effective meetings begins with four “F” words – focus, facilitation, fellowship and feedback.

Editor’s Note: This article is part of an archived newsletter so you will … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Charlie Hawkins | Source: Work Teams Newsletter | Subjects: Management, Productivity / Work Tips

Who knew that an entire universe of Portable Document Format (PDF) information was right at your fingertips? After creating your first PDF document, you will have pesky questions about bookmarks, thumbnails and link formatting. You’ll find the answers here in a neatly categorized tip list.

Advanced PDFers will benefit from the community of PDF experts who share information and resources on document management, document level JavaScript, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: BinaryThing Pty. Ltd. | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Did you know that you could create PDFs online with Adobe’s Web-based tool for $9.95(US) per month? You’d never know it from their site. Go directly to the URL above to subscribe and access this tool. Tip — don’t bother with the free trial. Pay for the subscription right from the start, because the trial version eliminates some of the features you will need to … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Adobe | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips | Industry: Publishing

Do you organize your business day around the “money hours?” Do you have a sales skills development calendar in place, so that you and your team improve your sales skills every week? Do you get a little snippet of sales motivation by email every morning? If not, then you probably need to check out this site devoted to improving the skills of sales professionals.

There are … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: just sell | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Productivity / Work Tips

The CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit offers the SOHO Guidebook to answer your business, tax, and legal questions and to get practical tips that will help you work smarter, save money, and stay in compliance with the law. Or try out some of the business tools and see how you can get the job done easier and save significant time and dollars in the process. And … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: CCH Incorporated | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, Small Business

Want a break? Get some humorous yet right-on advice about do-it-yourself website promotion from Robert Woodhead, creator of this site. SelfPromotion.com can auto submit your URL to over 50 engines and indexes, and it provides manual links to several hundred more specialty search sites. Just fill out the account form on the site and follow the detailed directions to get started. There are also dozens … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Robert Woodhead | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, IT / Technology / E-Business

This article takes a look at the historical move from the use of and adverbial embellishment in communicating thought to the use of “pictorial metaphors” and numbers.

Editor’s Note: the article is o.k. but the meat is in the bullet point list of tips for presenting numbers found at the end of the article.

Content: Article | Author: Roberta I. Shaffer | Source: ManagementFirst | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Are you a PowerPoint klutz? Need a shining presentation but you’re technically impaired? Click on WebSiteEstates.com for hundreds of free and inexpensive PP templates. This site also offers compact marketing tools for Internet statistics, PR, design tips, Internet law, and publications. With lots of PowerPoint links to look through, knowledge is at your fingertips. [WDFM Annotation]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Website Estates | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Productivity / Work Tips

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Here is a booklet compiled to highlight those tasks and proceedings that are necessary to ensure productive and effective meetings. Written for Scouts but of general use for anyone conducting meetings.

Content: Article | Source: Scouting Ireland CSI | Subjects: Management, Productivity / Work Tips

This is a bit of a strange site, brought to you by the folks at MyBusinessAnalyst.com. Some of the material is really not very useful and everything (including basic links) are in MS Word document downloads (why???). Nevertheless, there are some decent free downloadable forms (found quite naturally under the Business Forms heading but also under the agreements link under Business Tools heading). … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: MBA Desk.com | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

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Spyonit simplifies life online by helping you stay on top of the things you care about. You tell a “spy” what to watch for on the Internet, and when something changes, it reports back to you wherever you are: by email, instant message, mobile phone or PDA. A spy can tell you when an item you’re looking for shows up on any auction site; when … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: 724 Solutions | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Free Stuff / Tools

And seven steps to salvation. Tools, techniques, and technologies to make your meetings less painful, more productive — even heavenly.

Content: Article | Author: Eric Matson | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

This site is a resource for over 1,000,000 industrial and commercial products, services and brand names. Businesses are listed with company profile, including address, toll-free numbers, fax number, SIC Codes, NAICS Codes, products, brand names and web URL. The site is searchable by SIC codes (Federal Standard Industrial Classification Codes), NAICS Codes (North American Industrial Classification system), product or service, or brand name. To narrow … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Websters Online | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, Reference / Search