The Bloggin' BUZZ

RSS and Google Alerts Basics

Deidre Hughey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:31:50 +0000

Earlier this week, I was on a monthly support/coaching call for LYLA – Love Your Life Again when we started talking about how to get all that you have to get accomplished done as well as keep up with what’s new in your industry. I suggested that people use RSS feeds and Google Alerts to [...]

AFAIK…Really?

Deidre Hughey — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:03:41 +0000

Deidre’s Social Media Soapbox Yeah. It’s happened. My kids got old enough to want to “chat”. And, they want to chat everywhere and anywhere. Well, certainly not with me, but with every other person in the universe. Fortunately, we’re smart enough not to give either of them phones (I’ve heard about the bills that other parents get…not [...]

Wicked: Twitter “Contributors” Feature

Deidre Hughey — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:38:57 +0000

Wicked Wednesday For quite some time now, Facebook has allowed businesses to set up a fan page and designate various “administrators” to monitor and access the fan page with the sames level of access as the person that created the page. Finally, it looks like Twitter is coming up to speed! According to an update from Twitter on [...]

Wordpress 101: Widgets and Plugins Explained

Deidre Hughey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:39:18 +0000

2-Tip Tuesday If you’re using Wordpress, you will be adding “plug-ins” and “widgets” to your site. If you’re not familiar with these terms, it can be a little confusing. So, let’s get rid of the confusion and shed some light on these terms. First, let’s focus attention on Plug-Ins. What is a Plug-In? A plug-in can be added to your [...]

Are You Poken Yet?

Deidre Hughey — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:00:20 +0000

Wicked Wednesday: Poken A day for cool new stuff! Are you Poken yet? If not, you should be! When I first heard about Poken, I thought to myself, “What in the world?” and even though I didn’t truly understand what it was, I knew I wanted one. I know that’s crazy – I wasn’t even sure why I [...]

2-Tip Tuesday: Wordpress

Deidre Hughey — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:12:02 +0000

2-Tip Tuesday I LOVE Wordpress and want to spend some time this month helping you to understand why this is such a great platform for business owners and some tips around utilizing it for your business. First and foremost… What is Wordpress? Wordpress started out as a blogging platform and is probably best known for its functionality in [...]

Can’t You Smell That Smell?

Deidre Hughey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:46:27 +0000

The Monday Monitor “Ooh, ooh that smell! Can’t you smell that smell? Oooh, that smell!” ~Lynyrd Skynyrd If you’re humming the tune now, then we’re from the same generation. The reason I’m humming it is because of my mastermind group. One of the members did something recently that would scare most people. He gave each of us a [...]

Are You Stuck?

Deidre Hughey — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:22 +0000

A friend of mine lent a book to me called, Unstuck: A Tool for Yourself, Your Team, and Your World by Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro. When I first got the book, to be very honest, I didn’t open it. I was too stuck. Being stuck is never a good place to be, but especially if we [...]

How to: Endorsements for Your Book #authorhelp

Deidre Hughey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:47:17 +0000

New authors face fierce criticism. Not the least of which is from ourselves. And in that we are being so deeply criticized, it becomes increasingly difficult to believe that others are going to enjoy the words that we have painstakingly placed on the pages of our book. Once you get past this ridiculous thinking, you have to [...]

Quick Tip: The Power of 3 (Video)

Deidre Hughey — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:22:22 +0000

BUZZ Bit and a Bagel Social Media Quick Tips! Watch the video or read the text…it’s up to you! Quick Tip #7 – The Power of 3 and Getting Things Done You can learn all of the marketing information in the world, and if you can’t get it done, it’s really kind of useless. The tip today is courtesy of [...]