All things web

Dollar Days at Lettering Delights

2008-07-19T12:05:00.004-05:00

Fonts for $1. Wow!

Check it out now!

Thanks!
Glennette

33 Most Beautiful Javascript and Flash Galleries

2008-06-30T20:55:00.002-05:00

Stumbled across this great resource of Javascript and Flash galleries! Have fun adding one to your website today. If you need some help, we're here.

33 Most Beautiful Javascript and Flash Galleries

Glennette

20 Invoicing Tools for Web Designers

2008-05-16T19:00:00.001-05:00

This article came through on one of the lists I'm on and I thought it might be helpful. These are not just for web designers!

20 Invoicing Tools for Web Designers

Financially yours,
Glennette

Registration for classes at LVS Online

2008-04-18T16:17:00.001-05:00

Hurry - classes fill up fast! Registration for the May 2008 session ends
May 7, 2008.

New courses include:
» AutoCad 2008 Introduction
» Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune
» Home Diagnostics
» Writing Your Memoirs 2

For more information, go to http://www.lvsonline.com/update.shtml

EARN A $5 LVS VOUCHER FOR EACH NEW STUDENT THAT YOUR REFER! Check out our
referral program here: http://www.lvsonline.com/refer.shtml

Instructor-led classes begin May 10th so head on over to LVS Online to
enroll now! http://www.lvsassociates.com/register

LVS registration ends March 5, 2008

2008-02-23T12:33:00.005-05:00

Registration ends March 5th. Enrollment is limited - register now!
You won't believe the wide range of courses that are available to you.

NEW courses include:
» Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune
» Basic Web Applications with ASP.NET
» Expression Web
» How To Paint
» Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication
» Windows Vista Intro

Hone in on skills needed for college, work, or to satisfy your personal goals. Students love LVS classes to get a head start on college classes. Easy to follow lessons from qualified instructors will provide you with the skills needed to achieve your goals.

Available courses at LVS Online

P.S. Be sure to list me as the referrer if you sign up! Go ahead - sign up today.

Thanking the Good Lord that it's Saturday,
Glennette

LVS Online November session

2007-10-18T11:10:00.001-05:00

Registration for the November 2007 session ends October 31, 2007.

New courses include:
* Acrylic Bird Painting
* Desktop Publishing with The Print Shop
* Dreamweaver CS3 Level I
* Dreamweaver CS3 Level II
* InDesign Essentials (now includes CS3)
* Skills for Learning in an Information Age

For more information, go to http://www.lvsonline.com/update.shtml

Instructor-led classes begin November 3, 2007 so head on over to LVS Online
to enroll now! http://www.lvsassociates.com/register

November 2007 session is open at LVS Online

2007-10-03T21:36:00.000-05:00

Registration for the November 2007 session is open at LVS Online - Where Learning Is Fun!

New courses include:

* Acrylic Bird Painting

* Desktop Publishing with The Print Shop

* Preparing Your Manuscript For Publication

* Skills for Learning in an Information Age

For a complete list of all available classes at LVS go to http://www.lvsonline.com/schedule.shtml

Instructor-led classes begin November 3, 2007 so head on over to LVS Online to enroll now! http://www.lvsassociates.com/register

Oh yeah, if you're gonna sign up anyway, I might as well get credit for it right? Just use the coupon code NEWSTUDENT and give them my name, Glennette Yelverton.

Academically yours,
Glennette

Google Analytics

2007-09-20T21:19:00.000-05:00

Did you know that you can sign up for Google Analytics absolutely FREE of charge? You get lots of useful data that can be used to analyze your website's performance. Learn where your visitors are coming from, which pages do they visit once on your site, how long do they stay, ... lots more!

Go check it out!

Analytically yours,
Glennette

Who is Glennette? Learn more about me!

2007-09-19T22:33:00.000-05:00

For those who are wondering who I really am and want to know more, I've added a section in the left margin of Premium Web Development LLC. Look for "Who is Glennette."

Have fun exploring and getting to know the person behind the professional!

I'm also curious whether you think this makes the site look less professional. I'm hoping to assure new visitors that I am a real person and they don't have to worry about me taking their money and disappearing off the face of the earth. Let me know what you think!

Glennette

Resignation or Possibility

2007-09-18T10:37:00.000-05:00

Robert Middleton has a very interesting blog post today. Check it out!
http://actionplan.blogs.com/weblog/2007/09/resignation-or-.html

Sorry I haven't posted much lately. Life has gotten in the way but I'm going to try to do better.

If you have been thinking of having a website designed, now is the time to do it! We can have your website up and running in time for the holiday sales!

Til next time ...
Glennette

Anything I can do for you?

2007-04-28T21:16:00.000-05:00

Today, I want to make an offer to YOU, the reader of this blog. What can I do for you? Within reason, of course. Do you have a website you want a quick review of? Have a business idea you want to run by someone? Prayer request? Just let me know. I'm here to help in any way I can!

Glennette

Pet Food Recall

2007-03-19T11:15:00.000-05:00

This isn't web-related but I hate the thought of animals dying due to something like this!
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01590.html

There is a line in there that's funny to me.

"Dogs or cats who have consumed the suspect feed and show signs of kidney failure (such as loss of appetite, lethargy and vomiting) should consult with their veterinarian."

I'm sure the vet will be happy to hear from them directly! *LOL*

Glennette

WAHM Talk Radio MVP Event has begun for 2007

2007-02-26T19:50:00.000-05:00

It's time to nominate someone who has been a big help to you in the last year. All you have to do is stop by the website and submit a name, URL and story of how they helped you.

Every person who receives at least five nominations will be a WAHM Talk Radio MVP and win a very cool prize pack. The nomination form is right on the main page so go nominate someone today!

Owner and host of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio Talk Radio is Kelly McCausey.

Have fun!
Glennette

Server downtime

2007-02-26T19:44:00.000-05:00

You may have noticed some downtime today. The server went bananas earlier today and decided it did not want to come back up after a reboot. We reboot it so infrequently (that's a good thing) that I guess it didn't like it. The techs ended up putting in a new hard drive and doing a complete reload. I apologize personally for the downtime and assure you it was not something that could have been foreseen. The techs were great. They addressed the issue immediately.

I greatly appreciate all of you who were so patient. I maintain that I have the best hosting clients out there!

Thanks!
Glennette

25% off everything at PCTools.com

2007-02-17T21:13:00.000-05:00

To starting saving please visit www.pctools.com now, select any PC Tools product, enter 25VIP7216 in the coupon field in shopping cart and save 25% off your entire PC Tools order. You can use the code as many times as you want, on as many products as you want and share it with anyone you think could benefit from some world-leading software at a huge discount.

When we say everything we mean really mean everything; Spyware Doctor, Registry Mechanic, PC Tools AntiVirus, File Recover or Privacy Guardian (even Spyware Doctor Enterprise); one license or a thousand; for home or for work... no catches, no limits, 25% off everything.

Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your milkman, just don't delay, they're only doing this for 72-hours and the offer ends at midnight (GMT) on Wednesday February 21st 2007.

Have fun shopping!
Glennette

January's almost over

2007-01-30T15:09:00.000-05:00

It's almost February! Did you set any resolutions, intentions, goals, whatever you want to call them, for 2007? If so, check and see where you are at with them as it's almost 1/12 over already!

I've made some progress but not as much as I'd like to so it's time to turn up the heat. :o)

Glennette

Google is giving away $10

2007-01-16T15:02:00.000-05:00

Google is giving away $10 for those who sign up for Google Checkout. Did you get your free money yet? I did!

This is probably time-limited so head on over now to http://www.google.com/ and sign up. Look for the shopping cart image on Google's homepage.

Glennette

Server Maintenance

2006-06-20T16:46:00.000-05:00

Server maintenance was done over the weekend. If you are having any problems, please submit a ticket at http://www.premiumwebdesign.com/techsupport/

Thanks for your patience!
Glennette

Get more clients and make more money online!

2006-05-23T00:55:00.000-05:00

Biana Babinsky, an online business expert and author, is on a mission to help hundreds of solopreneurs to get more clients and earn more money online. Biana wants you to succeed with your business, get more clients, get more online publicity and make more money online. This is why she is giving you access to all of this for just $9.97/month:

- How-To Guides and Worksheets that help you zero in on specific concepts, and learn how to use them effectively.

- Business Audio Recordings on search engine optimization, online networking, and much more are available.

- Expert Teleclasses on online business and marketing, PR, newsletter publishing, article writing and more directly from experts.

- Members-only forum to ask questions, get answers, and mastermind with other members.

Learn more and join at http://www.MarketingSalad.com

P.S. I am a founding member so I'll see you there!!!

Glennette

Paint Shop Pro $40 off for 3 days only!

2006-05-15T20:37:00.000-05:00

I am a long-time user of Paint Shop Pro. Today, they emailed me this special URL to share with friends. You can get PSP for just $59!

http://corel.rsc01.net/servlet/cc5?8hjLtQYBCBSQTVnxijLupmuOLIKLkpngQJhuV2VR

Now go create some awesome graphics!
Glennette

Smart Women Partner

2006-04-25T01:00:00.000-05:00

IVWCC's Women Partner Networking event will start Tuesday 4/25/06 at 3 p.m. The topic of discussion will be partnering to create the ultimate joint venture that incorporates podcasting, blogging, consortiums, e-books, and vertical web sites.

If you are ready to supercharge your partnering efforts, don't miss this event!

Hope to see you,
Glennette

Free PDF creator

2006-04-03T08:51:00.000-05:00

Free PDF creator

A friend recommended this and it looks like a great resource! I haven't tried it personally since I own PDF software already but I feel comfortable passing this along given it was recommended by jl Scott of http://www.i-cop.org/

Let me know what you think of it!

Suggestion for using the software (mainly how I use my pdf software):

Print your receipts for purchases to pdf files and store them in folders on an external drive which you backup periodically. At the end of the year, burn the PDFs to a CD and file it with your taxes.

I originally planned to trash my paper receipts but CDs are only good for 5-10 years so you will probably want to keep the paper copies. However, maybe you can store them somewhere else.

I file my emails in Outlook as well as printing a paper copy and printing them to PDF and saving on an external drive. Redundancy is the key to any backup system!

Now, go forth and create PDFs!

Glennette

Have you started working on your taxes???

2006-03-30T01:25:00.000-05:00

In case you haven't noticed, April 15 is right around the corner. My blog entries for this month are few and far between because I did not keep my books up-to-date last year like I should have. I am committing to not letting this happen again. The past couple years, I have spent hours at tax time getting everything ready. This year, I was going to have my accountant do my taxes but at the rate I'm going, I may end up doing them because it's taking so long to get everything together. I use financial software but I'm having to break down a year's worth of payments and as much as I pay Amex per month, let me tell you, it's not fun!

Tip for you: I downloaded my transactions from the amex website in csv format then I updated the account and sub-account and created a pivot table that does all the calculations for me. Saved a lot of time but I'm still not going to procrastinate doing the breakdowns this year. I am not paying the bill until I have broken it down by category and subcategory! Besides, what good is breaking it down to the level I do it if I'm not reviewing where the money is going on a more frequent basis!

Taxfully yours,
Glennette

An empty inbox? Yes, it is possible!

2006-03-06T07:48:00.000-05:00

Has your inbox ever been empty? Besides when you first installed the software? Well, mine had not either until recently. I am going to share with you how I did it.

Have you ever heard of "Getting Things Done" by David Allen? Well, it's a great book and the methods taught actually do work. Recently, I was listening to the audio version of "Ready for Anything" also by David Allen and I decided to finally take control of my life and my inbox.

Using the methods taught in GTD (search for GTD on the internet and you'll find plenty of material, yahoogroups, etc. documenting this wonderful method), I managed to clear out the hundreds of emails AND create a task and project management system that works.

What I did:

- Listened to the audio book so get an overview of the methods. (Just do a search on the net. You'll find lots of great information i.e. http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done/)

- Downloaded the free workflow at http://www.davidco.com/store/product.php?productid=16193

- Analyzed it and decided that I agreed with it and could follow it

- Downloaded GTD and Outlook (costs $10 but it's helpful) and set up Outlook very closely to
how the document suggests (I sort by Due Date then by Subject rather than vice versa)

- Cleaned out my inbox relentlessly following the GTD method.

- Now I maintain my empty inbox by processing mail as it comes in, adding tasks as needed, etc.

CLEANING OUT THE INBOX - HOW I DID IT

- I went through ALL my emails and deleted those that I did not want/need (no "doing" at this point, only processing) - I deleted newsletters I didn't need anymore, emails I had already replied to or even taken care of, filed those I truly needed, etc.
- Then I went through the emails that were left and created tasks for them using the categories @Calls, @Computer, @Errands, etc. like GTD suggests but I added a few that were relevant to me like @Kat for my virtual assistant who can logon to my PC and see at a glance what I need her to do.

To ensure important stuff wasn't forgotten, I would simply highlight the email and drag it to the tasks button on the navigation bar (this copies the text of the email to the task), choose the appropriate category, assign a date if needed, save the task.

What to do with all the emails: File the email in the corresponding folder i.e. a the email for a task created in @Calls went to the @Action folder, the email for a task I needed to do @Computer was filed in @Action, emails for replies/actions I was @WaitingFor went in my @WaitingFor folder.

At any given time I can refer to the @Action folder to see the backup for tasks I need to do but most often they just wait for me there until I do the task and delete/file the email since I dragged the email to the task button and have that information right there in the task.

Since I configured Outlook to work as described in the GTD and Outlook document, now I work from my Calendar (or Tasks) view rather than from my inbox!

I process email as it comes in (delete, do, delegate, defer, etc.). If I can't do the action in less than 5 minutes (David recommends 2 but I prefer 5 minutes), then I add a task right then and there.

You'll also wnat to process the spam folder at least a couple times a day to keep it from piling up if you have a spam filter in place.

One other thing: I still have a lot of reference emails in folders that I need to go through and purge but in the meantime, I've created a References folder and moved all those folders up under it.

So my email program looks like this (without the Reference folder expanded):

Inbox
***Spam
@Action
@Someday/Maybe
@WaitingFor
+ Reference
Outbox
Sent Items
etc.

You can only imagine how much my productivity has increased and my thoughts on checking email are no longer "Here we go again! Help!" It's more like "OK let's process these few messages then get back to working!"

Hope this helps!

Glennette

Search Engine Strategies New York

2006-02-23T00:33:00.000-05:00

Are you going to Search Engine Strategies New York?
http://www.jupiterevents.com/sew/winter06/

I really wish I could go! I haven't ruled it out for sure but I'm so swamped that I highly doubt I'll be able swing it. Visiting New York is a dream of mine so maybe some miracle will happen and I can go. If so, I promise to learn lots I can pass on to all of you!

Glennette