April 22nd, 2008
I’ve noticed that Homestead ads are now running on this here blog, and I wanted to just throw out my two cents about this fine company. I’ve been using Homestead for my freelance writing business website since 2004, and they are hands down the best and easiest website solution I’ve found. They are not, however, […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
February 28th, 2008
Earlier this year, we talked about the importance of having a strong Internet persona when you’re looking for a job. After all, in our perpetually connected society, chances are good that someone will be Googling you in the near future. Perhaps you’re being Googled right now! (Oooo, spooky…)
Blogging and Business posted last week on managing […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
January 9th, 2008
My husband and I tried to start a business together many, many years ago. When computers were new and all the rage and the internet was making its debut, he and I decided to custom build, sell and design computers for consumers. I would handle the administrative side of the business and he would handle […]
By Bridget Wright -- 2 comments
January 7th, 2008
Was that title right?
When we are in business meetings, either online or offline, it’s important to be grammatically correct. Is it correct to say I’ve got or is it I have got?. What about kind of…is that acceptable? What do you think of somewhere up here? That was what a team leader really said during […]
By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments
January 3rd, 2008
The votes are in, and BBC News reports that the top 5 technologies predicted to go big in 2008 are…
The web to go - Ubiquitous, mobile Internet connectivity
Ultra mobile PCs - The power of a PC in the convenience of a PDA-size device, or close to it
IPTV - Internet protocol (IP) television, rather than cable […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
January 3rd, 2008
When is the last time you Googled yourself? It sounds a little silly, but try it. Google your name. I’ll wait here.
Okay, I can see that you’re back now. What did you find? Are you listed at previous places of employment? Do you see activities and affliations from college? Maybe a few professional organizations? These […]
By Kristen King -- 4 comments
January 2nd, 2008
I just had to laugh at this news headline:
Queen launches YouTube channel
Or course my first thought was the band, but turns out that they’re talking about Her Majesty the Queen of England. Who knew?
I can just imagine the lineup: 1, Queen waves that bizarre wave for 90 seconds; 2, Queen sits in throne and stares […]
By Kristen King -- 0 comments
January 1st, 2008
AOL is pulling the plug on development of Netscape Navigator, one of the original icons of the Web. It may not be specifically woman-related, but this is going to have an impact on businesses throughout the country and around the world as the Netscape holdouts have to change to another option and some businesses adjust […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
December 20th, 2007
This post is simultaneously jumping ahead and looking back. I say we’re jumping ahead because January is when Bridget and I will kick off a series of articles on getting started in your career or in your business. I say looking back because the article I’m talking about today is from 2003, which seems like […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
December 15th, 2007
Over at BlogHer, there are scads and scads of great women-written blogs and sites just waiting to be discovered. Here are several I’ll be checking out over the next few weeks from the second half of the alphabet.
Naturally WAHMs
News on Women
Pajama Professional
Sisters in Biz
Small Biz Survival
Smart Not Cheap
Startup Princess
The Anti-9-to-5 Guide
The Business of Life
The Work-at-Home […]
By Kristen King -- 4 comments
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