Please enjoy this guest post by Wendy Lowe of Campaigner.

When small businesses are preparing to do email outreach to a list of customers and prospects, often it is very hard to decide what to highlight in the content. Is the special offer you have crafted really going to appeal to your customers? Does a new email template perform better than your existing layout? With all the options available, it’s often tough to determine ahead of time which one will deliver the best response. There’s nothing worse than sending an offer to your entire list only to find it resulted in few or no responses. Click here to continue reading… »

If you sell your time for money and keep a calendar to track your appointments with clients, here’s a cool online solution for you.

I can see online appointment scheduling being a real time saver for consultants, virtual assistants in any industry, doctors and dentists, accountants, mechanics, household service techs — and many more I just can’t think of right now.

A fairly new service called Setster can help you set and track appointments directly from your website. Click here to continue reading… »

I am so excited! I have a box full of computer headsets. None of which I like. They are either uncomfortable, or I can’t hear, or people can’t hear me, or, or, or… Until now.

I’ve had getting a new computer headset on my “I want it” list for a while and am just not really good at shopping around. I’m not big on “in person” shopping at all and often there are so many choices online, it’s tough to make a decision. Plus I like to hear about other people’s experience with techno-gadgets before I leap.

So when my colleague and mastermind group leader Lynn Terry talked about her wireless computer headset recently, I sat up and paid attention. The wireless option sounded really super to me — to not be tethered to my computer would be a really cool thing! Click here to continue reading… »

I’ve used an online fax service since 2007 and have been totally happy with it. If you’re looking to ditch your fax machine and “go green” with faxes, it  might be worthwhile to take a look at my online fax review.

Recently Nextiva contacted me and asked if I’d take a look at their service. Click here to continue reading… »

Who doesn’t want more blog traffic? I recently took the 31 day challenge to build a better blog. It’s an enlightening experience and one that newbie or veteran bloggers alike can learn from.

I’ve been blogging since 2004 and it’s easy to get into a rut. The 31 day challenge helped me refresh my blogs (and my habits!) to make them better than ever before. I was reminded of how to make sure buried posts can be refreshed to help drive traffic and much more. I learned a new process of creating a “sneeze” page that can help you drive traffic down to key places in your blog.

Now ProBlogger has compiled his 31 day (email) challenge into a helpful workbook. I picked up a copy so I can have it as a ready reference in addition to the daily emails I received during the challenge. And now he’s made it available to the public at a very modest price. You can pick up your copy here. It’s a great resource full of step-by-step tips to get your blog where you want it to be.