This week I met with nonprofit executive directors in Grand Rapids, MN. We started talking about Constant Contact (www.constantcontact.com) – and while I don’t usually promote tools you have to pay for here I thought I’d recap the conversation a bit for anyone else who has been thinking about starting or moving an email list. … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Go Daddy & Updating Web Site
A couple of weeks ago I talked about how to create a cheap and easy web site. Today I’m talking about taking it one step forward. Mostly, I found a newish feature in Go Daddy that makes it easier than ever for someone who doesn’t know html to update a web site. Go Daddy is … Continue reading
Flickr
OK I said I’d talk a little about some Web 2.0 tools, such as Flickr. Flickr (www.flickr.com) is a web site where you can sign up and then save, store and edit photos online. It’s free, although you can upgrade to a professional account for $25 a year. That gives you more space for pictures … Continue reading
Web 2.0 for Marketing
This week I spoke with Jan Hepola at a Hospitality Minnesota conference. We talked about different ways Web 2.0 applications could help promote hotels, resorts and campgrounds. Here are some of the ideas we mentioned: 1. Get a blog. I’m partial to WordPress (www.wordpress.com) 2. Don’t have time for a blog? Go with Twitter. (www.twitter.com) … Continue reading
Budget Web Site
If I had a business and wanted a cheap and easy web site – this is what I’d do… I’d buy a domain name through Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com). A domain name is about $9/year and Go Daddy offers lots of features. I’d start a blog on WordPress (www.wordpress.com). You don’t need to know html. You … Continue reading
Client Site: Lake Carlos Area Association
I am pleased to unveil the new Lake Carlos Area Association web site. Lake Carlos is located near Alexandria, Minnesota. What’s nice is that the Association members had a ton of great pictures to use, which made is easy to give a good glimpse of the area. The goal of the site is to keep … Continue reading
Second Life
A couple weeks ago I went to a workshop on Second Life (http://secondlife.com/). It’s “an online, 3D virtual world imagined and created by its residents.” It’s kind of like a video game. To play you have to create an avatar (online persona). To move around in Second Life you have your avatar walk or fly … Continue reading
Get paid to search
Microsoft is offering cash back for shoppers using their Live Search to find products: http://search.live.com/cashback/howToUse So you sign up for the service. Then you use their search to find products and you collect credit that you can turn into money. The credit range seems to vary from 2-30 percent, depending on the product and vendors … Continue reading
Fact Checkers
We had a great time watching the debates with my family. Everybody came away with a different opinion and everybody questioned at least one statement. So I thought I’d look up some political fact checkers before the next debate. I hope you find them helpful too: FactCheck.org (http://www.factcheck.org/) monitors the factual accuracy of what is … Continue reading
StoryMaps
Thanks to Mary in Minneapolis for sending me info on a very fun widget (small web application) – StoryMaps: http://outside.in. In you like to look at things on the web, it’s a fun site to visit to get news from your town or neighborhood. (I learned that the Vatican is bringing artifacts to the MN … Continue reading
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