Last summer I looked high and low for an affordable tool to easily and attractively post PowerPoint slides online. Well, this week I finally found a tool I liked PointCast (www.poinecast.com). (Cost was $100.) I used it recently to upload a presentation on email newsletters: http://www.treacyinfo.com/EmailMarketing/start.html It was very easy to use. Once I downloaded … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Using the Internet for the Holidays
Everyone is busy these days, super busy. So I thought I’d send a few notes on different web sites that I use to save myself time near the holidays. Google for Coupons http://www.google.com Know you’re going to buy something specific, such as an American Doll? You can do a search on [American Girl coupon] to … Continue reading
Good Coupon Code Site
Here’s a very quick Byte today: Without giving away any big secrets I was online buying a couple of AmericanGirls Dolls, which aren’t inexpensive. When it came time to check out theyasked for a priority code. Rather than ignore it as usual I decided to lookfor a priority code online – and I found one … Continue reading
All About Microsoft
Did you know that Microsoft has a public labs page just as Google does? That was news to me until Rick in Minneapolis sent me the link: http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx It’s a great place to see what Microsoft is working on. I’ll admit that a number of the projects were too techie for me – although … Continue reading
Possible Convert to Explorer 7.0
Last weekend I downloaded – and started using Internet Explorer 7.0. I have to say, so far so good. One of the big additions to 7.0 is the easy access to RSS feeds. (Now the RSS feeds are just a click away, which means (for web publishers out there) that I think RSS will soon … Continue reading
2006 Annual Thanksgiving Quiz
1. According to a recent Cub survey (Cub is a grocery store chain in Minnesota), what is the favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Stuffing (at 36%) Potatoes 28% Pie 29% Green bean casserole 2. According to AllRecipes.com, which side dishes would people be happiest to live without? Green bean casserole 28.2% Gelatin (Jell-O) salad 51.4% Sweet … Continue reading
Word for Brochures
Here is a word on Word. Last week I used Microsoft Word to create a custom brochure. Someone else created a nice logo and image for the brochure and I used the header and footer fields to keep them in place on the page and now the final client can type in the text they … Continue reading
Email Tips
The following is a suggestion from Denise in Minneapolis – top tips for sending email (or email newsletters). 1) Do not send one email message to more than 10 people at a time. Many email filters will throw that into the junk bin because it is going to too many people and often that is … Continue reading
Web Site Check Up
If you have a web site, it’s easy to kind of forget about it. It’s built, you probably spent a lot of time on it at one pint but now it’s done. Today I’m going to Detroit Lakes to talk about giving your site a Web Site Check Up. Very quickly these are the things … Continue reading
Travel Sites
Tomorrow, thanks to a really good sister, I will be spending one night in a fancy hotel in Chicago with my husband and without my children! In preparation I got to use a lot of the online travel planning tools and I thought I’d share what I learned. Expedia.com This site lets you do fairly … Continue reading
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