The tools of the freelance trade
Freelancers can be overwhelmed by all the different tools they can use. Here’s some information to help find a path through the confusion. Here’s a presentation I recently gave on some of my favourite tools.
The 7-step guide to using social media for small business owners
Social media can be an immensely useful tool for small businesses. Here’s our 7-step guide to getting the most from social media for your business.
Flipboard – best social media and RSS reader
Yesterday, I posted a summary of the ins and outs of RSS and why journalists need to be across this important, time saving technology. I mentioned in that post that one way to access your RSS feeds was to use a special piece of software called an RSS reader or aggregator. If you’re an iPad
Evernote – a must for mobile journalists
Evernote is one of the most used apps on my iPad and Macs. Used on any one device it’s a great piece of software but its cloud backend, allowing notes to be synced between devices with no effort, makes it a great way to work in both the office and when on the road. Here
A journalist’s toolkit
One topic of conversation that keeps coming up, over and over, between journalists is “what equipment do you use?”. Now remember, I mainly work as a technology writer so my kit is heavily titled in that direction.
Here’s my list.
A small business owner’s guide to using social media – Part 2
This post is continued from Part One of A small business owner’s guide to using social media by Phoebe Netto of Good Business Consulting Just like society has golden rules and universal principles on how to interact with others, social media also has similar rules to operate by. Social media is one of the greatest
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