Wednesday Call Solutions is a webinar group, run by Pamela Bir and I, for business owners and professionals that are looking to learn more about social media, blogging, productivity, Microsoft Office, and more. The group holds two webinars per month on different topics that are relevant in today’s business world.
The second Wednesday of the month covers a social media related topic and the fourth Wednesday of the month covers a more general business topic, including things like Microsoft Office training, photo editing skills, and productivity techniques.
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Promoting your own company online is a great way to expand your audience, but you can only do so much on your own. Allowing and encouraging others to help you promote the company is a powerful way to expand your audience to include more people, reaching more potential customers. Setting yourself up for promotion is the key to making this happen. So the question is, how do you become more promotable, and encourage others to help you in this process? Today we’ll talk about several ideas to help you become more promotable which will hopefully increase your online audience and expand your business.
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As we mentioned a few posts ago, font options used to be quite limited. The default way to render fonts online is to use the font library of the computer you’re browsing with. This is actually still true today (although this post will introduce other methods). Since Apple and PC computers come with different font options installed, you had to stick with a list of about 10 or so fonts that were considered web-safe fonts. These fonts were on every machine so it was safe to use them because you knew they would appear correctly on your site. Today, we have more options for fonts on your site so keep reading to find out more.
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It’s common knowledge that a logo is a necessity for any business today. But many small business owners don’t know the process, time, and thought that goes into the creation of that powerful tool, and the impact it can have for your company. Someone once equated displaying a poorly designed site for your company the same as wearing pajamas to an interview for a new job. You wouldn’t want to appear unprofessional and nonchalant about what they think of you, and your company shouldn’t either. The same thought can be applied to your logo, it represents you in everything that you do, so you must put your best foot forward with it.
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The newest social sharing idea has come from Google, the +1 button. It’s a new way of showing your appreciation of a webpage, and sharing it with your friends. Google has also implemented the +1′s into their page rank algorithm, further changing the SEO game, and adding an additional thing to consider in your online marketing efforts.
This is a great new tool for businesses to integrate into their websites and blog posts. Read on to discover what exactly the button does and how to utilize it for your business today.
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Typography options used to be very limited online, and there are still not as many options as we would all like, but it’s certainly come along way! There are some great options for creating a great typographic feel on your site, something that really fits in with your style, and it truly helps to improve the look of your site. Today, we wanted to showcase some sites that have made some great typographic choices.
Check out these great sites that showcase great typography and have a great look.
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