Category Archives: Tools & Resources

Aviary launches online music creator

rocsplashtool

Known for it's amazing online graphics tools like Phoenix and Raven (yes, they're all named after birds), Aviary announced the launch of a new tool - Roc, the online music creator, which will allow users to use their audio editor, Myna, to create ringtones and ...

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The Power of Plugins

Andy Beal recently posted his own list of 21 of the Best WordPress Plugins which includes some of my own personal favorites and some that I'm definitely going to try out. Whatever your blog may need, whether its SEO, advertising, or some technical tweaks, there's probably a WP plugin out there somewhere that can ...

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Making feeds more fun

Here's a quick little video demo of using Feedly as your RSS feed reader instead of Google Reader. Enjoy! Feedly vs. Google Reader from April Jones on Vimeo.

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Free coaching session from a Natural Mom

My friend (and occasional client;)) Carrie Lauth of Natural Moms Talk Radio just told me about a special offer she's got going on for the next TWO days. She's offering a free 20-minute coaching session to anyone who purchases her Natural Mom Business Guide. But, like I said, its only for TWO ...

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Truth and lies about SEO

It sounds complicated, doesn't it? There is a ton of information out there about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and, as with a lot of Internet business topics, you'll end up feeling overwhelmed and suffering from information overload. Now there are a lot of SEO experts out there that will gladly help you if you're willing ...

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Planning Ahead…WAY Ahead

Over the years, I've held various professional positions that involved implementing or managing some sort of planning system. I've had to design an entire organization system for a scatterbrained owner of a marketing firm. (No, I'm not insulting him. He proudly refers to himself as a scatterbrain and considers it a side effect of being ...

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Tips and Hints: Hosting for Home Office Warrior

This week I have the pleasure of hosting a regular feature of Home Office Warrior, "Tips and Hints" which runs every Friday and provides links to resources, articles and blog posts relating to working from home. Links for this week: DoWAHDiddy posted an ...

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Think outside the blog

In previous posts, I've mentioned marketing your blog as well as the statistics on how attorneys are using "Web 2.0". But there are other ways, other than blogging, to market your practice or your firm online. As an attorney, you have at least one area of law that you specialize in and ...

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Attorneys & Web 2.0

An article in the September 2008 issue of the ABA Journal reveals that only 8% of law firms and 2% of attorneys maintain a law blog. Wow. That's a lot lower than I would have expected, especially since this same survey shows that 96% of attorneys are doing their legal research online and over ...

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