Shortcut Screencast Contest: Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel – Lifehacker

Shortcut Screencast Contest: Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel – Lifehacker This is brilliant. I love little hacks like this… if you want to compare some numbers via excel, this is the way to go. About Dave MeyerDave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – News and Analysis by PC Magazine Our list of the new and/or undiscovered Web sites that have grabbed our attention this year. Youll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

Networking tips

Alphabet Bash, Networking Event for Minnesota Marketing Communication Professionals I just attended a great networking event in the Twin Cities last night. The event, in its second year, brought together a number of communication groups (IABC, AMA, AdFed, PRSA — hence “alphabet bash”) for the express reason to network contacts and generate leads, ideas and [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

E-mail Etiquette 101

From Where I Sit: E-mail Etiquette 101 18 suggestions on email etiquette. My favorites (abridged, with my comments below): Keep messages brief and to the point. Make your most important point first, then provide detail if necessary. Make it clear at the beginning of the message why you are writing… if you send long messages, [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

5 Hacks to Improve Your Presentations

5 Powerful Hacks to Immediately Improve Your Presentations at Ririan Project I don’t give presentations a lot, but these handy tips, via LifeHacker, were extremely useful. Things like remembering to pause, slowing down and taking a breath if you get tripped up, and rephrasing questions to buy yourself some time are all handy gems, but [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

5 Common Headline Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

Five Common Headline Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Copyblogger five common mistakes that people make when writing headlines, which also serve as checklist items for you to take into account when crafting your own. Good stuff to think about when writing headlines, and a few I’d not thought about. Listing is a great [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

Internet marketing videos from Tubetorial

Internet marketing videos from Tubetorial Looks like this will be a great resource on learning some of the finer bits of Web design and other tips/tricks — video is probably one of the fastest ways I’ve found to learn online. About Dave MeyerDave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

Nagless Reminders

Nagless Reminders — Get the Recipient to Respond On Time and Cut Through their Email Overload « Email Overloaded Nice quick trick to keep on top of things. Just need to find a way to set a reminder automatically — wonder if Entourage can do this? About Dave MeyerDave Meyer is the President and Owner [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

Buffet on Habit

From a video posted to PersonalMBA.com – “The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken.” About Dave MeyerDave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.

IABC Leadership Conference: San Diego

Much learned, mostly about how to engage and manage volunteers. Things to look into: Wiki technology, or perhaps something simpler like Yahoo Groups or Google Groups, to manage documents, handle discussions and track progress of group activities/projects. More after I get a chance to pore over my notes. About Dave MeyerDave Meyer is the President [...]

About Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer is the President and Owner of BizzyWeb, a fast-growing company that creates and hosts web sites and social media for businesses and helps them market themselves more effectively online. His "social media for the real world" talks have taught thousands of people around the country how to "generate buzz without getting stung." Dave is the chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Program for 2012. Locally, he is also a past-president of IABC Minnesota, an organization of 400 talented communicators. The year Dave was president, IABC Minnesota won the organization's highest award as the 2011 International Chapter of the Year.