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Name:	ChrisLyons
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The top 25 most dangerous programming errors

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The top 25 most dangerous programming errors

Whether you're building a new website or want to better secure your existing one, here is a list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors, thanks to CWE. Even if you don't have a technical background, you'll be able to understand these errors enough to communicate them to your programmer. Programmers will appreciate the prevention and mitigation explanations plus the technical details, code examples, detection methods, and references that are included with each error. Here is the number one error f... (more)

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The biggest mistake in the decision-making process

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The biggest mistake in the decision-making process

At SmartPlanet.com, Michael Roberto, a professor of management at Bryant University, reveals the biggest mistake we make in the decision-making process: We don’t get enough divergent thinking in the decision-making process. There is a natural tendency for us to converge pretty quickly on either one option or a small set of fairly similar options. We don’t often canvas a wide range of alternatives or perspectives. Often it happens because we frame a problem in a certain way and once it’s framed that way we .... (more)

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Robert Rules of Order cheat sheet

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Attorney Jim Slaughter, a Certified Professional Parliamentarian and a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, provides a cheat sheet of the Robert's Rules of Order and of the Sturgis Parliamentary Procedures. Both are available in PDF format too. New and experienced board members may want to consider keeping a copy handy for their next board meeting. (more)

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Backup your online accounts for free by Jan 31

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Backup your online accounts for free by Jan 31

Backupify backs up your online accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Google Docs, Workpress, Flickr, Gmail, and more. You can get a free account if you register before January 31, 2010. (Thanks Nicole!) (more)

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5 ways to optimize your online videos for search engines

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Nate Elliott, a principal analyst at Forrester, shares 5 ways to optimize your online videos for search engines:Insert keywords into your video filenames.Host your videos on YouTube, and embed those YouTube videos into your own site. Google says its algorithms consider how many times a video is viewed, and any views embedded videos receive on your own site get added to the 'views' tally on YouTube.Optimize your YouTube videos by writing keywords into your videos' titles, descriptions, and tags.Embed videos ... (more)

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4 lessons for unleashing freedom to perform

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4 lessons for unleashing freedom to perform

"The great intellectual error of bureaucrats everywhere is to assume that because something is called a rule, it's preferable to a less formal arrangement. And yet most of those rules are not only great morale-sappers, they're preventing the vast majority of your employees from doing the right thing," according to authors Brian Carney and Isaac Getz in the PDF article Freedom, Inc. "The rules become so stifling that the only way for people to do a good job is to go around them--sometimes at great cost. At t... (more)

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A collaboration platform with social networking

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A collaboration platform with social networking

Socialtext'sFree 50 package is a "...free, private hosted account for 50 people in your company. You and your colleagues get social networking, microblogging, a wiki workspace with integrated blogs, and a personal home page for each user." (more)

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6 tips for search-engine friendly outbound links

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6 tips for search-engine friendly outbound links

One of the many strategies for making your website appealing to search engine crawlers is using outbound links effectively. Here are 6 tips from Jerri Ledford's book, Search Engine Optimization:Keep you links relevant--Make sure there is a logical reason for pointing visitors in a particular direction.Don't overuse links--Use no more than 2 or 3 links per article or post.Use keyword anchor text--Don't use "click here". Instead, use keywords that you're linking to (e.g., "free report templates").Be careful w... (more)

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Deliver more effective training with these 6 tips

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Deliver more effective training with these 6 tips

If you have to train coworkers or clients, then use these 6 tips from Dr. Richard Mayer to help ensure those you train become better learners. According to Dr. Mayer's research, people learn better... from words and pictures than from words alonewhen corresponding words and pictures are presented at the same time or next to each other on the screenfrom animation with spoken text than animation with printed textwhen the material is organized with clear outlines and headingsfrom conversational style than ...... (more)

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Office Hero Headquarters: Learn basics of media interviews with this short video

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Office Hero Headquarters: Learn basics of media interviews with this short video

According to the author, "Delivering a successful media interview is a combination of science and finesse. This video walks you through the basics of media interviews and how to employ tactics such as bridging, blocking and flagging." (more)

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These rules help ensure a productive meeting

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These rules help ensure a productive meeting

There's so much information on how to run effective meetings, but Kelley Eskridge's advice below may be all you need to know. Thanks to Bob Sutton for pointing this out for us: One tool that has always helped me facilitate meetings-- my own, and those fun times when I am the facilitator for the 35 300-pound-gorilla executives in the room--is Ground Rules. I pre-publish a prepared list of ground rules to attendees, and also bring it on a flip chart into the meeting and hang it on the wall. The rules typ...... (more)

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The ultimate collection of social media resources

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The Interactive Insights Group may very well have the ultimate collection of social media resources: How-To: Build & Manage Your Brand Identity with Social Media How-To: Search the Social Web - Ultimate Toolkit Social Media Metrics Superlist: Measurement, ROI, & Key Statistics Resources Ultimate How-To: Grow Your Social Media Network HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics & Luddites - Tips, Resources & Advice How To Boost Your Social Media Productivity - A Guide For Busy People ... (more)

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Social Media Metrics

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Activity MetricsPageviewsUnique visitorsMembersPosts (ideas/threads)Number of groups (networks/forums)Comments & TrackbacksTags/Ratings/RankingsTime spent on siteContributorsActive contributorsWord countReferralsCompleted profilesConnections (between members)Ratios: Member to contributor; Posts to comments; Completed profiles to postsPeriods: By day, week, month, yearFrequency: of visits, posts, comments Survey MetricsSatisfactionAffinityQuality and speed of issue resolutionReferral likelihoodRelevance ... (more)

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tags: metrics, social media

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How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development

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How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development

This is a guest post by Neil Patel, co-founder of KISSmetrics and blogger at QuickSprout.com. He also does consulting work for a number of major Internet properties, including TechCrunch. When you think about growing your blog, whether it is a personal, professional or company blog, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Chances are it is something related to traffic or subscribers. Getting more traffic or subscribers is never a bad thing, but if you really want more sustainable traffic you firs.... (more)

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25 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil | Online Marketing Blog

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25 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil | Online Marketing Blog

The benefit from a firm grasp of social media for companies is impossible to ignore. Whether you work in marketing, advertising, public relations or interactive, there are distinct competitive advantages for both individuals and businesses from a better understanding of the social web. This post provides specific advice from in-house social media marketers including: Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Intel, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil and a mix of SMM consultants/agencies.... (more)

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Office Hero Headquarters: 3 ways to prepare your brand for social networks

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In his post The Future of the Social Web: In Five Eras, Jeremiah Owyang shares some of the latest findings regarding the evolution of social networks: ...Consumers will rely on their peers as they make online decisions, whether or not brands choose to participate. Socially connected consumers will strengthen communities and shift power away from brands and CRM systems; eventually this will result in empowered communities defining the next generation of products.Here are 3 of the 5 ways brands should prepar.... (more)

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Office Hero Headquarters: How to manage all your social media sites from one application

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Office Hero Headquarters: How to manage all your social media sites from one application

Digsby lets you manage your social media sites, email, and instant messages all from one place. Here's what Digsby can handle: Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedInEmail Accounts: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and POPIM Accounts: AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, ICQ, and Jabber (more)

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Office Hero Headquarters: What customers want

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Office Hero Headquarters: What customers want

According to the article, Executives Have No Idea What Customers Want, "A satisfied customer isn't necessarily a loyal one. Even a satisfied customer who rates a company's service as exceptional will leave that company for one that provides better value...." So what's important to remember? Service is paramount: No fewer than 78% of consumers believe service trumps personalized features, and 86% of customers say service defines the brand. Customers rate brands based on their own experience with a compan...... (more)

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Office Hero Headquarters: The ultimate online press release template

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Office Hero Headquarters: The ultimate online press release template

PR executive Todd Defren realized that "...the banal, unhelpful, cookie-cutter press releases of yore have outlived their pre-Internet usefulness." Therefore, he created the Social Media Release Template. Here's a list of companies who also use social media press releases in a variety of formats. For example, compare NutriSystem's traditional press release... ...with their social media press release: (more)

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ChrisLyons

The top 25 most dangerous programming errors

The biggest mistake in the decision-making process

Robert Rules of Order cheat sheet

Backup your online accounts for free by Jan 31

5 ways to optimize your online videos for search engines

4 lessons for unleashing freedom to perform

A collaboration platform with social networking

6 tips for search-engine friendly outbound links

Deliver more effective training with these 6 tips

Office Hero Headquarters: Learn basics of media interviews with this short video

These rules help ensure a productive meeting

The ultimate collection of social media resources

Social Media Metrics

How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development

25 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil | Online Marketing Blog

Office Hero Headquarters: 3 ways to prepare your brand for social networks

Office Hero Headquarters: How to manage all your social media sites from one application

Office Hero Headquarters: What customers want

Office Hero Headquarters: The ultimate online press release template

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