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Colleen Dick - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Colleen Dick is an ecommerce veteran and former security analyst who has been doing social networking since before it was ever called by that name. When not on the 'net she is a food activist, runner, yogi and musician.
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- Your Treatment Options For Colon Issues
[Cancer:Colon-Rectal-Cancer] I never set out to be as knowledgeable as I have recently become about colon surgery. But if you want to know the real lowdown on a procedure, ask someone who has gone through it.
- Four Errors to Avoid When Ticketing Events
[Business:Fundraising] Many times when an organization is throwing a fundraiser or even a for profit event, optimizing the logistics of their ticket sales is not high on their priority list. It is quite natural to prefer to focus on more interesting parts such as the program, the decorations, the food etc. The sad thing is, if you do not make ticket sales a priority, you can have the most beautiful awesome program with amazing refreshments, prizes, all singing dancing and bells and whistles; and you will be disappointed by the number of people who show up, or you will have logistics problems. Here are some mistakes I have seen organizations make. You might think some are obvious.
- Your Fundraiser Tickets - Bigger Than You Thought
[Business:Fundraising] If your nonprofit is like most, you host a fund raiser once or twice a year and you need to publicize and sell tickets to it. This article discusses some of the hurdles and gotchas you might not have thought of, and offers some suggestions to make it easier for everybody.
- Why I Didn't Follow You Back on Twitter
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Hello Tweeter. I appreciate you taking the time to follow me. I like to return the favor but I don't just automatically follow everyone back. In your case I didn't.
- Think Your WiFi is Safe? - Think Again
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] A few years ago, "borrowing" bandwidth from unprotected WiFi networks was trivial. You just cruised densely populated areas with your laptop until you came within range of an unprotected WAP (wireless access point), you connected to it, and voila! Internet.
- Twitter - Do's and Don'ts of Twitter Etiquette
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] New to Twitter? Not sure how to build a following? Not sure what is OK to tweet about and what isn't? Don't know what a DM is or why you might want one? Should you thank or not? Here are some tips from a veteran twit.
- How to Embed Audio in Your Blog Or Website
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Podcasting] Ever wondered how those little audio players get in web pages or blogs? Read this article and then you'll know.
- Sleazy Ads - How to Spot Them and Avoid Getting Ripped Off Online
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] We've all seen these ads. They claim to solve a critical problem, including: web marketing relationships back pain colon cleansing weight loss workouts revitalizing your sex drive The typical ad is one huge web page, possibly with embedded audios or videos, and for some inexplicable reason, usually done up in primary colors. The ad claims to offer a drastically price reduction -- slashed from $399 just for you only $39.
- Anatomy of a Failed Hack
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] A minor slipup by a coder allowed a number of bogus hits to a web application to form invalid database queries. Such errors could potentially cause a major database or server breach. In our case our other security measures caught it and did damage control. The article is a blow-by-blow of how it happened, and explains why it pays to have multiple security measures in place.
- What is the Right Time For a Youngster to Study Voice?
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] You hear about babies barely out of diapers playing the Bach double violin concerto with the Suzuki method and you see videos of little tiny kids in diapers doing karaoke. Maybe your child wishes he/she could do that, and so you consider voice lessons. After all, a lot of little kids take ballet, piano, violin, or gymnastics.
- The Care and Feeding of Your Voice
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] In many occupations including professional singer, a clear and healthy voice is a necessary tool to do one's job. When the voice is not in the best of health, others can tell, and it may negatively affect your performance. If you understand how your voice works, what can go wrong with it, and how to care for it, it can potentially save your career.
- Get Paid to Read Blogs With Youdata
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Youdata is a new twist in online advertising, that rewards the viewer for viewing the ad. Here is how it works and some potential problems with it.
- How to Throw a Really Good "BAD MOVIE" Party
[Home-and-Family:Parties] Take a tip from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the Rocky Horror cult. Video your screening of a bad movie and have a ball!
- Create a Yahoo Pipes "Mega-Me" Pipe to Land a Job
[Business:Careers-Employment] Have you a number of online profiles that demonstrate what an interesting, capable, sterling, hardworking, ethical person you are, not to mention your stellar writing skills? Do you think that a prospective employer would perhaps like you better if he or she could easily see a sample of who you really are "in the wild?"
- Is Your Database Schema Limiting Your Productivity?
[Business:Productivity] The term database is frightening to many people because it seems all geeky and technical. If you have any organized information pertaining to your business, (even something simple like a leads rolodex,) then you have a database. You could continue to use your physical rolodex; you could put all your data into a spreadsheet; or you could buy or create a solution that is backed up by a modern relational database management system (RDBMS).
- Seven Tips to Accelerate Learning a Foreign Language
[Reference-and-Education:Languages] If you are serious about learning a language you have probably already purchased materials or taken a class. Here are some easy mind games to remove mental obstacles, get the right framework, and reprogram your monolingual brain.
- PCI Compliance Simplified
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] If your internet business accepts credit cards directly through your website, you will find yourself facing Payment Card Industry (PCI) coompliance issues. The reason for this is to cut down on internet fraud. Many many articles, webinars, and materials have been published on PCI compliance, and most business owners find the subject dense, painful, technical and complex.
- How to Advertise Your Online Presence Locally FREE!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] Here is an easy way to both find your geographical neighbors' websites and let them know your website exists. But it only works on websites that have employed the method, so please help spread the word!
- Lolcatese - Learn it Or Eat My Dust
[Reference-and-Education:Languages] Lolcatese is a widely used written pidgin dialect of English seen primarily on the internet. During its short existence it has started to evolve a unique grammar. Pidgins become creoles when they acquire native speakers (or in this case writers.) Will Lolcatese ever be accepted as a real language? If history is any indicator, it just might.
- Ten Signs That Your Blog Sucks
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] Why do we tolerate sucky blogs? Maybe we've just come to accept suckage as the way things are. Blogs don't have to suck.
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