Blog's the word in big business

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“The Last Word” In Business Writing Is
Now A New Radio Show On The VoiceAmerica
Business Radio Network

“The Last Word” In Business Writing Is
Now A New Radio Show On The VoiceAmerica
Business Radio Network 12/22/2004 01:05 AM
New radio show dedicated to teaching business owners that how you write is as important as what you write debuts on VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network January 17, 2005 [PRWEB Dec 20, 2004]

Taking your bl0g's temperature

Taking your bl0g's temperature 07/22/2002 05:40 AM
"Lloyd Nebres had a great idea, to take your weblog's temperature by rating each day's posts by whether you were hot or not, and then displaying a calendar view with colored dots that show at a glance how you were, or at least how you blogged, over the course of a month.Phil Ulrich took the idea and ran with it, creating a PHP/Movable Type scheme for automatically generating average daily ratings that you display by the date header or in the calendar."Here's how Lloyd Nebres defined hotness: "...which of course begs the question: "significant" to whom, or about what? Well, significant to me. It's a way for me to take each weblog day's temperature, so to speak, and codify it in a very personal and subjective manner; there's nothing scientific and objective about it at all."Another idea would be to rate hotness depending on how many inbound links you had by day ("trackback hotness"?) and map this value to the calendar.

Your bl0g's Pagerank determines your
discount on software

Your bl0g's Pagerank determines your
discount on software 07/21/2004 06:19 PM
A software developer, Thinstall, has a pricing structure based on your blog's pagerank. The more popular you are on Google, the cheaper your price is. Link (Thanks, Mark!)

BlogBox project - editing objects for
your bl0g's gutter

BlogBox project - editing objects for
your bl0g's gutter 05/04/2004 10:57 AM

Over a year ago I started working with Laszlo Systems to make sure that they'd be successful.  We had spent years trying to develop a 'rich media platform' of our own, so I knew exactly what they needed to do and had a ton of ideas for them. 

You see (unless it's not evident already - dear readers.....) I'm an idea guy.  And since everything we were doing is predicating on having  a killer rich media platform to build on - well then - Laszlo was perfect!  I also really like David Temkin, Brett, Max, Adam, Sarah, Peter, Antony, Lyndon and all the other folks at Laszlo, so... it was aa no brainer.

One of the ideas I had for Laszlo was inspired by Jason DeFillippo's Blogrolling.com service.  I had tried to convince Jason to turn it into an en tire open distribution system platform, to no avail.  [BTW Now that Tucows has purchased Blogrolling.com...... hhhhmmmm.]

Well anyway - it's year later now and here are three blogroll objects for you to put into you blog's gutter.  The idea is that they're open and free, can be placed into one's blog gutter (or any other web page) and bring to you some of the benefits of rich media platforms.  I say some - 'cause we're not done yet!  All of this Laszlo source is available - so anyone can take it and run with it.  And as long as it's a non-commercial project, educational or non-profit - Laszlo is free. And for developers - Laszlo is free as well.

One could even extrapolate that general purpose 'micro-content' editing tools were coming - so one could create reviews, opinion pieces and surveys - that included images, music and wasn't limited by the obviously mutliemdia adverse world of HTML (sigh! grunt!  growl!)  But before I go off on micro-content publishing systems and open shared servers, let's look at what Laszlo's giving us all.

- LinkBox - this was the original BlogBox object and it turns your boring, staid blogroll into a fun, dynamic expand/collapse menu.  I don't see how anyone can live without one of these.  I'm never going back.  Sure sure sure - you can do it in D HTML like Joi has on his blog - but still, this is just so cool, I cry sometimes......

- SoundBlox - so you're sitting there, blogging away, reading other people's thoughts and expressions and you see the classic "I'm listening to this now". Well - I'd rather listen to it myself, not just hear about it!  So if you go to MY blog - you can hear two Reggae sets, two R&R classic sets and a bunch of whacko original music I did in the late 70's and early 80's.  We called it "electro strobing funk music".  SoundBlox is a fully functioning jukebox for your blog visitors (and yours) pleasure!

- PhotoBlox - completeing the triumverate is PhotoBlox a fully functioning sldie show, image management tool.  Beautiful cross-fades, moves and special effects can be put onto your everyday images.  PhotoBlox (like her two sisters) is based upon simple XML files that you create and put up anywhere.  You then point the Javascript (which you embed in your blog) at those XML files - and away you go!

All three of these BlobBox object are residing in my blog gutter and have been for a while. [Jonas has a saying about 'eating your own dog food' - yum yum.]  Look for features that enable end-users to upload images into your PhotoBlox to create your own shared gallery.  Also look for MP3 playlist sharing - like WebJay.

All in all I'm proud as hell to be associated with Laszlo. They're not only consumate professionals and have killer technology but they're on the bleeding edge, hanging ten, changing the world as we speak.

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
This document lists changes made to Word 2002 (XP) and Word 2003 that are of interest to the legal world. Changes listed include: document stability and recovery; security; document management; track changes and compare; formatting; and research.

Opening a Word Document Using the
Word.Application Object

Opening a Word Document Using the
Word.Application Object 07/29/2004 10:09 AM

Microsoft Word 5.1: The Apex of Word
Processing

Microsoft Word 5.1: The Apex of Word
Processing 06/18/2004 12:37 PM

Incentivized viral word of mouth
permission based email marketing and
branded hosted event websites with
social networking functionality as
promotion services for event planners,
venues, charitable organizations,
political campaigns, business seminars,
musicians, conferences, etc

Incentivized viral word of mouth
permission based email marketing and
branded hosted event websites with
social networking functionality as
promotion services for event planners,
venues, charitable organizations,
political campaigns, business seminars,
musicians, conferences, etc 09/15/2004 02:22 AM

Peter Caputa unveils one of his secret weapons.

How to make money from Events.

This is just the beginning of a new era - where smart entreprenuers like Peter show us how to make money from micro-content.

Congrats to Peter and the WhizSpark team!

No wonder he's been so busy. But NOT too busy to help start OpenEvents!

Here's Peter's post.....

Welcome to the Unveiling of WhizSpark's secret Sauce. Most of you have seen the social network - mailing list tools - event directory part of WhizSpark.

And then you thought... "Do they really think they will make any money from that site?". The answer is probably no. That won't pay the bills or bring us to our next liquidation event. Unless, of course, we follow the monetization path of Friendster and MySpace of littering your screen with ads.

So, what will?

(Take a deep breath b4 you read this next sentence)

We are providing incentivized viral word of mouth permission based email marketing and branded hosted event websites with social networking functionality as promotion services for event planners, venues, charitable organizations, political campaigns, business seminars, musicians, conferences, etc etc..

I was waiting until I could show it, to talk about it. Because it is obviously not that easy to explain.

We are pleased to announce our first 3 big events/sales:

Edd ie Kennison Foundation's Celebrity Fashion Show, Dinner, Silent & Live Auction, Comedy Show.

Wor mtownnightlife.com 2005 Madden VideoGame Tournament.

Red 1888's Model Search Competition by Spothound.com (R-rated)

So, if you know anyone that qualifies as a customer (see the aforementioned list above), please send me an email or them an email. We'd love some referrals.

And if you are interested in any of those events, let me know and I can hook you up.

[pc4media]

PDF2Office Personal - Microsoft Word
Plug-in to Directly Open and Convert PDF
Documents to Microsoft Word Format

PDF2Office Personal - Microsoft Word
Plug-in to Directly Open and Convert PDF
Documents to Microsoft Word Format 08/27/2004 04:07 PM
Recosoft's PDF2Office Personal, a PDF to Word converter, adds to a family of products addressing PDF document conversion. [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]

Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents

Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents 05/31/2004 01:52 PM
Businesses for sale in Northern and Southern California reached a record number 368 business & franchise sales this past week from business brokers, small business owners, & real estate agents for the week of May 17, 2004 thru May 23, 2004. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

Word Rage 2: New Word Order 2.1.1

Word Rage 2: New Word Order 2.1.1 06/01/2004 08:21 PM
A challenging, fast-paced game of word guessing.

Word 2003: XML Toolbox for Microsoft
Office Word 2003

Word 2003: XML Toolbox for Microsoft
Office Word 2003 12/03/2003 12:40 AM
This toolbox assists the XML content author and developer working with the new XML features of Word 2003. The Word XML Toolbox requires that .NET Programmability Support is enabled. For .NET Programmability Support to be installed during the Office 2003 setup, the PIAs require the .NET Framework 1.1 already be installed. It is recommended that you install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 before you install Microsoft Office 2003. With the .NET Framework 1.1 already installed, a complete installation of Office 2003 will install all of the PIAs.

Northern And Southern California
Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past
Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales.
These Small Businesses Were Sold By
Business Brokers, Small Business Owners,
& Real Estate Agents Throughout
California.

Northern And Southern California
Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past
Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales.
These Small Businesses Were Sold By
Business Brokers, Small Business Owners,
& Real Estate Agents Throughout
California. 06/23/2004 03:08 AM
Northern And Southern California Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales. These Small Businesses Were Sold By Business Brokers, Small Business Owners, & Real Estate Agents Throughout California. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Southern California Business Expert
Honored as one of "The World's Greatest
Business Mentors"

Southern California Business Expert
Honored as one of "The World's Greatest
Business Mentors" 08/09/2004 02:18 AM
Southern California Business Expert Honored as one of "The World's Greatest Business Mentors." Ron LaVine receives prestigious honor; To be featured in forthcoming mentoring book [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

Business 2.0 - Magazine Article -
Printable Version - The 101 Dumbest
Moments in Business

Business 2.0 - Magazine Article -
Printable Version - The 101 Dumbest
Moments in Business 03/20/2003 08:33 AM
The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business in 2002

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Online Business Networks - Building
Quality Business Relationships on the
Internet

Online Business Networks - Building
Quality Business Relationships on the
Internet 12/28/2004 06:58 AM

Online Business Networks

Online Business Networks - Building Quality Business Relationships on the Internet
http://www.onlinebusines snetworks.com/

Reach More of the Right People Faster with Less Effort. Business is under pressure now more than ever to do more with less — bigger, better, cheaper, faster. But at what cost? At the cost of human relationships? It doesn't have to be. The internet offers powerful tools to help you find the right people, connect with them, build trust and rapport, and collaborate with them quickly and cost-effectively. This is a good guide with some fine resources. This has been added to my white paper Online Social Networking.

Working with Business e-Government
project launches Starter Business
website

Working with Business e-Government
project launches Starter Business
website 06/23/2004 01:13 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jun 23 2004 5:46AM GMT

Today in Investor's Business Daily stock
analysis and business news

Today in Investor's Business Daily stock
analysis and business news 04/28/2004 10:22 AM
if some in the intelligence community have their way, your online scribblings may soon be regular reads for the FBI, CIA and various other spook groups .. Blog-Tracking May Gain Ground Among U.S. Intelligence Officials .. read full story>

investors.com/editorial/tech.asp?v=4/27
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Business News, India: Microsoft Xbox
emerging as a viable business

Business News, India: Microsoft Xbox
emerging as a viable business 02/01/2005 09:41 PM
Keralanext.com - Sat Jan 29, 09:57 am GMT

Park N Shop implements Microsoft
Business Solutions Great Plains to
manage retail business

Park N Shop implements Microsoft
Business Solutions Great Plains to
manage retail business 04/03/2005 05:45 AM
AME Info Apr 3 2005 8:22AM GMT

Microsoft Business Solutions aims to be
a $10bn business by 2011

Microsoft Business Solutions aims to be
a $10bn business by 2011 07/15/2004 07:00 AM
Computer Weekly Jul 15 2004 10:16AM GMT

Oracle retools E-Business Suite,
business intelligence offerings

Oracle retools E-Business Suite,
business intelligence offerings 07/19/2004 05:01 PM
Oracle Corp. hopes to broaden the appeal of its E-Business Suite to specific industries such as industrial manufacturing and health care with a retooled interface and more vertical applications.

India Business, Microsoft Xbox emerging
as a viable business

India Business, Microsoft Xbox emerging
as a viable business 02/01/2005 09:41 PM
Keralanext.com - Sat Jan 29, 01:54 pm GMT

Live coverage from Times Online business
reporters No 1 FOR BUSINESS

Live coverage from Times Online business
reporters No 1 FOR BUSINESS 07/12/2004 05:40 AM
Business.timesonline.co.uk - Mon Jul 12, 09:22 am GMT

Home and Business Communications is
Offering Packet8, a VOIP/Broadband
Telephone Service, for Residential and
Business Users

Home and Business Communications is
Offering Packet8, a VOIP/Broadband
Telephone Service, for Residential and
Business Users 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
Andrew Aldrich owner of Home and Business Communications "We are excited to be offering Packet8, VOIP / Broadband Telephone Service. VOIP / Broadband Telephone services can save the end user up to 90% on their telephone bill. The service will work where ever a broadband connection is available (worldwide). Read more about Packet8 at: www.GoWithPacket8.com [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Telephone Magic Brings Full-Featured
VoIP Business Phone System to Small
Business at Wholesale Prices

Telephone Magic Brings Full-Featured
VoIP Business Phone System to Small
Business at Wholesale Prices 06/17/2005 03:16 PM
The Revolutionary TalkSwitch 48-CVA provides customers with a converged PSTN and VoIP solution at an unprecedented price [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005]

Sony's entertainment business is killing
its electronics business

Sony's entertainment business is killing
its electronics business 05/11/2004 01:58 AM
Derek Slater takes Sony to task over its new music-download service and iPod-like player.

Sony's acquisition of a couple of minor entertainment companies has had untold consequences. It's a poison pill that is killing Sony, one piece at a time.

Back from 1976-1984, Sony was the company that spent hundreds of millions on the defense of its VCR, bringing it all the way to the Supreme Court, arguing that the entertainment industry didn't have any right to its business-model; that if new technology could make the old business irrelevant, that was tough shit, and the movie companies needed to stop pewling and get with the program (they did, and made lots of money, besides).

But ever since Sony "aquired" Columbia, it's been acting like its electronics business was a minor business unit that couldn't afford to disrupt its precious entertainment arm (despite the fact that the entertainment arm's contributions to Sony's bottom line are minimal when compared to the gadget biz). When the first MP3 players appeared in the market, from little companies like Creative Labs, Sony brought out proprietary devices that played stupid formats like RealAudio and OpenAG, which no one wanted to hear. On the other hand, these formats did come with use-restrictions that kept Sony's music execs from getting too anxious and sad.

The result was that Creative Labs, a little outfit in Singapore, ate Sony's lunch, followed by a bunch of late diners to the table, including a bunch of no-name Korean companies, and most recently, Apple. Sony, who invented the walkman and made billions off of it, has now become an irrelevant player in the personal stereo market, with a market share that's barely a blip on the chart.

And Sony -- a company legendary for tis ability to refine its designs to capitalize on lessons learned in the market -- keeps on repeating the same mistakes, as Derek points out:

Apparently, Sony's hard drive player cannot play MP3s, WMA and (of course) Apple FairPlay-locked AAC. It only plays the Sony's proprietary ATRAC3 format; if it's like Sony's MiniDisc players, forcing consumers to convert to ATRAC3 also forces them to accept certain DRM restrictions. In related news, the Washington Post and New York Times both deemed Connect embarassing, noting its poor interface, proprietary DRM format and codec, copying restrictions ... too many to count.

Link

Harvard Business School Business
Research Guides

Harvard Business School Business
Research Guides 12/19/2004 03:25 PM
Harvard Business School Baker Library Business Research Guides
http://www.library.hbs.edu/g uides/

Baker Library produces guides to help in the use of resources at Baker and beyond for business and career research. The list below includes guides to general business topics, information on specific industries and specific course support projects that may be helpful in other contexts. This has been added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog and Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Business Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.

Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard®

Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard® 04/06/2005 02:38 AM
Spider Strategies®, Inc., announced today it is providing participating universities and business schools a free copy of its Balanced Scorecard software - Scoreboard® - for use in both classrooms and external learning environments. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

CompAmerica Announces 20% off all PCs,
Laptops, Servers, Software and Services
at its new PC-Giants.com
Business-to-Business Computer Shopping
Portal for the Summer of 2005

CompAmerica Announces 20% off all PCs,
Laptops, Servers, Software and Services
at its new PC-Giants.com
Business-to-Business Computer Shopping
Portal for the Summer of 2005 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
CompAmerica indicated that its ultra-sophisticated new electronic computer products and parts-buying store/portal, could save anyone as much as 37% off the usual store pricing on products from 500 brand names, many of which aren’t available at stores like CompUSA, PC Warehouse, other online stores, or Radio Shack. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2005]

Business-to-business online ad network
launches

Business-to-business online ad network
launches 09/13/2004 07:15 AM
ThomasB2B.com LLC will officially launch on Monday a new online advertising network which is modeled after general-purpose ones from the likes of Yahoo Inc.'s Overture and Google Inc. but which differs in two key aspects: first, it is focused exclusively on the business-to-business market; and second, it matches ads with search queries and content through predefined categories, not keywords.

Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators

Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators 06/02/2004 12:06 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of two new Office 2003 Business Intelligence (BI) Accelerators, the Microsoft® Office Business Scorecards Accelerator and the Microsoft Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server (TM) Analysis Services. Designed for and built on the Microsoft Office System and Windows Server System (TM) , the Office BI Accelerators provide customers and partners with increased access to data that is critical to maximizing business performance. Information workers and industry partners can also use the accelerators to assess performance in real time and reshape strategy and redeploy resources as market conditions change, staying one step ahead of their competition. By taking advantage of existing Microsoft technology investments, the accelerators are a cost-effective way for end users and partners to increase their business insight and automate formerly manual business processes, providing greater efficiency, productivity and enhanced decision-making.

TRANSCENDING THE TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS
TO RAPID BUSINESS GROWTH: How Emerging
and Midsize Companies Use Integrated
Internet Business Systems to Improve
Profits and Manage Change While Reducing
the Costs and Risks of Expansion

TRANSCENDING THE TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS
TO RAPID BUSINESS GROWTH: How Emerging
and Midsize Companies Use Integrated
Internet Business Systems to Improve
Profits and Manage Change While Reducing
the Costs and Risks of Expansion 06/23/2004 03:08 AM
It’s a myth that the information technology (IT) requirements of emerging and midsize businesses are simpler than those of large enterprises. Virtually every day, we interact with the technology and business leaders of midsize companies whose IT demands not only rival the requirements of much larger companies, but in many cases exceed them.Fortunately, emerging and midsize businesses can resolve the dilemma of updating their outmoded IT infrastructure without massive one-time investments in technology. New technologies, such as Microsoft® .NET, enable companies to leverage previous investments in technology while step-by-step integrating their business systems to enable an efficient, cost-effective, and flexible solution to driving and managing growth. Learn Morehttp://www.verndale.com/News/WhitePapers.asp-or-Request the Following White Paper:http://www.verndale.com/News/WhitePapers.asp?functype=whitepaper form&WhitePaperID=1 [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Business Contact Manager for Outlook
2003 Update: Windows Small Business
Server 2003

Business Contact Manager for Outlook
2003 Update: Windows Small Business
Server 2003 12/03/2003 12:40 AM
With this update you can use Windows Small Business Server 2003 to run Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003.

What small business can teach big
business

What small business can teach big
business 03/31/2005 09:04 AM
ZDNet UK Mar 31 2005 1:02PM GMT

Business Objects Boosting Business IQ

Business Objects Boosting Business IQ 07/30/2004 12:20 PM
Companies often rely on "gut feeling," not numbers, to make decisions. Business Objects is trying to change that.

Local Sioux Falls, SD Home Mortgage
Business Increases Leads and Revenue by
100% - Cody Belitz of MorNorth Mortgage
Shares his Business Boosting Strategy

Local Sioux Falls, SD Home Mortgage
Business Increases Leads and Revenue by
100% - Cody Belitz of MorNorth Mortgage
Shares his Business Boosting Strategy 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
The MorNorth Mortgage office of Sioux Falls, SD processes at least one loan application per day, and approximately thirty applications per month. This is a 100% increase in applications since they began using a vanity 800 phone number in their advertising efforts, starting in September 2004. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business.

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business. 09/19/2004 02:24 AM
The RMS web application software allows complete automation of account creation, inventory management, tracking of rentals, customer management, rewards programs and more for the online video rental business. The online video rental store will have the capability to process payments using all major credit card processing vendors such as Card Services International, WorldPay, Authorize.net, Verisign, 2Checkout.com, Paypal, etc. [PRWEB Sep 19, 2004]

Web Hosting Resource Kit Now Available
With Large Inventory of Web Hosting
Business and Small Business Management
Information

Web Hosting Resource Kit Now Available
With Large Inventory of Web Hosting
Business and Small Business Management
Information 12/19/2004 03:29 PM
Net Services USA LLC (netservicesusa.com), a Highlands Ranch, Colorado based Internet Service and Marketing provider announces the release of the "Web Hosting Resource Kit" (webhostingresourcekit.com) - a new information resource (business, technical, management, and marketing) for web hosting businesses and Internet-related small businesses. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]
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