Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts to Save You Time on Projects
Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts
By Nick Pegley
If you’re looking for an easier way to work with your keyboard, the following shortcuts can really help you save time, and make your work easier. Below you will find some handy shortcuts for working with your computer applications, listed first with Windows, followed by Mac. There are four sections, including basic keyboard commands, Internet browsing, function keys, and Windows keys.
BASIC KEYBOARD COMMANDS:
Copy: Control-C / Command-C
Cut: Control-X / Command-X
Find/Search: Control-F / Command-F
New Folder/Document: Control-N / Command-N
Force Quit: Control-F / Command-F
Open: Control-O / Command-O
Paste: Control-V / Command-V
Quit Program: Alt-F4 / Command-Q
Print: Control-P / Command-P
Save: Control-S / Command-S
Redo: Control-Y / Command-Shift-Z
Screen Capture: Print Screen / Command-Control-Shift-3
Select All: Control-A / Command-A
Toggle: Alt-Tab / Command-Tab
Undo: Control-Z / Command-Z
INTERNET BROWSING (Internet Explorer / Safari):
Add Bookmark: Control-D / Command-D
Full-screen Mode: F11 / N/A
Bookmarks: Alt-B / Command-Option-B
Open New Window: Control-N / Command-N
Refresh: F5 / Command-R
FUNCTION KEYS (Windows Only):
F1: Opens help screen
F2: Renames highlighted file
F3: Open search
F4: Open find
Alt-F4: Closes active program
Ctrl-F4: Closes open window in active program
F5: Refreshed; starts slideshow in PowerPoint
F6: Moves cursor to address bar in Internet Explorer
F7: Spellcheck
Shift-F7: Thesaurus
Shift-F10: Same as a right-click
F11: Displays in Full Mode in Internet Explorer
WINDOWS KEYS:
By itself: Opens Start Menu
+ D: Shortcut to desktop
+ E: Opens Explorer window
+ F: Launches Windows Explorer
+ F1: Opens help
+ L: Locks computer
+ M: Minimize all windows
+ Shift + M: Undo minimize
+ R: Launch Run dialog
+ U: Opens utility manager
+ Tab: Tabs through taskbar
+ Pause/Break key: Opens system properties
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Social Media Buzz and 20 Free E-books on the Topic
Social Media Marketing is buzzing all over the place. What is Social Media Marketing? Basically it is when you create and distribute content and other messages through Digg, Myspace, and other outlets in the social media web. Here are 20 free e-books that get into a lot more detail. 20 Free E-books
Free Online Marketing for Your Product or Business
Ways to Market Your Product Or Business on the Internet For Free
By Teresa Hudson
In today’s world, the internet is a powerful tool for marketing for free, but there are so many different choices. How should someone know which one is the most effective? In truth, all methods of internet marketing can be effective, but it takes different amounts of time and commitment to be successful. Here is a general overview:
1.Traffic Exchanges: On these sites you “surf” through many different advertisements. In exchange for each site you load up, you get a certain amount of credits. With these credits you can buy your own advertising. Different sites have slightly different programs, but usually you can spend your credits on banner advertising, text links, or putting your site into the pile of sites to be surfed.
However, all of your advertising stays on the website you are surfing from, it does not broadcast all over the internet. Also, much of the “traffic” you get are just people who are quickly surfing through a site to get credits and not reading anything, so it’s hard to get quality leads.
2.Safelists and Classifieds: These are free and easy. However, thousands and thousands of people post to free classifieds and safelists, which makes it hard for your ad to stand out in the crowd. You have to flood the classifieds and safelists with your ad in order for it to be seen. This takes a lot of time and needs to be done every single day.
3.Social Networks: Social Networking can be time consuming, but it’s also more dynamic, fun, and a source of good leads. Social Networks, if done properly, fit into attraction marketing where people come to YOU instead of you trying to find them. Some popular examples of social networks are myspace.com, facebook.com, and zenzuu.com. The idea is to make a profile that tells people about you and is sprinkled with your business links and information. Join groups and discussion forums relating to your business and get talking to people! To get leads, make sure you are helping people and letting them get to know you, not blatantly advertising to them.
4.Article Marketing: Article marketing is great for people who enjoy writing, and it goes well with social networking too. In this category, you write blogs and articles and submit them wherever you can. Websites like Ezinearticles.com will let you submit articles. Once they are approved you can submit the actual article to search engines to help them get searched out. Article marketing is great, because once you write them, they are on the internet forever.
5.Web SEO: This is the art of writing web pages that are search engine friendly. The idea is to write a page about your product or service and get it into the top ranks of different search engine. This will get you a lot of clicks and hopefully a lot of sales. This is another time consuming way to market, but like article marketing, once the page is out there, it will be available and attracting people to you forever.
These are some of the main methods of free internet marketing. The best way to be successful is to pick one or two, preferably two that work together, and stick to it. If you try to do all five, it will be much harder to be successful in any of them, since they all require a lot of time and dedication to work properly.
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Develop A Great Tag Line
The 5 Qualities of a Great Tag Line
By Casey Truffo
A catchy tag-line can be a great answer to the question: “So, what do you do for a living?” I call this your “short answer” or your tag line. It is basically two sentences.
“I am a special kind of counselor.”
“I teach/help/work with (your target market and the problem that they see themselves as having)”
Below are some proven examples:
“I teach couples how to get along better.”
“I work with women who are tired of trying to be perfect.”
“I help people who are afraid of going to the dentist.”
“I teach singles how to find and keep a great partner.”
“I help frustrated parents and teens.”
Here are some best strategies that can help you create a great tag-line, but the first thing I want to suggest is that you get together with people who understand what you do, who will brainstorm together with you and who will give you honest, real-time feedback.
It starts a conversation.
The key to successfully marketing your practice is having a lot of people know what you do – and remember it when it comes time for a referral. So, when people ask you what you do for a living, it is a marketing opportunity. By sharing a quick few words that invites the other person to ask questions, you are on your way to building a new referral relationship!
It is simple to say.
Some tag lines look great on paper but don’t roll off the tongue easily. For example. “I teach women how to be heard by their mates” can sound like “I help women to be hurt by their mates.” Now, that can get you some really strange looks!
It uses simple language.
Are you still using “jargony” terms when you describe what you do?
I really notice this when I coach financial planners. When they use technical financial terms, I (as the listener) feel uncomfortable. Instead of increasing my faith in them (“Boy, she knows her stuff”), I feel stupid. This is not how you want someone who could be a referral source to feel.
You need to know what words to use and what words you should absolutely avoid unless you want to drive potential clients away.
It is interesting.
This is tricky. You want to encourage the person to ask you questions and maybe to tell you about their own struggle, but you don’t want to be doing therapy on the spot. One therapist who said “I work with women with body image issues,” found that people would act uncomfortable when she said that. She changed it to “I teach women how to feel better about their bodies” and started attracting crowds and lots of conversation!
You love to say it.
Far more important than the words themselves, I want you to love talking about what you do. I want you to light up when people ask you what you do. Have fun with it! Let your passion out!
People don’t care what you do until they know what you care. So, let them see that you love what you do and they’ll be more likely to ask you more about it. Far better to get connected with them than simply having a catchy phrase.
So, pick a tag line. Go test it – but test it with therapists and non-therapists and particularly people who don’t know you.
Casey Truffo, MFT is an award-winning speaker and coach to therapists on five continents. She is the author of Be A Wealthy Therapist: Finally, You Can Make a Living While Making a Difference. Founder of BeAWealthyTherapist.com, her vision is to teach therapists how to ethically and honestly earn a good living.
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Budget Strategically
Budgeting is not something we usually love to do. Check out this article over at Entrepreneur magazine. Tim Berry gives 9 tips to stay on course in your budget in “Budget Strategically to Stay on Course”…more
