Courtney Engle

How to brainstorm with a mindmap

Courtney Engle — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Have you started a project and had so many ideas swimming around that it was hard to communicate it all to others? Have you forgotten parts of a project because it wasn’t written out or collected well? When reading books or any other time you take notes, have you wanted to connect your thoughts visually? [...]

How to Collaborate Online on a Project

Courtney Engle — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:41:27 +0000

Collaborating with the entire business team on a social media marketing plan is key. Doing so only through the phone and internet is possible but needs extra focus. While the project manager, graphic designers, web hosts, marketing department, public relations manager, and concept creators are located in one part of the country, the phone applications developer [...]

How to Streamline Online Activity

Courtney Engle — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:34:25 +0000

Are you getting overwhelmed in uploading photos and videos to multiple sites, keeping up with updating our status on several sites, keeping up with different instant messaging accounts, and announcing your latest blog post elsewhere? Keeping up with all this can require lots of attention – or using key services can be streamlined for easier [...]

What businesses help you keep yours operating?

Courtney Engle — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:26:37 +0000

To keep your business operating, what additional businesses do you need to connect with? printers web hosts graphic designers electric plumbing Businesses need each other to build their own business. Mutually beneficial relationships help both businesses expand their success. This is the basic premise behind attending Chamber of Commerce mixers, or other networking events. True networking online With sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and [...]

Twittiquette: Twitter ettiquette is your opinion and decision

Courtney Engle — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:22:12 +0000

Twitter is constantly changing, evolving, and growing based upon how the community uses it. There are plenty of opinions to be found on how it should be used as well. Auto-follow and Direct messaging Etiquette: Mari Smith shares why she chooses to auto-follow, but not to direct message. The initial hand picked group that you wish to [...]

Twitter is like Calvinball

Courtney Engle — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:48:58 +0000

Ever notice how many people offer up their rendition of rules for Twitter? Follow everyone back Only follow selectively Reply to everyone Don’t self-promote Tell us when you make a new blog post Send a welcome messasge Don’t send an automatic welcome message Personally connect to each follower Follow as many people as you can The list can go on an on. It reminds me [...]

The Creator’s Basic Food Groups – Part 3

Courtney Engle — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:02:03 +0000

In “The Great Physician’s Rx for Health and Wellness”, Jordan Rubin breaks down the food groups into what we need to know most, and what we’ve missed the mark on with fad diets. Fiber: indigestible remnants of plant cells from fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, & beans Promotes colon health if found in low-carbohydrate, high-fiber [...]

Blogging with purpose

Courtney Engle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:53:57 +0000

I’ve been blogging since 2002, but have been rather inattentive to my blogs. I even laid out the best plans for several sites. I run a few blogs, with the intent to keep the focus of each rather clear: Beginning Momentum - focusing on network marketing & home based business Completely Alive – focusing on wellness education [...]

Connecting with LinkedIn

Courtney Engle — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:44:16 +0000

Nearly a year and a half ago I was invited by Dave Saunders to sign up for LinkedIn. As any compulsive social media joiner, I created my account, and then abandoned it. I hardly paid notice of it, until just the past few months that is. What led to the switch? Well, the obvious part about [...]

How to further face to face networking online

Courtney Engle — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:04:04 +0000

While at Starbucks on Sunday, I was making use of their free wifi as I slowly sipped on my Venti Sumatra black coffee. I’ve been overhauling http://jjrailsales.com, moving them from a Frontpage based site to a Joomla based site. Translation: using a content management system that is built to support the back-office website needs for [...]