joelorrcoaching.com http://joelorrcoaching.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:23:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Check out my sites! http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:46 +0000 joelorr http://joelorrcoaching.com/?p=12 This site has become my “hub” site. To learn about my products and services:

  • JoelTrainsAuthors.com for information and products about writing and publishing your book

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Questions? Write to me at joel@joelorrcoaching.com.

]]> http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates/feed 0 Google Buzz is here! http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:10:13 +0000 joelorr http://joelorrcoaching.com/?p=7 It’s being called a “Facebook killer,” among other things. It will be appearing for all Gmail users over the next few days. I’m not sure about the implications for coaches, but I am guessing they will be positive. Here’s a teaser and a link to the full story:

Introducing Google Buzz

2/09/2010 11:06:00 AM

We’ve blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we’ve taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, tell the world what you’re up to in real-time and stay more connected to more people. In today’s world of status messages, tweets and update streams, it’s increasingly tough to sort through it all, much less engage in meaningful conversations.

Our belief is that organizing the social information on the web — finding relevance in the noise — has become a large-scale challenge, one that Google’s experience in organizing information can help solve. We’ve recently launched innovations like real-time search and Social Search, and today we’re taking another big step with the introduction of a new product, Google Buzz. More

]]> http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates/feed 0 Writing a book: Think about images http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates http://joelorrcoaching.com/http:/joelorrcoaching.com/affiliates#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:56:36 +0000 joelorr http://joelorrcoaching.com/?p=5 I’ve written many white papers, and Michael Stelzner has long been a source of inspiration to me in that realm. I just found an entry on his blog by John White, and it resonated with me. Perhaps it will with you:

Images as Bricks, Text as Mortar – A New Model for White Papers?

By John White

White papers are meant to persuade and inform. What if you did all of your persuading with images and all of your informing with text? (Click on title for full article)

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