Archive | February, 2009

Did You Know Firefox Had a Mac Compatible Browser?

By on February 19, 2009 in Apple, iMac, Toastmasters International

I just found out today myself. Didn’t know it was an option. Necessity is what drove me to do some homework on it. I’ve been working on my Toastmaster’s Club website updating the current information using the default Apple Safari browser as I always do on my iMac desktop. For some reason I wasn’t able to to do any editing. The editing pallet had no text, just a blank slate.

Fortunately the tech support guys at FreeToastHost.org who provide free web sites and site management tools to Toastmasters International clubs around the world had an answer. This change must have been very recent because the first question in the forum today was from a guy who suddenly couldn’t edit content on the iMac Safari browser. Some days the Good Lord just drops one in my lap like that.

Here’s how you do the install. I Googled “firefox for Mac” and got this site from Mozilla with a Mac download button. This is the download instructional graphic showing the entire process. It was quick and easy. Didn’t take more than five minutes on my cable internet line.

I imported all my links over from Safari and was back in business in no time able to edit the Talk of the Town Club’s site. Go ahead and make it a project today to add Firefox to your Mac before you need it.

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LinkedIn Groups Tips

By on February 11, 2009 in Blogging, Business, General Interest, LinkedIn

I’ve been building up my LinkedIn profile by working on adding lots of groups. It’s a great way to expand your networking reach. Jorge Olson writes about the more effective ways of leveraging LinkedIn in his blog Use LinkedIn for Marketing which covers a wide variety of ways to expand your pool of connections.

I’ve really been using Jorge’s post on How to Close $100,000 In Business With LinkedIn Using 4 Quick Steps. What’s interesting about it is that it has nothing to do with closing a business deal if that’s not your point. What is important is how the four points impact your contact spread.

The keys are to (1) Be An Open Networker (2) Join the Open Network Group on LinkedIn (3) Join 50 Groups (4) Ask Questions. Read Jorge’s post for greater detail on the value of each of key but basically you’re executing everything it takes to be an effective blogger anyway and adding the benefit of volume connections because of the number of groups.

I’m a little more than half way there with my fifty groups. LinkedIn puts a limit on the number of pending groups you can have in the queue so I have to wait for a few more to be accepted and over the next couple of days I ought to have a complete list.

Click on my LinkeIn widget to the left and check out the variety of groups I’ve joined. Once I add the rest I’ll start interacting with the posters and commenters then I’ll really be able to tell you just how effective this strategy is from my own experience. Don’t wait for me to write it about it though. Go ahead and put Jorge’s tips into action today.

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Register For Blogging While Brown 2009

By on February 2, 2009 in Blogging

Did you make it to Blogging While Brown last year? The second annual Blogging While Brown conference for bloggers of color graces the Windy City this year. Click the logo and reserve your spot for the weekend of June 19-20.

Last year’s innaugural event in Atlanta was a hit from all indications of my fellow Afrospear bloggers. Gotta find some money to get there myself this time.

There’s going to be a blogger’s boot camp that I don’t want to miss. I’ve been doing this for a few years but there’s still a lot I don’t know. Twenty-oh-nine would be a good year to close my personal knowledge gap. What about you? See you in Chicago in a few months?

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