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Go Multimedia with Windows Live Writer
Go Multimedia with Windows Live Writer Posted June 29, 2011 by Tim Roper Maintaining a company blog is a great way to engage your customers and raise your online profile (Google’s search algorithm loves good blog content), and you don’t need to hire a web developer to do it. Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials provides several useful tools to help you publish a media-rich, professional looking blog free of charge. Today, we’ll discuss Windows Live Writer. First, download the software packagehere. Once you’ve got it installed, open Windows Live Writer, and you’ll be asked which blog site you use. Choose the service you’re using, or pick a new one. We chose to create a new blog using WordPress. Enter the login credentials for your blog into Writer, and you’ll see an editing window like this: Enter a title for the post and begin typing! If you’d like to add a link, select the “hyperlink” button on the top right corner of the editor. Writer will automatically create the appropriate HTML code for your links. Adding images and web video is just as simple. Choose from the “Picture” or “Video” drop-down menus below the “Hyperlink” button, and select the source. You can add media either stored on your computer or out on the web. Alternatively, click on the “Insert” tab for more media-embedding options. Once you’re ready to put it up on the web, just hit the “Publish” button, and you’ll be taken to your latest post. Congratulations! Your blog now has content! Stay tuned for more QuickTips on how to use Windows Live Writer to get the most exposure for your business, including search-engine tools, best-practices, and social media.
Tips for Working in a Virtual Team
Tips for Working in a Virtual Team As the landscape of the modern office changes, so does the way we get work done. We often find ourselves closely interacting with co-workers who aren’t in the same physical location, whether they’re on a different floor or in a different hemisphere. Use these handy tools to stay on the same page as your team members. Instant Messaging – Instant messaging (IM, or “chat”) works like email, except you know who’s online and when. It’s a great tool for quick check-ins and questions when you need a rapid response. Popular free IM programs include Google Chat (integrated with Gmail), Yahoo! Chat, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Windows Live. These programs use your email address as your login. If your team isn’t all using the same one, programs like Pidgin, Spark IM, or Digsby work across multiple platforms. Digsby also lets you manage your social media, as well as chat. For secure chat, Microsoft Lync Server provides IM services that never leave your corporate intranet. It’s not free, but has a 180-day trial period. Central Storage – If your team needs access to the same documents, set up an online file cabinet to keep pertinent documents in a single spot. Applications like Microsoft SharePoint, DropBox, ADrive, and Box.net provide easy and secure access to your group’s files, which helps eliminate version-control issues with documents that receive frequent edits. Track Changes – Microsoft Word allows users to see what changes have been made to a document, and by whom. This is a great feature if you have a question about why changes have been made or need to quickly see what edits have occurred without having to read through the entire document. Enable “Track Changes” through Word’s “Review” menu. Conferencing Tools – For more formal meetings, such as one a client attends, a tool like GoToMeeting provides both audio and visual conferencing, allowing your group to simultaneously view documents or presentations. GoToMeeting also allows you to record meetings for future reference. The key to successful virtual collaboration is communication, so that the proverbial right hand knows what the left hand is doing. These tools will help you keep in touch with all your virtual hands.
Break Out of the Box with These PowerPoint Alternatives
Break Out of the Box with These PowerPoint Alternatives Tired of the same old boring PowerPoint templates? Want to create a presentation that will really engage your audience? Take these PowerPoint alternatives for a free test drive.Google Docs Presentation– This app bears a striking resemblance to PowerPoint, but it’s web-based, which means it’s easily shareable and conducive to collaboration among your team members. Importing your existing PowerPoint slides is a snap, too. Many users will find embedding web content into a presentation far more intuitive with this app than with PowerPoint. It also appears to be more stable than PowerPoint when handling video content. And it’s completely free-of-charge.SlideRocket–SlideRocket also incorporates a slide-based approach to organizing presentations, but offers oh-so-much more, including an integrated library of media assets, automated Flickr searches, and the ability to embed real-time information (e.g., a Twitter or RSS feed, which are also searchable). Most intriguingly, SlideRocket offers analytics (unfortunately, only with the paid version) that track how users interact with your presentations, such as how long they spend on each slide and which ones get viewed multiple times. You can also embed forms or polls into the presentation to gather info from your audience. Free for the “Lite” version.Prezi – Prezi gained almost overnight fame after James Geary used it in his“Mixing Mind and Metaphor” presentationat the 2009 TEDGlobal conference in Oxford. It dispenses with PowerPoint’s slide-based approach, instead utilizing flowing, zooming, spinning, motion-based depictions for a rich, immersive experience. Check out thisvideo for a concrete example. Prezi works great on the iPad too, supporting drag-to-pan and pinch-to-zoom gestures. The basic web-based version is free, and the desktop version comes with a 30-day free trial.