Archive | December, 2009

Best of Mitchelaneous (2009 Edition)

Popular Posts in 2009!

It is that time of the year where every news source out there gets so lax in creating content, they can only muster up the strength to put together a year in review for this, that or the other.  Never to be one to disappoint, I thought now would be the perfect time to join the masses and share with you your favorite things I have posted.

Here are the ten most popular stories, tips, articles and tutorials I published in 2009 on Mitchelaneous.com.

#10Instant Drama Sound Effect

My new favorite web site, when you need that instant sound effect action is DramaButton.com.  Once pushed, you get that duh duh DUHHHH that has always been a favorite for the old dramatic moments on your favorite old TV shows and movies.

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Wiimote Cleaning 101

Funny Wii Warnings

Having some free time on my hands over the holiday weekend, I decided to clean the finger smudges, dirt and grime from my Wii remotes.  To make sure I didn’t screw anything up, I figured it would be a good idea to check Nintendo’s web site for some pointers.  The advice was good, but one thing really stuck out.

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Use Google Docs for Easy Site Form Management

docs_logo_sm Did you know you can make a pretty good web site form with Google Docs?  I have done so with both my Web Hosting Show ask a question page, and also the Web Hosting Show’s web hosts on Twitter page too.

How can you do the same?

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How to Create Your Own Magazine Cover

Do you want to learn how to create your own magazine cover, like this one?

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Visual Tool to Organize Your Tasks

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Being a ‘bit of an organizational nut myself, I really like any service that can give me a unique way of getting my links, text, videos and more organized.  Spaaze is a new online service that acts as an infinite corkboard to use in any number of different ways.

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Wiki + CMS = BoltWire

BoltWire Review and Help

Looking for a wiki script for your next great web site project? 

As somebody who’s built one from the ground up – I can tell you picking the right script for the job, is not an easy task to do.  With a surprising amount of flexibility and power, BoltWire might be one of the easiest to use wikis out there. 

It takes the cake when it comes to mixing the strengths of various script categories together.  Is it a CMS? Is it a wiki?  It is a little ‘bit of both.

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Find Site Value with CubeStat.com

What is your web site worth?

Ever wonder how much your web site empire is worth? Well, mind is worth $9,530.88.  How can somebody find that out?  Just check out cubestat.com.  Plug your URL into the lookup tool and they will analyze your web site to see how much you could ask for it, financially speaking.

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Tried of Search Engines? Try a Find Engine!

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Tired of using your classic search engines?  InstaFound claims to be able to remove the search from the search engines out there.  How is this done?  It helps you avoid the time wasting you do now with regular searching by taking you to the page you are looking for right off the bat.

So how does it work? The InstaFound web site works by taking content from sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing and more and combines each result to give it a site score.  It then uses the best score to decide which page they should show you. 

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Best of the Free Ninja Flash Games

What is better than beating up zombies?  How about ninjas?  Mixing ninjas and flash, can be a lot of fun and there are a lot of entertaining flash games based around the art of being a ninja.  So sit back, grab your mouse and spend a little free time killing fun with these free flash ninja games I’ve found for you to enjoy.

Ninja Rinseout – Secretly attack Chinese ninjas at the dawn of night, run up walls and make sure they don’t see you first!

Use Your Sneaky Ninja Skills!

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Marketing with Mitch

Marketing Tips for Web Sites or Businesses I write all the time, but not often can I really look back and say I am totally happy, inspired and happy about an article.  With that said, I wanted to share with you all a marketing article I wrote for this month’s Lunarpages newsletter.  There is no confusing lingo, or talking over anybody’s head.  Just straight forward facts anybody can use to market themselves.

3 Simple Ways to Market Your Business, Project or Web Site

Over the years, I have become a ‘bit of a marketing junkie.  I am always checking out the latest trends, following successful marketing techniques and trying to figure out how each works. For those not as familiar with the idea, marketing is the process associated with promoting the sale of a good or service you provide.

Successful marketing can be the saving grace for a failing business.  Here are three simple marketing ideas you can use to help your business, web site or project.

Be sure to drop in, leave a comment and let me know if you would like to see more “poor boy” marketing suggestions anybody can use.

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