Monthly Archives: December 2009

Happy New Year!

Firework Fantasia

As 2009 comes to a close, we have a lot to be thankful for.  Christy and I started Toolulu earlier this year and know we are going to see so many of our efforts pay off in 2010.  We have several items we are hard at work on and can’t wait to announce the details.  [...]

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Social Media 101 Class Scheduled

We have a Social Media 101 class scheduled for March 8th 7-9pm. We go over the basics of Twitter, Facebook, popular blogging sites, and LinkedIn. You also get a free headshot to use as your profile picture. We keep the classes small so we can tailor them to our participants.
Registration is now [...]

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I’m using Twitter, now what?

A lot of people are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon.  Some are setting up accounts and just letting them sit.  If you, or someone you know is doing this, it’s time for an intervention.  I believe Twitter is the most useful tool online right now.  It has simply made my life better not only because [...]

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Is There a Best Day to Use Facebook?

image copyright vitrue.com

If you’re using facebook as a marketing tool….yes, some days are better than others.  Vitrue did a study that shows that Tuesday has a higher click through rate than any other day.
Tuesday may have the highest click through rate, but you can see from the image that your facebook friends and fans are more likely [...]

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Happy Holidays from Toolulu

happy holidays

This past year has been such a whirlwind for Deb and I.  Toolulu was born this year so 2009 will always hold a special place in our hearts.  We hope you’ll take the time these last few days of the year to enjoy them with your loved ones.
Thank you for all the support and we’re [...]

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Year End Planning

This is Life

Do you find yourself spread too thin as an entrepreneur?  Trying to do everything you can to find the balance of spending time finding clients, marketing yourself, and serving the clients you have under your belt can be an overwhelming task.  It’s a great time of year to analyze where you are at with your [...]

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What Was I Saying?

I’ve been a blogger for over 5 years now and for at least 3 of those years I blogged every single day.  I still blog almost every single day but I have a couple of different blogs I supply content for so it feels like it doesn’t really count.  I mean, I don’t blog on [...]

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Awesome Camp Announced

The ladies of toolulu.com

{Christy & Deb presenting at BarCamp Omaha– credit here}
Awesome Camp was just announced yesterday and we are excited to be apart of it.  The Social Media Club and red9 are hosting the event and it’s going to be, well, awesome!  We’ve had a lot of questions coming our way, so here’s a run down of [...]

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Gmail: Emails and Tasks

Screen shot 2009-12-15 at 1.07.22 PM

My new favorite gmail feature: The task window.  I’ve been waiting for this feature forever!
I receive an average of 150 emails a day and it’s really easy to get behind if I don’t stay on top of it.  {It’s also really easy to let my email distract me too since there’s a constant flow of [...]

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Google Chrome Web Browser

I’m a PC.  Deb’s a Mac.  It works well for us.  For a long time I’ve been a fan of Google Chrome and I’ve been sad that Deb couldn’t experience the true awesomeness of it all.  Now she can.  Google Chrome is now available on Macs.  If that wasn’t enough, they’ve gone and made the [...]

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