How I Got Wine from Campaign Monitor First let me tell you a story. It’s actually Seth Godin’s story from The Purple Cow, a book about what it takes to create and sell something remarkable. Seth and family driving in France, enchanted by picturesque cows...
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Congratulations: Christopher Wins the Pull a Face for PutPlace Contest
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 19, 2008 | Client Work, Work
Congratulations to Christopher who won the Pull a Face for PutPlace Contest for 100 GB free data storage and a $200 Amazon gift certificate. Yay! July 3: Monique’s first post and her “oh no, I lost data” face.

Techvibes.com Relaunches with New Design
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 13, 2008 | Internet Marketing Strategy
Congratulations to our friends at Techvibes who launched the new design of their website today! The new design is more user friendly and the content is easier to pick out from the featured members and advertising. I like the new look. As mentioned in their email...
Vote for Us at SXSW
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 12, 2008 | Speaking, Work
A small business group that I participate in has pulled together a panel for SXSW. It’s about how to create your own small biz mafia to rule the world (or at the least to rule your niche and get support from peers). For our session to be selected we need some...
10 Facebook Tips for Business Professionals
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 5, 2008 | Social Media Marketing
Facebook is “a social utility that connects you with the people around you.” What does that mean? It’s a place for friends to hang out online. Are you a business professional looking to capitalize on friends hanging out online? Sounds dirty...

Pull a Face for PutPlace: Vote on the Winning Entry
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 5, 2008 | Client Work, Work
July 3 we announced the Pull a Face for PutPlace contest and the 5 finalists have been selected. putplace.com/pullaface to vote. And, if you want to avoid pulling a face because of lost data. Back up baby! PutPlace is one option and you can get 2 GB of free storage in...
Del.icio.us Becomes Delicious.com
by Monique Sherrett | Jul 31, 2008 | Monique's Pick, Tools & Technology for Non-Techies
The social bookmarking site Del.icio.us has refreshed it’s look and domain name. Check out http://delicious.com/ Or watch this short Flickr Video on Delicious 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deliciousblog/2718285703/ Delicious, if you’re listening. I...

EE Roadshow Announcement: Come Learn ExpressionEngine
by Monique Sherrett | Jul 31, 2008 | Events
ExpressionEngine is one of the tools that we at Boxcar love to use to create websites. We’re advocates for sure, which is why we’ve decided to join with Hop Studios and Venn Communications to bring you the EE Roadshow: an ExpressionEngine training event....
Tips on Beating Writer’s Block
by Monique Sherrett | Jul 30, 2008 | Underwire Newsletter, Web Content
or What to Write When You Are Wiped I must say that July has been a hectic month. I have been in 4 different cities. A new place each week. My favourite was Portus 2008 in Dallas where I spoke about the phenomenon of podcasting and participatory culture within the...
Writing Online Press Releases
by Monique Sherrett | Jul 30, 2008 | Web Content
Online press releases can be an effective way of reaching journalists, bloggers and industry-related media sites. With online distribution your press release may also end up on popular news aggregator sites like Google News and Yahoo News. Still unclear about why you...
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