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Monitor Site Speed with Torbit Insight

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Measure Site Speed

The site is loading slow. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve received this message over the years when working with clients. Site speed is incredibly important… it can reduce bounces, keep visitors engaged, get your site ranked better in Google, and ultimately lead to more conversions. We love fast sites… it’s one of the first issues we attack with a client (and also why we host WordPress on WPEngine – that’s an affiliate link). Getting a note that the site is slow is frustrating because it could be … Continue reading →

An Easy Way to Kill a Meeting

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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is with a terrible PowerPoint presentation. Jean Palmer Heck is a public speaker and public speaking coach who shared her book, Penguins, Peacocks and Pancakes with me. It’s a fantastic book for the PowerPoint impaired… that would be me. On the positive side, my PowerPoint slides have evolved over time and I’m following best practices more with each edit. Here’s a recent slide deck shared on the Promoting Your Program blog at Walker Information that I think is a fantastic example of a great presentation… with great advice for building … Continue reading →

Video: Sliderocket Beta Coming Soon!

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Click through if you don’t see the video. Excerpt: You’ve seen Microsoft’s PowerPoint. But you’ve never seen an Internet-enabled, collaborative presentation tool like Sliderocket — until now. Here Mitch Grasso, CEO and founder, tells us about Sliderocket the company and then shows us a demo. Sliderocket is preparing for a public beta soon, sign up today.