Inside this month's issue:

Boost your agency’s credibility and visibility with a presence on LinkedIn.

A successful marketing program is vital to your long-term health. Get started building yours today!

Sometimes it’s necessary to end bad relationships—whether with clients, employees, or even colleagues.

Introducing RURL, EyeJot, ZoHo, and GoToMeeting—four more Web-based services that you may find useful.

In part four, learn to succeed at e-business by getting a workout buddy, a coach, an exercise group, and schedule.

Not all information on the Internet is free to use. Find out what’s fair to use and what’s not.

Getting ready to move? Take note of some “lessons learned” before you travel too far down the wrong path.

Texting raises millions for Haiti; preparing for next data explosion; top desired features for future cell phones.

Do you know what your clients think of you? If not, discover multiple ways to create quick and easy customer surveys.

February 2010

Techno Tidbits

G. Barry Klein

Four Useful Web-Based Services: Part 2

Last month, I reviewed four Web-based services that I use in our home-based small business. They were DropSend, for sending large files; Email Finder, for doing reverse e-mail address lookups; CheckComposer, for accepting Check-By-Fax payments; and Google Voice, for a free, feature-laden telephone number.

In this article, we'll explore four more useful services. Again, although your business is undoubtedly different than ours, some of these might be useful to you.

1. RURL—URL shortening service

URLs, those blue and underlined links that take you somewhere on the Web, can get very long. They work, but are a real pain if you need to re-type them or read them to someone over the phone. TinyURL is a well-known service, but I happen to prefer RURL. Simply copy the long URL, go to RURL.org, and paste it into the box. You immediately get a much shorter URL that takes you to the same place.

Here's an example from a previous article. I was giving some technology travel tips an...

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