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Now that I am also serving small businesses on the Oregon coast I am targeting new keywords. That work is in progress but I have noticed that this blog is already showing up for:
Manzanita Oregon SEO
I’ll post more search rankings as well as info on what is working and what isn’t in a few weeks.
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Community members and friends often contact me with their general computer questions. I’m sure that every web professional has this happen…neighbors who call when their email isn’t working, friends who call when their computer dies, clients who email with word processing questions… I thought about charging for questions…but generally, I prefer to spread goodwill (and good Karma) and help out those who are less fortunate, so-to-speak.
I decided to start posting the most popular questions and answers to my blog, though. Here is the first in my series:
How to change the default font in Microsoft Word
Change the font style, size and color that shows up in every new MS Word document you create. (This works for Word for Macs, too.)
- In the drop down bar choose “format” and then “font.”
- Select the font and size you want and then there should be a button at the bottom, left of the font window that says “default” (see example, below.)
- Click the “default” button.
Default button: bottom, left of the screen.
You don’t have to save the document but every new doc you open will magically use the new font for paragraph text.
Filed under: fun stuff, marketing, oregon coast, tips | Tags: andy norris, dawn shears, event, flash mob, health, independent filmmaker, laneda, laugh in, manzanita, mother nature's natural foods, oregon, publicity, wall street journal
I live on the beautiful, northwest Oregon coast in an area that boast 3 little towns (Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler) on a 6 mile stretch along the 101. Rainforest, sand dunes, farms, rivers and bays abound…it’s a natural paradise but quite wild and rugged, too.
I believe there are less than 2,000 full-time residents, in all three towns. Tourism is an important source of revenue and most homes are second homes. Winter months can be trying for the residents who live here year-round… As a new full-time resident, I can fully attest to that!
Financial challenges, isolation and stormy, rainy weather can test even the stoutest…and the current economic climate has added a challenging twist for us all.
That being said, we are not easily discouraged. Residents remain optimistic and I have found that they can be quite creative with efforts to bolster morale. Well, hell, they are just creative no matter what. The latest of these creative endeavors has turned out to be quite newsworthy.
Andy Norris, a resident filmmaker, had the idea to gather a group of locals in a visible, public place every week to stand there and just laugh for a few minutes. This smacks of the Flash Mob phenomen that I’ve read about in the past. The funny thing really is that what started out as a whim and a fun idea ended up capturing more PR and media interest than expected. I gathered that Andy would have loved to have had this kind of media attention when he released his last (excellent) film, “Source to Sea.”
What can we learn about from this about marketing? I think that if you follow your instincts and your bliss you cannot go wrong. If you are doing what you love to do and talking and writing about it it’s bound to eventually make waves and gather attention.
Read about Andy Norris’ Manzanita, Oregon Laugh In here:
The Oregonian
The Wall Street Journal
The weekly Laugh In is held every Thursday at 12:05 pm in front of Mother Nature’s Foods: 298 Laneda, Manzanita, Oregon. Costumes are encouraged.
Looks like Google is trying a low-carbon approach to mowing the fields around their Mountain View offices. They rent about 200 goats to graze their grounds every month….and it costs just about the same as the mowing services they formerly used. They think the goats are cuter to watch, though.
Google's new application: GoogleGoats
