The creator of Pretty Link, Blair Williams, has recently posted an article on how to make short linking even more effective.

Essentially, you register a very short domain name, point it to your top level site, add a small amount of code into you .htaccess file (and if you don’t know what that is then just contact me for more details) which you need and Blair explains clearly the how and where and why.

Magic, all done. Well apart from one thing there’s a very reasonable one of charge for the pro version of the pretty link plugin.

So, if you want to build your brand, have effective links used for your brand in twitter, facebook and all forms of social media and save space at the same time then this information will be very useful for you.

So whether it’s organising a party, the deployment of a new process or technology, the development of an internet strategy, they all rely on a series of tasks. The tasks form the basis of you and your team taking ACTION.

Action Method

There’s nothing new in all this, everyone knows it. It’s whether we do anything about it is the biggest different. There are a lot of project management tools and methods available. From the simple todo list all the way through to the big guns, like Catalyst, Prince2 etc. There are lots of complex tools to aid and support the project also, probably the most popular is Microsoft’s Project. At KIX we’ve utilised all these methods over the years but found them too heavy for many projects. We’ve tested many and found most fall short. Until we came across Action Method from Behance. There’s more to be found on the what and how of Action Method on our site. Feel free to have a look.

It wont be for everyone, but it will be useful potentially for some people and organisations.

We wanted just to share this with you to help get you into the 2010 spirit of doing.

Take Action Now!

Festive Season Greetings

It’s the middle of the festive season once more and it marks another year of activity and achievement. The year behind us is just that – behind. Let’s learn all the good things and put them to great use in 2010 to give it the promise it deserves.

Remember to tell those that mean so much to you how you feel. Do it openly and freely without any expectations. It is after all – about communication.

So from all of us at The KIX Group the best of Seasons Greetings and Great Expectations for a fantastic 2010.

Never put a link into an electronic document that isn’t accurate or correctly formatted. It loses you all the benefits of prospective clients and interested readers from finding the information you intended for them. It will cost you sales.

Build it, Test it, Deploy it! RightLinker from The KIX Group provides you this capability, whether on a PC or a Mac, or any platform supported by Adobe Air.

It’s simple to use:

1. Enter the web address (URL) where you want your readers to end up.
2. Next, put in the text your readers will see in your document / article or post.
3. Click the “Make The Link” and the correctly formatted link is created. The link is displayed along with a test link shown in blue.
4. To put the generated code on the Clipboard, click the “Copy To Clipboard” button.
5. To test the link click on the blue link below the formatted code.
6. To clear the form to start fresh click the “Start Again” button.

It’s done! No more hassles or mistakes.

Oh did I mention it’s yours FREE – register NOW!

PS. Many Internet Marketers and casual users have already started using this simple tool. Why not you too?

If you had the choice between buying from a company that did embrace the change and was doing something about versus a company doing nothing, would that impact your buying decision?

I had a poll running to answer this question. Of the respondents, 30% said it would make a difference and interestingly 70% of those were women.

We all need to take a stand to improve our business and our planet.

Tim Purcell

At the recent official Finnish Independence Day celebrations held at Parliament House in Sydney on Dec 4 2008, Tim Purcell was invested as a Knight, 1st Class in the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The award given by the President of the Republic of Finland, Ms Tarja Halonen, and presented on her behalf by the Ambassador of Finland to Australia, Mr Glen Lindholm, was made in recognition of the significant efforts in fostering stronger business and government organisation relationships between Finland and Australia.

In particular in 2007 during a visit by the Finnish President, Purcell and his team, organised and held an Innovation Summit. The contacts made in this summit between the leaders of the groups attending has led to a strengthening of relationships and ongoing interactions. At the time Purcell was the Chairman of the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Directors of the European Australian Business Council.

Purcell remarked “…it was a team effort and I am glad this Innovation Summit event was such a success. I am humbled to receive this award…