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SOLID GROUND is a Web publication from Perth, Western Australia, meant to provide news and information about how businesses can best utilize the Internet. It's produced by Gihan Perera, of First Step Communications. It comes out on a weekly basis and provides access to many of the design and consulting services of First Step Communications. But, in addition, it acts as a one-stop on-line resource for business people wishing to fully grasp the 'Net.
As more and more people come to the Internet internationally, resources like this one are definitely needed to give them a quick primer to this new frontier. Business people who mean to use the Internet as another arm of their marketing and sales efforts need a means of getting coherent information without hype. This site tries to provide such a resource.
Among the items listed on their contents page, you'll find:
Getting Connected
- Ten Internet Tips for Travellers
- Ten Tips for Being a Good Netizen
- What's in a Domain Name?
E-mail
- Eight Tips for Your Electronic Business Card
- Sick of Spam?
- Spam, Hoaxes, Chain Letters and other Junk Mail
- Ten E-Mail Time Management Tips
- Ten Reasons For Writing Vanilla E-Mail
- Ten Tips for Filing Your E-Mail
- Ten Tips For Formatting Your E-Mail
- Ten Tips For Getting Your Point Across In E-Mail
Finding Information
- Eight Tips for Finding Information
- Eight Tips for Refining Your Search
- Eight Tips for Searching with Yahoo
- Five Tips for Visiting Your Favourite Web Sites
- Seven Tips for Finding People Via the Internet
- Ten Tips for Faster Web Browsing
The approach here is very nuts-and-bolts. I think that's a good thing.
Though most TechMailings readers may be familiar with most of this information already, there are still thousands of people coming to the Internet every day who will find a site like this one a means of making the experience less frustrating, more rewarding.
If you're a business person just getting your feet wet on the Web and want to know something about it *before* bringing in that high-priced Web Design Consultant, this is the place you might want to visit first.
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