Reviews | Sharon Hurley Hall

New Gig At Suite101

December 19, 2009 | Article Writing 0 Comments

I’ve started writing for Suite101. It’s great because I can write about a wide range of topics. Here are the articles I’ve written so far:

Common Freelance Writing Scams

Resources for Setting Freelance Writing Rates

How to Create A Great Online Writing Portfolio

Brizzly, a Twitter Web Application

Book Review – Dreaming in Hindi

Book Review – The Snail and the Whale

PiggyBankPie Post Update – December 2009

December 8, 2009 | Blogging, Reviews 0 Comments

These are my latest website and tool reviews on PiggyBankPie.

TwitIQ – A Smarter Twitter?

Beyond The WordPress Comment Box

Wakoopa – App Tracking Gets Social

Brizzly – A Better Twitter?

The Value Of A Blog Series

Personalize Your News With Guzzle.it

Why Streamy Won’t Replace Friendfeed For Me

Feed Reading Gets Easier With Lazyfeed

Thesis – A Great Theme For Non-Techies

Skimmer – Skim Your Social Media Accounts

Does The Facebook-Friendfeed Marriage Work For You?

Manage Twitter Followers With Tweepular

A Dandy Way To Collect Your Social Media Identities

Apps – What’s The Alternative?

Managing Your Followers In Twitter

Five Plugins To Get You Started With WordPress

Stitch Your Feeds Together With Feedstitch

More Appvita Web Reviews

December 5, 2009 | Reviews 0 Comments

Here are more of my website reviews on Appvita:

Wishpot – Manage Your Wishlist In One Spot

Toggl – Track Your Time Anywhere

Freckle – Time Tracking Gets A Facelift

EduFire – Get Fired Up About Education

23AndMe – Get The Inside Scoop On Your DNA

TSheets – Punch Your Timeclock the Modern Way

Ronin – Track Projects And Invoice Online

RatePoint – Complete Customer Feedback Management

Kickstarter – Get Funding For Your Project

Flixster – Discuss & Discover Movies

Spezify – Try A Different Kind Of Search

GDGT – Find And Discuss Great Gadgets

OwnerIQ – Get Easy Product Support

MagCloud – Publish Your Own Magazine

Fonolo – Don’t Spend Your Life On Hold

Tibesti – Earn Money From Social Shopping

The Big Picture – Task Management Made Simple

Litmus – Put Your Web Code To The Test

Geni – Build Your Family Tree With Ease

Aardvark – Get Quick Answers To Any Question

Kukoo – Singletasking Email

Mad Mimi – Create Stunning Email Promotions Fast

Zcope – Easy Project Collaboration And Communication

Wordnik – The Real Time Dictionary

Warranty Elephant – Get Timely Service Reminders

Suggestion Box – Get Easy Customer Feedback

Convos – Manage Multiple Groups With Ease

Appvita Site Reviews

July 13, 2009 | Reviews 0 Comments

Appvita has continued to give me the chance to test new sites and review them in the past few months. Here are some of my recent reviews:

PiggyBankPie – Blogging Series And More

July 11, 2009 | Blogging 1 Comment

One of the highlights of my recent posts on PiggyBankPie was a series on getting started in blogging. I’ve also reviewed several interesting sites.

PiggyBankPie Post List

April 16, 2009 | Blogging 0 Comments

Here’s a list of everything I’ve published on PiggyBankPie to date. These are mainly about blogging, but also include website and tool reviews.

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Web Reviews On Appvita

April 7, 2009 | Blogging 0 Comments

Shortly after I published the list of my latest posts for the What’s New Online kiosk, the site author contacted me to say that the post were doing double duty and could also be found on the Appvita blog. Those are the links I’ll be publishing in future. Here’s a full list of what I’ve done to date:

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Tech Posts On TechGerm

February 12, 2009 | Blogging 0 Comments

One of my blogging gigs for last year was a site called TechGerm. Here’s a round up of my latest posts on the site. And if you’re looking for more techie goodness, you can find me blogging on PiggyBankPie.

January 2009

16: CommentLuv – WP Plugin Weekly
14: The Time Tracking Pick List
12: Is IE On The Way Out?
09: Simple Spam Filter – WP Plugin Weekly
07: Forum Matrix – Find That Forum
05: Tech News 1-5-09
02: Extended Categories Manager – WP Plugin Weekly

December 2008

31: Six Months Of TechGerm
29: What To Do When You’re Tired Of Blogging
26: WhyDoWork Adsense – WP Plugin Weekly
25: Merry Christmas From TechGerm
24: Analytics – What’s The Point? Part 2
22: Analytics – What’s The Point?
19: SRG Clean Archives – WP Plugin Weekly
17: The TechGerm Review List
15: First Look At Blogrize
12: Popularity Contest – WP Plugin Weekly
10: TwitBacks – Simple Twitter Backgrounds
08: Tech News 12-8-08
05: Better Comments Manager – WP Plugin Weekly
03: Eight Adobe AIR Apps
01: TwiTip – The Complete Twitter Resource

November 2008

28: In Series – WP Plugin Weekly
26: The Great Google Switcheroo
24: TweetLater- The Twitter Management Tool
21: WordPress.com Stats – WP Plugin Weekly
19: Slife Offers Analytics For Your Desktop
17: SingleWrench Review
14: All In One Seo Pack – WP Plugin Weekly
12: Preparing For Interruptions (0)
10: Tech News 11-9-08
07: Theme Test Drive – WP Plugin Weekly
05: Lifestreaming With Storytlr
03: A New Way To Moderate

Five Reviews On What’s New Online

February 11, 2009 | Reviews 1 Comment

One of my occasional gigs is writing reviews of new sites for the What’s New Onine kiosk run by Appvita and CenturyTel. Since I love trying new things, it’s a match made in heaven. Here are my latest reviews on that site:

Story Of My Life – Share Your Story Forever

Lifetick – Manage Your Tasks and Life Goals

Cookstr – Find Great Recipes From Top Chefs

Do My Stuff – Get Help With Your Dirty Work

I Vote For Art – Rate And Buy Artwork

Reviews

November 13, 2008 | Reviews 0 Comments

I enjoy writing reviews of the products and services I use. Here’s a list of the reviews published (mostly) on consumer reviews sites.

Time To Get Clicky

A pig’s ear of a film

Epinions profile

ReviewCentre profile

Articles on Dooyoo

What I Learned From Writing Reviews

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Testimonials

"The experience of working with Sharon has changed my thinking, and I now consider her work as an editor a necessary stage of assistance in completing the writing project. I will work with her again and I recommend her highly. "

Martha Isaac

"I can't recommend Sharon highly enough. She is great at understanding a brief and delivering exactly what is required. She completed my press release to a high standard and delivered early. I'll definitely be using her writing services again."

Marc Scibelli

"I have had the pleasure of working with Sharon on collaborative projects and also of working for Sharon as well and she’s very professional and extremely knowledgeable."

Dana Prince