Wow. 2010 is NOT getting a sleepy start when it comes to building opportunities through marketing, networking, courses and public events. If you’re not registered or participating in some kind of course, seminar, webcast, or local initiative I have to ask… why not? Remember the great and simple adage: If you do what you’ve always [...]
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Taking Twitter Too Far – Twitter Take-Out
November 4th, 2009
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I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning. Pizza Hut, home to what I believe is the worst pizza in the known universe, has created a position for a summer intern, or ‘twittern’ to tweet about The Hut and troll the Internet for all things weird and wonderful of interest to Pizza Hut fans. Of course [...]
The Basics of Social Networking
October 3rd, 2009
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Here’s a brief description of each of the three major ways to conduct social networking and how it benefits you and your customers: Twitter, or ‘micro-blogging’ (journaling) Facebook Blogging (journaling) TWITTER: Twitter is just like it sounds – short, socializing messages (tweets) whistled out to the universe much like the birds do it in spring. [...]
Twitter: Does It Have A Place In Your Business?
June 19th, 2009
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The best thing about Twitter is also the worst thing. It’s quick and easy to use! Why is that bad? Because like many other online marketing tools and social networking apps, the risk of lost productivity can offset any gains achieved through the visibility. If you let it. It’s also an incredibly effective tool not [...]
1st Ever Twitter Shorty Awards
February 12th, 2009
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I found this story on my morning troll through the news sites: CNN’s story about the first ever Twitter Shorty Awards, hosted by Rick Sanchez (one of my favorite anchors through the pre-US-Election coverage, @ricksanchezcnn). The awards honored ‘short and sweet’ tweets that had a significant impact on events and issues. Award winners, selected from [...]
Spam: The Sequel
February 12th, 2009
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Well, it’s day one on the big 30-day Free Trial experiment of Spam Arrest. Since I use multiple pop accounts I decided I’d start with my biggest email offender, my main webmaster@ account. And, since I use Microsoft Outlook (2003) and pop accounts, it was a bit of a job getting it all set up [...]
Spam: I like it fried in maple syrup. That’s it.
February 11th, 2009
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I have been working on the Internet since 1997. Back in those days, spam was unknown (at least in my circle). I was one of the first people in my circle to ever become a reseller for a hosting company, managing my own private server through Verio (Iserver way back then). I was learning everything [...]
REVIEW: Secure e-mailing, and a great substitute for FTP
February 10th, 2009
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Are you still working in insecure email settings, discussing information your competitors should not know about? Are you sending large files broken down in chunks, laboriously winzipped for compression, or worse, trying to use your anonymous FTP server that comes with your hosting account? Have you tried other encryption tools for email and found them [...]
