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Privacy on the Internet

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, March 12th, 2010
What is a reasonable expectation of privacy on the Internet? What is the trade-off between privacy and personalization.
Duration: 2:59

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Splinternet

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Some analysts are saying the Golden Age of the Internet is over - where all devices accessed all of the Internet. Now some new devices have restrictions and do not access the entire Internet.
Duration: 3:02

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Cloud Computing is Client Server Computing

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Cloud Computing is just another variety of Client Server computing. Understanding Client-Server computing provides options for efficient processing.
Duration: 3:06

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Cloud Computing Data

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Make sure when you sign up for a Cloud Computing service, that you can get the data out of the service. Do not sign up for a Roach Motel service, where the data goes in but cannot be retrieved.
Duration: 2:57

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Making Money from the List

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, March 8th, 2010
In Internet Marketing, a key piece is creating a list of names and email addresses that you can market to. You get the list by offering incentives for people to opt in to your list.
Duration: 3:00

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Continuous Partial Attention

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Linda Stone has been writing about Continuous Partial Attention and its ill effects. It is type of multi-tasking where are are plugged into text, IM, email, and voice mail continuously.
Duration: 3:03

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A back-lash against Multi-Tasking.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
There seems to be a backlash against multi-tasking. Productivity experts are now advising us to focus on one thing to increase productivity.
Duration: 3:00

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What to do about slow Windows start-up?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Many software products install a piece of software that runs at start-up to provide functionality all day long. Either give your computer extra time to start-up, or remove these programs.
Duration: 3:01

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Keeping your Windows computer safe from Malware.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Project your Windows computer by doing these 3 basic things. 1) Backup regularly. 2) Keep the Windows software up to date. 3) Install protection software like firewalls and anti-virus software.
Duration: 3:06

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Current Operations Systems are based on Object - Action

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Windows and other operating systems use an Object-Action user interface. First, select an object. Then an action. Double click means select this object and do the default action. Right click means select this object and show list of actions.
Duration: 2:53

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How the BizIII podcast is done.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, February 26th, 2010
A review of the technology used to create the BizIII podcast. Audacity to record, FTP to load to the web server, custom software to load the MP3 file information into a database, and the database to control the website and RSS feed.
Duration: 3:11

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What is a Podcast?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Podcasts are a subset of audio on the Internet which includes audio blogs and audio on websites. Podcasts are broadcast using RSS with the intention of pushing them all the way to an MP3 device like an iPod.
Duration: 2:57

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Cloud Computing versus Desktop Computing

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Getting a new desktop computer is disruptive. One of the ways to reduce that disruption is starting to run more services using the internet. Then any computer can access the services.
Duration: 3:04

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Content Management for Photos and Images

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Content Management systems provide a way for the business person to upload photos and images and then include them on their webpages.
Duration: 3:20

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Content Management for Text

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
If content is king on the internet, then being able to change your own content is important. Content management systems are complex, but simpler content management systems can be used to allow change to website text.
Duration: 3:05

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How to Do SEO - 05

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, February 19th, 2010
Add Alt tags to all images. Use keywords in the Alt tag whenever appropriate.
Duration: 3:12

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How to Do SEO - 04

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
After the base line has been established, it is time to start making changes. Add a user site map - particularly if the site uses dynamic menus. Use absolute addressing.
Duration: 3:15

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How to Do SEO - 03

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
SEO is built on keyword analysis. Each webpage is optimized for one keyword. Start by putting the keyword into the title of each webpage.
Duration: 3:13

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How to Do SEO - 02

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Search Engine Optimization begins with setting up the metrics. Install Google Analytics on your website and register your website with all three Search Engine Webmaster sites.
Duration: 3:06

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How to Do SEO - 01

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, February 15th, 2010
What is Search Engine Optimization? What is Search Engine Marketing? What is White Hat versus Black Hat SEO?
Duration: 3:05

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SEO Guidelines

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, February 12th, 2010
Optimize one keyword or key-phrase per web-page. Use the Key-phrase in the title and header. The Key-phrase should appear in the website content.
Duration: 3:15

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Join the Conversation

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The Internet includes many dynamic conversations. Comment on Blogs, participate in forums and social media to participate in the conversations.
Duration: 3:01

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giveawayoftheday.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
giveawayoftheday.com provides a software product every day. It is a a full registered product available for the 24 hours. A great way to find useful software.
Duration: 3:12

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SEO Keywords

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Search Engine Optimization is based on keywords. Find keywords where you can be competitive.
Duration: 3:02

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Reflections and observations on the Super Bowl.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, February 8th, 2010
93 million people watched the Super Bowl. If 1% of the people also commented online, almost a million people produced content. Pepsi did not advertise. Top Ten Super Bowl Tech Ads.
Duration: 2:51

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Check out wolframalpha.com - a computational knowledge engine.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, February 5th, 2010
wolframalpha.com stores information that is suited for computation, including information on dates, places, food, nutrition, health, medicine, chemistry and mathematics. It might be an essential tool for your business.
Duration: 3:08

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Remote Access Software

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Remote Access Software allows access to another computer over the Internet. It is useful to provide help, to do demos, and for travel. I recommend crossloop.com.
Duration: 3:19

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Flexibility in Software and Website Development.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
People generally understand what is adjustable in a car - you can move the seat back but not raise the roof - but people generally do not understand what is easily adjustable with software.
Duration: 2:52

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Open Source Software can replace expensive proprietary software.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on proprietary products like Microsoft Office or Adobe PhotoShop, investigate open source software and find free solutions. See www.sourceforge.net.
Duration: 3:21

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What is a Browser?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, February 1st, 2010
A browser is the software that allows one to surf the web. It is translating the HTML into human readable websites. As we move to cloud computing, it is the most important piece of software on the computer.
Duration: 3:06

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iPads and Cloud Computing

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, January 29th, 2010
The new device from Apple - the iPad - is one more device that can access the Internet. It is a reminder to consider Cloud Computing.
Duration: 2:53

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Social Systems. Social Networking. Social Media. What is it?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Social systems are systems where all the content is provided by the users. The consumers are also the producers and are now called prosumers.
Duration: 3:09

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What is RSS and how I can I create My Own Custom Newpaper

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
RSS is Really Simple Syndication. You can get a RSS Reader, subscribe to RSS Feeds, and create a custom virtual newspaper on your desktop.
Duration: 3:10

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What is the Real-Time Web and is it Important?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The Real-Time Web started with Twitter and Facebook that are available immediately after posting. Google is working toward real time search.
Duration: 2:59

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Should you have a blog and what should you write about?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, January 25th, 2010
A blog is a web-log. Blogs are useful because they are content that is updated and unique. Write personal stories. Write regularly.
Duration: 3:07

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Drawing a Verbal Picture of Cloud Computing

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Picture a scenario where all the data resides on the Internet, where any device can get to all that data, where a net-book can be used, and where there is no more backup, downloading programs, and doing virus checks.
Duration: 3:16

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Indentify and Manage your Internet Presence.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Your Internet Presence includes website, blogs, comments, RSS feeds, social media profiles and posts, and your email address. Tips: Be consistent, create a dashboard or list, use Google Alerts, review regularly.
Duration: 3:19

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Put a Human Face on Your Website and Business

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Put a human face on your business or your website. Add photographs of yourself doing something other than your business. Add audio of your compelling story. Let people know on your website that there is an authentic person running your business.
Duration: 3:08

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Which Search Engines should we optimize for?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
There are various kinds of search engines, including general purpose, human powered, combined, and special purpose. We want to optimize for Google, because Google has 70% of the market, and because it means optimizing for the rest of search engines.
Duration: 3:06

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In Search Engine Optimization if Content is King, Keywords are Queen.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Search Engine Optimization means optimizing for keywords. You to not optimize in general, you optimize to be found by specific keywords. Keywords are simply the words or phrases entered into a Search Engine.
Duration: 2:55

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How Search Engines Work.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, January 15th, 2010
To understand SEO, understand Search Engines. Search Engines 1) Crawl the Internet gathering information, 2) Build indexes of what they find, and 3) Deliver Search Results to visitors.
Duration: 3:10

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Using Google Analytics for Key Performance Indicators

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
The Key Performance Indicators for websites are 1) How many visitors, 2) Where the visitors come from, and 3) Some of the behavior of the visitors on the website. Use Google Analytics to discover the Key Performance Indicators.
Duration: 2:47

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CSS - Cascading Style Sheets

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Use CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - to separate content and presentation. It helps with SEO and makes website maintenance easier.
Duration: 3:01

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Content is King for Search Engine Optimization

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
If you want to succeed in Search Engine Optimization, create good content. Content is King. Good content means 3 things, it is Useful, Unique, and Updated.
Duration: 2:57

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Google uses backlinks to determine relevancy.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Search Engine Optimization means getting backlinks, and the best way to do that is to create compelling content.
Duration: 2:56

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Content Managment

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, January 8th, 2010
Introduction to Content Management and why it is important.
Duration: 2:58

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Introduction to Cloud Computing.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Cloud Computing describes computing done on web servers. It has the potential to save individuals and small businesses money.
Duration: 2:51

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Measures and Key Performance Indications for Websites.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
You cannot manage what you do not measure. What the Key Performance Indicators for measuring traffic to websites and blogs.
Duration: 3:00

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Domain Name Tips

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Some Tips on Managing your Domain Names.
Duration: 3:18

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History of Search Engine Optimization

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, January 4th, 2010
A brief history of Google and Search to describe how Search Engine Optimization became so important.
Duration: 3:14

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Happy New Year from BizIII

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, January 1st, 2010
Introduction to the new BizIII starting in 2010.
Duration: 3:09

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Get Backlinks from Directories. Register your website on many Directories.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, November 16th, 2007
Register your website on all the appropriate Directories to get backlinks and that includes General Purpose, Special Purpose, and Niche Directories.
Duration: 3:43

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Get Backlinks from Directories. How Directories Work.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, November 15th, 2007
How do Directories work and what are the Major Directories.
Duration: 3:36

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Get Backlinks from Directories. What are directories?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
There are various ways to get backlinks - one way is to register on Directories. What is a Directory and what is the difference between a Directory and a Search Engine?
Duration: 3:36

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Why are Backlinks Important?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Backlinks are important because they influence Search Results and because they bring direct traffic to your site.
Duration: 3:32

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What are Backlinks?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, November 12th, 2007
What are Backlinks and why are they important? Google made them important by determining sort relevancy based on how many backlinks a website has.
Duration: 3:31

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Building a Website - Maintenance.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Friday, November 9th, 2007
The fifth step in building a website is Maintenance. Maintain your website to make sure it continues to run. Measure your website to make sure it meets the business targets.
Duration: 3:51

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Building a Website - Promotion.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
The fourth step in building a website is Promotion. Promote your website by putting your Domain name everywhere, get quality links for your website, optimize your site for search engines, and consider advertising on the Internet.
Duration: 3:54

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Building a Website - Construction.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
The third step in building a website is Construction. Use good construction techniques in order for the website to run successfully and efficiently on all browsers.
Duration: 3:34

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Building a Website - Design.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
The second step in building a website is Design. Define the content that is going to be a part of the website. Define the look and feel of the Website.
Duration: 3:23

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Building a Website - Plannng.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Monday, November 5th, 2007
The first step in building a website is Planning. The website is at the intersection of the Business, the Internet, and the Customer, and the Plan considers all three.
Duration: 3:27

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Instant Messaging for Business - Possibilities.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Instant Messaging for Business - Considering this free product to get started with Internet voice, video chat, and collaboration.
Duration: 3:40

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Instant Messaging for Business - Features.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Instant Messaging for Business - Features are being added to IM like voice communication and offline messages.
Duration: 3:42

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Instant Messaging for Business - Benefits.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Instant Messaging for Business - using Instant Messaging makes it easy to send URLs and Documents back and forth while chatting.
Duration: 3:55

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Instant Messaging for Business - Another Way to Communicate.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Instant Messaging for Business - Different vendors and clients prefer different ways to communicate over the Internet, some prefer Instant Messaging.
Duration: 3:40

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Instant Messaging for Business - Overview.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, October 29th, 2007
Instant Messaging for Business - an Introduction and Overview of Instant Messaging and how it is being used in Business.
Duration: 3:54

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RSS - Really Simple Syndication and Podcasts.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, October 26th, 2007
RSS - Really Simple Syndication can contain audio, and when audio is contained on an RSS feed it is called a Podcast.
Duration: 3:25

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RSS - Really Simple Syndication to create content for your website or blog

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
RSS - Really Simple Syndication creates feeds that are available to add content to your own website or blog.
Duration: 3:43

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RSS - Really Simple Syndication, blogs and ezines

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
RSS - Really Simple Syndication has a natural relationship with blogs. Most blog software services automatically create RSS Feeds. RSS Feeds can replace or suplement ezines - the electronic magazines.
Duration: 3:39

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RSS - Really Simple Syndication - Creating your own custom newsletter or magazine.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
RSS - Really Simple Syndication allows us to create our own custom personal magazine or newspapers customized for our individual preferences.
Duration: 3:17

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RSS - Really Simple Syndication: What is it?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
RSS - Really Simple Syndication is online syndication. RSS provides content creators a way to announce that a website or blog has been updated.
Duration: 3:21

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Managing Your Internet Presence - Be careful of what you put on Socal Media Sites.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Managing your Internet Presence by being very careful of what you put on social media sites. Some stories of people who have put dangerous or incriminating information on Facebook or MySpace.
Duration: 3:24

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Managing Your Internet Presence - Reputation Management

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Managing Your Internet Presence - tips on managing your Internet Reputation.
Duration: 3:38

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Managing Your Internet Presence - What to do when it is obsolete?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
What do you do with all the pieces of your Internet Presence when the a business shuts its door or when a person passes on.
Duration: 3:38

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Managing Your Internet Presence - Domain Names

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Managine your internet presence - getting and controlling your Domain Names.
Duration: 3:35

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Managing Your Internet Presence

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, October 15th, 2007
Managing your internet presence, including websites, blogs, rss feeds, social media profiles, online bookmarks, photos and videos.
Duration: 3:20

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ADXDirect.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, October 12th, 2007
ADXDirect is an advertising broker that targets the premium markets. Advertising brokers match publishers and advertisers.
Duration: 3:38

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Google Presentation

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Google Presentation is now part of Google Docs. Google now has a free online office suite. Google Presentation is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Duration: 3:29

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Free Phone Calls at ThePudding.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
ThePudding.com provides free unlimited phone calls by providing advertisments during the phone call. The call is made in a browser and ads are shown on the computer screen.
Duration: 3:53

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eHow - How to do Just about Everything

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
eHow.com is a website that provides How to do Just about Everything information. There are a number of categories. Most of the articles have specific steps to accomplish the task or activity.
Duration: 3:45

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The Amazon MP3 Store

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, October 8th, 2007
Amazon opened a new MP3 download store in competition with iTunes but Amazon has no DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Duration: 4:10

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Keyboard Shortcuts - keyxl.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, October 5th, 2007
Keyboard Shortcuts - keyxl.com - provides a comprehensive list of programs with the keyboard shortcuts. Using keyboard shortcuts is often easier and quicker.
Duration: 4:02

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Sketch Cast - sketchcast.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Sketch Cast - sketchcast.com - gives a quick way to add a simple video to an email or a blog post. You can do a quick sketch online while recording an audio and send it out using email.
Duration: 3:46

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The Task Bin - taskbin.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
The Task Bin - taskbin.com - provides a way to manage tasks online, collaborate across different offices, and set and focus on the priority tasks.
Duration: 3:30

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The Free Dictionary - thefreedictionary.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The Free Dictionary - thefreedictionary.com - has a number of dictionaries, including English, Medical, Legal, Financial and Computer. There is an audio pronunciation guide, a thesaurus, and some word games.
Duration: 3:57

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The Storm Worm Botnet

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, October 1st, 2007
The Storm Work Botnet is a series of computers that were compromised by the Storm Worm and collectively have more computing power than the largest super computer.
Duration: 3:51

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Revver - revver.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, September 28th, 2007
Revver - revver.com - is a video service that shares revenue with the Video producers. Revver has announced that they have given a million dollars to the video producers in their first year.
Duration: 3:34

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Flash Drives

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Flash Drives are very small devices that store computer data. They plug into the USB of the computer and are available with no software or setup.
Duration: 3:51

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For Sale by Publisher - forsalebypublisher.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
For Sale by Publisher is a site that connects website publishers and advertisers in order to sell advertising with no commissions.
Duration: 3:51

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Net Books - Netbooks.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Net Books - netbooks.com - is an integrated set of applications to manage small businesses. It is Software as a Service delivered over the Internet.
Duration: 3:52

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BizIII - the 400th Show

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, September 24th, 2007
BizIII celebrates 400 shows as of today. Four Hundred Shows at 3 minutes a day is 20 hours worth of programming available on the BizIII Website.
Duration: 4:35

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Topix - topix.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, September 21st, 2007
Topix - topix.com - is an interactive news site. You can review the news by top stories, by categories, or by city.
Duration: 3:33

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Goal Migo - goalmigo.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Goal Migo - goalmigo.com - is a website that helps one meets their goals. Go to the website, set your goals, track your goals, share your goals, join groups with similar goals, and then achieve your goals.
Duration: 3:32

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Mind Meister - mindmeister.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Mind Meister - mindmeister.com - is an online service that provides a tool for technique of mind mapping. The cool is online, collaborative, and has various options to save the mind maps.
Duration: 3:45

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Google Pages - pages.google.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Google pages is one of several services that allow the creation of websites without knowing HTML. Google pages is an easy to use fill-in-the-blanks service.
Duration: 3:49

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Fact Check - factcheck.org

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, September 17th, 2007
Factcheck.org is an award winning website that checks the facts presented by political candidates in speeches and debates. It is non-partisan.
Duration: 3:45

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Biz Buy Sell - bizbuysell.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Business Buy Sell - bizbuysell.com - is a website that can help you buy a business or sell a business. Tools include a way to get an estimate of what your business is worth.
Duration: 3:46

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Business Dictionary - businessdictionary.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Business Dictionary - businessdictionary.com - defines 20,000 business terms and has 115,000 links between words. Business Dictionary has words by categories, has a term of the day, and has HTML to put Business Dictionary on your own website.
Duration: 3:37

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E Lance - elance.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
E Lance - elance.com is a way for businesses to find freelance support. ELance provides freelancers in the following categories: graphic design, programming, web design, business consulting, writing, and video and audio editing.
Duration: 3:46

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PR Web - prweb.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
PR Web does Public Relations online. You create an account, upload your news or press release, and then PR Web does the rest. PR Web distributes to the media, but also distributes directly to consumers.
Duration: 3:59

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Best for Chart - best4c.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, September 10th, 2007
Best for Chart - best4c.com - is a online service that will help prepare flowcharts, home and office diagrams, maps, and network diagrams.
Duration: 3:38

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bookswim.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, September 7th, 2007
Bookswim.com is Netflix for books. Bookswim provides a way to sign up for a list of books, get the books in the mail, take as much time as you want to read them, and then return them.
Duration: 3:43

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springwise.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Springwise.com is a source of business ideas for entrepreneurs. They provide a database of business ideas, regular publications, and a worldwide network of spotters who identify new ideas
Duration: 3:44

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trendwatching.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Trendwatching.com follows and reports on worldwide consumer trends and summarizes that information on their website, in a free monthly newsletter, and in a yearly report.
Duration: 3:44

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alexa.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Alexa provides statistics on the web, with the top ten websites, movers and shakers for what is hot, and the top ten for a number of categories. Statistics are gathered only from those that download the Alexa Toolbar.
Duration: 3:42

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grandcentral.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, September 3rd, 2007
GrandCentral.com can provide one phone number for life. The phone number can be routed to any combination of work, home and cell phones.
Duration: 3:35

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howstuffworks.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, August 31st, 2007
How Stuff Works is an award winning website with information on how stuff works. It has lots of information in many categories. The site now has videos on how things work.
Duration: 3:45

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smallbusinesstrends.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Small Business Trends is a site with information for Small Business. The site includes articles by experts, a newsletter, user forums, a marketplace of products, and a radio show.
Duration: 4:19

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sba.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
The Small Business Administration provides free services to small businesses. They provide planning aides, services, tools and local offices to help small businesses.
Duration: 3:46

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pack.google.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Google provides a free starter set of software for the PC. The set includes Google Software, anti-spyware software, and the complete Sun Office Suite.
Duration: 3:54

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download.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, August 27th, 2007
CNET runs a site called download.com which is a great place to find software to download. You can sort by price, by operating system, and by rank either by the CNET editors or consumers. CNET makes sure there is no spyware.
Duration: 3:34

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clicktale.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, August 24th, 2007
Click Tale provides a new exciting way to measure website analytics. It measures actual visitor behavior on the website. Sign up, watch a movie, and then understand behavior.
Duration: 3:51

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createspace.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Create Space provides a way to create and sell content online. It is on-demand publishing. Distribution is through Amazon.com. There are no setup fees.
Duration: 3:44

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launchtags.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Launch Tags is a website that allows people to create mini pages on any topic. It is a fill in the blanks site on any topic. Create a page and get a link back to your website or blog.
Duration: 3:50

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nextinternetmillionaire.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
The Next Internet Millionaire is the first Internet reality show. The contestants compete to partner on an Internet Marketing project.
Duration: 3:46

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blog2print.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, August 20th, 2007
Blog 2 Print is a service that converts a Blog done on the Google Blogger system into a book. It provides a widget to put on the blog to sell the book. The blogger gets 20% of the book price.
Duration: 3:45

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zoho.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, August 17th, 2007
zoho.com provides a full suite of online office tools. Most of the tools are available free. Zoho now has 300,000 users and is adding products rapidly.
Duration: 3:38

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baynote.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Baynote taps into the invisible crowd to help businesses improve their conversion rate. Baynote tracks behavior of people when they visit the website.
Duration: 3:16

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The Internet as the New Mean Streets

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
The Internet is starting to look like the new mean streets. We discuss two news stories. MySpace deleted 29,000 pedophiles. USA Today reported on various problems on the Internet.
Duration: 3:20

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ubroadcast.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
ubroadcast.com is a website that allows you to host your own internet radio show. There are other services that can do this, but ubroadcast.com is a very straight forward way to creat an Internet radio show.
Duration: 4:12

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biznik.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, August 13th, 2007
biznik.com is a social network for independent professionals. Biznik brings people and business together. There are global connections and local meetings.
Duration: 3:27

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asseenonpc.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, August 10th, 2007
asseenonpc.com is a website that promotes products. Its motto - as seen on PC - derives from the old as seen on TV motto often used in advertising.
Duration: 3:22

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startupnation.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, August 9th, 2007
startupnation.com is a website that is by entrepreneurs for entrepreneus. It is the largest online community of startups. It is free website with lots of good information.
Duration: 3:26

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Social Shopping

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
We review some social shopping sites. Social Shopping websites combine Social Media functionality with shopping information to help you shop more intelligently.
Duration: 4:17

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dailylit.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
dailylit.com is a way to read books by having a bit of the book sent everyday using either email or RSS. Take 5 minutes out of your email reading to read a part of a book.
Duration: 3:07

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People Search.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, August 6th, 2007
We discuss six websites that do people search using various techniques. If you are searching for someone on the Internet, here are six services to try.
Duration: 3:29

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squidoo.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Squidoo.com is a website where anyone can create a webpage or lens by filling in the blanks. It is also potentially a way to make money because any earned ad revenue is shared.
Duration: 4:05

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Business Bibs

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Video is about perception - we review businessbibs.com that sells pseudo business suits as bibs that velcro up the back to use in videos.
Duration: 3:33

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Audio on the Internet

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
We review 4 different websites that provide audio on the internet - evoca.com, odeo.com, yackpack.com and waxmail.com.
Duration: 4:24

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Continuous Partial Attention

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. Teenagers and Continuous Partial Attention.
Duration: 5:22

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Cyberbullying.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, July 30th, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. Teenagers and Cyberbullying.
Duration: 4:33

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Teenagers and Web 2.0.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, July 27th, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. Teenagers and Web 2.0.
Duration: 5:31

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Harry Potter and Forums.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. The last Harry Potter book went on sale and caused some interesting reaction on Internet Forums.
Duration: 5:50

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Internet Safety.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. Teenagers and Internet Safety.
Duration: 4:29

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Email and Instant Messaging

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Les interviews his teenage daughter to discuss the Internet generation gap. Teenagers use more instant messaging. Adults use more email.
Duration: 4:04

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evoca.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Les uses evoca.com to generate this podcast. It is not studio quality, but it demonstrates the ease that one can do a podcast using a cell phone and a free service.
Duration: 3:19

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MSN search.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, July 20th, 2007
MSN search is growing according to compete.com. The Microsoft product for ads is called adCenter. Looking at MSN categories.
Duration: 3:34

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Malware.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Some news stories about malware. Google is looking for malware. Viruses are 25 years old this year. Rival gangs are fighting over zombie computers.
Duration: 3:34

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Free Stuff.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Free stuff on the Internet at Craigslist.com, freecycle.org, and swaptree.com. Some are free, some are for trade. Find some free stuff.
Duration: 3:49

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mahalo.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
mahalo.com is a search engine that is Human Generated. People generate search result pages for specific terms. Volunteers are being sought.
Duration: 3:25

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zolved.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, July 16th, 2007
zolved.com is a one stop place to get technical issues resolved. There are online gurus, a knowledge center, and lists of local technicians.
Duration: 2:59

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Measuring Website Activity

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, July 13th, 2007
Nielsen is starting a new kind of web analytics which measures provides Website analytics by time spent on a website. It reflects the new emphasis on Video and websites built with AJAX.
Duration: 3:29

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Continuous Partial Attention

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Linda Stone and others are discussing Continuous Partial Attention, where we continue to scan the edges with partial attention.
Duration: 3:24

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adap.tv.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Video online ads are hot. We look at a service called adap.tv that has services for publishers and advertisers.
Duration: 3:19

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Change your business information on Local Search.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Add or edit your business information on Google Local Search, changing information about your business including hours, websites, and pictures..
Duration: 3:29

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Creating Small URLs.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, July 9th, 2007
Two services that help to communicate long complicated URLs. tinyurl.com and elfurl.com make large URLs shorter.
Duration: 3:24

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Manhattan Media Services

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, July 6th, 2007
Introducing Manhattan Media Services and the President Marianna Morella, a company that specializes in direct response print advertising. See www.manhmedia.com.
Duration: 3:21

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Marketing in the iPhone age.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Marketing in the iPhone age. The iPhone is an example of technology that is easy to use. It is not about Technology, it is about making Technology usable.
Duration: 3:40

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Marketing to iPhone users.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Thinking about the iPhone and how it affects Marketing. A tip on getting out of a cell phone contract in order to use iPhone.
Duration: 3:34

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Marketing and the iPhone.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Thinking about Marketing and the new Apple iPhone. It represents a dramatic change.
Duration: 2:59

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Apple iPhone.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, July 2nd, 2007
The Apple iPhone was announced this week to much market buzz.
Duration: 3:45

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A Video Technique

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, June 29th, 2007
A technique we call the Buddy Video for creating Video. We discuss our experience using the Buddy Technique.
Duration: 3:53

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Google Earth

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Google Earth was supposedly used by terrorists to research an area they wanted to bomb.
Duration: 3:41

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Google Policing the Web.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Google is starting to identify websites that are potentially dangerous and show a warning on the Search Results.
Duration: 3:43

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Google Trends.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Google Trends is another way to watch the buzz on the Internet. It is another system that shows what is hot.
Duration: 4:06

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Google Gears.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, June 25th, 2007
Google Gears provides the capability to run Google Applications on the desktop when there is no online connectivity.
Duration: 3:51

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PostcardMania.com.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Postcard Marketing is popular and one of the best websites to research Postcard Marketing is postcardmania.com.
Duration: 3:56

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Amazon aStore.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Les created an online book store using the new Amazon tool called the Astore in less than 20 minutes.
Duration: 3:58

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Google Street View.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, June 18th, 2007
Google releases Street View as a part of Local Search with both good and bad ramifications.
Duration: 3:58

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More from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, June 15th, 2007
Mike reports from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show about using the complete set of Marketing Tools to make an outstanding offer.
Duration: 4:07

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More from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Mike reports from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show about the current trends on using video in Direct Response Marketing.
Duration: 4:08

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More from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Mike reports from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show about the current trends on using postcards in Direct Response Marketing.
Duration: 3:27

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More from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Mike reports from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show about the current trends on using catalogs in Direct Response Marketing.
Duration: 3:53

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Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, June 11th, 2007
Mike reports from the Direct Response Marketing Alliance Trade Show about current trends on Direct Response Marketing.
Duration: 3:38

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The Master Mind Group.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, June 8th, 2007
A Master Mind Group is an organized group of Mentors who help each other.
Duration: 3:35

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What is Mentoring?

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Mentoring is helping someone find their way down a path that you already know.
Duration: 3:30

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Mentors

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Being a mentor, and having mentors. Some well known mentors are Alex Mandossian, Armond Morin, and Rick Raddatz
Duration: 3:45

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Positive Thinking

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Direct Response Marketers that are successful are Postive Thinkers.
Duration: 3:42

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Next Internet Millionaire Contest.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, June 4th, 2007
Check out the nextinternetmillionaire.com for an interesting contest.
Duration: 3:19

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Online Advertising.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, June 1st, 2007
Google is announcing adsense for video. Online advertising continues to grow into audio and video.
Duration: 3:56

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A creative use of CAPTCHAs.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
A very creative use of CAPTCHAs to digitize public domain books.
Duration: 3:33

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Changing your mindset to work smarter.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Thinking about the Law of Attraction and the power of thoughts to work smarter.
Duration: 3:38

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the Law of Attraction

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Discussing the Law of Attraction and the Movie about the Law of Attraction called The Secret.
Duration: 3:59

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Attracting Money

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, May 28th, 2007
The Secret says we should say attract more money instead of make more money.
Duration: 3:27

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English Majors.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, May 25th, 2007
Les Bain and Mike Hughes are both English Majors. We talk about English, Fiction, Communication and the Human element.
Duration: 3:51

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About Market Ability, Inc.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
We respond to listener requests: Mike Hughes talks about his company Market Ability, Inc.
Duration: 3:22

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About Wizard Creek Consulting.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
We respond to listener requests: Les Bain talks about his company Wizard Creek Consulting.
Duration: 3:55

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About Mike Hughes

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
We respond to listener requests, and provide some background on Mike Hughes.
Duration: 3:48

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About Les Bain

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, May 21st, 2007
We respond to listener requests, and provide some background on Les Bain.
Duration: 3:59

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Follow the Money.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, May 18th, 2007
A way to use Venture Capital for free. Pay attention to where Venture Capital is going. Let them do the research. Then follow the money.
Duration: 3:26

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Free things on the Internet.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Examining the trend on the Internet that many things are free. What to do about that.
Duration: 3:41

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Dell is selling PCs with Ubuntu.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Dell is now selling PCs with the operating system called Ubuntu, which is a version of Linux.
Duration: 3:32

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dave.tv

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
dave.tv is improving the cost of advertising by providing higher quality video.
Duration: 3:26

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Joost.com

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, May 14th, 2007
Joost provides a way to get Television on your computer with just an Internet Connection and the Joost Download.
Duration: 3:23

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Website Design versus Website Development.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, May 11th, 2007
Website Design with HTML and CSS contrasted with Website Development using tools like PHP and MySQL.
Duration: 3:32

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Using comments to market.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, May 10th, 2007
The value of comments in Internet Marketing, including comments, trackbacks, and audio and video comments.
Duration: 3:38

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NAB - the value of comments.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Mike reports from National Association of Broadcasters on the value of comments.
Duration: 3:35

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BizIII - Process Improvement.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Continuous Process Improvement means change. You have to be open to change.
Duration: 3:31

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BizIII - 300 shows.

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, May 7th, 2007
BizIII has done 300 shows as of today. We look back over time.
Duration: 3:55

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Google Buys DoubleClick

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Google buys DoubleClick for 3 billion dollars to help manage online advertising.
Duration: 3:29

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Doable Marketing

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
A recommendation on do-able, no-excuse Marketing - getting started with Video.
Duration: 3:39

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Internet Profiles

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Some concepts about Internet Profiles and some companies that are trying to solve the issue.
Duration: 3:42

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Zip Car

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Zip Car is a new service that allows short term car rental at major metropolitan areas.
Duration: 3:39

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Blog Talk Radio

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Create a live Blog Radio Talk Show with Blog Talk Radio.
Duration: 3:49

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Internet Reputation Management

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, April 27th, 2007
To manage access to your Website, make sure you manage your reputation.
Duration: 3:59

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Internet Connectivity

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, April 26th, 2007
A story about Internet Connectivity - a story of two contrasting websites.
Duration: 3:40

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National Association of Broadcasters - online TV Networks

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
National Association of Broadcasters - what is new with online TV Networks.
Duration: 3:43

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National Association of Broadcasters

les.bain@biziii.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
National Association of Broadcasters - tips about Web Marketing.
Duration: 3:28

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