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Facebook What’s On YOUR Mind??

In this Read Write Web Facebook article they discuss the new changes happening over at Facebook and what Facebook maybe trying to accomplish. According to Facebook execs they say these new privacy changes are all about increasing a user's control over their privacy. In the post RWW sites Traffic and Advertising and ...

Vacationing Without Your Boss, Company, or Clients Knowing

All of us with office jobs dream of vacations to sunny beaches and happy climes. Sipping from a drink with an umbrella in it and lounging in a beach chair. Ahhh, it feels warmer already. Well, you don't have to limit yourself to a one or two week a year getaway. ...

Winning the Information Game: How To Collect, Organize, and Share Information

"Knowledge is Power" and "The More You Know The More You Grow" these statements are wonderfully empowering, completely true, and yet the same time a bit frustrating wouldn't you say? We would all love to know more....well most of us would, but where do you get the time to discover ...

You Had Me at Hello: The Power of Twitter

I will openly admit that I am a Twitterholic, there is just so much that can be accomplished with Twitter that I can't help myself! In our workshops, trainings, and consultations I try to stress how useful and actually essential a platform such as Twitter can be for a business ...

What is Your Twitter ROI? Twitter Analyzer Tools

ROI or return on investment is different for every person, business, and situation. First you must look at your goals....what do you hope to obtain with your investment? Next, what are you investing, money, time, and/or resources? What is the timeframe for your endeavor and what milestones are you looking ...

Rewarding Your Brand Advocates

Image by Thadz It is the dream of most business owners, to get business without marketing, to build loyal customers based on quality and service. And there are a few...very few, businesses that have been able to do that, I think they are located in those small towns in the Midwest ...

Conducting a Symphony: Group Collaboration Tools

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="270" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~H.E. Luccock I recently had the pleasure of working on a collaborative project with some very talented, creative, and highly motivated people. When individuals successfully come together as ...

Take the Conversation on the Road

One of the biggest challenges for businesses is how to, consistently and unobtrusively, stay in front of customers so that they remember you when your service or product is needed. Creating and maintaining memorable client marketing campaigns can be expensive especially if it involves printing, mailing, and advertising expenses. Some ways ...

The Easy Way to Expense: Expensify

With everything else that we have to do as business owners and professionals, creating expense reports has to be one of the most tedious. I have piles of receipts, credit card statements, and a plethora of good intentions to get it all into organized reports. I have had these good ...

Everything You Need For a Successful Press Release

A well written and distributed press release can bring business building exposure for a company, organization, non-profit, or even an individual. In this post you will find resources that answer the three most asked press release questions. Why would I write a press release? How do I write a press release? Where do I ...