Creativity and Innovation in Business

Who Would Like to Lose 10 pounds?

2013-05-22T22:42:00.001-07:00

Meet oGoing Max Small Business Social Media Member:
Weight Loss & Fitness Program | Body by Vi | Erainna Yoakum
She offers 10 reasons to lose 10 lbs today!
Here are 10 ways that losing 10 pounds can improve your day-to-day life.

BETTER SLEEP – Losing 10 lbs. can widen your windpipe so you won’t snore like a lawnmower
BETTER SEX – Losing weight can spice up your sex life big time! Erectile Dysfunction is literally a downer—and it’s a problem for 80% of overweight/obese men. YES, 80%!
MORE SELF CONFIDENCE – Just wait ‘til you see what happens when you start loving what’s in the mirror.
MORE ENERGY – When your body is healthy, it radiates energy. Imagine how happy your kids would be to play with you longer!
BETTER MOOD – When you’re happier with yourself, you’re happier with life. And wouldn’t that make your Significant Other happy!?
HEALTH – Losing weight reduces your risk of life-threatening illnesses such as diabetes
AGILITY – You’ll improve your mobility when you drop weight, putting less pressure on your joints and making it easier to exercise. I know you want less pain every day!
BRAIN – Tests have shown that overweight people score lower on memory tests. Don’t you want to remember stuff?
PREGNANCY – Excess weight can alter hormones making it difficult for women to get pregnant
MONEY – Research has shown that people who weigh more earn up to $10,000 less per year than their co-workers. Super unfair – If you’re earning $10K less, let it be because you’re not that great at your job!

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About oGoing:
oGoing Small Business Social Media Network promotes your business, attracts new customers, grows website traffic, improves SEO ranking and generates B2B leads. Social media marketing, business social networking and Internet marketing for small business, owners, entrepreneurs, SMB, service providers and professionals in USA. Join oGoing

What's going on in Los Angeles Now?

2013-05-20T11:25:00.001-07:00

What's going on in Los Angeles Now? Latest Events, News and Tweets about Los Angeles

What's going on in Los Angeles now?

Connect with Los Angeles oGoing on Twitter

Do you need help with social media marketing on Twitter in Los Angeles? Check out oGoing's affordable social media services for $99 monthly, oGoing Max. Learn more

Why Small Business Needs Social Media?

2013-05-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

Are you a small business owner, entrepreneur, service provider, executive or professional?

How are you marketing your small business on one or more of these key social media networks?

The Key Benefits of Social Media, according to Social Media Examiner, include:

Gaining more Exposure (for your business on the web)
Increasing Traffic (to your website and your services)
Providing Marketplace Insight (to your customers)
Generating Warm Leads (for your sales)
Developing Loyal Fans (and growing your brand)
Improving Search Engine Ranking or SEO rank
Establishing & Growing New Business Partnerships
Reducing Marketing Expenses (when you promote & share)
Providing Customer Service and Support (and Feedback)
Growing and Improving Sales with New Customers (i.e. the Topline)

According to Jeff Bullas of Business 2 community:

Facebook is now part of most people’s web lives, Twitter is where a lot of people are reading the breaking news and if you want to be entertained then just dial into YouTube.
Despite it’s minimal mind share, media profile and awareness Google+ has woven its way into our consciousness and is now the second largest social network.
Finally, LinkedIn has become the world's largest professional network.

What are the factors driving the growth of social media?

According to a Global Web Index study the two key drivers are:

Mobile – with the number of people accessing the internet via a mobile phone increasing by 60.3% to 818.4 million in the last 2 years.
Older users adoption – On Twitter the 55-64 year age bracket is the fastest growing demographic at 79% since 2012. The fastest growing demographic on Facebook’s and Google+’s networks are the 45 to 54 year age bracket at 46% and 56% respectively.

Who uses social media and where? According to Pew Internet, here are the recent trends:

Facebook: 67% use Facebook; the biggest users are young women, ages 18-29.
Twitter: 16% use Twitter; the biggest users are also ages 18-29, live in an urban area and tend to be African-American.
Pinterest: 15% use Pinterest; users tend to be white adult women under 50 with some college education.
Instagram: 13% use Instagram; again, it’s popular with young adults ages 18-29, but Instagram tends to be used the most by African-Americans, Latinos, and women who live in an urban area.
Tumblr: The smallest user base (with 6%) is used mostly by those ages 18-29.

Have you heard about USA's leading small business social network oGoing?

oGoing provides small business owners and entrepreneurs powerful web social media marketing platform that promotes the business, attracts new customers, boosts online visibility, improves website traffic and accelerates sales.
Did you know that most business owners spend 4 to 6 hours a week managing social media (although they could be using that time running their business)?
According to Manta, at least 25% of new customers can be acquired using social media
Further, marketing programs are 63% more effective when combined with social media

Join oGoing today, and jumpstart your social media marketing, get warm leads, and grow your small business!

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Is Samsung Galaxy S4 the Most Innovative Smartphone?

2013-05-05T22:03:00.004-07:00

Samsung boldly claims:

The Next Big Thing Is Here

taking a page out of Apple's marketing book!

What are the killer, innovative features of the new Galaxy S4 according to Samsung?

It Takes a Lot of Things
to be The Next Big Thing

Erase a photo's background distractions with just a touch. Skip channel surfing and change the TV channel right from your phone. Preview photos and files or read a news article without ever touching the screen. Use one screen to check Facebook® as you catch up on email. The Galaxy S 4 does things the way they should be done-your way.

Amazing in a Whole New Way

With Air View™, you can get a preview of your photo just by hovering your finger over the thumbnail. Skip to the next song by waving your hand over the screen. Or pause a movie just by looking away from the screen.

Breaking All the Rules

Why switch back and forth between two apps when you can use two at the same time? Why wait until you're on your desktop to edit a Microsoft Word® document? Its time doing the little things became easier so you can make the big things happen.

Catch Any Moment,
Keep Every Memory

13MP meets our 5" 1080p display for a stunning way to take, view and share photos. Custom shooting modes make every moment beautiful, so you can capture the grandness of the Grand Canyon or document your daughter's first cartwheel.
A Smartphone That Makes TV BetterThe infrared sensor is the same technology as your remote control, so with WatchON™ you can change the TV channel from your phone. And you get a custom TV guide that shows you what you like to watch. With Samsung Hub, you can watch more music, movies and games with one app and one sign-in. The Galaxy S 4 is serious about having fun.

Bottomline:

Has the New Samsung Galaxy S4 pushed the limits of smartphone innovations? For novice users, is the S4 a feature overkill or just right? For the early smartphone adopters, is it the most innovative smartphone out there? No other smartphone can do everything that the new S4 does. It has raised the bar in creative features if they work in unison, are intuitive, and easy to use. What are your thoughts on the new S4? Is it every bit as Samsung is claiming it to be? The Next Big Thing! Is Samsung S4 the New Smartphone King? How would Apple answer Samsung? What about Google and Motorola?

references: Samsung Galaxy website

Promote your Business to 300,000 Small Business Owners in Southern California

2013-05-05T14:54:00.000-07:00

oGoing Small Business Social Network has a Special Offer for our Business Owners in Southern California

The Offer

oGoing will promote your specific product or service in front of over 300,000 small business owners in Southern California through Facebook (from Los Angeles to San Diego, Santa Ana to Riverside.)

Who is our target audience?
1. Small Business Owner Category on Facebook
2. Age 25 or higher (i.e. more matured business owners)
3. Own and operate a business in Southern California

Your specific product or service announcement will be promoted through oGoing's Facebook page that gets over 30,000 unique page views each month, and is used by many small business owners already. oGoing will use exclusive Facebook Advertising to further give your message a Marketing Boost in front of over 300,000 small businesses!

Bonus One: oGoing will promote your service on Ogoing.com, nation's leading small business social network for five days by providing your business a featured listing. oGoing has an engaged community that will review and interact with your offer. ($150 value)
Bonus Two: oGoing will send out a dedicated e-blast of your offering to the oGoing small business community members and local business contacts (around 10,000 contacts). oGoing email blasts get great open rates and provide superior click-through rates. ($200 value)
Bonus Three: oGoing will make you an oGoing Pro business for the entire year, and provide your business continuous visibility and exposure for all 365 days! This means more website traffic will be generated for your business. ($468 value)

The Terms

oGoing presents your Promotion on Facebook in front of over 300,000 business owners including all three bonuses as outlined above for an annual cost of only $899!

Yes, our entire marketing package is available for a one time cost of only $899! (that's less than $75 each month!). Imagine the exposure and visibility that your business will receive in front of so many local owners and entrepreneurs.

What we need?

oGoing will need your promotion writeup (two to three lines; we can help create a great writeup for you), a photo of your product or service, and a website link (i.e. landing page) so that your prospective buyers can go there and consume the offer.
oGoing will provide you detailed reports of the promotion including insights! Thus, you can measure the impact of your message on Facebook.

How to Sign Up?

Please contact us today to get started. You can fill out our Facebook form, and mention Facebook Promotion Offer in the comments section! Can't wait to get going? Call us M-F from 8 am to 5 pm at: 949-288-6880 and talk to our sales consultant! We can help you over the phone and answer your questions. Or shoot us an email at: sales@ogoing.biz

Why choose oGoing for Managing your Facebook and Social Media Marketing?

1. oGoing is the nation's leading business social network for owners. We live and breathe social media 24/7
2. oGoing has been successfully managing social media services for clients for four years
3. oGoing is a recognized leader in social media marketing solutions and consulting services
4. oGoing founder & CEO has trained and consulted over 500 business owners on social media
5. oGoing is a Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Microsoft and Apple trusted partner and developer

oGoing Also Markets to Small Business Owners in the following Metro Areas:

Metro Area - Small Business Owners Market

New York Metro Area - 260,000
San Francisco Bay Area - 170,000
Chicago Metro Area - 160,000
Washington DC Baltimore Virginia Metro Area - 150,000
Boston Worcester Manchester Metro Area - 140,000
Dallas Fort Worth Metro Area - 130,000
Atlanta Metro Area - 130,000
Miami Metro Area - 110,000
Seattle Metro Area - 105,000
Philadelphia Metro Area - 100,000
Houston Metro Area - 100,000
Austin - San Antonio Metro Area - 90,000
Detroit Metro Area - 85,000
Denver Metro Area - 85,000
Tampa Bay Metro Area - 80,000
Minneapolis Metro Area - 80,000
Phoenix Metro Area - 80,000

About oGoing:

Ogoing.com is USA's leading social network for small business. Ogoing gives owners and entrepreneurs a powerful web social media marketing platform that promotes the business, boosts online visibility, improves website traffic, raises SEO ranking, generates new leads and attracts new customers.

Call us: 949-288-6880 or 888-856-8881 or online at: ogoing.com/contactus

5 Social Media Marketing Tips To Attract New Customers

2013-04-22T20:29:00.003-07:00

Five tips to attract new customers using social media marketing and branding

1. Create Beautiful Profile.
Edit your Social Network Profile, update your correct company information, and add your beautiful company logo (go to Settings after you login). If you are also on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube, connect these to your profiles. The more complete a profile, the better visibility it gets on Google, Yahoo and Bing and other search engines, resulting in higher SEO ranking. Don't forget to confirm your account email to get full access, receive notifications, and greater exposure.

2. Get Great Recommendations.
Request your existing clients to provide you a 5 star review (tell them to go to your profile or brand page and click on Recommend - e.g. http://ogoing.com/sanjaydalal ). Great recommendations go a long way towards establishing credibility and trust. Remember, your prospects are always checking your online ratings and when they see those five stars next to your profile, they are more confident and ready to do business with you.   So ask your best clients to recommend today.

3. Share What's going on?
Share updates about what's going on - at least once a week (and if you are on Twitter or Google+, daily!). Talk about your business, best practices, tips, industry articles, and news which are relevant for your clients. Post lots of photos, images and videos. Great visuals are more engaging. Ask questions and get feedback from clients. Post upcoming events. Create monthly offers. Provide a free download. The more updates you share, the more exposure and visibility you create online which generates free traffic.

4. Build Quality Connections.
Connect with member businesses, customers, prospects and influencers. Go to Search or Find Business and search for members based on industry / location / name / certification / activity, and after you find them, Follow them. When you follow members, they are notified about your business, and many would connect back with you. Learn more about their businesses. Find out what their needs are. Spend some time on their website. Once you follow them, you can keep up with what they are sharing.

5. Engage with Customers.
Promote members who connect with you by sharing their profile, mentioning them, asking questions, sending direct message, and responding to their conversations. The more you engage with members, the more they warm up to do business with you.   When was the last time you liked, shared, commented or replied to a member's update? Everyone loves interaction. Next time you login, don't forget to "high five" a member's update.

Remember... social media is not about promoting yourself. It's about engaging with your connections, building trust, sharing good information, growing your online relationships, and then transforming your relationships into warm leads. It's not a one shot approach.

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What Makes People Unhappy? Ten Reasons

2013-04-22T00:03:00.000-07:00

"Unhappiness is the choice you make. Happiness is your nature." - Chinmaya Mission

What makes people unhappy? My wife and I have been fortunate enough to attend Chinmaya Mission in Tustin / Irvine area, Swaminarayan temple in Chino Hills (and before that in Bay Area), Jain Center in Buena Park (and before that in Milpitas). We are not sure if going to these temples make us happy. But going there does make us self-aware of what's going on and we realize that we are not the only ones going through life's ups and downs. We have had our share of happy and unhappy situations in our marriage, after we became parents, and even before marriage (we began dating back in college days).

We can give you a laundry list of situations and things over the last 25 years that have tested our limits... we have two kids who are grown ups (well almost; our son is soon going to be 18 and will be going to college this year, and our daughter is all of 12 and going to become a teenager soon!). We have moved several times. We have changed jobs. We have changed places. We had good bosses. We had bad bosses. We made good money. We lost a lot of money. The list goes on...

Here are the top ten reasons why people become unhappy and some solutions to be happy (that we could come up with, and we are just ordinary people):

1. Health (bad or failing health can make even the happiest people unhappy; but people can choose to remain happy and fight illnesses with faith, eating habits, great outlook and good doctors),

2. Relationships (again, folks can choose to get out of bad relationships or learn to appreciate and work well with others; relationships with their kids, spouses, parents, boss, co-workers, neighbors, school, etc.),

3. Financial situation (when people lose jobs and don't have enough savings to even pay for their daily needs; they can work hard to do well, but this could take time; many a times, too much money could be a huge problem too!),

4. Circumstances (when "accidents" or "incidents" happen that they get dragged into. No one plans for bad situations or death of family members to happen, but they do! The best solution is to keep the patience to see them through),

5. Place (for instance, you "end up" living in an area with lot of crime, noise, pollution, traffic, poverty, bad schools, lack of opportunity, lack of social activities, and so on; key is to change the place before it changes you!),

6. Inertia (many folks do not feel like they want to do anything at all, and are lazy or lethargic all the time. They spend way too much time doing nothing, and staying at home. This eventually leads to unhappiness. Do something!),

7. Lonely (many people don't have friends or a good social life; this could be tied to bad relationships or lack of it, having a lot of inertia, having no hobbies, and spending too much time at home; key is to get involved in local community and get out more frequently),

8. Things (people love more things, buy more things, and believe things give more happiness - eventually they get tired of these things; loving too many things leads to addiction to them; for instance, drugs, alcohol, gambling, expensive clothes or cars),

9. Expectations (some people have too high expectations that they cannot achieve, and hence they always feel that they are an under-achiever; expectations could be their own, or set by others like your parents, spouse, or manager. These can be a real drag. Reset your expectations!),

10. Purpose (or lack of purpose. Most people don't know their goals in life. What are they doing everyday? Why are they doing this? They are just lost, or caught up in the rat race. They don't know the overall purpose of what they are here for)

And there is one more... so we lied! Here is the 11th thing that can make you unhappy:

11. Worry (but why worry at all? "It's not human to not worry" - Sanjay Dalal. All humans worry... the key is to keep the worries in check, and always be thinking of finding solutions. In reality, this is easier said than done!)

We invite you to share your comments and thoughts on what makes you unhappy or happy? Did we miss something big?

Check out:

Dr. Phil - Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Jumpstart Social Media on oGoing, USA's Small Business Social Network

2013-04-10T09:49:00.000-07:00

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Happy Easter - Small Business Social Networking

2013-03-28T17:54:00.002-07:00

Happy Easter! oGoing has an amazing Exclusive Offer for Small Business Social Networking for owners, entrepreneurs, SMB and service providers!

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oGoing Boosts Website SEO Ranking

2013-03-27T16:16:00.001-07:00

oGoing Small Business Social Network Boosts SEO Ranking

oGoing Small Business Members are seeing Better Brand Exposure, Higher Website Traffic and Real Improvement in their Website SEO Ranking

Irvine, California March 26, 2013

oGoing Small Business Social Network is helping business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, and professionals get tremendous online visibility and immediate brand exposure. oGoing members are seeing manifold improvement in their SEO Ranking, and some are even achieving first page ranking on major search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo and more.

"oGoing is the best business social network to enhance your social media brand, engage with your customers and explode your SEO ranking." Sanjay Dalal, founder & CEO, oGoing

As soon as a new member creates a business profile on oGoing, they get a unique, permanent website page such as: " http://ogoing.com/sanjaydalal " that includes a backlink to the member's website and social network pages including Facebook. Important additional backlinks can be included under member's information and relevant categories.

oGoing introduces the new member business to the entire oGoing small business community, and shares their profile permanently under the New Business category on the oGoing Live page, thereby giving even more backlinks. oGoing also shares and indexes the new member profile web page on all major search engines.

Each new member profile page automatically gets 25 new connections upon joining the oGoing small business social network. These connections equate to high PR backlinks to the member's profile page, and to the member's website. These backlinks immediately improve member's website SEO ranking. Not only that, since oGoing provides instant 25 new followers to each new member, they don't have to work hard to get new connections (as is the case on other social networks). oGoing members feel right at home after joining oGoing!

When new member shares marketing updates including business needs, upcoming events, interesting news, timely offers, product announcements and company services, every update gets a unique website page thereby increasing the member's online visibility and search ranking. Further, each member update is shared on the oGoing Live page so that all members can see what's going on and interact with the new member. When a member shares more updates, their profile gets even more exposure and builds even more website traffic. Here's an example of a member update page: http://ogoing.com/sanjaydalal/Updates/232995

In summary, oGoing Small Business Social Networking provides better brand exposure, higher website traffic and real improvement in website SEO ranking.

oGoing invites all business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers and professionals to join oGoing today and promote their business for free! oGoing is very easy to use. It just takes five minutes to get started. Join oGoing and jumpstart SEO ranking: http://ogoing.com/joinogoing

oGoing Pro provides affordable social media marketing boost to small business owners on a budget! For only $39 monthly, oGoing provides amazing services that promote the business using the best social media, help make new connections, grow the brand, boosts SEO ranking and generates warm leads. Learn more about oGoing Pro

About oGoing: oGoing is USA's leading social network for small business. Tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, small business owners, startups, service providers and SMB are using oGoing to connect, share, network, promote and grow their business for free. oGoing is an Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Twitter developer and partner.

Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

2013-03-11T16:32:00.002-07:00

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.

In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.

"I never thought I would write a book. ... But I decided to speak out after talking to hundreds of women, listening to their struggles, sharing my own, and realizing that the gains we have made are not enough and may even be slipping." Sandberg

"The blunt truth is that men still run the world. Of the 195 independent countries in the world, only 17 are led by women. Women hold just 20 percent of seats in parliaments globally." Sandberg

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, March 2013: Anyone who's watched Sheryl Sandberg's popular TED Talk, "Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders," is familiar with--and possibly haunted by--the idea of "having it all." "Perhaps the greatest trap ever set for women was the coining of this phrase," writes Sandberg in Lean In, which expands on her talk's big idea: that increasing the number of women at the top of their fields will benefit everyone. Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, encourages women to challenge the common workplace assumption that "men still run the world." She asks men to be real partners, sharing in the family work that typically leads to a woman's decision to stay home; she asks women who expect to start a family soon not to check out of work mentally. Sandberg's critics note that her advice may not resonate with the masses: The Harvard-educated exec can afford a veritable army to help raise her children. But Sandberg's point--which affects all of us--is that women who have what it takes to succeed at the highest professional level face many obstacles, both internal and external. Lean In is likely to spur the conversations that must happen for institutional changes to take place at work. --Alexandra Foster

“For the past five years, I’ve sat at a desk next to Sheryl and I’ve learned something from her almost every day. She has a remarkable intelligence that can cut through complex processes and find solutions to the hardest problems. Lean In combines Sheryl’s ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people. The book is smart and honest and funny. Her words will help all readers—especially men—to become better and more effective leaders.”
—Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Facebook

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Have you read Lean In? Share your thoughts as comments below...

USA Small Business Social Network oGoing

2013-03-10T11:25:00.000-07:00

Fastest Growing Social Network for Small Business

"Have you ever tried a side by side comparison between Ogoing and other social networks? I suggest you do it, and you'll see a huge difference in features and capability. On these criteria you'll really appreciate what Ogoing is offering small business owners and entrepreneurs in a clearly superior way. And this is not a subjective "plug" for Ogoing but an objective, direct comparison of features. It is simply giving credit and recognition to where it is due - and I believe Ogoing deserves it!" - Alejandre Abaygar

Small businesses are vital to America’s economic future; 28 million small businesses create two-thirds of all new jobs. 97% of all customers look online for local products and services; yet most small businesses do not have a web presence. Our mission is to help promote local small businesses throughout USA. Keeping money in our neighborhoods by shopping locally ensures a thriving small business community. Ogoing gives owners, service providers and entrepreneurs a powerful social media network that promotes the business, attracts new customers, boosts online visibility, improves website traffic and accelerates sales.

Why Join Ogoing?

Ogoing is the most innovative social network for:
1. Social media marketing
2. Small business networking and
3. Small business lead generation!

On Ogoing, small businesses instantly promote their products, share their latest deals and services, post their news and events, and make new connections with thousands of local customers. When companies post their immediate business needs, Ogoing shares these with the entire small business community. Ogoing helps owners find new customers and jump start sales using the latest social media platform.

Ogoing is the Small Business Matchmaker!

Ogoing is the business social network to explode your social media brand and engage with your customers. Many Ogoing small business profiles get first page ranking on major search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo and more. If you are a small business that wants immediate results using social networking, business networking, SEO and social media marketing, Ogoing is the solution.

Ogoing generates Real Leads!

It takes less than five minutes to get started, and once you are connected, you will come back to do more!

Join Ogoing and Boost your Small Business!

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Still Thinking?

7 reasons to join Ogoing Small Business Social Network:

1. VERY easy to use, and FREE to join!
2. MARKET your business! Promote your products and services on the best social media platform
3. NETWORK 24/7 online! Find and Connect with thousands of customers and businesses instantly
4. GET new leads! Find new referrals for your business, when you post your business needs now
5. TALK more! Post real-time updates about your business deals, interesting news and key events
6. POWER your brand! Promote and share your business on Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter
7. GROW your business! Expand your local contacts, become the trusted brand and accelerate sales!

Who should join?

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DRIVE your small business forward with Ogoing! Go BIG with Ogoing!

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Ogoing CEO / Founder

Sanjay Dalal started Ogoing in his garage in June 2009, at the height of the great recession. Dalal is on a mission to provide ten million small businesses, owners, service providers, start-ups and entrepreneurs the best social media and business networking experience. Dalal has launched innovative software products at WebEx that are used by more then 50 million professionals worldwide. Dalal is a serial entrepreneur and innovator, silicon valley veteran, business coach and community volunteer. Ogoing is Dalal's 7th Startup since he moved to California in 1997. Connect with Sanjay Dalal on Ogoing here

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Big Data Revolution - Transform Life, Work, Think

2013-03-08T17:07:00.001-08:00

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.

Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?

The key to answering these questions, and many more, is big data. “Big data” refers to our burgeoning ability to crunch vast collections of information, analyze it instantly, and draw sometimes profoundly surprising conclusions from it. This emerging science can translate myriad phenomena—from the price of airline tickets to the text of millions of books—into searchable form, and uses our increasing computing power to unearth epiphanies that we never could have seen before. A revolution on par with the Internet or perhaps even the printing press, big data will change the way we think about business, health, politics, education, and innovation in the years to come. It also poses fresh threats, from the inevitable end of privacy as we know it to the prospect of being penalized for things we haven’t even done yet, based on big data’s ability to predict our future behavior.

In this brilliantly clear, often surprising work, two leading experts explain what big data is, how it will change our lives, and what we can do to protect ourselves from its hazards. Big Data is the first big book about the next big thing.

Amazon Exclusive: Q&A with Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

Q. In discovering big data applications, what was your biggest surprise?
A. It is tempting to say that it was predicting exploding manholes, tracking inflation in real time, or how big data saves the lives of premature babies. But the biggest surprise for us perhaps was the very diversity of the uses of big data, and how it already is changing people’s everyday world. Many people see big data through the lens of the Internet economy, since Google and Facebook have so much data. But that misses the point: big data is everywhere.

Q. Is Big Data then primarily a story about economic efficiency?
A. Big data improves economic efficiency, but that’s only a very small part of the story. We realized when talking to dozens and dozens of big data pioneers that it improves health care, advances better education, and helps predict societal change—from urban sprawl to the spread of the flu. Big data is roaring through all sectors of the economy and all areas of life.

Q. So big data offers only “upside”?
A. Not at all. We are very concerned about what we call in our book “the dark side of big data.” However the real challenge is that the problem is not necessarily where we initially tend to think it is, such as surveillance and privacy. After looking into the potential misuses of big data, we became much more troubled by “propensity” -- that is, big data predictions being used to police and punish. And by the “fetishization” of data that may occur, whereby organizations may blindly defer to what the data says without understanding its limitations.

Q. What can we do about this “dark side”?
A. Knowing about it is the first step. We thought hard to suggest concrete steps that can be taken to minimize and mitigate big data’s risk, and came up with a few ways to ensure transparency, guarantee human free will, and strike a better balance on privacy and the use of personal information. These are deeply serious issues. If we do not take action soon, it might be too late.

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Tom Coughlin - Earn the Right to Win: Success Begins with Preparation

2013-03-08T16:50:00.001-08:00

Preparation is easy to praise but very hard to master. No modern coach, in any sport, understands that better than NFL veteran Tom Coughlin.

He led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories with his system of relentless preparation and old-school resilience. He teaches his players that you can never guarantee a win, but you can always earn the right to win—with focus, consistency, hard work, and anticipation of obstacles. And if you’ve earned the right to win, you can sleep soundly before a big game and take the field with confidence.

Now Coughlin shares his best advice and anecdotes and shows how they apply beyond the gridiron. His philosophy focuses on mental preparation and consistency in the face of adversity. And his direct, honest wisdom can help leaders in any field rev up their own organizations. Coughlin’s lessons include:

Using time efficiently, both in making and sticking to a schedule and planning for the long-term
Preparing for unexpected opportunities and building flexibility into your game plan
Paying close attention to the details, because every piece of information is an advantage over the competition
Establishing trust and open communication with your team

Coughlin illustrates his lessons with previously untold stories about prominent players like Eli Manning, Doug Flutie, and Michael Strahan.

Earn the Right to Win can help you master a winning combination: preparation, smart decision making, and toughness in the face of adversity. It’s a powerful guide for leaders in any kind of organization.

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About the Author

Tom Coughlin is the head coach of the New York Giants and one of the most successful coaches in NFL history. Before winning two Super Bowls with the Giants, he coached the Jacksonville Jaguars for nine seasons, leading them to two appearances in the AFC Championship Game. Before that he was the head football coach at Boston College and an assistant coach for three NFL teams. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Judy. They have four children and eleven grandchildren.

David Fisher is the author of seventeen New York Times bestsellers, among them collaborations with Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw and Tommy Lasorda; entertainers George Burns, Leslie Nielsen, and William Shatner; and Nobel Prize–winning biochemist Kary Mullis. He lives in New York.

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Dr. Phil - Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World

2013-03-08T16:37:00.001-08:00

In Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World, six-time New York Times #1 best-selling author Dr. Phil McGraw abandons traditional thinking and tells you the ugly truth about the users, abusers, and overall “bad guys” we all have in our lives. He also reveals the secrets of how they think and how they get to and exploit you and those you love. You’ll gain incredible insight into these negative people, which he refers to as BAITERs (Backstabbers, Abusers, Imposters, Takers, Exploiters, Reckless), and you’ll gain the tools to protect yourself from their assaults. Dr. Phil's new book gives you the “Evil Eight” identifiers so you can see them coming from a mile away, as well as their “Secret Playbook,” which contains the “Nefarious 15” tactics they use to exploit you and take what is yours mentally, physically, socially and professionally. Life Code then focuses on you and your playbook, which contains the “Sweet 16” tactics for winning in the real world.

Edgy, controversial and sometimes irreverent, Dr. Phil again abandons convention to prepare you to claim what you deserve and claim it now. You take flying lessons to learn to fly, swimming lessons to learn to swim, and singing lessons to learn to sing. So, why not take winning lessons to learn to win?

About the Author

“Dr. Phil” (Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.) is the host of America’s number-one daytime talk show and is perhaps the most well-known expert in the field of psychology and human functioning in the world today. In his 16th year on television and his 11th year of the Dr. Phil show, he has devoted his international platform to delivering common sense information to individuals and families seeking to improve their lives. Passionately pursuing such topics as family functioning, domestic violence, anti-bullying, addiction and the myths of mental illness, he works tirelessly both on and off the air. Dr. Phil has carried his message from the senate chambers of Washington, D.C. to the suburbs and inner cities across America. He and Robin, his wife of 38 years and counting, along with their “wonder dog,” Maggie, reside in Southern California, as do his two sons, Jordan and Jay, along with daughter-in-law, Erica, and two grandchildren, Avery Elizabeth and London Phillip.

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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

2013-03-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

Rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom beliefs, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through maintaining these agreements, shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will "become filled with grace, peace, and unconditional love."

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Sit at the foot of a native elder and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed down. In The Four Agreements shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and simple truth, this handsomely designed book makes a lovely gift for anyone making an elementary change in life, and it reads in a voice that you would expect from an indigenous shaman. The four agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally. Don't make assumptions. Always do your best. It's the how and why one should do these things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering. --P. Randall Cohan

From Publishers Weekly

Ruiz's explanations of Toltec-based cosmography got a major boost recently when publishing pooh-bah Oprah Winfrey mentioned his work on her TV show. Ruiz, whose workshop teachings are distilled here, was born into a Mexican family of traditional healers, became a surgeon in adulthood, then underwent a near-death experience that made him reexamine his life, his beliefs. Like the popular works of the late Carlos Castaneda, Ruiz's teachings focus on dreams and visions. "Dreaming," Ruiz argues, "is the main function of the mind." A series of four "agreements" are detailed, which make up a larger picture of unconditional human faith. Despite the New Age- sounding language, Ruiz is refreshingly clear in the presentation of his ideas. Reading aloud, actor Coyote sounds every bit the enthusiastic old hippie, genuinely excited by the concepts he is spinning. Based on the 1997 Amber-Allen edition.

Check out the Four Agreements which will unleash your inner creativity through clarity of mind and focus! Learn more

Social Media Marketing Services for Business by oGoing

2013-02-23T22:29:00.000-08:00

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China Represents the Future of Innovation?

2013-02-21T20:55:00.001-08:00

"Chinese engineers are well equipped to produce the kind of innovative work that their more illustrious American rivals are renowned for", said Ya-Qin Zhang, chairman of Microsoft’s Asia Pacific research and development group.

“If you look at the last five years, China has invested in its R&D budget about 2.1% of [gross domestic product]… there’s a lot of activities in innovation,” he said during a panel discussion on whether China could shed its image as a global workshop and become a bastion of innovation.

According to this article, innovation is new strategic priority for China!

"Chinese capacity for indigenous innovation is weak, Chinese industrial technology is at a low level, and both Chinese basic and cutting-edge research are relatively unimpressive," Premier Wen Jiabao said in July 2011.

Who is helping China in growing their innovation prowess? It's none other than the multi-nationals including General Electric, General Motors, Siemens, P&G, Pepsi, Nokia, Microsoft, Apple and more who have setup leading R&D and manufacturing centers in China. There are now more than 1,500 foreign research and development centers in China, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday urged China's science administrators, business leaders and scientists to race to make breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation.

Bottomline: Is China going to become the innovation powerhouse in the next five to ten years, and make original products that the world would love?

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Three Ideas for Service Innovation

2013-02-20T14:53:00.004-08:00

Innovating in a service business works best if the innovations are: 1) aligned with your core purpose, 2) meet a future consumer need and 3) can be executed by your organization.

Noodles CEO Kevin Reddy explained this model to me and how it works at his organization. Since dining out is a truly discretionary expense for every one of Noodles’ customers, it must deliver a superior experience every time every customer comes through its doors. Ultimately, we’re all in service businesses so this applies to all of us.

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The Oncology Institute treats 30,000th patient - Hope and Innovation

2013-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:00

Opening their first office in 2007, The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation commemorates treating their 30,000th patient and continues to focus on quality of care.

Since its launch on August 16, 2007, the Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation has grown to having nine offices in two counties, Orange and LA. Their fifteen physicians have privileges in over 60 hospitals in the Southern California region.

Bottomline: This is a huge milestone! The Institute treats around 6,000 patients a year! Our best wishes, prayers and hope for all the patients being treated at the institute.

About Oncology Institute:

The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation is committed to providing superior, compassionate and state-of-the-art medical care. Offering programs to help patients and families cope with the challenges that are brought on by cancer and strive to optimize their quality of life, comprehensive and realistic treatment goals are tailored to every person's unique needs and decided upon in partnership with the patients and their families. Dedicated to excel in cancer prevention, diagnosis and education through our exceptional team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and office staff, The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation has 9 Southern California locations in the cities of Anaheim, Downey, Glendale, Long Beach, Lynwood, Montebello, Torrance, Santa Ana, and Whittier. For more information please visit http://www.theoncologyinstitute.com.

Five President's Quotes To Inspire You

2013-02-16T12:17:00.000-08:00

Do you want to get inspired this President's Day on February 18, 2013?

Look no further than our past and current U.S. Presidents. These presidents worked hard and got their generations going through actions, and not just words. Share these quotes with your family, at work, at school... wherever you need inspiration!

Quote from President John Quincy Adams on Leadership! Be the Inspiring Leader.

Quote from President Thomas Jefferson. Be Flexible on the Surface, But Steadfast in your Values!

Quote from President Theodore Roosevelt. Believe in Yourself! Keep Faith, and Stay the Course...

Quote from President Abraham Lincoln. Always Move Forward. Slow and Steady Wins...

Quote from our current President Barack Obama. Keep Walking on the Right Path...to Achieve!!

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MQB - Volkswagen's Latest Innovation Is No Hack

2013-02-11T00:47:00.002-08:00

Ulrich Hackenberg, an automobile engineer at Volkswagen, has quite possibly designed the greatest innovation in automobile industry: A "global car" with "the same basic design that can be built, in subtle variations, and sold in different markets."

Volkswagen's work on its largest mega-platform, known internally as MQB, began in earnest in 2007 and is being implemented over the next six years at a cost of nearly $70 billion, estimates Morgan Stanley.

What is MQB?

It's the largest mega platform, "a fundamental rethink of vehicle platforms, the industrial Lego from which cars are designed and made."

"VW has just begun to implement its sophisticated and highly flexible platform with the deceptively simple label MQB, a German acronym for "modular transverse matrix." Virtually all of the group's small and medium front-wheel-drive family models, including the latest generations of the VW Golf and Audi A3, are being designed around MQB as their base.

The new platform features a far greater degree of plug-and-play modularity, flexibility and parts commonality than at Toyota, General Motors Co, Ford and other competitors."

Why MQB?

1. Cost Savings. Amazing operational efficiencies. Industry-leading levels of commonality. Projected annual gross savings by 2019: $19 billion

2. Game changer. MQB "could be the single most important automotive initiative of the past 25 years," says Michael Robinet, managing director of IHS Consulting in Northville, Michigan.

3. Leverage. VM may boost global sales to 10 million or more, with 6.3 million built on some variation of the MQB platform, according to U.S. research firm IHS Automotive.

4. Modularity. Design, engineer and build a wide variety of vehicle size and shapes - from a subcompact Polo hatchback to a full-size, seven-passenger crossover.

5. Flexibility. Create more cars that are more tailored for specific markets at a lower cost.

Bottomline:
"The sense from competitors and auto analysts is that VW's rollout of MQB is likely to be as influential as such earlier innovations as Ford's adaptation of standardized parts, GM's "ladder" of brands and Toyota's streamlined production system." Has VW hit the jackpot? Would it surpass Toyota as the world's largest automaker?

Is MQB the Holy Grail of Auto Innovation?

Read the entire article here

Learn how Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world innovates! How Steve Jobs made Apple the best innovator. Learn more

Social Media Management and Consulting Services

2013-02-04T21:38:00.002-08:00

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Promotional Products - Wise and Profitable Advertising Investment

2013-02-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

Promotional products will give you a better return on investment than just about any other advertising medium.

In fact, a recent study by the independent research company MarketTools, Inc. reveals that of consumers who had received promotional products ...

83% recall the brand or company advertised ...
75% remember the product or service ...
80% can clearly identify the type of promotional product they received …
And 69% remember all three!

But what’s most impressive is that 20.9% of those surveyed reported making a purchase after receiving a promotional product. That’s far superior to other forms of advertising such as print ads 13.4%, TV commercials (7.1 percent) and online ads (a dismal 4.6%).

Go Green: Give your organization "Eco-cred" by marketing with organic, sustainable, recycled, bio-degradable or highly efficient promotional products!

Get noticed: Put your brand message right in front of your customers, right where they work. Desktop Accessories reinforce your company brand message all day long!

Golf Anyone: Golf tournaments and Golf related promotions remain ever popular ways to promote business and charities!

Buy American: Promoting your business with American made products supports fellow Americans while building goodwill for your own organization. Go Made in USA!

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Promotional products are a proven way to promote and advertise your business or organization. Check out this growing small business that gets rave reviews from their customers and provides thousands of amazing products to choose from. Give a call to John King at: 714-849-6552 and ask him for the latest deal as you look to purchase a great product for your customer. Promoking Promotional Agency is an oGoing Pro Business!

11 Innovation Ideas To Change Apple

2013-01-31T16:30:00.000-08:00

11 Innovation Ideas To Change Apple

"The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that enrich customers’ lives. That’s our high-order bid. That means that we aren’t interested in revenue for revenue’s sake. We could put the Apple brand on a lot of things and sell a lot more stuff, but that’s not what we’re here for. We want to make only the best products." Apple CEO Tim Cook (during the Apple earnings call on January 23, 2013)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of the Innovation Index.

Apple stock got hammered after the earnings, and many analysts are predicting rough seas in the quarter ahead. Some are even questioning CEO Tim Cook's vision and strategy. ( Check my earlier article: Why is Apple getting killed? )

Here are my 11 Innovation Ideas to Change Apple:

1. Real new innovations - Apple needs to go back to the drawing board and create breakthrough products. Not just basic product refreshes, and adding couple of minor features here and there. Something original. Something Big like the original Macintosh, the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad! Something that is an industry first! Real new innovations will drive new business for Apple.

2. One new product each quarter - this is key to getting the excitement going and get people going back to Apple stores. This is also important to keep the competition in check. Apple has to shorten the product refresh cycles and provide new products in consumers hands every quarter. These could be a new iPad, a new iPhone, a new iMac, a new MacBook .... something new which is substantial. Today's consumers want new technology every quarter, and don't want to wait a whole year for a refresh.

3. Smartphones for all - all meaning for all hands and of all sizes... 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5 inch - both length and width! Apple needs to do this fast. When Apple made the iPhone, people started using the iPhone for watching videos, playing games, sending emails, taking notes, browsing websites, listening to music, working remotely... You see Apple invented the iPhone for people to do more things besides just calling. And this is exactly what happened! Now, people want more real estate to do more things with their iPhone. This is an evolution! Take a look at Samsung. One of the key reasons it is winning is because they introduced cool smartphones of all sizes. Every month that Apple doesn't provide bigger smartphones is lost opportunity, lost revenue, and perhaps lost customer for life. It's quite simple! Make bigger smartphones, and stop the bleeding. Apple did this with the iPod already when it made different types of iPods, and also with the iPad with the introduction of iPad Mini. Why can't they do this with the iPhone? iPhone 5 was not the bigger smartphone that majority of users expected.

4. Pre-Announcements - Apple needs to begin pre-announcing products or at least begin sharing what's coming up in the pipeline openly. Not all consumers want the latest products, and hence pre-announcements won't stall the sales. Pre-announcements only keep the buzz going, and get people flocking back to the stores.

5. Apple TV ads - Why stop showing the ads? Only ad we recently see is the iPhone ad. What happened to the Mac vs PC ads and the Mac guy? Apple needs more ads and should take its marketing into overdrive mode. Samsung has been killing Apple with an advertising juggernaut. Apple used to do the same to the PC. Apple needs to build a new ad machine and really go after the competition.

6. China market - enough said! China mobile partnership will be a great start. Sooner Apple sets base in China and begins expanding R&D and operations, better the market share growth in China! China market can and will open up new opportunities for the next five years. Further, the knowledge gained from marketing and selling to the Chinese consumer will be instrumental for all emerging markets.

7. Teenagers market - Is Apple losing a grip on this market? More teenagers are walking around nowadays with Androids. They used to die by Apple products earlier. Now, Apple seems to have lost the edge here, thanks in large part to the Samsung marketing machine. This is Apple's market to lose. Can they afford to?

8. Corporate market - Where is Apple's corporate channel strategy? There is so much money to be made by selling to big companies all the Macbooks, iPads, iMacs, support subscriptions, and much more. When will Apple embrace the corporations with open arms, and really go after them?

9. Colleges market - Just like teenagers, college students, teachers and administrators have been in awe with Apple for many years. However, is there an opening made by Google with the Chromebooks and Android tablets, and Microsoft with Windows 8 and Surface? Apple needs to become more aggressive here.

10. Smart TV anyone - Is 2013 the year that Apple finally rolls out the much anticipated Smart TV? What would Apple call this new TV? The name "iTV" is taken already. How about just "Next TV" or "TV Plus"? This is the blockbuster innovation everyone is looking out for. Will this change the way we watch TV?

11. X-Factor - Apple users. How can Apple woo and wow them again and again? Is Apple reaching out to their users? What stories is Apple sharing about them? Can Apple promote their customers more so? Can Apple create and participate in local community events, and really get involved with their customers?

These are just my thoughts and ideas on changing Apple. What are yours?

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