Essential Business Casual Wardrobe Pieces

October 14, 2009 by  
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A udrey at Mom Generations had a great post on business casual wear, particularly as it pertains to business conferences!  Perfect for blogging conferences or anywhere you need to go for work.  Here’s what she says: Blog World Expo is upon us! I’ve been getting questions about “What to wear…” To make it easier, I have chosen 6 items that I feel would be GREAT additions to any Blog World Expo wardrobe . This way, too, you can really utilize a few staple pieces over and over again by addi

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How to Write Short Articles Fast – The Right Way

October 13, 2009 by  
Filed under Small business marketing

← Publishing on DemandI have always tended to stay away from writing short 400 to 500 word articles. But now I’m seeing that there are some perks to writing short, snappy, get to the point fast articles.The Perks of Writing a Shorter Article* Writing shorter articles can help you get out of a writing slump faster* Shorter articles make it easier for a reader to glean information from them and then go directly to your website for more.* Shorter articles force you to mercilessly edit your content

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VoIP Providers – How to Choose the Right One

October 10, 2009 by  
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There are many VoIP providers and choosing the right one can be an arduous task so to make it easier on you I have compiled the top 8 things to look for when choosing a VoIP provider VoIP is a technology that allows you to make phone calls over high-speed internet lines instead of traditional land lines. Typically you get many more features and pay far less for your calls on VoIP than you would be getting from your local telephone company. In most cases the VoIP is a little box that you receiv

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AFP Makes it Easy to Call Congress

October 1, 2009 by  
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Americans for Prosperity wants to make it easier for all Americans to call Congress and express their opposition to health care rationing. That’s why they’ve launched Patients First to spread the word about government-run health care. And it’s why they’ve organized Call Congress Day next Tuesday, October 6 : Please consider participating in National Call Congress Day this Tuesday, October 6th sponsored by Patients First, a project of Americans for Prosperity. At joinpatientsfirst.com, you

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Microsoft Publisher 2007 Review

September 16, 2009 by  
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I’ve been using Publisher since the 98 version came out with mixed results until I understood it quirks and what it was good at doing. I think this time Microsoft got it right or at least close. There are a couple of things that they’ve added to make it easier to use. When you open the program you have a pane on the right side now that actually shows you an image of what you have been working on, thus finding your work is much easier. The best thing they did that I like is when it comes to label

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A Challenge To You From One Of Your Artists

September 16, 2009 by  
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4:00 AM, Best Western Santa Monica There’s a mighty large group out there on the webs talking about the dynamic nature of online retail, the possibilities for integrated tour management, bands and brands, the best global release strategies. Marketing, online presence, the future of the music industry. That’s great. Posting a friendly note that all this discussion only really matters where it matters if it culminates in concrete ways to make it easier for artists to get on stage and do the only

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A 5-Step Strategy for Social Networking

September 15, 2009 by  
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As I’m sure you know by now, social networking is the hottest new marketing trend for business of all sizes, including small businesses. But without a dedicated marketing department or a big budget available, it can seem like an overwhelming task to just figure out what to do with social networking, or how to get started with it. So before you jump in and create a Facebook page or a Twitter account, here are five steps you can follow to make it easier to get your own social networking strategy

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7 Ways to Make News Sites More Social

September 15, 2009 by  
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Vadim Lavrusik is a digital media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on Twitter and blogs at Lavrusik.com . Journalism is supposed to be a conversation, but often news websites don’t provide the tools for that conversation to take place. Implementing social media tools and allowing readers to connect to the organization through Twitter, Facebook and other networks, can make it easier for users to engage with the news content and their communi

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Small Bussiness Investment – What You Should Know.

September 8, 2009 by  
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State laws have been relaxed to make it easier for small business to raise start-up and growth financing from the public. Many investors view this as an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an emerging business and to “hit it big” as the small businesses grow into large ones. Statistically, most small businesses fail within the first few years. Small business investments are among the most risky that investors can make. This guide suggests factors to consider for determining whethe

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VMworld: VMware launches SMB and capacity tools

August 31, 2009 by  
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VMware Go promises to help small to medium-sized businesses more easily get working with ESXi, while Capacity IQ may give enterprises a clearer picture of the memory and CPUs each server needs VMware is opening its sixth annual user conference on Monday with a free beta virtualization tool for small and medium-sized businesses, along with a set of tools to make it easier for IT managers to deal with capacity and memory issues. Enterprise IT shops will probably be more interested in additions

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