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Small Biz Social Media Stats

When it comes to social media, most businesses nowadays understand the power of Facebook/Twitter and have started learning the ropes.  In fact, according to the recent “State of Small Business Report”, 75% of small businesses have a company page on a social networking site. The Facebook and Twitters of the world make it easy for [...]

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Netiquette: 7 Golden Rules for Playing Nice on the Web

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1. Be cognizant with your friends online as you would IRL (in real Life). Friend people with common interests, those you know and those you would like to connect with for networking purposes. Swiftly unfriend anyone who is offensive or would not reflect well on your image.
2. Don’t disparage the work [...]

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Even My Cat Has a Webpage.

“When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web … Now even my cat has its own page.” Bill Clinton
Regardless of who invented the Internet … (Mr. Gore, taking credit…lol!) Definitely, almost everyone we know has a website. There are over 300 MILLION domains [...]

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What the Hell is a Microblog?

Granted, we geeks like to throw out web terms, acronyms and other made up words, just to keep you guessing and fetter out the “cool kids”. But, the English language has more than doubled in the last 10 years, thanks to “geek speak”. LOL, XML, BLOG, TWEET, IRL, AGGREGATOR, and of course, one of [...]

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Those Who CAN Do, Teach

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I’ve always wondered about the origins of the expression, “Those who can’t do, teach”.  What a ridiculous concept.  If you can’t do it, how can you teach it?  I’ve never met an algebra teacher who hadn’t mastered algebra.  I’ve never met a cooking instructor who couldn’t cook.
I’m quite sure the expression derives from a contempt [...]

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Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Ideas

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This weekend is Valentine’s Day, and whether you live to love it or live to hate it, the iconic holiday is coming, one way or another. So, if you’re looking for last minute ideas, we thought we’d provide a little round-up of sites that are offering some good ones: (but just for the record, we [...]

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Teens Don’t Do Twitter, and Are Breaking Up With Blogs

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Teens and blogging have gone through a nasty break up, some new stats suggest. According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the percentage of teens who blog is down 50% from 2006. The numbers sunk from 28% of online teens to just 14% of online teens.
So what are teens [...]

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What the Hell is Augmented Reality?

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Augmented Reality – better than virtual reality, the hottest new technology on the geek scene involves making your day-to-day reality more advanced, more informative and much, much cooler. Have you heard about it, but have no clue what it means? Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a [...]

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Facebook Implements New Insights Tool

Facebook Insights

As of last night, Facebook has begun to implement a handy new post insights tool. This tool allows page administrators to see how many impressions each post receives, and what percentage of those impressions result in likes, comments or clicks, according to All Facebook.

While it’s still unclear what Facebook considers an impression, these detailed analytics [...]

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Red Cross SMS Appeal for Haiti Relief Raises Almost $1M in 1 Day

Haiti Relief

There’s constant talk about the use of social media to increase profits and generate revenue, but ever wonder how it can be used to assist in charitable causes? Just ask the American Red Cross, who in 24 hours, managed to raise almost 1 million dollars for Haiti relief in 24 hours through a text messaging [...]

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