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Employee Honesty Does Still Exist in 2009: Long Bay Resort - Myrtle Beach,
2009-02-03 01:28:00
My wife and daughters have made several visits to Long Bay Resort in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina over the past 5 years or so.  We have also recommended Long Bay and will continue to do so ESPECIALLY after our visit this past Saturday. Like many of you reading this, you could not function without a laptop ...
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10 Tax Tips and Other Advice for Getting a Head Start on Your Taxes!
2009-02-02 08:00:00
I miss the days of being a dependent because that meant I didn’t have to worry about filing taxes and all of the rigmarole involved.  Sometimes I wonder whether the tax system was set up so that people without an accounting degree would be forced to pay an accountant to do their taxes for them. ...
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Who Said That?
2009-01-29 08:00:00
Here is the lineup of noteworthy blogs for this week: Well-Read Life- Written by Steve Leveen, this blog is all about reading.  Leveen reviews books, talks about ways to improve and encourage reading among others as well as how to improve interaction with other book lovers.  A great site worth checking out. Roo Reynolds- Written by Roo ...
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So What You?ve Got a Job; Now It?s Time to Make Yourself More Valuable to Y
2009-01-28 08:00:00
In this day and age, landing the job of your dreams may have to take a backseat to landing a job at all.  However, if you are among the lucky few who have landed yourself in a career path you enjoy, be wise not to waste this opportunity!  Your employer hired you for a reason.  ...
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Getting it Right: What Do Customers Want?
2009-01-26 08:00:00
Have you ever had a vision in your head of something that you want, told it to someone else who was going to help you make it a reality and then been disappointed with the final result because it wasn’t what you had originally envisioned? Whether you’re designing a website for a new client or doing ...
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Who Said That?
2009-01-22 08:00:00
Here is the list of notable blogs for this week! Emerging Ideas- This is a great blog for those who lean more towards the programming side of things. It offers advice in the way of IT, sales and marketing, human resources and other web-related research. Escapable Logic- This blog deals more with politics and economics, but is ...

So You Think You Can Twitter? 10 Helpful Hints to Help You Tweet Better (P
2009-01-21 08:00:00
[continued from Monday] As I previously mentioned, Twitter is an awesome social networking tool as well as resource.  It has grown over the years and serves many different functions for a large, growing number of people.  That being said, let’s continue with the last five things that you can do to brighten your Twitter experience. 5 Helpful ...
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So You Think You Can Twitter? 10 Helpful Hints to Help You Tweet Better (P
2009-01-19 08:00:00
Ah, the sweet sound of “chirps” emanating from the speakers on my laptop are a gentle reminder that there are thousands of ideas to be exchanged, blogs to be discovered, laughs to be had and friends to be made.  The “chirps” I’m referring to here come from a program called Tweet Deck, which is a desktop ...
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Who Said That?
2009-01-15 08:00:00
Here is the lineup of noteworthy blogs for this week: Lorelle on Wordpress: Written by Lorelle VanFossen, her blog deals with everything from blogging to Wordpress issues and social media stuff.  Considered to be somewhat of a blog evangelist, Lorelle has garnered quite the following, so check her out sometime! Gurteen Knowledge Weblog: Written by David Gurteen, ...
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Color Me Sold! The Effect of Color on Marketing (Part 2 of 2)
2009-01-14 08:00:00
[continued from Monday's Post] Color is just as meaningful in marketing as it is in our everyday lives.  For example, to some of us, the color blue isn’t just a color- it’s a feeling.  But for others, it represents tranquility.  Every year, marketing experts for various companies spend a great deal of time and energy trying ...
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Traffic Secrets 2.0 - Social Strategy CD 7 in Review - There are 12 CD?s in
2008-08-18 20:29:00
Social media marketing has grown exponentially in the past few years and is continuing to change and evolve even as we speak. This is why it is so incredibly important to keep up with the latest techniques and happenings in the wonderful world of social media networking. It’s no longer just about Myspace ...
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Is Facebook Providing Fertile Grounds for Stalking?
2008-08-18 09:00:00
To the average 19 or 20-something year-old, Facebook is cool. It’s the more “grown up” version of Myspace. But for those of us who have been in the social media loop for a while, sites like these can tend to get a little dull if there’s not much else going on, which leads ...
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Is it Ethical to ?Steal? a WiFi Connection?
2008-08-15 09:00:00
Is it ethical to steal a WiFi connection? Let’s begin by first defining what WiFi means. According to the WiFi Alliance, WiFi refers to: A term developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe wireless local area network (WLAN) products that are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) 802.11 standards. And according ...
More About: Marketing , Social Networking , Connection , Wifi , Steal

How to Bore People in Five Simple Steps
2008-08-13 09:00:00
People can be incredibly boring to talk to. Have you ever been immersed in a conversation with someone and then find yourself thinking about a million different things totally unrelated to what they are talking about? There’s something hypnotic, if not soothing, about someone who chooses to speak in the key of ‘C’ for ...
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Stumbling is Not Falling?5 Tips on How to Use StumbleUpon More Effectively
2008-08-11 09:00:00
There are a zillion social media tools out there to help you drive traffic to your blog or web site. However, one of my personal favorites happens to be StumbleUpon (SU). For all of you out there who absolutely love to surf the Internet (either because you have nothing better to do OR ...
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5 Tips/Information for Social Media Marketing Maniacs
2008-08-08 09:00:00
Social media marketing has quickly become another one of those household names when it comes to Internet marketing and business building. Social media helps to drive traffic to your site so that you can (maybe) peak the interest of your viewers and hopefully build lasting relationships. However, in order to achieve success with ...
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Getting to Page 1 of Google or Focusing on Your ROI: What?s More Important?
2008-08-06 09:00:00
Google has worked hard to become the household name it is today. For example, if someone doesn’t know the definition of something or needs to find directions, you’ll often hear: “Just Google it!” And when it comes to businesses, it seems incredibly important to be able to proudly say, “I’m the number one ...
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The World?s Largest Net-Using Population
2008-08-04 09:00:00
What is the most popular thing to do in China?  If you said “surfing,” you’d be correct, as long as you were referring to the Internet.  In recent news, it was reported that China is now the world’s largest Internet-using population.  According to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) via BBC News, More ...
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Video May Have Killed the Radio Star, but is Viacom Trying to Kill Video?
2008-08-01 09:00:00
In a recent article that was published on Wired, Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users’ names and IP addresses, to Viacom , which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled… Most people use YouTube to watch and ...
More About: Video , Marketing , Radio , Star

?Wanna Go to the Mall?? ?Nah-Let?s Go Hang Out on the Internet!?
2008-07-30 09:00:00
Instead of hanging out at the mall, more people are choosing to hang out on the Internet instead. It really seems like the social media thing is taking off. It’s no longer something that people are wondering about. Rather, major companies are getting into the social media swing. For example, one ...
More About: Marketing , Mall , The Internet , Hang

Humor in the Workplace
2008-06-10 03:39:00
Humor in the Workplace by Martin Brossman Humor to me is much more than telling a silly joke. It’s about a state of being, an attitude of looking for humor and joy in things. It’s about realizing that you can create humor and joy in just about any context. I learned this empirically ...
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Are You Living Within Your Means?
2008-06-09 09:00:00
Boy, do I wish I had paid more attention in my economics class in high school. Like many other Americans today, I am paying down a mountain of debt that somehow magically manifested itself in my life. It’s amazing how quickly one dollar spent can turn into two and then three thousand dollars ...
More About: Living , Internet Marketing

Revolutionizing the Modern Workplace
2008-06-06 09:00:00
Imagine a workplace where you could pick your own hours and come and go whenever you wanted. Heck, if you didn’t even want to go to work at all, you might even get away with that too. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? The concept of “going bedouin” is fairly new, ...
More About: Marketing , Workplace , Modern

Embracing Conflict
2008-06-04 09:42:00
Embracing Conflict By Martin Brossman The bottom-line cost to avoiding conflict is tremendous, but few people are taught how to be effective with conflict. My introduction to the subject surfaced just out of college when I discovered I did not have sufficient tools to deal with conflict on the job. Promoted to manager of ...
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Arrested for Blogging
2008-06-04 09:00:00
Who knew blogging could be so dangerous? According to a recent article published in BusinessWeek, two bloggers were arrested in Malaysia after it was determined that they contributed to the ruling party’s dismal performance following a general election that was held in March. According to the article, The subsequent arrest of two bloggers under ...
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When Your Page Takes Too Long to Load: How it Can Hurt You
2008-06-02 09:00:00
Have you ever looked up information that led you to a web site and when you finally got to the web site, you were waiting forever for the page to load? Chances are that if the page took forever to load, you didn’t hang around to wait for it. With more and ...
More About: Internet Marketing , Page , Hurt , Long , Load

All Spammed Out
2008-05-30 09:00:00
We’ve all had it happen to us at one point or another. For me, it’s an everyday thing- although it is not that bad. I’m talking about spam. I’ve been making a somewhat weak attempt NOT to check my email as much over the weekend as part of this great plan to ...
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Gender in Social Media: Who?s Dominating?
2008-05-28 09:00:00
With the growing popularity of social media and web 2.0, if you’re thinking of creating a web site and want to know what kind of audience to target, you should start thinking about women. When it comes to conducting business online and using the Internet, many people naturally assume that it’s a man’s world ...
More About: Social , Media , Internet Marketing , Gender

The Influence of the Internet on Purchasing
2008-05-26 09:00:00
A study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project and put together by John B. Horrigan, looked at whether or not the Internet had any influence on how and what people buy. The Pew Internet & American Life Project based their findings on telephone interviews that were conducted between August and September of 2007 among a sample of 2,400 adults who were at least 18 years of age or older. What They Found The study looked at the purchasing decisions made by consumers with regards to three separate categories: music, cell phones and real estate. Here’s a brief breakdown of what they found for each category: Music: 56% used the Internet to research the product. 7% claimed that online information had a major impact on their decision. 22% made their purchase online. 5% posted a rating or comments online after their purchase. 83% found out about music from the radio, TV, or in a movie. 64% found out about music from family, friends or co-workers. With regards t...
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Step Away From the Computer! Computer Injuries & Prevention
2008-05-23 09:00:00
If you work in an environment where you spend a great deal of time on the computer where you’re typing incessantly or staring at a computer screen or both, you could be causing damage to your muscles. Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) are not uncommon to find among those who work in this type ...
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