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Social Networking for New & Small Business

By On May 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I have noticed two trends recently among small business and start-ups that worry me.  First, small businesses are spending money on advertising on social networks – as in purchasing ads – as in not engaging potential customers.  This social phenomenon is a social platform.  The entire premise of the Read More

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Networking Events: Lecturing Isn’t Networking

By On May 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Most all of us have been to some sort of networking function where supposedly the purpose is to connect with other individuals but upon arrival we discover that it is simply a lecturer on a mediocre topic or worse yet – nothing more than a sales pitch.  A lecture should never be the main component of Read More

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Facebook’s Big Business Problem: It’s Social.

By On May 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Facebook has been all over the news recently for both positive and negative reasons.  May 18th was the day the company went public, selling its stock on the Nasdaq.  What did we see?  A lame duck.  Facebook opened at $38/share with hopes that all of the talk and anticipation leading up to the opening Read More

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Cloud Storage – BizTech Answers May 1, 2012

By On May 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The presentation below is from my Introduction to Cloud Services conversation with the BizTech Answers group, May 1, 2012, Inventrek, Kokomo, IN. –Presentation– –PPT Only– Introduction to Cloud Storage – BizTech Answers – May 1, 2012 – PowerPoint Below you will find links to Free accounts Read More

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Apple’s Volunteer Marketing Force

By On February 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Apple is known for its sleek designs and high quality products. It is the envy of the tech industry and probably business in general. Apple is a company known for secrecy of new products and for not commenting on rumor and speculation. Often this lack of comment only leads to more rumor and speculation. Read More

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