Responsible Blogging for Small Business Owners: Top 5 Tips on How to Blog Responsibly

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[ This is a guest blog post. Amy enjoys creating marketing campaigns for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Amy runs an indoor fountains ecommerce business as well. To learn more about Amy’s current project (work in progress), please visit Phoenix Internet Marketing firm, Niche Solutions, LLC. ] True connections happen when you engage with your [...]

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The Advancement Of The Internet And Your Reputation

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Hands down, the Internet has changed a lot in the last decade. There are far more people online and there are so many websites to visit now that it is certain that no one will be able to visit each one. Along with this comes the problems like identity theft, and losing a job over [...]

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A Guide On Blogging And Recommending People You Should Follow

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There is a reason why there is a #followfriday on Twitter and though a lot of people miss the point in recommending others. Follow Friday was created by Micah Baldwin (@micah) and was to allow people to honestly tell others who they should follow and why. This concept has been altered and unfortunately for the [...]

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MailChimp: A User’s Experience

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MailChimp is the only e-mail marketing service I have used. Not only is the design user friendly, but so are the features. Site Design The tabs and set-up make navigating very user-friendly. Generally speaking, you can get to a feature in two clicks or less. List Management Their service is free for e-mail lists of [...]

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Social Networking Breaks Down Real Communication? What?!?

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What?!? I understand what is said in the article (Un)Social Networking, but I cannot agree with it entirely. The article covers that people are basically losing interest in real conversation face-to-face and would rather turn to social network sites like Twitter and Facebook. Conversations are considered more shallow within the social streams. As a person [...]

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Blogging And Plants – What’s The Connection?

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Hesham asks on his site “is blogs like plants and cars?!” I felt that my response could be better stated in an article rather than a long comment. I tend to get winded in my comments. Blogs can be very similar to plants. Your design is the soil- the foundation to prepare for your plant. [...]

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Social Media 101: Your Business Cannot Rely On Only Social Networking

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I was talking to a local business owner about social networking and websites. In fact it was my son’s karate instructor who has been in business for many years and has a very good reputation in his field. He has trained with the best too! His name is Lyle Huff and he manages the 5 [...]

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Guest Post: Building Presence on Social Media from Scratch

[This is a guest post by Gagandeep Singh. Gagandeep Singh is a freelance writer and mainly writes on social media, making money online, affiliate marketing, web 2.0 and conversion rate optimization. Feel free to contact him on twitter at gagan4687 ] More than 70% of online buyers visit social media websites before buying anything and [...]

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