Being Logical in an Illogical World

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I have many conversations with people about their businesses. I try to keep things lighthearted and not get too too serious about any subject. Sadly, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, I don’t have any conversations where the outcome will truly affect the world on a global scale – so I figure [...]

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Happy Birthday Google+ – 17 Interesting G+ Facts

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So after a short writing hiatus due to moving, work, and life I figure it’s appropriate to break my fast by writing about a subject very near and dear to my heart – Google+. As I sit here and write this on the eve of Google+’s FIRST BIRTHDAY, I am overwhelmed by lots of different [...]

Social Advertising: Pay for Your Facebook Page? Google Places Moves into Google+

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So some pretty interesting things happened this week in terms of social media, user experience and advertising. After taking much of this activity in, I’ve made some realizations. I was reading a very thought provoking post by David Berkowitz where he asks the question, “Is Social Advertising Broken?”. I’ve thought for some time that Facebook [...]

Google Makes Big Moves – Bigger Than You May Realize

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In case you haven’t been paying attention, this week has been a pretty huge week for Google. They have made some big announcements that, I think, will have some pretty big influence on the future of technology. They may not seem like much on the surface or by themselves but when you see them all [...]

Do I Need a Facebook Page?

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With the recent Facebook IPO and all of the hubbub about the company, I’m sure many small businesses are revisiting the question that they have asked themselves time and time again – ‘Do I need a Facebook page for my business’? I wish there was a better answer but really my best is, “It depends”. [...]

On the Need for Common Definition

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People often argue about if agents are worth what they are paid, who is a good agent, what makes a good agent, and so forth. I’m not (for now) going to dive into any of these questions, but instead step back and try and determine how do we even go about setting up the discussion [...]

The Ugly Side of Facebook Apps

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So I’m up on Facebook the other day Have you noticed lately there are things in your Facebook news feed that are labeled “Trending Articles”? They are generally a small group of rolled up story/news links from popular sites like Yahoo or the Washington Post that your friends are “currently reading”. This alludes that they [...]

Am I Obsessed? A Fan? Or Just Right From The Beginning?

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The New Phone is Here! The New Phone is Here! I know, it sounds like a scene starring Navin R. Johnson but I just can’t help it. I got a new phone –finally. I’ve been tormented by a jail broken iPhone 3GS for longer than I care to admit to. In Apple’s defense, they don’t [...]

Google’s Answer to Pinterest?

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It’s me talking about Google again I know I sound like a one trick pony when I write anything containing the name Google, but in my defense, they are a pretty amazing company. They are spread across so many things that it’s hard not to come into contact with them – constantly. So, to keep [...]

How to Avoid Using Third Party Vendors

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By nature, I tend to be a bit of a do-it-yourselfer. I build my own websites, manage my own hosting, and do my own research. There are times when I just have to use a third party to do work for me like my accountant or my dentist. This was a hard post for me [...]