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How to Create a Successful Internship Program

Sure, you get an eager, inexpensive addition to your office work force, and the baby bird gets to spread their wings, but internships can be more of a hindrance than a help if orchestrated incorrectly.  OpenForum.com has compiled a fantastic … Continue reading

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How to Avoid Being a Disaster Client

Nobody wants to be featured on websites such as Clients from Hell. American Express Business provides several tips and anecdotes to help you avoid being the worst client ever. And lets face it, the happier your designer is, the better … Continue reading

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9 Steps to Successful Video Blogging

Why video blogging? Video blogging allows you to create a connection with your viewers. Social Media Examiner posted an in-depth article about shooting, editing and distributing video. Here’s our distilled version with the key points. 1. Audio – Even if your … Continue reading

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4 Reasons Your Website Sucks

This Hubspot article outlines four helpful pointers to get your website rocking and rolling. Your website isn’t findable. Some of the biggest companies in the world have websites that aren’t well optimized and they still get found.  Unfortunately for the … Continue reading

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How to Deliver Great Customer Service

Consider that the cost of acquiring a new customer is a multiple of retaining a current one and it becomes clear why solid customer service is critical for your business. Inc. Magazine offers excellent advice on how to not only … Continue reading

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How to Use a Blog as Your Company Website

There’s a reason we regularly recommend that our clients use WordPress to manage their websites. From American Express Business: No matter what your company does or sells, it needs a website — at most, a place where you can engage … Continue reading

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Twitter – Video Demonstrates New Facebook-style Features

Twitter is debuting it’s new interface bringing tweeters better picture quality and video streams.  Along with the incorporation of multimedia, they have partnered with a slew of companies like YouTube to be able to provide a ton of content to … Continue reading

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Choosing the Best Workspace for Your Business

Companies like 37signals have made it possible to have your office based completely on the web.  Some work better around a changing group of people and choose to have their office in a “co-workspace.” Yet still others prefer the traditional … Continue reading

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Location Based Services: Foursquare and Facebook Places are Here to Stay

“Location, Location, Location.” Marketing agencies have begun incorporating location based services into their marketing budgets for both the “here and now” and the “there and later.” According to Website Magazine: …an ABI Research study forecasts that advertisers will be spending … Continue reading

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Outsourcing – The Life Jacket in This Economy's Troubled Waters.

With businesses everywhere adjusting to the economy, departments are getting downsized and in some cases eliminated causing an uprising of freelancers and “mini agencies”.  Businessknowhow.com offers a comprehensive list of the values and benefits or outsourcing and how to select … Continue reading

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