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Hiring the Internet goes Mobile

Some of our particularly sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that we’ve just upgraded our blog.  After years of being hosted as part of the WordPress.com community of blogs, we’ve decided to make the move to the freedom afforded by self-hosting. Our main reason for making the switch is so that we can make use of [...]

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Visible Shops Launches the New and Improved CBST.org

After months of research and development, Visible Shops is proud to announce the launch of the new CBST.org, the online home of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBT synagogue. Unlike most churches and synagogues, the CBST membership is spread far beyond local reach, as members seek both to support CBST and its mission, [...]

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Inc. Magazine Gives Hunch.com a Helping Hand

Indecisive? Hunch.com hopes you are – because it’s relying on your questions to build a community of answer-seeking users. Inc. magazine recently profiled the company in its latest issue – and asked other business owners how Hunch can get the word out about its service. The company has benefited from steady positive buzz, but it [...]

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The Good & Bad of the 'Twitter Effect'

Way back in April, we published a post titled “Is Tweeting for the Birds?” That was when Twitter was just becoming the phenomenon it is now – thanks to lots of press from celebrity endorsers. Our open-ended question to you then – despite the star-studded brouhaha over the brand – was if you thought Twitter [...]

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Is YouTube Destined for the Dot-Com Graveyard?

In a post we published a few weeks ago called “How Long Will Your Free Content Ride Last,” we commented on blogger John Falls’ position that free content on the Internet can only last so long. It seems that Falls was on to something with his post entitled “The Economy of Free is Stupid,” posted [...]

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Associated Press: You Stink.

I love newspapers, I love journalists, I love a well researched article written with intelligence and the bigger picture in mind.  I love knowing that I can get information about what’s going on in the world, from people whose profession it is to suss it out and tell the story.  And until this morning I [...]

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Web Makeover Gives GolfEtail a Boost

What a difference a Web makeover makes. Over the past year we’ve made several changes to the GolfEtail e-commerce Web site, including the addition of rotating Flash banner ads; the launch of a blog that features golf player and product news; and the introduction of The DealTeam, animated characters designed to facilitate a sense of [...]

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An Expert Assessment of Social Media Marketing

We talk a lot about social media marketing. A lot. In the past few weeks alone we’ve published posts on using Twitter to help build a brand, advantages and disadvantages of being a YouTube partner, and statistics on how much MORE money we’ll spend on social network marketing this year. What can we say  – [...]

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The Effective Use of Humor in Viral Campaigns

Quickly, say aloud the first viral campaign that comes to your mind when reading this. Go! Do you have one in mind? If so, which one did you think of and why? Many successful viral campaigns are able to use effective placement and targeted humor to drive consumers to disseminate their work for them. One [...]

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10 Facts You Should Know About Online Generations

Wheelchairs, Diapers and the Ever-Expanding Internet A very good friend of mine in his 60’s had been working in marketing for over 40 years for a very large multi-national corporation. Though some might think it impossible to work in the 21st century without a computer, my friend never even turned one on until a few [...]

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