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LinkedIn: Trying to find a revenue stream

October 26, 2010

I have been on LinkedIn for quite some time.  There were only about 2 or 3 Million users when I started vs. the gazillion it has now.  They have made significant changes over the past couple of years.  Some have been good, some not so good.  I’m not a huge fan of the change that [...]

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Build a tribe

October 11, 2010

In my on-going goal of a book a month, I picked up Seth Godin’s Tribes.  After reading it, I must say that it is a great read for anyone who interested in blogging, social media, or any kind of community building.  I have included a video of Seth Godin talking about his concept above. Now, [...]

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Can you really have a 4 Hour Workweek?

September 17, 2010

As I explained a few months ago, I am trying to read at least a book a month.  Some months have been much better than others because of my relatively short attention span for books. I have many books in my possession that have a book mark at about page 40 and have had for [...]

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What is affiliate marketing?

August 23, 2010

If you’ve ever run a blog, I’m sure that you’ve asked yourself how people make money by simply blogging.  There are a few ways but one of the big ones is affiliate marketing. A blogging/social media friend of mine named Corbett Barr of FreePursuits and ThinkTraffic fame recently launched an affiliate marketing training class.  Since [...]

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Who’s Next?

August 10, 2010

It’s been truly entertaining over the years to follow the tech market.  There was a day that Microsoft was the monopolistic giant that only the government could contain via anti-trust lawsuits.  Then Google was about ready to take over the entire market.  Today, Apple (as far as the stock market is concerned) is the second [...]

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DMV Tech

July 27, 2010

Alright so I had the option of mailing in my license tag renewal or doing it online… but I procrastinated.  So, it was time to head off to the DMV to do it the old fashioned way.  In thinking about it, I remembered something that I had read about being able to “get in line” [...]

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Political Technology

July 22, 2010

To anyone who follows me on many of the social networks, it comes as NO surprise that I like politics.  The political realm is very interesting to me, although somewhat frustrating.  Another interest of mine is technology.  I am in the process of starting a new political project over the coming weeks so it’s really [...]

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Social Money??

June 30, 2010

Earlier this year I wrote a post about the peer lending sites that I had stumbled across (“Be A Bank?“).  I was just reading another article about this concept and must say that it still very much intrigues me. Interesting Concept The general concept really fascinates me.  To me it’s minimalist banking at it’s finest. [...]

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Why do I need Gmail?

June 28, 2010

In the next description of the ”17 Must Have Cloud Applications“,  let’s look at GMail.  In case you don’t know, Gmail is Google’s mail product.  They offer it for standard personal use at mail.google.com and also for business use through Google Apps. Why do I need it? As a small business, it is very important to [...]

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How do I use this? Evernote

June 17, 2010

As an extension to the previous “17 Must Have Cloud Applications“, let’s take a few minutes and expand on each of the items.  We’ll start with Evernote. Why do I need it? Evernote is a great cloud based application for keeping all your stuff together.  When I say stuff obviously I mean electronic stuff.  It [...]

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