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Deals Out The Wazoo

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:03:24 +0000

There seems to be a never-ending supply of new ratings and deals sites lately. There's national sites like Living Social and Groupon and more locally based sites like PG Deals, CBS Local, DoubleTake Deals, and Google Offers just to name a few.

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Email Spam: CAN-SPAM & What constitutes spam?

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000

I recently attended two business events where e-mail and spamming was brought up. There were brief discussions on what constitutes spam, but no resources for finding out more about the CAN-SPAM Laws were presented. Most attendees were small businesses new to the web, who understandably may not be aware of these laws, or know

Moving your business? Update your Google Maps listing!

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:30:07 +0000

Since I recently had an appointment where I ended up at the wrong location thanks to an out-of-date Google Maps listing I have started noticing other places that are wrong as well. I know some of these places are wrong because I have been there before. Some of these listings are outdated by about

Claim your “Place” on Google

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Have you claimed your Place on Google? Your Google Places page that is.

If you haven’t, why not? It’s free!

Your Places page is the page that shows up with a map and hours and other information when a Google Maps search is performed on your business. (See the Six Degrees Web Design Google

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‘Historic’ day as first non-Latin web addresses go live

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:11:43 +0000

It actually happened. There were doubters, but on Thursday, May 6th 2010 the web has its first non-Latin web addresses! My question is how will people with say standard US keyboard setups get to these sites? There are people elsewhere in the world who know the language and writing of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and

My Search for the Perfect Twitter Client (Part 1)

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:15:18 +0000

I must admit that lately I have downloaded several (read 4) Twitter clients in pursuit of the client which meets all of my needs. I know of others who use just one of these clients and are perfectly happy, but so far I haven’t found one that has everything I need (want?). Note that

CHART OF THE DAY: Bing Could Catch Yahoo By The End Of The Year

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:33:09 +0000

Another chart I found interesting is this one comparing Bing and Yahoo! Honestly, I never use Yahoo! anymore unless I am using it to log into another site that uses my Yahoo! ID so I’m really not seeing the relevance of Bing vs Yahoo!

The article that goes with the chart can be

Chart of the Day: The Average Facebook User Views 662 Facebook Pages Per Month

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:29:14 +0000

I just discovered a page called Chart of the Day. It’s part of the Business Insider website. There are a couple of interesting social media and search related charts I would like to share with you. It really gives you something to consider in your online strategy.

Now, with Facebook having so many games

CoTweet – Share your Twitter Business Account Duties

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:27:32 +0000

I recently started using a site called CoTweet to manage the Twitter account for the Society of Technical Communication Pittsburgh Chapter. Or STC PGH for short. I thought I would share my experiences with this site as I think it could be helpful for small businesses or even small marketing departments (or whoever is

Twitter Tips & Definitions

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:04:22 +0000

Having picked up my own use of Twitter considerably lately I thought I would share some tips and such that I have learned. Some of these tips I have come about through realizations on my own and others I have heard elsewhere.

Keep It Short & Simple

Your username that is. The shorter your

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