Chaos To Clarity: Success in a Digital World

Your Web Presence isn’t for You!

August 11, 2009
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That’s right, your business web presence is for your users. It’s easy to forget your business website or blog may be about you, but it’s still not for you. Any business web presence should put user experiences first and allow those experience to drive decisions about how a site looks and functions. When it comes [...]

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Want to Make Your Life Easier? Try Google Voice…

August 7, 2009
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By Claudia Rice (guest blogger) My brother had been bugging me for some time to set up an account on Google Voice, since before Google acquired the company and service known as Grand Central. He raved about the service. I didn’t much listen to what he was saying; I only remember that he thought it [...]

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Use LinkedIn? What’s Your Story

August 4, 2009
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Since I started working with people to develop or overhaul their LinkedIn® Profiles, not only has this great social networking tool for business kept growing but people are getting more and more creative with their profiles. How do you tell your story? Does it do you justice? If you want to get started and don’t [...]

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Free Wi-Fi for Verizon FIOS Customers — but no PDAs, mobile phones, or Macs

July 31, 2009
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By Claudia Rice (guest blogger) On Monday Verizon Communications announced that they are teaming with Boingo Wireless to offer free Wi-Fi to customers across the nation. Verizon is offering free Wi-Fi access to those who sign new contracts, or for those with existing premium FIOS and DSL service contracts. Verizon customers with laptops can now [...]

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LinkedIn—5 Steps to a Better Company Presence

July 29, 2009
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After doing an introductory teleconference on LinkedIn® last week, I started thinking about the most important things companies can do to leverage LinkedIn for business right now while waiting for more new features. The company pages are currently in beta, meaning not quite full-featured yet, but what if you want to get started right away?

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5 Great iPod touch/iPhone Applications to Increase Productivity

July 24, 2009
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By Claudia Rice (guest blogger) Navigating around the available applications offered through the iTunes store can be overwhelming. There is such a wide variety of application choices to purchase and download onto the iPod touch® or iPhone®. Although I am only beginning my foray into the iPod touch application world, I stumbled upon these 5 [...]

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Ready to Blog for Biz? Research Before You Leap!

July 21, 2009
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If you’re ready to blog, do you know how to get started? If not, read on. Your first priority is research. There’s a lot to learn, so I recommend you get to know the terrain right from the start. You need to: Know what other people are doing with their blogs and websites, both in [...]

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Cure iPhone Envy on a Budget

July 17, 2009
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By Claudia Rice (guest blogger) For my first blog post I’ve decided to write about my new toy, which I absolutely love and can’t stand to put down…my iPod touch®.  The Apple iPod Touch is practical and compact, an exceptional product to stay connected when you’re on the go – and it’s also great if [...]

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