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Three Words: 2016
Usually I have this post written in November. Much has happened this year for me – most of it personally. Thinking about how three words can direct the course and intention of my life in this year has not been at the top of my thinking list. Yet.. yet, those three words and the idea…
Read MoreBlab – Tour of Empty Buildings
Blab.im is a new place to have conversations online with up to 4 people who can see each other. The listening audience can ask questions via a text option. It’s pretty smooth running and meets a lot of needs. Becky McCray and I ran a blab last night to answer questions submitted to us about…
Read MoreTesting Blab
My friend Erin Criss and I tested Blab today — I think we’re going to be using this!
Read Moredot what?
They’re called gTLDs — that i generic Top Level Domains. Now you no longer need to be a .com or .net or .org. You can choose an extension that makes sense for your business. There are over 810 extensions now available, and don’t pay to get the list or sign up for a newsletter/email list/etc.…
Read MoreNo Foolin’ – Google Places for Your Business
Chamber Nation handles our CRM at the Webster City Area Chamber. In their newsletter this week they shared exactly how to put your business on Google places. If you haven’t done so .. time to get with it! It will allow you to show up on Google map results, on Google search results TWO…
Read MoreHashtag Campaign for RAGBRAI Pass through
RAGBRAI is coming through Webster City! We are excited and thrilled to welcome approximately 25,000 bike riders to our town early in the morning of July 21. We’re currently putting together a hashtag promotion and asking everyone to enter their ideas about the perfect hashtag at http://visitwebstercityiowa.com/pass-through.htm. The idea is to create a hashtag we can…
Read MoreChef: A lesson for small businesses
If you have not seen the movie Chef and you own a small business, stop what you are doing and go watch it. I used Netflix to see it. Besides being a feel good movie about a dad and his kid, it’s a better movie about how to use social media for your small business.…
Read More5 Business Travel Apps
Christine Kane is one of our favorite guest bloggers. I love travel and do lots of it for business. You can bet I’ll use this advice! 5 Business Travel Apps that You’ll Actually Use (and LOVE!) If you travel for business, no doubt you’ve got more than one app that was supposed to make…
Read MoreHe Said What?
I just read that CTO of T-Mobile said “We believe the metro stuff is most important.” (find link here http://vzwmidwestarea.com/verizon-rural-matters/) My first response is: Are You Kidding Me? 20% of the population lives in rural America. You’re willing to give up that business? Then I realized Mr. CTO has no clue why it’s important that…
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