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Happy July 4th

Happy Independence Day to all out US readers. To our international friends, since it is a national holiday, we are taking the day off.
Regular programming will resume on Monday.

Meanwhile, here are some stories from this and our other sites.
* Solutions Are Power: Twitter’s Secret Manual - Mashable’s Guide to Twitter. Continue reading.
* Grow Smart Business: [...]

The Changed Expectations of Digital Vacations

I’ve never been very good at taking vacations, so this is more of a theoretical exercise for me than anything else, but I was thinking about different ways our expectations of vacation have changed because of this whole online thing.
I’m not talking about the prosaic stuff like being able to make your own reservations and [...]

Understanding Word of Mouth Marketing

Ever heard of WOM? It stands for “Word of Mouth”.
You might be rolling your eyes and saying “great, another acronym to remember and another marketing concept to understand and incorporate into my business”. But not so fast, this one is on of the most important concepts to come along to marketing in years.
Let me explain [...]

Announcing the Network Solutions Social Web Advisory Board

As many of you may know, we are getting ready to rebrand and launch a whole new brand and as part of engaging our community, Network Solutions has put together a group of individuals respected for their opinion and ability to offer insight in places we would not expect.
Here they are:
Tinu Abayomi Paul
Leveraged Promotion, a [...]

Twitter’s Secret Manual - Mashable’s Guide to Twitter

As most of you know I use Twitter for a few things but I am not very prolific on it and that is not because I don’t have things to say, it just comes down to time and deciding which conversations to join into.
“Twitter, despite its many extraordinary uses, can be a bit of a [...]

Maintaining Relationships With Pokes, Pings, Winks, Drive-bys and Twitter

Back when I worked for a big company on a sprawling campus, I used to make it a point to stop by the offices (well, usually cubicles) of friends and other people with whom I’d worked before.
I almost never pre-scheduled these little drive-bys in advance, instead just relying on a simple calculus: I’d stick my [...]

My GTD Plan for the next Six Months

As you know I just had my six month GTD review and looking at the next six months things hopefully will be smoother and will get even more efficient. In preparation to increase my GTD success I went through this awesome checklist http://gtdmastery100.com/ and found that I scored 32 out of 100 - That is [...]

The New Network Solutions - Brand Preview Today 6/29

Network Solutions is listening. Listening to our customers. Listening to YOU.
Change is here and today on Monday June 29, 2009 we would love for you to be a part of our sneak preview.
We are overhauling our brand and this not just a cosmetic change. We have heard loud and clear what you want and we [...]

PSA : Network Solutions Hosting

Update : June 26th 8:38:22 : All affected websites should be resolving normally now. Please comment here or contact @netsolcares on Twitter if you you are having problems. Thanks for your patience.
As always, we will continue to work to take measures to prevent these and other types of technical issues caused by third parties that [...]

Social Broadcasting: Where You Are vs. Where You Aren’t

I’d like to revisit the implications of socially-broadcasting your location and status. Previously, I looked at social broadcasting from a security perspective — namely, the notion that by telling people where you are, you’re also telling people where you aren’t, which could open you up to shenanigans by ne’er-do-wells, or even crime (as in the [...]