Memorial Day Holiday
May 25, 2009 :: Steve FisherIn the United States, today is Memorial Day. According to Wikipedia, “Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of [...]
Dekalb Chamber Sponsors a Free Search Engine Optimization Seminar
May 23, 2009 :: Scott Lawrence5/28/09 – 8:30 to noon
Friendship Foundation, Inc.
3951 Snapfinger Parkway
Suite 435
Decatur, GA 30035
Registration Here
The Dekalb Chamber in Atlanta, working with Network Solutions and Sago Networks, have joined forces to offer a free seminar to business owners interested in learning more about what it takes to get their websites found by Google and other search engines. [...]
Along with Memorial Day traffic issues we had our own brief DNS issue
May 22, 2009 :: Shashi BellamkondaToday around 11:18 a.m ET we noticed high volumes of DNS queries on our network. As the DNS requests queued up, people querying websites using Network Solutions DNS servers were unreachable or slow. It took us approximately an hour to isolate the traffic and add additional capacity to manage the high query volume and [...]
The DC Restaurant Social Media Meet-Up on WUSA Channel 9
May 22, 2009 :: Shashi BellamkondaKristin Fisher is the new media reporter at WUSA Channel 9 and her job is to “Go behind-the-scenes of the Nine News Now morning show.” Kristin also does ”What’s Hot on the Web” live weekdays from 5-7AM . She covered this story forr her “Your Stories” segment on today’s ( May 22nd) 6 AM WUSA9 [...]
Managing Your Business, Life & Beyond on Social Networks – e.Factor event this May 28
May 22, 2009 :: Steve FisherAre you overwhelmed with the social media frenzy that’s changing the way we see the world? Are you trying to figure out how to manage your life, business or career now that social networks have entered the picture? Do you want to make since out of it all?
Social Networking is quickly becoming a “must do” [...]
Tweet the Po-lice!
May 21, 2009 :: Joe LoongWhat’s the tipping point for online social media tools becoming an accepted way to send a cry for help? (That’s a real cry for help to the authorities — a 911 call — not a metaphorical one.)
I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but there are two recent examples that demonstrate that we’re getting closer:
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Hosting providers like Network Solutions can help consolidate your marketing
May 21, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungDuring a Microsoft event earlier this month, I had the chance to speak with someone involved in strategic and technology development and one of the questions that was discussed was how would small businesses be able to take advantage of multiple tools online to help control their marketing efforts. What exactly do I mean? Take [...]
Restaurants using Social Media with Yelp, Facebook and Twitter – A Network Solutions Event recap
May 20, 2009 :: Steve FisherThis morning I was down at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC off of K and 5th Street to attend an Networks Solutions and Yelp! co-sponsored event that included chefs, restaurateurs and food bloggers and the topic of social media. It was very well attended and successful event that began with the discussion of social [...]
Followups: Media Diets, the Hive Mind and Surfing on Eggshells
May 20, 2009 :: Joe LoongDoing a blog entry where you follow up on some of your earlier entries is basically the blog equivalent of a TV clip show, which is what you get when producers, faced with a writers’ strike (or otherwise run out of time, budget, or ideas), recycle footage from previous episodes, wrapped up in a usually-lame [...]
Top 5 LinkedIn Lessons from Lewis Howes, author of LinkedWorking
May 20, 2009 :: Steve FisherA few weeks ago I was at SOBCon and one of the people I met was Lewis Howes. He was an arena football player, he is also an inventor and a sports networker. During some down time from recovering from an injury, he created a sports professionals group on LinkedIn and over time became a [...]
