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Alex de Carvalho talks about StartPR & offers great advice

I crossed paths with Alex de Carvalho because we were both working with the same customer segment. We both have since moved on but Alex & I continue to be connected. Alex is busy with many things: he teaches courses at the college level, has his own business & also organizes social media events in [...]

Get Involved on Blog Action Day

Every day we blog. Millions of people write about what they’re passionate about. We’re all comfortable & happy with our lifestyle. But what about those that are less fortunate? There are some superstar bloggers that are always making a difference. Beth Kanter, Beth Dunn & Steve Bridger are always sharing their great ideas!
The International Blogging [...]

Join our Popcorn Party for a Good Cause

Not too long ago I wrote about Connor, a 10 year old entrepreneur, who decided that he wanted to take his annual fundraising of selling popcorn to a new level. Shashi, our Social Media Swami asked me to come up with a plan to help Connor.
I decided to introduce him to the world of social [...]

This is pretty cool – Network Solutions is a Finalist for New Communications Award

You know, around here we love to communicate with you out there on “The Internets”. This blog has grown into a communications channel that offers customers advice on running a small business, events that are coming to their town, coverage of events they might not make it to or be aware of and most of [...]

10 Reasons to Choose Network Solutions to Register Your Domain Name

Here are 10 reasons why you should choose Network Solutions to register your domain name & for hosting. And I’ve included some tips at the end to protect your investment.

Domain Selection – Broad selection of domain name choices including over 60 of the most popular extensions.
Industry Leading Domain Services – Most advanced domain name search [...]

Building Your Brand Series – Part 1 – Listening

The goal of this series is to take your online presence to a new level. A great book to read on this topic is Groundswell by Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff. It outlines the steps to leveraging the power of your customers online. And it also has many case studies to give you lots of [...]

Building your Brand 101 Series

My first series was an outline of Building your Business Online and listed the steps to get a presence established online. The last step was marketing. Establishing your brand online is a bit different than doing it for a brick & mortar. The virtual world allows for more creativity but it also offers some new [...]

Ten Year Old uses Image Cafe by Network Solutions to Support Hungry Children

We recently learned of an amazing use of Network Solution’s website builder ImageCafe. A ten year old has used it to create a web site to provide for kids less fortunate!!
Web site builder ImageCafe is software that Network Solutions has which makes it easy for anyone to create a web site. You can read my [...]

A Must Attend Event in Atlanta if you have a Small Business

With all of the concern about the possible recession, small business owners are wondering how they can compete. I’ve been writing about the importance of your brick & mortar small business having a presence online. That is a start, but without maximizing your efforts, you won’t see the most return.
People are finding that there are [...]

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy to speak at Web 3.0 Conference

We all refer to Web 2.0 and have a sense for what that means to us. But many are starting to consider Web 3.0. Our own Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy will be speaking at the upcoming Web 3.0 Conference in mid October in Santa Clara, California. He will be on a panel discussing Knowledge Discovery from [...]