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Pubcon 2009 ; Learning from a conference of expert online web professionals

Pubcon is a conference that is organized by Webmaster World and the 2009 conference is in Las Vegas. The Webmaster world website describes themselves as :
WebmasterWorld is the leading source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news, best practices and educational events. Founded by Brett Tabke, an early ’80s innovator in running BBS (Bulletin Board [...]

PSA : Network Solutions Email Latency Nov 4th

Update Nov 5th, 2009 12.38 p.m
The  email services for customers impacted from yesterday’s issue should be back to normal. In cases where customers are still having issues we are advising them to contact our 24/7  Network Solutions Customer Support at 1-800-333-7680 or open a ticket on our support page at http://www.networksolutions.com/help/email.jsp

Update : Nov 4, 2009 @ 14:34
The [...]

Tim Kelly heads Network Solutions as CEO and Miles Reidy becomes COO

We made an announcement  today 2nd November that  Tim Kelly , Network Solutions ’ President, will succeed Roy Dunbar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Network Solutions. Miles Reidy, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Network Solutions.
Since joining Network Solutions about 6 months ago Tim has been [...]

3 days only .INFO domains for $3.99 and I got shashi.info

I wanted to alert our Network Solutions blog readers to a special offer. Until Friday 10/30/2009 you can register a  .info domain  for one year at only $3.99.  I tried it out and got myself http://shashi.info/.  Since it comes with a free business profile I used that to add a few basic info there and [...]

PopTech ! Using technology to get the community involved in saving lions in Kenya

Wildlifedirect.org uses social platforms like blogs and websites to spread awareness of wildlife conservation. The website  of wildlifedirect.org puts their goals as “raising funds for conservation. Using the internet, we bring supporters and conservationists together through online diaries or blogs to enable individual donors around the world to communicate directly with the people that they [...]

Do you have the right email address in your account?

As soon as we heard the news of the hacking of a few public email addresses and the passwords being posted online. we wanted to alert our readers about this.
Please take a few moments and check all your accounts – domain names, banks, utility companies etc to make sure you have the right email addresses [...]

#GrowSmartBiz : Watch the LiveStream of the Small Business Summit Sept 29th

The GrowSmartBiz conference is taking place on Tuesday 29th September at the Renaissance Hotel Washington DC and the tickets are selling fast.
The GrowSmartBiz conference s a premier one-day event featuring renowned small business leaders and well-known industry experts, including keynote speaker Chris Anderson and Sen. Mark Warner.

We also have some great news for folks who are [...]

New WordPress Blog Hosting Package from Network Solutions

Blogs are now a great tool for establishing connections and I am happy that we have a great easy to use WordPress hosting package.  Along with some great new domain extensions like .ch which our friend Mark Kolich found useful and registered koli.ch we also launched a new Blog hosting package using WordPress this weekend . The [...]

All I Need to Know About Social Media I Learned from Jason Alba

Robin Ferrier is the Communications Manager for Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County. As the Communications Manager, she oversees media relations, community outreach, marketing, publications, and special events, and manages the Campus’ web presence, including the web site and its presence in the social media realm. Robin also engages in limited legislative affairs activities and works [...]

GrowSmartBiz: Catherine Read on Success Stories of Small Business

Its a great feeling when one of your customers invites you to their office and that is how I landed up at http://www.townandcountrymovers.com/ for a open house that they held at their offices in Gaithersburg a few days ago. It was a networking event and among the people I met was Catherine Read who helps [...]