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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 [...]

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 [...]

Social Networks before Social Networks – CPCUG

Honored to be part of the Washington DC CPCUG’s – Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG (E&C SIG)

I am thrilled to give a talk at the Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG (E&C SIG) meeting on September 19, 2009. This gives me a feeling of both honor and nostalgia . Honor because this is a body of peers and [...]

Power of the email subject line – Think of it like a tweet

This is the age of communication overload and  I am sure everyone will appreciate your kindness in giving people some of their time back. The time spent in opening and email and finding out what the email is about.  Why not think your email is twitter and start writing your email subject lines and your [...]

Think Like a Pirate : Matt Mason’s advice

If you read my previous post on Matt Mason’s talk at Pop!tech you would have known in the tone of the post that I am a fan. I read Matt Mason’s  book ” The Pirate’s Dilemma – How youth culture is reinventing capitalism” over and over again.  While it is not a business book   [...]

Don’t Get Fooled by Phony Domain Renewal Notices

An unscrupulous company or companies, going by several names like Domain Renewal Group, Domain Registry of America, and Liberty Names of America, has been sending out “notices” to unwary domain customers, trying to gain control of their domains.  The mailings are labeled “Domain Name Expiration Notices”, yet they have no affiliation [...]

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 [...]

Consumer Advisory: Beware of Check Fraud

We want to advise our readers to be vigilant for fraudulent checks that look like they are from Network Solutions. The counterfeiters are attempting to dupe people into accepting these fake documents and presenting them to their banks. The letters that accompany the checks usually try to solicit personal information, such as the intended victim’s [...]

Announcing New growsmartbusiness.com Event for the Legal Minds of DC

Every industry is gearing up to get into social media, whether it’s to promote good customer service, establish a personal face to a brand, or become a great thought leader. To help those in the legal industry better understand how they can use social media, growsmartbusiness.com is proud to present a series of events aimed [...]

Network Solutions Advice to domain registrants: Prevent a Domain Hijacking horror story

Maintaining control of your domain name is very important and to do that your information with the domain registrar should be up to date and secure. The email address you use to register the domain name is very important, see some additional tips about ways to protect your domain name here http://blog.networksolutions.com/2008/8-tips-to-protect-your-domain-registration/ . Taking a [...]