This was originally a guest post on WaxingUnlyrical 7/14/2011
If you’re a Netflix subscriber you’ve probably already received a notice indicating the pricing and plan changes. If you haven’t it can be summarized as a discount for streaming only customers and a huge price hike (up to 60%) for people who like [...] Continue Reading…
How Netflix could solve their price increase debacle
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Internet Radio Mashup Episode 2 [Podcast]
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Three great guests joined me for the second Internet Radio Mashup episode on my Blog Talk Radio program:
Liz Marshall of Author Teleseminars
Jeremy Hicks of Livefyre
Erna Grasz of Asante Africa Foundation
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Summary
The interactions between the panelists provided for a very enjoyable discussion. Vacations, books, leadership and vocations were among the main discoveries.
Quotable
“I have a [...] Continue Reading…
Is the Rise of Word Press Killing off Jobs?
November 1, 2011 By 18 Comments
Is Word Press killing of jobs? That’s what a new connection of mine on Twitter suggested to me just last week:
The minute I read Monica’s Tweet, the wheels in my head started spinning. One of them was wondering if it was true, and the second was what can (or [...] Continue Reading…
Yelp Doesn’t Understand Your Small Business
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I received an Email this week from Yelp reminding me that they do not understand my business. The first thing in bold red header images I read was:
What Yelp continues to fail to understand is that many small businesses and self employed professionals don’t have a massive amount of [...] Continue Reading…
Twenty Dollar Glasses got me Blogging
October 23, 2011 By 6 Comments
While scanning my National Geographic Magazine back in 2009 I came across a very fascinating article about adaptive eyeglasses for the developing world. This article was the inspiration for me to launch my first blog (it was on WordPress.com). What really inspired me about this particular invention is that [...] Continue Reading…
Expand your content sharing with Print Friendly and PDF
October 21, 2011 By 8 Comments
As bloggers we’re always looking for ways to make our content more friendly, encourage conversation and encouraging distribution of the content to amplify our voice. I recall seeing the Print Friendly plugin for the first time over at Waxing Unlyrical. I thought it was interesting but didn’t connect the [...] Continue Reading…
Problem Solver Series Episode #2 Youth and Education [Podcast]
October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A passionate panel of individuals who work with youth related causes:
Christopher Major – Hayward Youth Academy
Robin Kelley – Epic Healthy Choices
Patrick Major – Animal Planet “Saved” Series and MeetSammyDavis.com
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Summary
The three passionate panelists discuss the realities of the problems with keeping youth on track and solutions to achieving that end.
The [...] Continue Reading…
Problem Solver Series Episode #1 Economy and Jobs [Podcast]
October 13, 2011 By 4 Comments
A frank discussion on the economy and jobs with:
Carol Roth of Intercap Merchant Partners
Don LeDoux of Summit Financial Group
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Summary
From what the problems are to how to solve them and what to do now or if they aren’t solved.
The Problems
Uncertainty/Confidence
Global Competition
Housing Crisis
Access to Capital/Credit
The Solutions
Non-Partisan “Get on the same page” [...] Continue Reading…
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