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Author: Chris Burdge

Water Snakes on a Blog

2012 AKA the Year of the Dragon was a powerful year. In 2013 the Snake will be the Yin to the Dragon’s Yang. 2013 is also a water year. In fact it’s the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.

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Original bWEST Website

Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend

I’ve been involved in the redesign of hundreds of websites. But aside from the design of the initial bWEST website, I have never redesigned my own website, until now. It hadn’t occurred to me until a day before the launch

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Nautical Nellies - See Inside

Google Business Photos – See Inside

Most businesses have a great website and Google+ Local page(s). Google Business Photos gives you a new interactive angle. As you know, more potential customers are searching out businesses on their mobile, tablet or laptop using Google Search and Maps. From the initial search results, Google

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How To Create A Twitter Header Image

Have you seen the new Twitter “Header Image”? Cool eh! Nice to see Twitter is keeping up with the Zuckerberg’s and Googlers. All the cool kids are getting them. Here’s ours. Here’s how to get yours: Login to your Twitter

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LinkedIn for HR Professionals

HR Professionals and recruiters ignore the power of social networking at their peril. Professional social networking sites like LinkedIn have become critical in building a network and connecting with candidates, colleagues, partners and alumni and screening new employees. As social

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The Creepy Stalker from Take This Lollipop

Take This Lollipop

We Were Given a Warning for 2020 & Now Its Too Late… In 2011 We Were Asked to “Take This Lollipop.” At a time when the worries of Facebook privacy was not as heightened as it is today, we were

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Anatomy of a Viral Video

Everyone wants their video to “go viral”, but very few actually do. In fact, less than 0.001% of videos created get more than a handful of views. So how is it that some videos do go viral and get millions of views?

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The $100 StartUp – Video Book Review

If you have ever contemplated starting a business or turning your hobbie or passion into a little something more, then you HAVE to read “The $100 StartUp” by Chris Guillebeau. It’s a quick read and a swift kick-in-the-pants to get

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Location Based Marketing Strategy

Location based marketing strategies are a relatively new concept in the mobile marketing arena. Applications such as Foursquare and Facebook Places lend themselves to promoting brick and mortar businesses and supporting location-based mobile marketing campaigns. Getting started with location-based strategies

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