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Hints for creating small business and non-profit Twitter Lists

[Notes: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: http://www.RexBlog.com/thoughts-on-twitter.] During the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a few minutes each day creating Twitter Lists as part of a set of directories on SmallBusiness.com (a … Continue reading

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An important lesson in business success: Use your product

[Note: I am going to start doing more small business related posts here. When I do, I'm going to add relevant links to the wiki-model resource SmallBusiness.com, which, as a matter of disclosure, is owned by Hammock Inc.] TechCrunch posted … Continue reading

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A fun Google Maps experimental tourist tool that could grow up to be a valuable work tool

The best feature of the experimental Google Maps City Tours may nowbe the “remove” button. But with some time and tweaks,this could be a great sight seeing — or business planning — tool. Via Seach Engine Land and Steve Rubel … Continue reading

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Dell joins Facebook to friend small businesses

Today, Dell’s Small & Media Business (SMB) online marketing group launched a Facebook “community and guide” (translation: page) designed to help educate small business owners on “how to harness the power of social media to reach and serve their customers.” … Continue reading

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Is Google a black hole for companies it acqhires?

On May 11, 2005, I first used the term “acqhire” and was so amused with myself that I appended the post to define it: “When a large company ‘purchases’ a small company with no employees other than its founders, typically … Continue reading

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