March Madness is quickly approaching, and with so much talent in Big Ten men’s basketball this year, it’s a little early to say who the contenders are for the championship. But everyone has a hunch, and a lot of people are looking to Indiana to take home the prize this year. Following is the lowdown on what you need to ... Read More »
Social media marketing campaigns are all the rage these days. With almost everyone with computer access using Facebook and Twitter, marketing professionals can turn the popularity of social media to their advantage. Marketing through social media demonstrates a company’s extra effort to keep customers loyal to their product. How can you use social media to keep your customers loyal? Read on for some ... Read More »
The Internet’s influence comes full circle Twenty-five to 30 years ago, if you’d asked most people how their lives might be influenced by the Internet, most of them wouldn’t have known what you were talking about. The explosive growth of technology in the past couple decades and our growing reliance upon it has truly changed the way we live our ... Read More »
With a continued weak economic outlook, protecting one’s business, assets, and employees from damage, liability, and sickness has never been more important. Insurance takes a large chunk of profits to cover, but it is necessary, and in some cases, mandatory for the business to have insurance. If you’re running a business in 2012, here some tips on recommended coverages, including ... Read More »
By now pretty much anyone that has access to the Internet also has access to the plethora of online daily deals. “The coupon wars,” as they are so affectionately called, have brought companies like Groupon and LivingSocial to the forefront of the coupon industry. What’s more, these young companies have sparked the response of goliath companies like Googleand Facebook to garnish their own deals websites to compete. ... Read More »
Apple is a better known and more visible brand then Droid—in fact, Apple is the most valuable brand in the world according to the Brand Z Top 100 report. But the question is, which device is actually better, Android or Apple? I was shocked when I recently went to a Verizon store to get my phone upgraded and the salespeople ... Read More »
Garrett Heath blogs for the Rackspace and has experience as a Technical Project Manager in the cloud. He enjoys writing about how the cloud is spurring innovation for startups, small businesses and enterprises. Follow him on Twitter. Innovation is happening at a break neck speed. With both the Cloud and mobile revolution in full effect, both developers and sys admins ... Read More »
I’ll be buying my first home this summer. I’m almost 30 years old. For my generation, I’m not particularly old or particularly young to be a first-time homeowner. But in my parent’s generation, buying your first home when you’re 30 would have bee like showing up late to the game. Most couples took on a mortgage as soon as they ... Read More »
More than 30,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs or enter retirement earlier than expected in the latest round of cuts at the United States Postal Service. In addition, only further Congressional action will likely prevent even deeper cuts that cost additional thousands of jobs. With the postal service facing an ever-increasing debt load due to an overall decrease ... Read More »
Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) — author, biographer, editor, journalist, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner — is claimed by Chicago as its own, even though he was born and raised 200 miles away on the other side of Illinois and lived the last 22 years of his life in rural North Carolina. That doesn’t change the incredible influence that Sandburg’s life ... Read More »
