• PayPal Charges Effective 10% on Certain Transactions?

    PayPal, like many merchant accounts, have internal schedule sheets of obfuscated rates that would be undecipherable by even most bankers—in fact, I have met several whom was baffled when I showed them the full schedule sheet of rates that the Read More...

  • Amazon Cuts Affiliate Program in California

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    Internet retailer Amazon.com cut its business with its affiliates based in California on June 29, the day after the California legislature passed a provision taxing out-of-state internet retailers. Previously, internet retailers had not been required to collect sales tax thanks to Read More...

  • Google Mail For Your Business Emails

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    I stumbled upon an interview floating on the Internet between Bill Gates and Steven Levy, the author of In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.  This conversation happened shortly after Gmail was launched.

    “How could you need

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  • The Social Web – Facebook

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    This past year has seen a real fight for dominance between what’s known as the Search web (Google, Yahoo, Bing) VS the Social Web (Facebook, Twitter), and the social web seems to be taking over Read More...

  • Mobile Marketing on the Rise

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    Does this look familiar? What you’re seeing above is called SMS or Text Message marketing, and right now it’s taking the world of advertising by storm.

    2011 is a very important year for online marketing, we’re in the middle of a Read More...

Starbucks Happy Hour 1 Week

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Starbucks is offering a one week Happy Hour on their frappucinos.  You get a banging, amazing, insane deal of 50% off!  ”The New Frappucino Blended Beverages”  Just from speculation based upon how long and insane the lines are at the Read More…

Modern Terms for Costs, Upsells & Hidden Fees

In our modern era of the web 2.0, corporations have invented fees that did not exist prior to the avant of technology and the Internet.    We work with a lot of Ecommerce clients and one of the areas of Read More…

LA Pillow Fight Day: How Social Media Affects YOUR Community

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So how does social media affect you? and your community?  This is a very important read because I will expose how social media affects the community of Los Angeles.  Social media is Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, and virtually every single Read More…

BuddyPress adds Social Networking to WordPress

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BuddyPress is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows websites built on WordPress to add a completely interactive social network to the front-end. You and your business can benefit from BuddyPress. There are dozens of social networking scripts available online, some Read More…

Following the Buzz – Trend Tracking Tools

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Over 1 billion people per month use the internet to keep up with the latest news. Unlike television, the live and unfiltered nature of the internet creates an fast paced environment where  hot topics reach millions of people instantly. News Read More…