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  • Basic Places Practices Update: How do you claim an owner-verified listing? May 17, 2012
    A common issue that arises in the forums is the business owner that is unable to change or enhance their listing because they no longer have access to the account that it is in, perhaps because they lost the password , the employee that had claimed the listing is no longer employed or they had [...] No related posts. […]
    Mike Blumenthal

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  • The Importance of Being Trivial May 2, 2012
    Do you like the title of this article? I stole it from chapter 3 of The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch. Back in the 40s and 50s, Flesch was hailed as the guru of clear, direct writing. His advice remains powerful and relevant today. When Flesch recommended being “trivial,” he meant you should […]
    Dean Rieck

General Business Thoughts

QR Code: Quick Resurrection Code??

July 19, 2011
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QR Codes Sir Speedy Addison

USA Today recently reported on a somewhat novel application for a QR code; on your tombstone! The wife of a recently deceased auto-body repairman had this to say, “I think it’s a neat deal,” Faye Garneau said. “It kind of keeps people alive a little longer, down through the generations.” The paper also stated,...
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Today’s Printing Services for the Average Person

June 3, 2011
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Printing services

Do you think that printing services companies only offer products that are just for business owners and not the Average Joe or Jill? Today printing service companies offer plenty of products that the average person would benefit from – for example, calendars, mouse pads, flyers, invitations, and posters. So why would the Average Joe...
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Left-Brain Landing Page Design

March 9, 2011
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Landing page development

Okay, I admit it. I can’t stand it when a right-brainer tries to design something that’s obviously crying out for a structured, analytic approach to making something work. God bless ‘em all but putting lipstick on a pig won’t make it fly. Designing landing pages is a good example of that. “Pretty” won’t engage...
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Free T-Shirts: I Survived The Texas Ice-Age

February 15, 2011
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Sir Speedy Free Texas Ice Age T-Shirt

You survived the Texas Ice-Age. You’re a winner, you don’t quit! When everyone else was sliding off the road you plowed ahead, prepared for whatever came your way. While others chipped away with frozen fingers at mounds of ice on their windshields, you pulled out of your garage with a clean windshield, and a...
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