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LinkedIn vs Facebook – Company pages

LinkedIn Company Page versus Facebook Business Page, which is right for your business? Continue reading


Facebook Storefronts – Like to Sales Not So Easy

Major retailers find selling on Facebook is not so easy. Some shut storefronts. Continue reading


How do I choose the right geographic keywords?

How to choose a Geographic Keyword for your business. Read more to find out how to narrow your search terms to reach the right potential customer. Continue reading


What is a geographic modifier?

Website Design Houston is a geographic modified search term. Geographic modifiers are used to help narrow searches to a state, city, zip code or neighborhood. Continue reading


EmpoweringPumps.com

The pump industry has a great online resource for the latest news, products, sales & marketing tips and more. Continue reading


Underwater Intervention 2012

The 20th Anniversary of Underwater Intervention (UI) is taking place this week. January 24-26, 2012.

UI will be held in New Orleans at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center

Underwater Intervention is the combined annual conference of the Association of Diving Contractors International and the The Marine Technology Society’s ROV Committee Continue reading


What People Use iPads For?

What people us their Apple iPads for? 75% Access the web 63% Email 53% Entertainment 48% Play games 41% for Social networking 29% for Researching services & products Continue reading


Firework Sales Go High-Tech

July 4th and New Years are two times of year that fireworks are sold in my area.  All firework sales were canceled for July 4th due to the drought that we had in Texas.  If they were going to make … Continue reading


Google Analytics Real Time Data

Google is always adding additional features to it’s Google Analytics. Here is one feature that really stood out for me this past year. Real Time Data Previously, Google Analytics data was typically delayed up to 24 hours after a visit … Continue reading


Fried Mullet Anyone? – How the internet has changed the face and taste of business.

A couple of years ago if you were looking for a restaurant that served Fried Mullet, you looked at the either the hand written sandwich board  or marquee sign  outside of restaurant as you drove by. Now 67% of consumers … Continue reading


Doing Business with the Houston’s Petrochemical Industry

Want to meet the Procurement Managers from ExxonMobil, Lubrizol, Texas Molecular and Vopak? Attend the ABC Power Breakfast. When: Thursday, October 20, 2011 Time: 7:30am Breakfast Buffet and Exhibit Booths Open, 8:00am – 9:30am Program Where: Galena Park ISD Admin … Continue reading


Family Lost in Corn Maze Calls 911 – couldn’t find their way out

A Massachusetts family out for what seemed to be some simple Fall-time fun got trapped in a cornfield maze and had to call 911. “We received a phone call that someone was lost in the maze. We dispatched an officer,” … Continue reading


Steve Jobs – our lives have been changed forever – Thank You

A quote from Steve Jobs that I live by every day. “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”  Steve Jobs … Continue reading


George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminal B Opportunities Meeting

For all small and minority businesses in construction, concessions, and facility maintenance this opportunity is for you. Join United/Continental Airlines in partnership Houston Airport Systems and the City of Houston for an information session about the George Bush Intercontinental Airport … Continue reading


Ashton Kutcher Provides Free Product Placement on Two and a Half Men

In this week’s episode of Two and Half Men, Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt played by Ashton Kutcher has a laptop that was covered in stickers for the technology companies Foursquare , Flipboard , Hipmunk, and Chegg (a textbook rental service, … Continue reading


NASA UARS Tracking Website

NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is heading to earth and should be splashing down very soon.  On Friday night, NASA said it expected the satellite to come crashing down between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. EDT. It was going … Continue reading


Groupon For B2B Businesses?

Groupon is the number one provider of online daily discounts and has over 80 million subscribers that receive the deal of the day in their email box.  They reach over 600 local markets.  Living in Houston, TX, I have seen … Continue reading


Online Intellectual Property Resources

I had the pleasure of meeting Intellectual Property Attorney, Ron Haggerty when I spoke at METRO Small Business University on “Effective Website Design”.  After our conversation, I thought the internet must have some good resources for those interested in starting … Continue reading


Twitter Adds Galleries for Users’ Last 100 Tweeted Photos

Twitter has just announced the rollout of user galleries for tweeted images. Galleries will show images shared using all the major services supported by Twitter, including yFrog, TwitPic, Instagram and Twitter’s new native images. Galleries can be found on the … Continue reading


3 Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Permits, so far.

ATP Oil and Gas Corp won approval on March 18th to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  ATP will now be allowed to continue the final phase of drilling a well in 4,000 feet of water at it Telemark … Continue reading