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Marketing Your Brand in 140 Characters Or Less

In website design, the credo used to be that one had an average of five seconds to capture the attention of a visitor with compelling “above the fold” content. If nothing placed immediately under the address bar prompted somebody to scroll down the remainder of the page, you could be certain the next action would [...]

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Yelp Walks Away From Half Billion Dollar Google Deal

The deal had been in the later stages of negotiation. The two companies had agreed on a price – around $550 million plus earnouts – and were working through the final details of the acquisition.
Something happened that made Yelp reconsider the deal. Over the weekend they notified Google that they were not going to sell, [...]

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Social Media Resolutions For 2010

With the year drawing to a close, you’re bound to reflect on 2009 and the highs and lows associated with your business. Whether you enjoyed strong sales or disappointing numbers, depending on how the economical climate affected your line of work, it can be argued that you’ll come away from the old year having learned [...]

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Super Colon Coming To A Town Near You!

I was reading through some newsletters about colon health, when I came across this interesting article about a traveling health exhibit that sounded pretty interesting.
Since Ciniva has done the web design for Dr. Keith Berger who operates the Center  for Cancer Prevention in Virginia Beach, a Virginia colonoscopy clinic specializing in helping patients maintain good [...]

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Roofing Services - What a Roofer Can Do For You

If you’ve owned your home for a while, or recently purchased an established house, chances are you may need to think about work on the roof. Especially if you have bought into a “fixer upper” or an historical home in need of restoration, the roof is perhaps the most important part to fix first. A [...]

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Is It Safe To Dump Coffee Grounds Down The Sink?

Whether or not to flush your coffee grounds down the sink has been in debate for years.  When I was a little girl my father told my mother that she should pour the grounds down the sink everyday because it was good for the pipes.  Apparently it kept them clear.  As far as I remember [...]

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Taking Advantage of Twitter’s New Retweet Feature

While browsing through a Twitter feed, I caught sight of a mini conversation between two people trying to figure out how people they do not follow ended up in their feeds. For the time being, this is only a phenomenon that occurs when one reads directly from Twitter’s site - readers such as Echofon and [...]

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How To Pick A Plastic Surgeon

Recently the death of former Miss Argentina and the model Solange Magnano raised many questions about the risks of cosmetic surgery. Especially if the doctor isn’t a specialist.
When a woman (who shall remain nameless) got a postcard in the mail from her gynecologist stating that she was adding cosmetic procedures to her practice, this woman [...]

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Tips For Buying A Imported Luxury Sports Car

Many car buyers and collectors long for imported luxury sports cars. There are new ones out there but there are also used luxury cars that are sold in the car market.
Buyers are turning to used sports cars as an alternative because brand new ones are very expensive. Many buyers still wish to buy them to [...]

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Not Your Typical Toilet Seat

Toilet seats are not the most glamorous subject to talk about, but we all have to use them. I had to take care of my grandmother at one time, and if this product was available at that time it would of made my life much easier.
It is called the “Big John toilet Seat”. Standard seats [...]

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