Where Did It Go

If you have ever built or maintained a website, only to have it disappear overnight, you know how heartbreaking this can be. This can happen because of a hacker invasion or a server crash. There is also the problem of losing data on your computer system because of a hard drive crash. It is even more devastating to have your website server crash at the same time your computers’ hard drive crashes. Do not think this cannot happen to you as I have seen it happen to others.

It is essential to back up hard drives today. You never know when More >

Are You a Singer Or Entertainer

If you are a singer or entertainer you may think once you have honed your talents and perfected your act you are home free to success. Even though this sounds as if it is the way it should be… it is not. The hard part of any entertainment profession is getting started and perfecting the act. But this is only the beginning as you must become a shrewd businessperson as well. It is not about how much money you make but how you use and invest that money. Without good business sense you can end up a great singer or More >

Is Your Business Immune To These 7 Threats

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of CDW for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Today’s business climate is consistently changing. At one time you could set up shop, build a local customer base and do very well. Those days are gone and will not be back. Business today relies on a global community since there is more competition than ever. Even local customers are more apt to purchase outside of their own communities. This means companies must embrace the Internet, making sure their online presence is professional and easy to navigate. With the increased use of the More >

How Do You Connect

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ConnectMyDNA.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Today people thrive on social networking and connecting…it has become a social culture. With the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networks individuals from around the world have become more connected. It has become as if our extended family may be half way around the world.  What if you were connected by DNA with someone in a distant country you really did not know. Wouldn’t you like to know and really see where your roots originate from?

Well…there is a way to More >

BOUQUET FAIL

Guest post written by Derick Burks

As soon as I got home from a friend’s wedding this weekend, I logged onto my blogspot using my clear wireless internet connection and had to post and blog about a picture that I took at the reception. The bride was throwing the bouquet at the end of the night to a bunch of “single ladies” lined up to catch it. She made one high toss and everyone went scrambling, except there was no bouquet to be found. The beautiful bride had accidently tossed the bouquet right into the chandalier! It was about twenty feet above More >

Spring Is Here Wind Down The Windows

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kia Rio for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

In the spring time everything is growing and fresh. The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and people are getting outdoors more. I love to get outside in the spring and listen to some good music. Even more fun is to take a ride in my car with the windows down and the music cranked up. I get tired of trying to keep up with all of my CDs in the car… I think I might have found a solution. It More >

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How Do You Acquire Your Company’s Leads

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of infofree for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

The lifeblood of any business is having a constant flow of potential customers as well as maintaining customers. The potential customers are more likely to be turned into real buying customers as time goes along. The real problem is, where do you get these potential customers and how do you contact them? The days of picking numbers out of the phone book and cold calling are gone. Since the “no call list” has been implemented it is really dicey just calling numbers. It More >

Thinking Back

Post contributed by Alfredo Gaines

Thinking back on the time before I knew how to cook makes me wonder how I survived all those years on Ramen noodles. I mean, I was just your typical young adult but those things don’t really have much nutrition and sometimes I literally went whole weeks where that’s all I was eating. Now that I’m old enough to afford, you know, pots and pans and DIRECT TV Deals I spend a lot of time watching Food Network and polishing my sautéing skills and things like that. It actually doesn’t take that much money to eat well More >

Marketing Trends

Since the economy is so sluggish businesses today know they must search for marketing trends to follow. Not every nation’s economy is doing so poorly, there are marketplaces showing growth. The idea is to find a trend which is stable or on an upswing and follow that trend. One location showing a growth spurt is the Middle East. The trend which is growing there is digital marketing. There is money to be made if you are in the Internet marketing niche.

Most companies are not aware of this fact and do not realize internet marketing in the Middle East is showing such More >