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Should You Create Social Media Profiles for Your Mesa Business?

March 15, 2010

Every week, I meet Mesa business owners ask me this question.
Should you create Social Media profiles for your business? When I mean by Social Media, I refer to Facebook Fan page, Twitter account, etc.
Conversations About Your Business Are Already Taking Place
You might be too busy to create a Facebook page for your business. But the fact [...]

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Do You Want to Live Somewhere Safe? Move to Gilbert

November 24, 2009

If you’re thinking about moving to the East Valley and looking for a very safe place to live, you might want to consider Gilbert. AZ Central reports Gilbert being the #24 safest city in America.
Mesa ranks as #170 (not bad), but we have a little bit of catch up to do. In fact, it cannot [...]

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Mesa Wants You to Be Remarkable

November 5, 2009

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive being online is how to rank highly in search engines. People believe there has to be some way to beat the competitor, and if you can figure it out, Google will bless them with more customers, right?
My belief in SEO or search engine optimization is unconventional. [...]

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Why Cheesecake Factory Is Better Than Macaroni Grill

October 29, 2009

My wife calls Macaroni Grill in Mesa to request for a reservation. It was for a large party (28 people) and the response from Macaroni Grill went like this.
“Uh… that’s a lot of people and we can only do set menu”. Besides,  they didn’t want to help break the bills into individual — this was [...]

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How to Thrive and Profit In Bad Economy – Ignore Everyone

October 22, 2009

One of the biggest obstacles for achieving anything remarkable is the fear of feeling stupid. Nobody wants to feel or appear stupid, and people do anything they can to avoid it. So, it stops people from doing something worthwhile achieving, killing an idea that could otherwise produce great outcome.
The problem is, nobody knows which idea [...]

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How to Find Local Fans Who Can Spread News About Your Organization

October 13, 2009

Recently, I’ve signed my son up for classes taught at community centers. One is an organized sport which was opened at Las Sendas Clubhouse where we live, other two were classes at Red Mountain Multigenerational Center on Adobe and Power.
This article by Arizona Republic shows many professionals are teaching at community centers for what they would normally [...]

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Tweeting Your Mesa AZ Business Like a NFL Player

October 6, 2009

Recently, Mashable listed top 20 “Must Follow” NFL tweets. There are players like Reggie Bush and Larry Fitzgerald mentioned. As you probably know, Twitter is also popular among NBA athletes.
What does this mean to the public?
It means… instead of hearing what Larry Fitzgerald says about the recent loss against Indianapolis Colts through the radio wave of ESPN, you get to hear directly from Larry.

It [...]

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You Are Worth Waiting For

September 29, 2009

The weather is getting cooler here in Mesa as we begin this new season.  I arrived here last October, so this is my one year mark, after having survived the first summer.
In fact, this is when Arizona starts to become great place to live every year.  The mild winter is worth spending 115F heat for [...]

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Mesa AZ Blogs and News I Read Daily

September 3, 2009

Let’s connect locally, here is a list of blogs and RSS feeds that I subscribe daily to know what’s going on around the town.

What’s the deal – Every post contains discount information, like restaurants, parks offering a deal.
Twitter RSS Feed for Mesa, AZ – I check this when I want to, just see who is [...]

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Unusual But Achievable Customer Service

August 20, 2009

3 Minutes and 14 Seconds.  That’s how long it took for one of my banks to tell me that the department I was trying to reach was closed for the day.  It took approximately 2 minutes just to reach the live operator, and she had to go through more security questions before I had the [...]

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