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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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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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If You Don’t Reward Everyone Your Ideas Will Spread Far and Wide

September 4, 2009

Here is a unique way to spread news about your business.  Read what Robert Paul Salon of Ahwautakee is doing.
They’re giving free haircuts for teachers.  Instead of blowing hundreds of dollars on advertising created by people who may only know a little about running effective ads, this act of service spreads news about the salon [...]

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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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When Giving Less Is More

July 20, 2009

Someone in Japan came up this idea — would it be interesting to sell 5 second stopwatch?  Apparently, enough people think it is.
The way it works is this, you hit start and attempt to stop exactly at 5 seconds.  The closer you get, the better you are at.  It shows no digits once you hit [...]

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Jewel’s Mesa AZ Concert Finishes Successfully, Will She Return Again Next Year?

July 18, 2009

OK, I admit that I wasn’t at her concert last night in Mesa. But I knew the whole time it was going well.
Why?
There were people live tweeting from the concert.
@cherleigh
@jeweljk
@gschneeberger
To see everyone who mentioned @jeweljk, you can use Search feature of Twitter.
But the highlight of it all was when I tweeted to Jewel. I asked [...]

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Decluttering All the Noise in Digital Age

July 4, 2009

 
It’s No Longer 1993
When I first arrived to America in 1993, the country was prosperous.  The economy was growing and there were no worries of terrorism.
On Forth of July, friends took me to Idaho Falls, Idaho to watch fireworks, and I can still recall the smell of smoke from the fireworks (and of BBQ) today.
At [...]

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The Moment We’re Living Through

July 3, 2009

TED  Talk by Slay Shiky How Social Media Can Make History:
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
If you’re reading [...]

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Local Burger’s Courageous Challenge Spreads Remarkable Ideas

July 2, 2009

Duct Tape Marketing today featured Hillary Brown from Lawrence, KS.  What Hillary Brown does is remarkable.  Instead of launching another “Me too” fast food restaurant in an already competitive college town of Lawrence, Hillary opened a burger joint with a little twist.  Her burgers are made only from locally grown, raised and produced products.

Brown tells that to her doubters [...]

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Connecting with Mesa Arizona Using Twitter

June 29, 2009

I decided to follow everyone who Tweets from Mesa, Arizona.  This is one more way to connect with the local folks otherwise I would have never known.
The search feature at Twitter allows you to look for relevant keywords, you can enter keywords such as “Mesa, AZ” or “Mesa, Arizona” as shown below.

Also, I subscribe to [...]

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