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LinkedIn Mixes Old Media And New

While I am not old by any stretch of the imagination, I definitely fall on the "I did not grow up with the internet" side of the ledger. All that means is that I have needed to adapt how I do business to incorporate blogging and social media among other "unnatural" acts. In fact, for a good portion of my career I had to depend on newspapers for "up-to-date" business information and I have grown fond of several sources that have themselves had to adapt to the internet economy.

Washington Tax Laws Affect Small Businesses

The growth of Internet sales is causing some interesting tax issues for small business owners and casual sellers. My bookkeeper has spent hours on the phone with the IRS trying to figure the best way to handle the new Washington State tax regulations that went into effect July 1, 2008. You see, the system for local retail sales tax in the State of Washington has gone from an origin-based system to a destination-based system. Basically, how you tax goods now depends on where the product is shipped to, not on where the product comes from.

Find People with Twitter Directory Twellow

Much has been written in recent months about the allure of Twitter and why people stick with it through thick and thin.

Social Media and Internal Issues

My dad used to tell me the main reason most relationships don’t work out is that one or both of the people involved is looking for the other person as the solution to their problems. His notion was that if you were happy by yourself, you’d likely be be happy with who you are partnered with.

Advanced Blog Optimization

I introduced you to blog optimization in S E O 101 - Blogs and Feed Optimization Tips.Hopefully, you’ve got your blog up and running and chock full of great content by now. If you’re just getting started, read the post above first, then come back to this one.

Where Does Social Media Responsibility Fall?

There has been no shortage lately of commentary about where social media responsibility will reside in organizations. The broad categories of opinion shake out like this:

Small Business Doing Well?

Well, this is an interesting one. You finally see some positive news about the outlook for small business at B to B Online but hold on a sec!

Is UR Biz Talk 2 Casual?

Hey, you know me by now. I read the Wall Street Journal. I do read other things as well. I just figure that my sports addiction may not be of interest to the internet marketing crowd so I talk about that elsewhere (Let’s Go Mets!). 

Social Networking At Street Level

Small businesses in the US are struggling right now. Any edge or any hope that can be found is a welcome change from the continued onslaught of economic news around rising prices and shrinking wallets. I found one such story this morning over my cup of coffee. Oh and it was kinda cool that it was about coffee.

Business of Software 2008 In Boston

If you read this blog, there's a pretty good chance you're somehow involved in the business of software.  By that, I mean you are trying to (gasp!) make money in the software business.  If that's the case, I can't think of any better place to be this September than the Business of Software Conference being held in Boston on September 3-4.