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We've been talking a bit lately about working remotely, and collaborating over the Internet, and videoconferencing can be a big part of that. Today's guest post from Jeff Creech gives us 4 videoconferencing tips to have you looking and sounding your best during your next virtual meeting. Read More

As a customer and client of many types of businesses and services I would like to start seeing sincerity as a marketing strategy. Sincerity creates trust and trust creates fiercely loyal customers. Read More

How to use Google Reader to get Alerts on keywords and phrases that you want to search on. Track mentions on your company, your competition, your products or whatever you want. Save time and spend it on more profitable tasks. Read More

As the FCC prepares to release its National Broadband Plan next week, I hope it will address expanding Wi-Fi as part of improving mobile data access. It appears no amount of repurposed radio spectrum is likely to meet the expanding wireless data demand for very long. Read More

A short article about the nature of relationships and the impact of Internet and social networks on people and the way they interact, connect and form tribes that help spread their ideas. Read More

It's been the retailing story for years--and new research says it still is! Yes, online sales continue to soar, recession be damned. We were all probably at least vaguely aware of this phenomenon but to see it in such stark numbers astounds anew. Perhaps the most eye-opening figure of all is the average amount that an Internet shopper spent last year: $1,006.50. Read More

Nothing really big ever happened without a vision, says Gail Blanke, Founder and CEO of Lifedesigns LLC. That includes the world of business, she says, and adds that these visions are usually provided not by those who fit in but by those who stand out. Watch the video at Open Forum Innovation. It's really quite inspiring. Read More

Date your business before you marry it, is the advice of Alegre Ramos founded Green and Greener, an eco living design center and general store in LA. Ramos talks with Lindsey Campbell of Small Business Rules in this video again from Open Forum Innovation. Read More

Do we value the opinions of our friends on the internet? An article by the Ad Contrarian suggests that about 75 percent of us do not trust friends as ‘credible sources of information about products or companies’. The implication is that companies may need to re-evaluate their approach on the internet; after all, why tap into online marketing if it cannot drive consumer spend?
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EPC CIGAR COMPANY manufactures and distributes cigars that are hand-rolled in the Dominican Republic from Ecuadorean, Nicaraguan and Dominican tobacco. It has been in business since April, although the family that owns it previously ran a successful cigar company that was sold to Swedish Match in 1999. Read More