The Importance of Using Social Networking for Business; Part I – Facebook
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. These are a few of the more popular Social Networking sites that you have probably already heard of and may already be using. But Social Networking platforms such as these are not just for playing online social games, taking quizzes, sending virtual gifts or reconnecting with friends and family. In fact Social Networking is another way to advertise yourself and your business for free or at a very low cost. In my last article The Importance of Having a Web Presence I talked about utilizing the Internet via a website of your own, in order to expand your reach, while incurring very little additional overhead costs. Social Networking is a very inexpensive means for advertising what your business is and does and what services and products you offer. In this article, Part I of a Social Networking series, we take an in-depth look at Facebook.









Presumably at some point the debate over health care will be over. Either the government will radically reform health care, or they won’t. While it is impossible to know for sure when the debate will be over, it does seem as if there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Whether that light is a train or not remains to be seen, of course. Within the next few days, few weeks or few months Congress will be released to consider other issues. Whether they actually will actually get anything done between whenever health care passes or fails and the November 2010 elections is likewise questionable, and remains to be seen. But one of the things that is seemingly on the horizon is consideration of patent reform, which itself has become a constant, nagging and unresolvable issue that has bogged down Congress for at least 5 years now. As I continue to review the pending patent reform legislation there are questions that I have, and changes that I would like made to the pending bill. So with the belief that sooner or later Congress will turn to patent reform, I present some of my thoughts on key changes that needs to be made to S. 515.


When you want to learn about a new business, the latest news, the upcoming weather or the current sales at your favorite store, what is the first thing you do? In today’s technologically savvy times, majority of all people asked this question would probably answer it the same way; they turn to the Internet. Computer prices have dropped significantly since the inception of the home personal computer and now most homes, schools and libraries now have computers. When we want to find out more about a company, now we simply go to our favorite search engine and search for the company by name. But how often do you find that the company you are looking to learn more about still does not have an Internet presence through a website of their own? When you go to business networking functions, do you still receive business cards only to find they have email address ending in @hotmail.com or the like? In today’s business world it is hard to fathom just how many businesses still do not have a web presence.
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Would you go on the Internet, or look in the phone book, search for a Family Doctor, call them or email them and then ask him or her, “Can you recommend a good Family Doctor to me?” Here’s another question for you, would you search on the Internet for a Family Doctor in another state, call them and ask them if they can recommend a good doctor to you in your geographical area? Do you honestly think that a doctor, who is, let’s say, in NY would really know and could recommend a Family Doctor to you in say, Seattle, Washington? More often than I’d like to admit, we get emails through our contact form only to be asked these exact questions. I decided to Twitter about this, because I thought it was hilarious, but then it was suggested to me that I write a blog post on this very topic. Hmmm, why didn’t I think of that?!?
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