Technical Significance

2009 will be the year of…

arif — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:42:20 +0000

With 2009 just hours away, there’s hope, expectation, and reservation in the air. A few thoughts: 2009 will be the year of… The self-employed There is one key attribute to success that most do not realize. Everyone is self-employed. Whether you work for a corporation or have your own freelance company…you are essentially self-employed. If you work for a [...]

Marketing time versus marking time

Mark — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:32:15 +0000

Marketing time versus marking time Are you twiddling your thumbs waiting for the current economic malaise to pass, or getting proactive about marketing your company? While many small business owners maintain a love-hate relationship with marketing (they love it when it works, but they hate doing it), the Internet, new technology, and common sense have [...]

Top 10.5 ways to stay focused during crunch time

arif — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:33:37 +0000

Here’s the deal…we all want to and need to accomplish specific tasks to be successful in what we do. If you are employed, you better do your “job” or you won’t have one. And if you are self-employed, well…you know this better than anyone, you have to stay productive. Successful people are driven and focused. They [...]

Mom Entrepreneur Blog features Neon Rain client: Supper Solutions!

arif — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:49 +0000

Read this great interview of Supper Solutions’ President Leanne Deister, by Mom Entrepreneur. Supper Solutions utilizes our Live-Kitchen.com Meal Assembly Software Application to reduce operating expenses, organize client orders, manage inventory, and take payments. Visit Supper Solutions now.

404 Not Found - throwing clients away.

arif — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:50:54 +0000

So, here’s a tip that’s so simple, many of us have forgotten it - I figured most people had already taken this precaution…but I found that not to be the case. It is SO Simple, yet it may save you a lot of grief and lost sales. Ready? Create a 400 Error Redirect (through Apache or whatever [...]

Why is everyone and their mother selling Internet Marketing Products?! And what does that have to do with Warren Buffet?

arif — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:27:30 +0000

Alright, this may be a stretch in some regard but it was quite apparent and clear to me. We are putting together our Serious Internet Marketing Dashboard and through a lot of research I’m finding that there are a lot of Internet Marketing Consultants out there. They charge anywhere from $75 - $1,000 an hour. Seriously, [...]

I found a great article today by Chris Brogan…

arif — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:42:35 +0000

When Google is the front door, the side door, the hidden key under the mat, the cash register, the finder of everything we ever lost, and everything we wished we’d lost, what comes next? When everyone is a newspaper, a magazine, a TV station, a radio station, a conference, a curator, an educator, a business [...]

Social Media - Direct Business Feedback and Reputation Management

arif — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:02:39 +0000

Social media provides new tools for business to interact directly with their customer base. This may be a good thing or a bad thing - that depends on your business and how good your product is. The fear from businesses may be that they receive some bad reviews on their product or services. This is a [...]

Congratulations David Plouffe - President Obama

arif — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:18:57 +0000

Congratulations David Plouffe (Campaign Manager for Barack Obama’s Presidential Election Campaign)… Your campaign was quite slick. You utilized technology, you utilized manpower, you have created a new template for Presidential elections. All future election campaigns will be held to a new standard and level of utilizing technology…long gone is the old way of campaigning. Between the Obama [...]

I just setup our twitter plugin…

arif — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:30:14 +0000

An added FYI - I just setup our Wordpress > Twitter plugin and it works great. Easy too. Took < 3 minutes. You can see it work here: http://twitter.com/arifgan