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Say NO to Big Brother! But how about little brother? 5 Tracking Tools

Say NO to Big Brother! But how about little brother? 5 Tracking Tools

By admin on March 10, 2010

Why We Love Shopping, Why We Buy, To Buy or Not to Buy, Addicted to Shopping, The Lucky Shopping Manual, Born to Spend, Shopping for Time, Not Buying It, Spent – all titles of books about consumer habits. Here are a few tools that may help you keep track of who and what your customers [...]

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Every Task has its’ Tool – Here’s 11 too good not to share…

Every Task has its’ Tool – Here’s 11 too good not to share…

By admin on March 4, 2010

I have a blog, a twitter account, a facebook fanpage – now what the hell do I do?
Having the tools and using the tools are two different things.  If you can think of your online outreach accounts whether a blog, myspace, twitter, or facebook, as another way to promote your business to your customers, that [...]

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Short & Sweet & Scary

Short & Sweet & Scary

By admin on February 24, 2010

Scary Excellent – Sites that have Great Reputations but Scare Me
http://drupal.com/#1 drupal helps other open source projects build their communities
http://www.joomla.org/ content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications
http://www.zoho.com/ work.online
http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/ bring your projects into focus
http://www.openoffice.org/ the free and open productivity suite
https://www.dropbox.com/ secure backup, sync, and sharing made easy

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What office supply product are you?

What office supply product are you?

By admin on February 19, 2010

My son’s first tattoo was of a paper clip.  Now, we are a family that loves us some office supplies.  My husband’s family actually ran an office supply store for several generations in Spartanburg, SC, and we do love some stapling, scissoring, and securing with glue stick, rubber cement, and two-sided tape.  But I still [...]

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Please don’t make me feel stupid six ways.

By admin on February 17, 2010

I love to be productive and I mostly love to learn new things.  But I don’t like for the learning curve to be so challenging that I feel stupid.  I don’t like feeling stupid.  My younger brother and I were often partners in games of Trivial Pursuit, when it was all the rage, and I [...]

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Increase Your Sales! Information is Power!

By admin on January 26, 2010

This article was lifted from a great website that has been added to the Link List – http://trendwatching.com
And references some trends to consider when purchasing gift items for your bookstore.  Here a few that fit the criteria from Gifts Galore for Bookstores:
http://www.questmarc.com/
a portable, affordable activity
http://www.accoutrements.com/products/11888.html
the ultimate geek pen
http://www.accoutrements.com/products/11992.html
Mr. Tap Water Bottle
http://www.etsy.com/shop/polarity
expressive, affordable, from recyclables
February [...]

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15 Links to Twitter Success

By admin on January 24, 2010

I hope you have gotten a Twitter account.  It is so simple to set up and use…and one day, having a microblogging account will be as expected of a business as having a telephone, or a website.  Don’t underestimate the power of this tool.  It’s email on steroids
And even if you are unwilling to set [...]

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Five & Ten – Count me in!

By admin on January 22, 2010

Author Darnell Arnoult has created a great feature for her blog.  And it’s not only great because I’m the first one debuted.  It is a great idea, a great way to promote back list.  Darnell would love to include bookseller picks.  Take a look:
Five and Ten – debut
by Darnell Arnoult
It’s day one for Five and [...]

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One of the coolest videos ever – Take Two

By admin on January 21, 2010

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Vimeo, CrushIt! & GaryVee — all excellent resources

By admin on January 12, 2010

Crush It! with Gary Vaynerchuk from Nicki Leone on Vimeo.
Hear Gary Vaynerchuk on indies, silliness, social media, Web2.0, & more.

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