Twitter: Spam?
The term Spam is generally reserved for E-mail. It was a considerable problem when most people had E-mail accounts with much smaller storage capacity. A spammer could fill your account with trash and you would miss important messages.
Twitter is much different…
...read moreChambers Of Commerce, Are They Worth the Time & Money
Here are some things your local Chamber does not want you to know:
• Each meeting will require approximately 3 hours of your day. It will include about 30 seconds to 6 minutes to promote your company before the entire group. You will also have 30-45 minutes for “Networking”, which is a buzzword for chatting with other business owners.
• All of the information you shared is virtually lifeless once you leave the meeting. Yes you may walk away with some business cards, but are you connected to those people? Probably not. Most of the cards end up in the trash or an unused database.
• After a few months of attending the meetings, you will discover that most of the same people are there each week. Well, so much for meeting lots of new people every time.
• It will usually require one year of attending meetings before you receive an order large enough, to pay for the membership fees.
Conventional Advertising Isn’t Working – So What Now?
It’s time you turned the page and entered the 21st century. The conventional methods are also loosing market share. Newspaper, Radio and even TV add revenues are down. Some are closing the doors after decades of monumental success.
...read moreBusiness Is Changing Gears
With business slowing during this recession, it is critical to keep up with current trends…
Without updating, your website will look like the person who shows up to a business appointment wearing a 1970’s polyester leisure suit…
...read moreBusiness Is Changing Again
Today businesses are going through a major pyridine shift…
In the past both large and small businesses have depended on Newspapers, Radio, Direct Mail, Yellow Pages and TV for advertising. All of these methods are seeing huge reductions in revenues.
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Portland Business Community and Twitter
Hi All,
Bear and I have been working hard to make improvements that will HELP you promote YOUR business. To that end, we have added the ability to forward your posts to your Twitter Account.
How does this work?
A plug-in we use uses your title as the tweet text, and uses a url shortening service (cli.gs) to [...]
Is the Economy Making You Feel Desperate?
Time to focus on tomorrow and assume ALL responsibility for your success (or failure). Relying on Uncle Sam is not a good business strategy.
...read moreLooking for Twitter Stories – Helping Local Business
In the spirit of helping local business. Share with us how Twitter helps you and your business.
...read moreUnemployed – What Now?
I was able to work in my previous field as contract labor. I was in business for myself. Yes, I was responsible for my own health care and taxes, But I was making more then Unemployment! I went from making $250.00 per day to $320 per day for an 8-hour day. My first month I made over $5,000.00. The next two weeks, I made nothing.
Things were much different in 2002. Unemployment lasted for 26 weeks or 6 months. Today it can last for 79 weeks or a year and a half. No one had even dreamed of Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, or Portland Business Community.Com. We are a free service, which can help! As you write articles or comment on others, you will build traffic, which may help you find temporary or permanent employment.
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