Hurricane Sandy and Social Media: Images, Videos, and More
[UPDATE: 10/29/12 10:35 pm Eastern - Things got much worse after I published this post this morning. The "serious" images and videos were just the beginning. Our prayers go out to all who are suffering...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy and Wickford Village: Before and After
After a long night of watching and listening to Hurricane Sandy buffet the massive trees surrounding our home, morning finally broke over Rhode Island to the sound of chainsaws. Every tree surrounding...
View Article5 Tweeters I’m Thankful For, and What They Taught Me About Twitter
It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in America, which gives rise to a gratitude post. When I started using Twitter to reach our target audience and drive traffic to our website, I had no idea what I was...
View ArticleThe Life and Death of Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar
“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar One of my personal heroes, motivational speaker and...
View ArticleLast-Minute Business Christmas Gifts: Magazine Subscriptions!
It’s the day before Christmas, and there are several people on your Christmas list you really wanted to give or send meaningful gifts. So what’s a busy business owner to do when time has run out? Give...
View ArticleCreating a Life-Changing Legacy in 2013
It’s January 1, 2013. We’ve put yet another year behind us, and now see a fresh year before us. But this time it’s different, isn’t it? 2012 was filled with heartache and despair for so many around...
View ArticleHow to Use Google Plus Ripples to Build Momentum
New England-based photographer Ed King put his relationship skills and his sales and marketing experience to use on Google Plus last year with exciting results. In less than 6 months, he saw a 200%...
View Article“You’re Fired!”: The SweetSoaps Entrepreneur Story
“I tried to sit in that cubicle, but I was a round peg in a square cubicle. I needed to be free, so they fired me – and it was the nicest thing anyone ever did for me.” Ellen Cagnassola, SweetSoaps...
View ArticleThe Entrepreneurial Child: When Did You Catch the Bug?
By Michelle Quillin, for New England Multimedia Last year I saw an inspiring Nightline piece about Caine Monroy, the child of a used auto parts store owner in Los Angeles, California. Caine loved...
View ArticleEarning Big Returns on Your Facebook Investment this Valentine’s Day
Post written by Craig Robinson, Editor at Qwaya.com, a Facebook campaign tool Valentine’s Day is the perfect holiday for a tailored and targeted Facebook ad campaign! With over a billion people using...
View ArticleWho’s On Your Marketing Dream Team?
Jayme Soulati got me thinking about Dream Teams with “We’re Drowning in Marketing.” She gave 5 Marketing Basics for those who are overwhelmed by all the new marketing platforms. With most internet...
View ArticleBad Manners: Does swearing hurt your professional reputation?
In “Dirty Words Can Cost You a Promotion,” Forbes Contributor Jacquelyn Smith writes: “According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 64% of employers said that they’d think less of an employee who...
View ArticleHappy 7th Birthday to Twitter!
Today is Twitter’s 7th birthday! March 21, 2006, that first Tweet was launched into cyberspace. I discovered the Online Twitter Village 3 years later. Like most Twitter noobs, I fumbled my way around...
View ArticleLeadership Distractions: Why You Need a Not-To-Do List
Like all of you who have great responsibilities, Scott and I are bombarded with distractions that threaten to pull us away from what we’re called to do here at New England Multimedia, as well as in...
View ArticleThe Lizann Warner Story: Are You Living the Life You Were Gifted For?
[Updated 03/28/13] “Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking” William B. Sprague I love a great entrepreneurial story, don’t you? Here’s one for you! Recently, Scott and...
View ArticleCrazy-Making Communication Pet Peeves
Excellent communication skills are clearly at the top of any list of must-have relationship skills for business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders in any field. Poor communication skills lead to...
View ArticleTriberr Filter Separates Your Blogging Tribes For You
Help for the Harried Triberr User Do you belong to the blogging community Triberr? Do you belong to more than one Tribe? Have you joined one or more large “power blogger” Tribes? Have you joined a...
View Article[Infographic] Why B2B Brands Need Social Media Even More in 2013
Social media and business go hand-in-hand, especially for smaller businesses, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits looking to create connections and relationships with their target customers. But you have to...
View ArticleHow to Change Your Online Reputation and Make a Difference
[Updated April 17, 2013 - two days after the Boston Marathon bombings] The sun rose this morning, and with it, a new opportunity to live our lives as the good gifts they are, rather than wasting them...
View ArticleHow a Layoff Turned Liz Stewart’s Hobby Into a Real Business
There’s nothing like crisis to present an opportunity for change. After 9 years in the tech industry, and with a mortgage to pay, computer science engineer Liz Stewart was laid off, in an economy that...
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