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What’s in a (domain) name? Name unavailability leads to creativity

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Today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Corilyn Shropshire looks at how companies deal with the problems of finding a great domain name (“Web is no bottomless pit for dot.com name seekers,” 8/16/2006): The World Wide Web is running out of names — or at least the most popular names that end with a dot.com suffix. Dot.net, […]

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You’ll tell two friends, and she’ll tell two friends, and so on: Measuring client satisfaction to retain customers and gain new business

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Simple qualitative survey responses from customers, combined with qualitative feedback on your business’s strengths and weaknesses, can help you retain customers and gain new business.

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MySpace, the final frontier: Marketing via social networking

Pittsburgh BlogIN

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(cross-posted at My Brilliant Mistakes) Calling all bloggers and wannabe bloggers: As a complement/counterpoint to our much-beloved Pittsburgh BlogFests, we’re starting a new type of event — one where instead of standing around talking about blogging, we get right down and do it. WHAT: The First Ever Pittsburgh BlogIN WHEN: Sunday, July 2, 1pm – […]

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The Future of E-Media: Intro to panel discussion

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Last week I participated in a panel discussion at the HOBY PA-West Leadership Seminar. The seminar participants were junior and senior high school students, all aspiring leaders (and a fun bunch as well). The panel topic: “The Future of Newspaper, e-Media, and Local News.” My fellow panelists included Tracy Certo, Managing Editor of Pop City […]

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