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Ring, Ring, It’s Fring: VoIP on iPhone

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Attention, iPhone users: Fring is now available for iPhone. What is Fring, you ask? According to their website, Fring is “a mobile internet service & community,” bringing PC-benefits to mobile … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Get a Business Phone System / Set Up a Phone Number

Happy 1st Birthday, Zilker Ventures!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Zilker Ventures, the parent web publisher behind brain child ChooseWhat.com, celebrated its first birthday this past Friday, October 3, 2008.  In celebration of the fact that Zilker Ventures is now … Continue Reading

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Opting-in to Online Tracking

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Three leading ISPs, AT&T, Time Warner Cable and Verizon have announced that they will institute a policy of permission-based web tracking, following Google’s push for more transparency on the Web. … Continue Reading

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Take Back Your “Amazon Tax”

Monday, September 29, 2008

This past summer, unbeknownst to many Amazon.com users outside the state of New York, Amazon.com began taxing items shipped within the state the New York. In tandem with this new … Continue Reading

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Online Tax Update: Amazon, Overstock and E-commerce Taxes

All eyes have been on the state of New York recently after the new state law that compels e commerce sites to collect taxes for the state went into effect … Continue Reading

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‘Viral’-ness Getting Out of Hand

Monday, September 22, 2008

OK, so are you as sick as I am of the way the media has appended the term “viral” to almost every journalistic item online? I’ve been browsing Google News, … Continue Reading

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CJU Roundup

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Yesterday was the final day for CJ University, Commission Junction’s conference in Santa Barbara, CA. It was our first time at the conference, so we attended most of the lectures … Continue Reading

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Negative Advertising Becomes Hip

Friday, August 29, 2008

The American Association of Advertising Agencies may poo-poo negative advertising, but it isn’t going away any time soon. From McCain’s salacious attack ad against Obama, featuring Britney Spears and Paris … Continue Reading

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Study Shows More People Advertising Online

Thursday, July 31, 2008

According to the latest numbers, online advertising is about to break records, but there is still much room for growth. Zenith Optimedia, a leading global media service agency, has predicted … Continue Reading

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What Obama’s and McCain’s Tax Stances Might Mean for the Future of Tax Preparation and Software

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

There has been an increasing reliance on tax preparation software in recent years, but will the tax software industry be affected much by the 2008 Presidential election? Tax preparation software … Continue Reading

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How to Stop Email Marketing From Becoming a Four-Letter Word

Friday, June 13, 2008

Learn how to not get indicted by a federal grand jury like Alan Ralsky and to differentiate legitimate marketing from spam. Spam: A Brief History A husband and wife walk … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Select an Email Marketing Service

Lessons from Email Marketing: How Email Could Function Better in the Presidential Campaigns

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Facing criticism, Presidential campaigners employ better email marketing techniques, but their emails are still not what everyone wants to read. Just another email to skip over–that’s what Presidential campaign emails … Continue Reading

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Put the Bat Away: Fax Machines are Dead and the Internet Killed Them

Thursday, April 24, 2008

The day a purchased fax machine lands at the office is the final day that it’s top of line. It’s also the final day that it’s full of ink and … Continue Reading

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Startup Step: Set Up a Fax Number
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