Shortly after the internet became popular, parody sites and imposter email accounts became popular right along with it. Twitter is no different. Celebrities, politicians, and businesses have been targeted by folks who obviously have free time on their hands to pose as someone else, usually with no ill-intent. Some of the targets actually love the

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Google has fired another shot at the telephone companies, and at fellow free VOIP provider, Skype, with it’s newest invention, the ability to call land and cell phones right from Gmail. The feature should be active on all Gmail accounts as of 6/25/2010, and allow you to call friends, family and business contacts through your

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Time for another Follow Friday post. I spend a fair amount of time on Twitter whether it’s Hootsuite at work, the Twitter home page, or on my Android phone. And one of the biggest thrills is interacting with folks around North Dakota, the US, and even around the world, that I have never actually met

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Many small business owners, and even some large ones, are asking why they should join Twitter. Well, if you live in a sparsely populated area like North Dakota, that’s a very good question. There are many reasons beyond the doing-it-because-everyone-else-is factor, but in this presentation I will give you four solid reasons why your business,

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As I prepared to give another presentation to the monthly NDTweetup meeting in Bismarck last Thursday, I did some research on the state of Twitter in North Dakota. The NDTweetup meeting is a collection of marketers, business people, journalists and other folks with an interest in social media and networking. Currently the “club” is only

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Today was a big day.  I’m not usually a media hound, but it seemed like I was everywhere today. First, @KateSchell from KXMB News in Bismarck came to our monthly #NDTweetup meeting and conducted an interview with Scott Wild and myself.  She then hung around for my presentation on Why You Should Be On Twitter

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Do you still watch the the evening news?  I bet at least one of the people below hopes you do.  How about read the newspaper? If you are reading this and are like more and more Americans, you are getting your news from so-called “alternative sources,” namely, the Internet. I consume MOST of my news

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PCC_DSS compliant?  Never heard of it? Well, if you take any form of electronic payment from credit, debit, or corporate cards that are labeled by VISA or Master Card, you SHOULD know what PCI-DSS is. In short, PCI-DSS is a standard that ensures that your customer’s private information is secure to attacks, or even simple

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