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Wordle is in one word: Fantastic! It doesn’t have any social media capabilities, it doesn’t connect you to a bunch of people and it doesn’t make it easy to read all your blogs. But, it does allow you to bring out your creative side, share it with the world, and
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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Long-term business strategy
What kind of mission, philosophy and culture would you have to develop to keep a company going for 46 generations? How do you keep going through wars, sicknesses, economic turns?
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Farewell, Bill Gates!
Bill Gates is retiring today. Have you seen his "Last Day in the Office" video? Check it out!
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Simple, Yet Sophisticated Small Business Marketing
Customers are overwhelmed with options. In the end. it seems like some of them just throw up their hands and pick a provider at random. But there is a way to stand out from the crowd.
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Keys to Keywords with PPC Advertising
In August, we here at Tornado Marketing are planning to do some co-marketing training sessions with Steve Wiideman of ElaborateSEM. So this week I sat in on one of his pay-per-click training sessions to see how we could build on each other's expertise. With Steve's permission, we thought we'd
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Directory of Web 2.0 Sites
Wow! This directory is packed with over 250 pages of Web 2.0 and Social Media sites that small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals can use to connect and share information. Web2-Directory – Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Web2-Directory
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A lighthearted look at marketing
Every once in a while, I think we all need to take a step back from the day to day, and have a laugh. Marketing is one of the most powerful tools we have in our business, which is why it is so easy to make jokes about! I found this joke on
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Orange County Blogging Presentation
Thank you to MCAI for hosting the Blogging event. We enjoyed presenting and meeting everyone at the event. Also, a big thank you to Kyra Reed for presenting with us, you definitely know your stuff! For those of you who attended last night, a copy of the PowerPoint is available
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Come meet the Tornado Marketing Team
Tonight and tomorrow Adrianne Machina and Kirsten Wright from Tornado Marketing will be presenting at two Small Business Meetups in the Orange County / Irvine area. For the last week we have been prepping our material, planning our presentations and getting very excited! After the meetings, our presentations will be available
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Appreciation goes further when it’s unexpected
After a holiday like Father’s Day, I can’t help but talk about appreciation. I honestly believe that a holiday that is created just so you have a day to tell your father ‘thank you’ is rather silly. Now don’t get me wrong, I get my dad (and father in law)
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