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		<title>Top Four Social Media Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social media in only one part of a total marketing strategy. Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube are the top four social media applications. Facebook was designed by a Harvard college student in 2004 as a form of electronic student directory. It has expanded to over 500 million accounts (July 2010). Twitter was originally created by a podcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Social Media Anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I gave a seminar at the Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College, Workforce and Economic Development open house. The first thing we discussed was the definition of social media. Run a basic Google search on the definition and you will get over 10 million responses. I looked at a couple pages worth and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar: Social Media for Companies, Causes &amp; Kin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Nielsen, Director of Professional Development and Continuing Education, Workforce and Economic Development Division (WEDD), contacted me some weeks ago about providing a seminar on social media. The WEDD has moved to the Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center, on Patrick Street in Charleston , WV. As part of the open house, 21 separate seminars were offered. In the seminar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Marketing with Mark Wolfe Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many small businesses and organizations struggle with marketing and image design. My friend, Mark Wolfe, of Mark Wolfe Design, agreed to answer a few questions about what he does. Mark has over 25 years in Graphic and Interactive Design. He specializes in creative direction, graphic design, troubleshooting corporate images, and packaging models for small and medium sized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting with Virtual Assistants/Virtual Administrative Service Providers Pt 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employee or Contractor In our final installment of the contracting series, I will help you understand some key differences in being an employee and an independent contractor. Many small business owners and first time contractors get these wrong. Generally, if you are an employee, your employer will be withholding taxes from your pay. Conversely, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting with Virtual Assistants/Virtual Administrative Service Providers  Pt 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Confidentiality The issue of confidentiality between a client and contractor is critical. The relationship is based on privileged communication between the two. You, as a contractor, may be privy to information that should not be discussed with the general public, or a competing firm. Likewise, you may discuss fees or billing practices that you do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things Small Business Owners Need To Know About Business Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I was discussing my business insurance needs with Rob Grishaber, of Jim Lively Insurance, recently and I asked him to share the top five things he feels business owners need to know about business insurance.  Here are his thoughts. Here are the top 5 things small business owners need to know. Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting with Virtual Assistants/Virtual Administrative Service Providers  Pt 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ownership It may sound silly to address ownership in a contract. However, the client has a right to feel secure in knowing that any document, image, audio file, database, program, etc. that is being developed for them, is theirs. Let’s say you develop a training manual for your client, Scotty’s Professional Rug Cleaners. The manual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting with Virtual Assistants/Virtual Administrative Service Providers Pt 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illness/Acts of G-d: Including Force Majeure in your contract. What happens if you become seriously ill, experience a natural disaster, or other event beyond your control and you are unable to fulfill your contractual duties? Without Force Majeure you may be liable to the client for any damages that results. Currently, in the Gulf of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Birth of Our Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 4, in the United States of America, we celebrate the birth of our nation. From the Library of Congress: On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence, severing the colonies&#8217; ties to the British Crown. IN CONGRESS, [...]]]></description>
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