In a recent "Cathy" comic strip, Cathy’s mother is worried that her daughter’s two dogs, Electra and Vivian, won’t remember her after being spoiled by Irving’s mother (who’s been visiting from out of town). "You’ve spent thousands more hours with the dogs. They’ll never forget you," Cathy’s dad reassures his wife. As they arrive and […]
Where better than a restaurant review for me to find one of those wonderful word tidbits that can so enrich a blog? Indianapolis Business Journal reports that Maxine’s Chicken & Waffles at Ohio and East Streets has a decidedly down-home feel. "And oh, those wings…..the breading was crispy and well-seasoned without overpowering the tender meat," […]
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, depending upon whom you ask. Either way, readers of your blog posts who sign up for an RSS feed are saying they find value in your content to the point they want to "subscribe". First invented by Netscape almost twenty years ago, RSS technology saves […]
If it’s true, as Chris Baggott, CEO of Compendium Blogware stresses in webinars and white papers, that only 5-15% of business conducted online comes about as the result of pay-per-click advertising or paid sponsorships, why do search engines reward blogging and give us business bloggers all that “free space” in which to strut our stuff […]
Instead of grinding coffee only in the morning, Starbucks employees will grind beans for each new pot. The Wall St. Journal says the change is part of an effort to re-invigorate the “Starbucks experience” in the face of competition from other brands. Howard Schultz, the former CEO, retook leadership of the company, saying the switch […]
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