It’s that time of the week again and this time the Blogging Boomers Carnival lands at Gen Plus. As always, there is a variety of topics covered by the writers of the longest running blog carnival by and for baby boomers.” This week’s offerings include donating organs to science, raising money for youth sports, mid-life […]
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With Twitter being in the news so often, many people are curious and ready to give it a try. Getting started on Twitter is easy. Go to Twitter.com, create a username for yourself, enter a password, and get started. Include a thumbnail photo, a short bio (160 characters), and a link to your website. If
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People using Facebook for business often ask “should I have a fan page or should I have a group?” Many people suggest that you should do both, however, if you have limited time to devote Facebook it is probably a good idea to choose one to start. Here is a list of differences between fan
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Mary and Jenny over at Writing Without Periods are this week’s hosts of the Blogging Boomers Carnival. Writing about life after 40, Mary and Jenny say: We’ve finally learned the true meaning of “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!“ This week’s Carnival includes articles about turtle necks vs turkey necks, the Kindle as
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I just watched a YouTube video by TweetDeck about their new version. I’ve been using TweetDeck for a while to manage my Twitter account and I already thought the previous update was a huge improvement. But version 0.32 just blew my mind. I could barely wait to get the update. Some of the new features
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Many small business owners view social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter as an exciting new shortcut for marketing their business. They think social media magical solution; if they sign up customers will flock to their website or store front. It’s as if marketing no longer has to be work. Well I hate to
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If you are using Facebook and have a business, you need to consider creating a fan page for your business. What’s a fan page? Facebook originally created fan pages to allow celebrities and large corporations to connect with more people. After all, your personal profile only allows you to connect to 5,000 people. Stars like
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If you read my previous post you know I’ve been busy reinstalling software onto my new computer. And while I have many purchase software programs, much of what I use is free (or nearly free) software I download from the internet. I’ve been busy relocating old favourites but I’ve also had a chance to discover
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Last Friday, after about seven hours on the phone with tech support, it was determined that while my laptop wasn’t quite dead yet, it was well on the way. And couldn’t be brought back to life without some major repairs: a new motherboard, memory and whatever else isn’t working. On the plus side, this was
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Too many people feel like selling is beyond them. “I’m just not a natural salesperson.” I say that’s a load of crap. We are all natural born sales people. It’s just that somewhere along the line we unlearned this very natural skill. Don’t believe me? Watch your kids. Think Big Kids automatically think big. They
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