Clients Not Wanting to Pay Your Rate?

May 31, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Small Business Owners - Running the Show

Do your clients and customers resist paying your rates?

Take a look at how the same scenario plays out across various service industries.

Do You Know Where You Share the Most?

May 30, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Bits of Orange - Random Notes & Thoughts

If you're like many social media addicts, you're sharing the great links and content that you discover. And again, if you're like most social geeks, you're doing it across multiple platforms.

But do you know where you share the most? Are you actually a blogging junkie, or perhaps you're Twitter addicted? Well GeekChart is a new and simple tool for not only discovering the answer to these burning questions, but it's also a way to share the results with all of your friends.

h/t Mashable

Tags: mobile-upload, sharing, social, social media

Tags: mobile-upload

Catchin’ Up in the Feed Reader | May 29

May 29, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Bloggers Say - Updates from My Reading List

I’m always reading ‘round the web to stay on top of small business trends, social media, and emerging technologies. By creating News to Use it really helps me to stay on top of the stuff capturing my attention.

Don’t miss the news. Subscribe to this blog in your feed reader, or use the email subscription box in the right column.

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