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I am on the fence about SXSW. It is eye candy, ear candy, brain candy, and it gives me a very big headache. It is the place to be, but you can't really be anywhere because you are constantly worried about what you are missing....

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Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Forbes: “Are You Born to Be a Billionaire?” ReadWriteWeb: “An Entrepreneur’s View On The Benefits of Coworking” Six [...]...

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Kate Lister has come up with some impressive figures about the amount of money that could be saved by switching U.S. employees who have jobs compatible with telecommuting to actually working from home. The bottom line is a potential total saving of $500 billion....

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Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Why You Still Need Business Cards Business cards can seem like an anachronism, but Thursday explains why they’re still important. [...]...

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The Small Business Web, a group of web app providers that cater to small businesses, today launched a handy directory that not only lets you know which companies belong to the group and what they do, but, crucially, which of the apps integrate with each other....

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WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips....

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Google has what it calls "20-Percent Time", where its employees spend one day each workweek on projects they're passionate about, while 3M calls its version "15% culture," which "encourages technical employees to spend 15 percent of their time on projects of their own choosing and initiative."...

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Over the last few months I've seemed to neglect some of the interesting things that Springpad could do outside of my business endeavors. Features that, while appealing, I just never really got around to using. That's about to change -- and in a big way....

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There are countless ways to track your brand on social media. Simple methods include using Twitter search and Google Alerts; more elaborate tools include Radian6's newly announced Engagement Console, which will scour numerous social platforms for any mention of your brand....

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Generating buzz about a new service or product is one of the toughest things marketers will ever have to do. It's hard enough to achieve when you have real-life publicity events, where employees can display enthusiasm about a product, but online you don't have that advantage....

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Following Brazen Careerist's focus on promoting its members' ideas, rather than their resumes, the site has rolled out a social resume tool. It creates an active resume that showcases ideas and can be updated just as quickly as you can write a new blog post....

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In "The Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need to Know," author Bob Beaudine attests that we already know everyone we need to know to succeed. I'm coming to believe that more and more the longer I'm in business....

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Using storytelling techniques to help communicate your personal brand can make for clearer, more consistent, more compelling branding efforts. In this final part of the series, let's look at the storyteller's other tools -- narrative and description -- and see how they fit into the picture....

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We are crawling the Internet all the time; monitoring the latest trends and technologies, seeking, discovering. If you're like me, during your web travels you often come across treasures you want to share. But sharing what you find can be time consuming and hinder your productivity....

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I love SXSW it because I always get a chance to have interesting conversations and hang out with really smart people. However, SXSW can be a little overwhelming, so I thought that I would share a few of my tips for enjoying your experience at SXSW....

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When I last wrote about ZooLoo I mentioned how ambitious a product it was, and how that could make it overwhelming, especially for the small business audience it was trying to attract. The new release seem to have addressed a lot of my concerns....

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