Rants and Raves

I want to take the time to thank the Edmonton Construction Association and their members for welcoming me to their country... if only for 24 hours. The only issues were small ones -3 hours of sleep, clearing Customs, missing shirt button. However, the people who attended made it so worth it! You guys were great. For those of you who don't know- Th...

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I wanted to take this time to acknowledge a great charity that we have located right here in Las Vegas. Tony and Nikki Berti run Goodie Two Shoes, which is a charity that provides disadvantaged children with brand new shoes. They's teamed up with companies like Zappos' 6pm.com, Las Vegas Review Journal and many more. It's inspired us at Vegas Young...

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It seems as if every business is jumping into Social Media these days because they're seeing more "Connect with us on Facebook" and "Follow us on Twitter" links on business websites. To their credit, business owners see this and are jumping into waters they might not be used to. However, it's not as easy as they think. Social Media isn't "set ...

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I was flattered when I was asked to serve as the incoming President of the Vegas Young Professionals (VYP). I can't thank VYP Superwoman Joanna Rodriguez enough for strong arming me suggesting I join VYP years back. It was a great decision for me and my business. I've been a member of the Vegas Young Professionals since October 2007. Bei...

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Haha. Check out Google's celebration of 2010. Happy New Year!!!  

These are tough times for most of us, especially charities. We're all in this economy together, so if you can't donate to your favorite charity, at least spread the word about it to someone who may be able to help out. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center had their own way of helping Breast Cancer Awareness. They made a video on YouTube so it can...

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I spoke to a great group of Las Vegas Business owners last week. I generally start off my Social Media Presentations with the question: Is Social Media a Fad? By the end of the seminar, I hope they pulled enough from it that they realize it isn't, but I want them to understand why. The answer is simple. Social Media isn't about the website itself...

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Okay people- Time to use our heads. We all know that Social Media is great. It allows us to connect with people we know, people we want to know, and people we didn't know we wanted to know. While more and more people feel comfortable giving their credit card info online when making a purchase, it's the users themselves posing potentially high secur...

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Let me start with a quote from a post on the Official DMOZ Blog titled "R-E-S-P-E-C-T for DMOZ" which attempts to convince people how great their directory is: "Everybody loves Google, everybody loves Wikipedia - so why doesn't everybody love DMOZ?" Oh, let me count the ways. First, let me explain to those who might not be familiar with DMOZ...

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