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September 2009 Blog Posts (200)

It's Not About Price

In the last six to nine months have you been hearing, "money is tight right now", "it's not in the budget", these are common push backs that sales people are accepting right now. What if I said, it's not about the price?

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Added by Paul Lushin on September 30, 2009 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Are Your Customers Satisfied with You on the Web?

Your boss doesn’t pay your salary – your customers do. Keeping your customers happy is the main goal for all marketing and sales activities, including customer service. Recent technologies have given customers more power than ever before, thus making sure your presence on the web exceeds their expectations has become mission critical.

Scott Monty, Ford Motor Co. head social media guru said,“As business becomes more fierce, margins shrink and barriers to entry are almost… Continue

Added by Jillian Koeneman on September 30, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Outsourcing Can Be The New Secret To Your Company’s Success.

Knowing your company’s core competencies and specialties are more important than ever. The key to your successes and doing your niche better than everyone else requires that you focus on your customers and business. Soper+Smith specializes in creative services and that’s the only thing that we focus on. We are not lawyers, accountants, CPA’s or financial advisor. We understand that all of these elements are vital to our company’s lifeline but we cannot afford a staff to handle everything from… Continue

Added by Mike Soper on September 30, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

Indiana Supreme Court Won't Reconsider Adoption-Surrogacy Case

The Indiana Supreme Court won't reconsider its reversal of an adoption order granted to a New Jersey man of twin girls born by a surrogate in Indiana. In April, the high court ruled New Jersey resident S.M. failed to comply with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children In the matter of adoption of infants H., Marion County Division of Children's Services v. S.M., No. 29S02-0904-CV-140.

The justices remanded with direction to comply with the compact and thereafter issue a… Continue

Added by Amber Burton Small on September 30, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Are you a social media zombie?

What's a social media zombie? It's a term I affectionately use for someone who has profiles on social networks but uses them at about 10% capacity. Here are some ways to determine whether you are a social media zombie:

* You have a LinkedIn profile but less than 10 connections

* Your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter profile has no photo

* You have a Twitter account with only one update that says "Trying out Twitter"

* You reply to LinkedIn messages 6 weeks late with the… Continue

Added by Michael Reynolds on September 30, 2009 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Living a greener lifestyle

People who cook outside and go to the bathroom inside baffled my grandfather. He had a contrarian’s view on many things, including progress: when you’ve come so far that you have to go out of the way to seem natural, something’s wrong, he figured.

I can’t think about the green movement without wondering where he’d stand if he were alive today. As a lifelong farmer and outdoorsman who grew his own food and, yes, killed his own meat, would he be glad to see people interested in… Continue

Added by Crystal Hammon on September 30, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Arm and Hand Tingling - Diaganosis and Treatment

Tingling in the arm and hands or paresthesia can have many causes, one very common cause is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS). The most common symptoms associated with TOS is pain, tingling, and weakness in the hand, arm, and shoulder, plus neck pain and occipital headaches. Hand coldness and color changes are also seen associated with this condition.

There are three types of TOS; arterial, venous and neurogenic. According to a study (1) published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, 90% of… Continue

Added by Dr. Bryan Bingham on September 30, 2009 at 5:32am — No Comments

Mae Mae's GOOD EVENING

Well my Smoosiers, tonight all i am doing is homework sitting around with my BoyToy... having a great time just trying to get everything accomplished tonight that needs to be done. I am not going to lie this nice little back massage is making things go a little easier and making it a little more nice and stress free. How are all my fellow smoosiers doing tonight great i hope!!! Blog at me soon and let me know of the upcoming events that are going to be held in Indianapolis soon... i want to… Continue

Added by Megan Danielle Morrow on September 30, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

TMI? I Think Not

To paraphrase Rapunzel from the movie Shrek the Third, “Everyone toots, Beauty,” and I’m going there with my blog today.

As some of you know, I was a court reporter for many years. I was setting up my equipment for a deposition one morning. There were two men in the room, an attorney and a witness. It was quiet except for the rustle of setting up my equipment. My case was on the floor, so I would bend down to get an accessory, stand back up, down and up.

Well, on one of… Continue

Added by Sheri LeVine on September 29, 2009 at 7:44pm — 2 Comments

Tuesday Twitter Roundup 09-29-09

Here is this week's roundup of Twitter highlights posted from my Twitter account:

Noobie is gearing up for a new product giveaway? What should we giveaway? Netbook? Laptop? Kindle? Game system? Love to hear your ideas!
Need to set up email auto-responders? Aweber offers a 30 day trial for just $1 http://ow.ly/rB4P
I can picture my office more beautiful already || Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords Completely With Wireless Charging…

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Added by Patric Welch on September 29, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

My Inner Critic’s New Job

I want to move fast. I am impatient. I want to make more money, create greater abundance, be in excellent health, do only work I love, create deeper friendships and more connections with others. Maybe like me, you are also impatient. Are you, like me, impatient with the now? Are you looking for ways to improve, to be better, to have more joy, more fun and to get it, whatever it is, right.

My inner critic finds little satisfaction in what is. My inner critic is always focused on what… Continue

Added by Amy Barnes on September 29, 2009 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Sales and the NFL

On a recent 4 hour car drive home from visiting family I found myself anxious to get back to the house as soon as possible. Yes, we were away from home for the weekend and wanted to sleep in our own beds. Yes, having 2 little ones in a car for that long isn’t an ideal scenario. Yes, it was nice outside and my lawn needed to be cut. We arrived at our house and the first thing that happened…..I raced for the basement to turn on the NFL games.

After getting my quick fix of fantasy… Continue

Added by Aaron Prickel on September 29, 2009 at 10:18am — No Comments

Adoption Stories from the Farm

No subject melts me like adoption. I am blessed to be a dad through adoption, twice! If you are a Facebook friend you might have read about one of our Apple Family Farm cow share families, Brian and Mandy Harvey, and the incredible journey they are still on in welcoming one of the world's 147 million orphans into their family and into their home. Within a month or so, they will be flying to India to pick up Mia, their daughter, and bring her back to Indiana. If anyone is interested in following… Continue

Added by Mark Apple on September 29, 2009 at 10:15am — 4 Comments

My Busy Month

For me, October is the busiest month of the year. I have 2 Indy Magic Monthly shows at Theatre On The Square, Mississinewa 1812 this weekend, River Thru History in Willowsprings, Illinois the following weekend, The Grand Masquerade for Damien Center on Oct. 24, and a show for Gleener's employees. I do wish all my months were this busy.

Being an entertainer without an agent and fending for myself on the time I have alloted to chasing after shows, is not easy. Learning new illusions,… Continue

Added by Taylor Martin on September 28, 2009 at 9:48pm — No Comments

TiVo-like recording without the TiVo

Q: Are there DVR-like recorders that one can buy to record TV from an antenna or cable without subscribing to a paid service? The best I can tell, TiVo requires a subscriptions to record TV signals from an antenna.

A: Just about any computer now can be constructed with a TV tuner card built-in. And if you already have a computer, these same tuner cards are available in almost any store.

As far as what they can record, they should be able to easily record… Continue

Added by Patric Welch on September 28, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Custom Software Development

I have seen several requests in this group for software development, website design and would like the group to know that Subnet Consulting Inc and our Parent Company Liquid Software Inc. can manage just about any project you have or need assistance with for either custom software development or website design. We have been incorporated since 2002 based in Fishers Indiana and have our own product line of 15 web based software modules written in ASP.Net for small to medium sized… Continue

Added by Craig Severance on September 28, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Smoosiers featured in today's Indy Star

Two Smoosier companies, including my new company, Raidious Digital Content Services, and Erik Deckers at Pro Blog Service were both featured in today's Star:

New industry keeps online content growing for clients

Providers… Continue

Added by Taulbee Jackson on September 28, 2009 at 10:12am — 3 Comments

How was everything?

"How was everything?"

How often do we hear that? It's a question often asked as we check out of a hotel, finish dinner at a restaurant, or shop at a store. What answer do you typically give when asked?

If you're like most people (including myself), you answer with a simple "fine".

Recently I checked out of a hotel and was asked this same question: "how was everything?" This time I said "almost everything was great but the Internet access at the hotel was… Continue

Added by Michael Reynolds on September 28, 2009 at 8:30am — 7 Comments

How Do I Look?

This is a special day. A very special day. You’ve been anxiously looking forward to this day for a long, long time. The color swatches that you labored over months ago are still floating around in your mind. But you know it was worth it to make sure the right color and the right material are giving the right message. You’ve written the words and edited them over and over again. And now it’s time for the unveiling.

You hold your breath, expecting oohs and aahs from those gathered… Continue

Added by Serina Kelly on September 28, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Let Slip the Dogs of War

Let Slip the Dogs of War

By Dr. Anndrea Kapke

Olive Branch Parke Veterinary Clinic

www.olivebranchvet.com

olivebranchvet@gmail.com

Have you ever seen a huge dog the size of a small pony? Some of the more common giant dog breeds are Mastiffs, Great Danes, Saint Bernards, Newfoundlands and Irish Wolfhounds. All these breeds are tall, but Mastiffs and Newfoundlands tend to lead in the…

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Added by Dr. Anndrea Hatcher on September 27, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments