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Instagram. For some, the thought of logging on is overwhelming. Take my mother-in-law for instance.   She has the app on her iPhone, but has no idea how to use it or what it’s for.  At the same time, every picture I share to Facebook from MY Instagram account – she loves!  So why doesn’t she [...]

We’re so proud to announce the launch of one of our most recent collaborations, Gabardi.com. Lisa Gabardi, Ph.D is an Oregon-based psychologist who came to us upon referral from one of our wonderful clients, and it was an absolute pleasure to go on the journey from concept to completion with her. Dr. Gabardi was interested [...]

Recently, my lovely wife Melissa was hard at work writing an article about a charitable local business person. She smashed away at her keys with passion and intent. I could hear her making progress as I prepared dinner, occasionally asking how she was doing. “Great!”, she said, as she continued typing for what felt like [...]

We live in an age where we have the technology to make life easier by providing us with the ability to create digital copies of documents, photos, music, and video in densely packed files that can hold volumes. For small business owners with a digital business, the fact that we have the ability to be [...]

In the land of social sharing, our lives have become a collection of status updates, wall posts, private messages, tweets, check-ins, filtered pictures, videos, and news-feeds. I’m willing to bet that right now you have at least 3 different social-sharing apps on your smartphone. Apps like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tumblr have [...]

Have you visited a blog recently where they have an option to “Tweet” a quote from the post? Cool, right? Here’s how they do it. 1. Choose a link shortening service like Pretty Link Lite or Bitly to shorten the link to your blog post. This will help keep the characters under 140. You want [...]

I finally updated my About.Me page! About.Me is a great way to create a one-page story of who you are. It’s easy to get creative, too. There are many font and color choices for your name, headline, and bio. Use an Instagram photo as your background – or as I have done, a big ol’ [...]

From incredible people, come incredible ideas. This statement holds true in the case of my inspiring wife, Melissa. A few months back,  she told me she wanted to hold a collection for the local animal shelter as a way to celebrate her 40th birthday. Our friends and family generously and enthusiastically contributed to our drive.  [...]

Now that we’ve all moved forward into another calendar year, have you given thought to what you’ll do differently in 2013 that will improve your quality of life? Perhaps some have made a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight or quit smoking, while others might be focused on improving their business… or possibly a combination [...]

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”   ― Charles Dickens This past Saturday, we celebrated my birthday by driving around our state, visiting our friends and family. We left each home with our arms full. Each of the families we visited had generously agreed to donate Wish List items [...]