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Location Based Social Networking Services…Foursquare Vs. Loopt

July 21, 2010 - 10:04 pm

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Posted in Smartphone Apps, Social Networking | 6 Comments

Foursquare http://www.foursquare.com Foursquare is a location based social networking service, mostly used with smartphones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm, and so on).  It allows you to share your location with your friends, so you can “check-in” every time you get to a bar, restaurant, or shopping mall.  The cool yet slightly creepy part is that your [...]

10 Successful Website Actions for 2010

January 14, 2010 - 4:20 pm

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Posted in Web Design | 2 Comments

When I sat down at my desk this morning I thought of a few things that might make one of my websites more successful.  After brainstorming this topic, I wrote this post about 10 successful website actions for 2010.  Let me know what you think…is there anything off the top of your head that would [...]

Using WordPress for Ecommerce

January 4, 2010 - 10:31 pm

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Posted in Content Management Systems, Ecommerce Solutions | No Comments

I did some research recently on using wordpress for e-commerce and I found some interesting themes and plugins.  I will only review one plugin for now but I promise I will do more later (I have a laundry list of great plugins and themes for wordpress ecommerce). The first one I will review is called [...]

Hot Dog Logic

December 31, 2009 - 1:32 am

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Posted in Economics 2.0, Email Marketing, Uncategorized | No Comments

Someone sent me this Hot Dog Logic story several months ago and I thought I would share it again.  It’s kind of sad but true…don’t always listen to what other people tell you!  Staying positive during times like these can be the difference between making money and making excuses.  I hate seeing people literally throw [...]

Manage Multiple Social Networking Accounts

December 23, 2009 - 12:11 pm

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Posted in Social Networking | 2 Comments

I have had several folks ask me how I keep up with all of my social networking accounts.  It’s quite simple actually.  In order to manage multiple social networking accounts I have started using a wonderful tool called TweetDeck.  Most people don’t realize that TweetDeck is used for much more than just Twitter.  It actually allows you to [...]

Destroy Contact Form Spam – Digitize Books

December 21, 2009 - 5:15 pm

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Posted in Website Security | 2 Comments

Over the years many people I know (including myself) have had serious issues with contact form spam.  The solution that I have been using for quite a while now is called ReCaptcha, which is a free tool that can be found at http://recaptcha.net.  I now use ReCaptcha on every website I build unless a client has a different solution they prefer.  Ever since [...]

CushyCMS is great for a quick CMS fix!

December 20, 2009 - 2:15 pm

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I have a friend who recently came to me asking how she could edit her website on her own.  Obviously, if her site was built with a content management system (CMS) this would not be an issue.  Her site was built with no back end for client modifications so in order to edit anything you [...]

Great email marketing tool!

December 1, 2009 - 2:58 pm

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I recently started using a great email marketing tool that I would recommend to anyone.  It doesn’t matter if you’re new to email marketing or you’re a seasoned veteran, this is a phenomenal tool that will help you grow your business.  It’s called MailChimp and if you’re curious (like Curious George…haha…wow…I’m such a dork) go to MailChimp.com [...]

Welcome to my new site!

October 19, 2009 - 4:27 pm

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My name is Brian Oliver and I design web sites.  Some may wonder why I decided to go with the domain name OliveriDesign.com and some may care less.  Here is a quick background just in case you are wondering.  My Great Grandfather’s last name was Oliveri before he came to America from Sicily.  When he [...]