Your blog is finally becoming established and you’ve started to notice that one individual is making comments fairly regularly. Perhaps you’ve scored your first fan.  But how engaged is this contributor if the main purpose of these frequent comments on your blog is really a thinly disguised opportunity to site that individual’s own blog.  That contributor is what I refer to as a Blog Hog.  They don’t really care about what you said – they want your readers to read what they’ve said. Read More

It’s tough out there. The competition is fierce. So if you are a small business owner, you need to leverage everything you can to get a leg up. If you are not currently leveraging technology to get the word out about your business, it’s time to start. It doesn’t require a lot of money and doesn’t take a lot of effort to get stared if you take it one step at a time. Here are three steps to get you started. Read More

Don’t use words that exist in the dictionary.
Don’t use simple number substitutes such as “0”s for “o”s or “1”s for “I”s.
Don’t user obvious words for people or places you may know.
Don’t use the same password for longer than two years.
Use different passwords for public and private online services. For example, don’t use the same password for social media services as you would use for online banking. Financial institutions are known for their heightened security practices. Read More

If you really like Twitter but get tired of the spam. Check out TrueTwit validation service. It validates each user that follows you by sending an email for verification with a captcha. Read More