Start-ups are running out of cash and are trimming staff or shutting down completely due to the current credit and funding crisis. Will this be our version of the Dust Bowl from the Great Depression in the 1930’s? Will innovative new technology be lost and just blow away in the wind? It’s basic business economics…no money […]
Read more "Start-ups shutting down – our version of the Dust Bowl?"Canwest Global has announced that they are planning to sell or close(?) their secondary network in response to the financial pressure they are currently facing. This secondary network includes five TV stations across Canada. One of these stations is CHCA-TV, which was started up in 1957 by G. A. Fred Bartley, and is our local Red Deer station. For […]
Read more "Can or will or should local TV station be saved?"While watching Oprah (accidentally BTW) I was surprised to see that she was interviewing someone from Japan via SKYPE video. With all of the technology available to her she was using simple ol’ SKYPE. Kind of like the rest of us. What is SKYPE? SKYPE is a Voice Over Internet Protocol or VOIP application. With VOIP you […]
Read more "SKYPE me!"Walter Schwabe, a social media strategist in Edmonton has put out a challenge to the global online web community through a Facebook group to promote donations to local food-banks. The goal is to post one million photos of one million food-bank donations before the end of 2009. Go to http://www.facebook.com/ and search for “fusedlogic Food […]
Read more "Facebook Foodbank challenge"Upcoming event: February 11 & March 12 See more at the Business Link Alberta site at this link : Business Link Small Business Seminars Podcasting, Blogging, Online Syndication Podcasting is part of the new social media sweeping the online marketing landscape. It’s all about communicating with a new audience using a new media and engaging […]
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