October Wholesale Tradeshow Calendar

Kansas City Gift Show 10/2/2009 – 10/5/2009 6800 West 115 St., Overland Park, KS 66211 Phone: 913-491-6688; Fax: 913-491-1279 Featuring many handcrafted product lines such as giftware, fine art, country accents, seasonal decor, and collectibles, folk art, wearables, garden items, gourmet foods and popular merchandise from candles to music shown by individual exhibitors, regional and national sales representatives. Gem, Jewelry & Lapidary Trade Show 10/2/2009 – 10/4/2009 P.O. Box 98, Flora, MS 39071-0098 Phone: 601-879-8832; Fax: 601-879-3282 This show...

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eBay “PowerSeller” Shoplifted the Goods??? LMAO!

This was just too good to pass up the chance to post it here! This is why some of the "good sellers" can not compete on eBay…Why? Maybe its because you got thieves and criminals promoted as trusted sellers on eBay. Yah think?!? Waterbury woman faces larceny charges in connection with thefts from CVS, sales on eBay. (COURTESY OF WEST HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT / September 24, 2009) By DAVID OWENS The Hartford Courant WEST HARTFORD; – A Waterbury woman who police say made her living selling beauty and other products on the auction website eBay had very low overhead. ...

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Microsoft Windows 7 Review: Part 1 – Getting My PC Ready to Upgrade

The first thing I did was download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to check my system. In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. But if you’re not running Windows Vista, or are just not sure if your system is ready to run Windows 7, there’s a quick way to do a simple check. Just download, install, and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. You’ll get a report telling you if your PC can run Windows 7 and if there are any known compatibility issues. If an issue can be resolved, you’ll get suggestions for next steps. For example, it may let you know...

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Microsoft Locks Me In A Room For 4 Hours & Snores Me 2 Death 4 Windows 7

Yes, the big day for Microsoft is October 22, 2008. That is the day for Windows 7 to roll out on the market. Is it ready for prime time? I am going to find out and let you know!!! LinkedTube Please Rate My Video with 5-Stars DSR’s Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend...

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The Wednesday WAVE from Google?!?

Are you ready for the Google Wave? I am. I really hope that I get an invite to the public preview. I signed up way back when they first showed this off at the DevCon, but have yet to be invited. Starting Wednesday, September 30 Google will be sending out more than 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave to: Developers who have been active in the developer preview we started back in June The first users who signed up and offered to give feedback on wave.google.com Select customers of Google Apps Google Wave is a lot more useful if your friends, family and colleagues have it too. This,...

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Thrice-told tales: eBay’s New Resolution Process or Hassle-Free Easy Money for Buyers

By Cliff Aliperti Within the past 24 hours I wrote: I just can’t help having a nagging feeling that I got my money back all too easily." And Recycled Thoughts from a Retro Gamer wrote: This frightens me more than any other potential eBay selling pitfall. While a day or two earlier Chef Ralph wrote: E-Bay I see why you are a success. this type of service is far and few between…Thank you Chef Ralph was a buyer, Retro Gamer wrote about a seller, and I’m primarily a seller who in this case was a buyer. Three different perspectives on the same policy, eBay’s new Resolution...

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Event Review: New Media Atlanta 2009

The organizers of a brand new event in Atlanta went all out to put on a high caliber show for the technology community around social media and social marketing. The New Media Atlanta event was billed as: The New Media Atlanta conference is a high level, business dialog about how social media is changing marketing and messaging – and in fact, changing the nature of all communications.   We’ll talk about strategies to leverage its power to build your company, product, brand, service, etc. You’ll have an opportunity to ask your burning questions of the speaker panel and get real...

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Social Media: The Conversation Prism

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

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Tying my online presence together with Storytlr.com

By Cliff Aliperti Set it and forget it, right?  That’s the kind of simplicity we all want these days, and Storytlr.com has definitely filled that need for me in pulling together everything I do online. Founded in 2008 Storytlr comes to us from two person team based out of Belgium and the Netherlands.  From the Storytlr Presskit: Storytlr is reinventing the personal page by bringing together life-streaming, blogging, and social interactions. It lets you create, aggregate and mashup web content into a highly personalized page. Link it to your own domain, style it, share it. This...

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Why Social Media Matters Most :: Google vs. Twitter Search (Atlanta Flood Pictures)

Back in the day I saw a video by my boy Gary Vaynerchuk (author of Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion). I love to listen and watch him, he was one of the first to usher me into the power of social marketing. Back in the day, Gary made a video about the power of http://Seach.Twitter.com and why it is MORE relevant for information that even Google.com So here is an illustration of that principle in a very IN YOUR FACE kind of demonstration. Look guys, if you don’t "GET IT, you had better GET IT!" LinkedTube Please Rate My Video with 5-Stars...

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