Category Archives: Business

GE Appliances: Rough Start with a Happy Ending

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Lonny Paul

This weekend I was tasked with getting a new microwave for my kitchen above the stove. One of those all-in-one exhaust / microwave units. I have new GE appliances in the kitchen, so after looking at the Home Depot in … Continue reading →

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So You Wanna be a SOB? Gotta do the Dance!

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Lonny Paul

The blogosphere continues to grow and expand at an ever increasing rate, as does the number of new ‘writers,’ ‘journalists,’ and new breed of individuals who like to sit at home, in their pajamas, sipping coffee and scanning thousands of rss feeds daily and posting away.

You know, kinda like me! Well, times are continuing to develop more symbols of recognition, network affiliation and other points of reference to assist site vistors with signs of credibility. With so much to read these days, it helps when a simple symbol can lend at least some guidance, like movie and game ratings.

Well, now I wanna be a ‘SOB.’ Ahem, yes, I wanna be a ‘SOB.’ Stumbling along the site of ‘Successful Blog’ with the lovely host Liz Strauss, vis-a-vis some other site I can’t even recall at this time, I became instantly interested in what the site has to offer.

Successful-Blogging.com host Liz Strauss // and official SOB Continue reading →

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All-You-Can-Eat Cellular Pricing Patented?

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Lonny Paul

Patents are continuing to cause people to scratch their heads and say, “that’s patentable?” MetroPCS, a regional cellular Verizon MVNO. With their unlimited pricing, and all-you-can-eat rate plan within their regional markets, they somehow secured a patent on such – now competing regional carriers Cricket and Leap want to offer the same service, and say they are suffering damage and irreparable injury. Are they serious? Continue reading →

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Customer Service Key Focus at new FedEx Kinko’s

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Lonny Paul

Fedex Kinko’s, after undertaking a year long study, have completed a new store layout that will actually cost half of the current layout’s construction cost, and provide better customer service and convenience.

The company expects to open 200 of the new centers nationwide by June 2007. FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Services, Dallas, has locations in 11 countries. The centers are about one-third the size of a traditional store. They feature twice the number of office products, such as business papers and writing instruments, as well as new technology offerings such as DVD media, thumb drives and mobile phone accessories. Continue reading →

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Northwest and WikiHow Collaborate on Post-Termination Manual

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Lonny Paul

Long known for it’s continuing series of prison surviving, detection avoidance and child torture, it seems WikiHow has collaborated with Northwest on a recent manual handed out to soon-to-be-terminated employees, offering great words of inspiration, like this tip about how to save money and how exactly to start “Preparing for a Financial Setback.”

  • * Shopping can be a much less expensive if you shop at a thrift store.
  • * Dating does not need to be expensive when you can take “a date for a walk along the beach or in the woods.”
  • * What better way that to get something for free – there is no need to be “shy about pulling something you like, out of the trash.”

    • Yes, I said trash. Continue reading →

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    Your ‘Digital Dirt’ can Hurt You

    Posted on August 16, 2006 by Lonny Paul

    While most of us use the internet for valid purposes and aren’t off trying to lure children, or purchase slaves, or trade in illegal imagery. But there are so many sites that we have signed up to over the years, it’s nearly impossible for anyone to remember them. Just recently, a business associate found a bizzare profile that was a hodge-podge of information they had seemingly cobbled together from different period of time – and I have no idea what the login or anything is. Continue reading →

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    Technology Advice: Memo vs. Email

    Posted on August 11, 2006 by Lonny Paul

    Email is the primary vehicle for business communication today. While formal presentations, demands for payment, final contracts and legal documents may still exist in their physical form, those days are coming to and end as well. An increasing percentage of Court systems are fully electronic. Filing is done electronically by the attorney offices themselves, no need to present at a Clerk of Court’s office. Continue reading →

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    Copyright Issues Plague Google

    Posted on August 4, 2006 by Lonny Paul

    While copyright issues online are such a new-area of the judicial review system, it’s becoming more clear that rights are being favored towards the creator of the content. Google, in it’s effort to index the world, has been overwhelmed with copyright infringement issues, trademark issues, et al. It’s not suprising. Continue reading →

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    Causes of Corporate Failure

    Posted on July 27, 2006 by Lonny Paul

    “Why Smart Executives Fail” is a great new book that provides a great insight into the failures of corporate America. Not just little dumpy companies, but companies like Enron, Schwinn, Microsoft, Wang and more. I’ve see these signs that they talk about in big companies. Continue reading →

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    Maximizing your Online Ad Revenue

    Posted on July 19, 2006 by Lonny Paul

    33¢ a day can keep most individuals hosting, domains and such paid for with the use of integrated ad units within your website. So, how to do it and where? Lonny Paul tells us! Continue reading →

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