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USB Drives are not for working data

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This is a topic that comes up every so often when someone comes to me saying that their USB memory stick has stopped working or that they broke it. I usually reply with “ah well you’ll have to get a new one” to which I get “but my files…”. Do we all see the problem here? People are using their memory sticks as their main storage device, which is not their intended function.

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What a business should do starting on twitter

Recently I had to contact a work client and explain to them how to use twitter. I went through the different options for them but when I had sent the email I seen that there was some good general information in it that any business could use so I’m going to share those bits of advice here for everyone.

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Vodafone need to learn how things work before using them

Vodafone bit.ly Competition

Today Vodafone Ireland lunched a competition on their facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/vodafoneireland

The competition is there are 5 images at the top of their page which make up a bit.ly URL. The idea is for people to put the images in the right order so that the address will take them to a secret page where they can enter the competition.

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How to use Facebook Places on your desktop

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In this post I will explain how you can use Facebook places, which is normally used on a mobile device, on your desktop.

But why would you want to use Facebook places on a desktop computer or laptop? Well there are a few good reasons why this is useful:

  • See how Facebook places works
  • You can easily see if your business is listed
  • Can easily find a business to claim

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How to use Facebook to Promote your Business Part 1: Profiles, Pages and Groups

Introduction

With the recent updates to facebook pages I needed to go back over all my client training documents and redo some sections to reflect the changes and additions. I’ve decided to put together a few blog posts covering the topic of using facebook to promote a business. This is the first post and the others will appear in the facebook category over the next few days.

In this post I will briefly describe the differences between profiles, pages and groups.

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