Archive for January, 2010

Popular Neethlingshof revamps tasting facility to meet stil rising traffic (South African Wine News)

Popular Stellenbosch estate Neethlingshof has revamped its wine tasting facility in keeping with the greater elegance and refinement of the winery’s range, also mirrored in its recently launched new-look labels and website.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Libs, NDP cry foul over rights appointees but failed to contest when consulted (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

OTTAWA – Opposition parties complaining about Conservative “sabotage” of an independent rights agency were consulted on all the government’s appointees last year but failed to raise objections, ministerial documents show.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Our pasts affect present business (The Star-Ledger)

Business coach Michael Port wrote a terrific book called “Book Yourself Solid” in which he offers this insight: “Business problems are really personal problems in disguise.” Port says many of the challenges he has faced in “fully expressing himself” were…

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Gay men’s dating site too racy for Super Bowl? (CTV.ca)

The U.S. broadcaster of the Super Bowl has rejected a proposed ad for the big game for ManCrunch.com, a gay men’s dating website, but will stand by its decision to run a pro-life ad starring college football star Tim Tebow.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

YellaWood Launches Bullish Building Products Campaign (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

ABBEVILLE, Ala.—-Great Southern Wood Preserving, Incorporated , the nation’s largest producer of pressure treated pine under the YellaWood brand, today launched an integrated branding effort that utilizes a sweepstakes, television advertising, outdoor, point-of-sale, social media, two Web sites , pay-per-click advertising, online banner advertising, search engine optimization, and a unique …

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Tackling state of small business: Government should give bigger tax credits (Pacific Daily News)

I’m guessing someone on President Barack Obama’s speech-writing staff knows something about “search engine optimization” because the president used the phrase “small business” no less than 14 times in his State of the Union speech Wednesday.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Hall County is ramping up promotion of this year’s Census. (AccessNorthGA)

GAINESVILLE – Hall County is ramping up promotion of this year’s Census. The latest tool is a website that has been developed by the Hall County Complete Count Committee to promote the head count.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Benicia works on its allure (Vallejo Times-Herald)

BENICIA — The city should redesign its tourism Web site to make it more user-friendly and inviting, city officials and the city’s tourism consultant say.The changes are needed to make it run smoother, look more alluring and to maximize “search engine optimization” — which

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

SEO expert gives tips on how to improve the visibility of your business on the Web (Purcell Register)

(ARA) – The business world has always been competitive, but in today’s strained economy, business owners have to be tougher and savvier than ever.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Traffic Moving Smoothly on the Turnpike (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Turnpike officials have enacted a new plan of action to keep snow from bringing traffic to a standstill.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010