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So you’re a small business owner. There’s not enough hours in the day, and you’re constantly wearing different hats and playing different roles. One minute you are the marketing guy, the next, a cashier. It’s stressful, and you don’t have time to spend on social media. Or do you? First and foremost, I believe social …

At the moment I have a Bank of America account. I’ve probably been hit with about 3-4 charges by accidentally overdrawing more money than I have (at least in that certain account). I’m pretty tech-savvy, yet I absolutely hate the online dashboard. It’s slow, confusing, and makes banking a chore. You see, I truly want …

Over the past thirty years, technology has transformed the way we live our lives. From tablets to social media, life is changing at a rapid pace, leaving many in the dust. One area that still seems resistant to change is education. Education is big business, spending over $597 billion dollars on K-12 students. While I …

Over the past few weeks I’ve dedicated time to learn how sites can be indexed by Google. Why wait for weeks to index your pages, if this can be accomplished in a couple days, or dare I say, hours? Naturally, website owners want to see results….fast! Let me explain what you can do to make …

There’s some days when you just get lucky. I’ve been working on switching content from one domain to another. I’ve been going back through old websites I’ve designed, trying to make these updates. It’s pretty tedious, but I’m trying to maximize “link juice” to my new website. Link building is a huge priority, and I’ve …

Classes just started again. Oh joy. There’s nothing exciting about sitting in a classroom for a few hours everyday, especially when most of the material being taught is already outdated. Today, instead of counting ceiling tiles, I began to think how lean startup techniques could be applied to a traditional classroom setting. Granted, education is an …

I grew up going to the library. They are a wealth of information, and there’s nothing like perusing a shelf of old, worn-out books for a diamond in the rough. I still don’t understand the Dewey Decimal Classification system, but that’s okay. Libraries will be nearly dead in the next ten years. Believe me, I’m …

So you wanna start a business. An awesome business. You have an idea, and it just might work. What happens next? Start drawing. Seriously… I’m not going to lie; I’m a horrible artist who draws stick figures like a five-year-old child, yet you need to start prototyping your business model asap. It’s critical for the …

As a current college student, the University of Maine is my first taste of traditional education. Growing up, my educational experiences consisted of private schooling, homeschooling, and technical education at the United Technologies Center in Bangor, Maine. Even though I never attended a public school, I am very happy and satisfied with the education that …

College is a time of excitement. There’s always new people to meet, activities to partake in (both on and off campus), and time to rest and relax. According to a study in 2003 (before the time of Facebook and Twitter), college students studied for an average of 27 hours per week. While this number varies …