IndigoTea's Small Business Blog http://www.indigotea.com/lessons-learned-blog.aspx http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification mojoPortal Blog Module indi@indigotea.com 120 The Growing World of Social Media Marketing and Small Businesses by Becky Vickman - Wherever you go, you cannot help but notice the social media icons everywhere you look. You see them at the end of commercials, at the checkout of stores and on almost every website. But how important is social media for small businesses? It's more important than you think.

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]]> http://www.indigotea.com/when-youve-forgotten-how-to-breathe.aspx http://www.indigotea.com/when-youve-forgotten-how-to-breathe.aspx http://www.indigotea.com/when-youve-forgotten-how-to-breathe.aspx Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:53:00 GMT October 2011 - Free Skins for mojoPortal  

Wow - this has been a crazy month! Busy, busy, busy - a new print ad for Dream Hats, new clients, big projects, and even more big things coming in November.

 
I'm grateful for all the good things that have come our way, but it's meant that we were a little slower in bringing you the mojoGeeks Skin of the Month; to make up for it, we decided to throw in a bonus skin for Halloween!
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I haven't gone anywhere; I've just been so busy lately, that I haven't had time to finish up the half-dozen articles I have draft versions waiting.

 

However, I have been pretty prolific elsewhere of late; my first article as a contributing author over at The Work At Home Woman came out yesterday (woohoo!); my mojoPortal tutorial articles are ongoing at Arvixe, and I've had puh-lenty of work from my customers (including new ones!) 


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Our guest post today is from Sharon Sullivan, of Dream Hats. Dream Hats serves a wide range of clientele, including a strong contingent of historical/fantasy re-enactors. Where better to make contact with this market segment but at the conventions they convene at? As a result of this in-person interaction, Sharon's developed the following tip list for entrepreneurs considering live events.

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