Inspire » inspiration http://blog.3-prime.com a blog about small business promotion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Video: Black Friday Checkouts on Mobile Devices http://blog.3-prime.com/2011/12/video-black-friday-checkouts-on-mobile-devices/ http://blog.3-prime.com/2011/12/video-black-friday-checkouts-on-mobile-devices/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:17:08 +0000 ryan http://blog.3-prime.com/?p=996 ]]> http://blog.3-prime.com/2011/12/video-black-friday-checkouts-on-mobile-devices/feed/ 1 There’s A Lot To Be Thankful For http://blog.3-prime.com/2011/11/theres-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/ http://blog.3-prime.com/2011/11/theres-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:48:52 +0000 TheRazor http://blog.3-prime.com/?p=994 For starters, we’re thankful for our families, and for a change of scenery. And we’re also very thankful for our clients and the other relationships we’ve been able to forge through this company’s history. This time of year is always good for looking back and seeing how far we’ve come.

And with that in mind, the staff here at 3PRIME would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday!

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In the past 3 years, the organization has grown and was in need of a new website. 3PRIME took there existing content including 5 pages, an excellent logo and a Paypal donate button and rebuilt the website using the Wordpress CMS. Take a look!

Instead of a finished website, this rebuild provides a strong platform for the organization to grow its online presence and continue to foster awareness and action.

3PRIME time and expertise is available for businesses new and old, large and small and non-profits of all sizes. One of our long-time clients demonstrates how consistent SEO earns great rankings for his school and church signs manufacturing business

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We’d like to urge visitors to Make a Donation. Many families struggle to make ends meet without the burden of medical expenses, so please lend a helping hand to Amy and her family. Visit HelpTheCaptain.com and give any amount you can, whether it’s one dollar or ten, every donation will help. Thank you!

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The definition of Gamification taken from Wikipedia: the use of game design techniques and mechanics to solve problems and engage audiences. This is the idea behind Foldit. It’s a game which researchers have developed in order to enlist the help of gamers in deciphering the structure of a key protein in the development AIDS. It’s a structure which scientists haven’t been able to identify for years but now have thanks to the online game Foldit. And it only took gamers three weeks to come up with the answer. This is a great story of games being used to solve real world problems and you can read more about Foldit here.

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Vipre warning on VZW.com

And what brought me there? None other than the initial privacy-related email from Verizon. It’s all about my Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and whether they can share it with their family of companies. Of course if trends continue, that family of companies might include content creators like Fox, so I’m going to opt-out.

Verizon Share CPNI ButtonNo problem, click the button, right?

And now I have to disable my firewall to protect my privacy. I hope this doesn’t signal the fashion of the rest of the week!

Be Well!

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Here’s one stat I quite like: The world produces between 1 and 2 exabytes of unique information per year. Just to put things in perspective, let’s dust off our old analogy skills from SAT prep: an exabyte is to a gigabyte, as the population of India is to you.

Courtesy of SearchEngineWatch

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To read more, i found the following resources to be the most informative. I’ll be streaming NPR.org as long as they focus the news on this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/world/asia/03pakistan.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-dead-al-qaeda-islamabad-navy-seals.html

I close by offering my heartfelt support to those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. This week will undoubtedly raise emotions not pondered in some years and our thoughts are with them today.

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Read More on CBSLocal

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One such page was one for Eagle Rivet, one of our ct web design clients. One of the phrases we built in was ct roof snow removal, and they couldn’t be happier with the seasonal jobs they’ve gotten to pick up as a result!

Don’t over look this for your business! Here’s why:

  • The top Google places results are shown at the top or above natural results
  • Google Places provide functionality like reviews that can help you sell customers before they call
  • Google places doesn’t require a website!
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