Robert Blaise

Inventory Management on a Shoestring

Inventory management is not just for enterprises anymore. With the advent of e-commerce and globalization, small companies are engaging in many of the same business processes as large firms and even competing on the same turf at times. To do their jobs right, they need some of the same capabilities as their larger cousins — but they need them for a small-biz price.  Simple, efficient and highly scalable at Visuwire.com our back-office management system delivers mission-critical functionality that spans multiple sales channels. Our customers are shipping many hundreds of items every month and in most cases, we are the only technology provider they deploy. To find out how Visuwire can help you automate your back office visit  www.visuwire.com for a no obligation  quote on your project.

5 Easy steps to creating an effective blog

Blogs have made a grand entrance into the marketing dominion. Why? They can be a successful marketing tool if done rights. Blogs have core components that increase their success such as content, distribution, and frequency, but you need more than that to get people to read it. Popular blogs have one thing in common; an individual voice. A voice will not only gain readers, but it keeps them. Here are five stepsthat you can follow that will enable you to create an effective blog:

1.    Create a Blog Personality- Be free, honest and open with your blog and allow it to develop it’s own personality your reader can easily tell if you are being disingenuous.
2.    Keep it simple- This has been our approach to design for quite some time. Short concise post are far more effective than long winded paragraphs that are without substance.
3.    Consistency is key- Yeah, this is a major struggle for most people as time simply does not permit in most cases. My advise develop a schedule then stick with it, 3 times and week is a decent goal every other day is ideal.
4.    Good Titles draw attention- Just like a book in a library the title of your blog will enable you to stand out from others.
5.    Comments are good- Interaction with your reader is one of the many reasons why you blog so why not allow them to post comments that are moderated of course.

Smarter shopping on smartphones

Currently available for IPhone or Android when when you type a product query on Google.com Product Search results nicely formatted for your phone. You can see online ratings, reviews, prices, and product details if you’re out and about, or just do some mobile web surfing from your couch. Not sure how this will effect you? Well simply said if your not showing up in Google search results then this will be an entire market that you are missing out on.

Twitter Tools Likely Choice to Build Revenue

Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said on Monday that the company is developing various add-on tools and services for the businesses and professional users of Twitter, which could create a revenue stream for the company. He said Twitter plans to introduce some of these tools by year end.

But Stone dismissed the notion of selling advertisements on the popular service at this time, even though ad revenue is the main way most Web start-ups manage to stay in business while keeping their service free for consumers.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TWITTERING

Now you can get the most current updates from Miami-Dade County schools via Twitter. So who’s next to get on board? Will it be your Church that send “you inspirations tweet to help you stay on the right path”?  How about your local restaurant offering up “the soup of the day tweet”?  The possibilities are endless if you are participating in this revolution.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Message sent - 5/22/2009

M-DCPS on Twitter

As another means of helping parents and the public keep informed about school district news and events, Miami-Dade County Public Schools has initiated a Twitter page.

Twitter is a social networking service that allows users to send and receive information and updates from other Twitter users by email and cell phone. The District will use the service to keep Twitter users informed about the developments and progress of the school district, through news releases and short informational postings.

Follow M-DCPS at twitter.com/MDCPS to get the latest updates from the District.