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Twitter Guide: Learn some interesting tips and tricks for Twitter. Q:  Can I respond directly to someone’s tweet? What’s the difference between an @reply and a direct message? A:  You can respond to people one of two ways: with direct messages, which are private, 140-character exchanges, or with @replies, which are publicly viewable. You can [...]

Common Craft created yet another great video that simplifies what Social Media is. Watch the video and think how can I use this for my own business. If you need help implementing social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter,Linked In, MySpace, etc feel free to contact Virtual Business [...]

Common Crafts has great videos that really do explain things in plain English which helps my brick and mortar clients understand technology better. Here is a video explaining Twitter in “Plain English”. Feel free to follow me on Twitter  for more Tips and Tutorials for the busy business [...]

1. Using Twitter to Tweet and Share: Perhaps the fastest and most effective way to share a great blog post is through Twitter (). Sharing or retweeting a link in Twitter can spread like wildfire. Use a URL shortener such as tinyurl or bit.ly to shorten links to fit within 140 characters. 2. Posting to [...]

Many of my clients ask what to do so that they can protect their computer from anitviruses. Here are a few things I suggest to them. 1.  Have a current back up of all their important files on their computer. Current means if your computer gets infected today, right now do you have a ‘current’ [...]