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I’m sure that in every profession, there are tools of the trade that people favor over others. A mechanic will have a favorite wrench. A hair stylist will have a favorite pair if scissor. A chef will have a favorite knife.

Here at MarkNet, our tools are programs. And my favorite program is SnagIt, The Windows Screen Capture software Utility tool. I use this program all throughout my day, and I don’t know how I could work without it.
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Hi. My name is Jacqueline, and I’m addicted to WordPress.

It is true. I’ve only been working with WordPress for about two weeks now, and I am already creating web pages and making changes like a pro. I don’t want you all thinking that I am some type of computer wiz, because I’m really not. Granted I am lucky enough to be a member of the elite club called Generation Y, but overall, WordPress is made for anyone and everyone who wants to have a clean, crisp, and overall, useful web page.

I like WordPress, because not only is it easy to get a page up and running, but its even easier to make changes when needed. I do not like to wait for things, and I know you don’t either. So just think of how great it would be to change ANYTHING you need to on your site within minuets. Recently, I added an entire page for a client in under 10 minuets. Does your current site let you do that? Didn’t think so…

WordPress is an amazing platform for your publishing needs, because it is simple enough for Hockey Moms and Joe Six-Packs to have sites, but has so many themes and features that no two sites will be the same. There are endless possibilities on what you can add to your page to make it uniquely yours. Two of the main themes-makers I like to use are StudioPress and Woo Themes.

StudioPress has many themes to choose from, and they have widgets, (think applications you would have on your FaceBook or iphone) which let you add endless features to your site. Anything you want, literally, there is a widget for that. I was able to add a client’s YouTube video in seconds. All I did was put the YouTube’s url into the widget, and it was done. That’s all there is to it. Plus, StudioPress has the Genesis Theme Framework, which is like the Godfather of all platforms. It truly optimizes your SEO abilities.

Woo Themes are fun and stylistic. They are just as easy to use, and I find myself browsing though their gallery just to see all the amazing sites people have created.

I can’t wait for a reason for me to make my own personal site, so I can use these themes and widgets!

Are you a little more advanced, and want to add your custom touch to your site? WordPress lets you do that too!! Through their Dashboard, (that is the homepage where you can change every aspect of the page), you can edit the sites <using> formats:_”like this.” You can use their amazing widgets, CSS, or HTML. I can’t stress enough how easy this platform is to use.

Check out this video we made of me updating a client’s site.

Peace, Love & Tweets,

Jacqueline

OK so about a month ago, a friend of mine was trying to promote her daughters acting career on Twitter. She asked me if I would help her create a Twitter profile page for her daughter. Of course I obliged and jumped right on it. Well OK maybe I waited a week or so. When the twitter profile Page was complete,@pamelastar313 We decided to get her family and friends who were on Facebook to become followers on twitter. This seemed like an easy task. So started my long journey into the Facebook den of inequity.

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I was going to talk about the benefits of Social Media Marketing. Then I started thinking…I think the first thing I should do before I even get into the benefits of Social Media Marketing is throw some facts at you. These facts will indeed amaze you. For some people may already know these facts.  Others will undoubtedly be surprised by them.

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O.k. let me understand this. We have Facebook, MySpace, Zimbio, Linkedin and so many more social networking sites to join that “ohh my goodness do I really have time for another one”?. Lets face it, all of them are a free way to connect with others in your social network community. I myself have joined all of the above mentioned sites. So what is all the Twitter fuss about. What the twit is going on with Twitter? It has grown 1328% in the month of February alone to make it the fastest growing member community site on the internet. Lets take a quick look at twitter.

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Every few days I seem to get an e-mail from someone asking me where they should distribute their online press release. I want to let you in on a little secret. Whether you use our press release services or the services of a much higher priced online press release company, they are all sent to the same news distributors the same way..AUTOMATICALLY.
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Many people hear the term “press release” and it immediately conjures up thoughts of a newspaper reporter pulling a piece of paper from a fax machine and running to their editor. While press releases are still used as a means of submitting your newsworthy announcement to journalists, the Internet has changed the definition of what a press release can be.

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Today, I am excited to announce new features coming to MarkNet Mail in July.  We have received excellent feedback from customers using our email marketing tool.  As our customers rely more on email marketing to get their message out our team is hard at work creating new features.We encourage you to send us any feedback you may have so we can further improve MarkNet Mail.
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This is the final installment of my Internet Marketing series. As I come to the end of this series, I realize there is much more I can say to help you succeed. I see the need to write another series in the near future. Search engine optimization is constantly evolving and time consuming. That is why clients hire us. You need to focus on your core business. If you have the time and like spending a lot of time on the web, you can do it yourself and succeed.
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Greetings Everyone,

Its been a little while since I’ve written here, and changes are ever transpiring here at MarkNet Group. Permit me to update you on some of those changes.

Last I wrote, I shared that we were evaluating CMS (Content Management System) solutions to build custom web sites and applications for our current and future customer base. I’m quite pleased to disclose that our testing phase has progressed excellently. We have actually converted our website here. The conversion went quite nicely, and our developers were able to redevelop the site with relative ease while also keeping the current site active.
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