I recently wrote about spectator sports in the Charlotte area and what visitors and newcomers can experience when they come to the Queen City. Just as these questions are often a hot topic so are those about recreation and things they can do as participants.
Here are some of the most popular activities:

Our local lakes including [...]

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By now I’m sure you’ve heard that Facebook got another Facelift. That’s right, another Facelift. As if all the previous pulling, sculpting, modifying and updating wasn’t enough…they’ve revamped themselves yet again. If you were to line up Facebook next to Joan Rivers, I’m pretty sure Facebook would come out on top for having had more [...]

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An individual or company’s success with social media is dependent on multiple factors. There is however only one factor, in my mind, which stands above the rest when it comes to failure. That is the inability to take online relationships offline.
So, when it came time to incorporate a social media component into our sponsorship with [...]

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A few weeks ago I touched on the importance of LinkedIn. That’s right LinkedIn. Now I know you’re probably thinking that LinkedIn isn’t as sexy or exciting as Twitter, Blogging or Facebook and I’m not here to say otherwise. It isn’t as sexy and it’s not as exciting, nor has it had the type of [...]

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“Follow me on Twitter” … “Did you see the picture I posted on Twitter?” … “I’m going to tweet about that” … “I’ll send you a direct message!”
These phrases are becoming as common place as “Find me on Facebook.” What began as a simple communication platform for friends and family has since grown to become [...]

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Jack Dorsey, one of Twitter’s co-founders, sent the first “tweet” on March 21, 2006, but Twitter itself was only launched publicly in July 2006. Like the tortoise, Twitter was slow to pick up speed and it wasn’t until the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in 2007 where Twitter won the Web award that it [...]

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Today, when someone asks you to look something up on the internet, more often than not, he or she won’t say, “hey, would you mind looking up that restaurant on the internet?” Instead, the question posed to you will be, “hey, would you Google that restaurant?”
Just like Band-Aid and Kleenex, Google has become a household [...]

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On Monday, I had the opportunity to attend Social Fresh, a conference in Charlotte that covers all things social media. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Email Marketing, Blogs and LinkedIn. The day-long, six-session, jam packed conference featured some of the best, brightest and most adventurous social media panelists including, Bert Dumars of Newell Rubbermaid, Greg Cangialosi of [...]

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FourSquare … GoWalla … Loopt … Yelp … BrightKite …
If you aren’t familiar with the lingo above, fear not. You’re probably not alone but I’m willing to bet that at least one of the terms above has, at the very least, crossed your ears recently.
Should you be paying attention to what these applications are? I’d [...]

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Last Friday I attended my first Real Estate BarCamp. For those who may not be familiar with the term “Bar Camp” let me tell you that if you’re thinking tents and tree’s or lecture halls and motivational speeches, you’re heading in the wrong direction…on both accounts.
So what is a BarCamp? Put simply, it is a [...]

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