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by on September 9, 2010 Leave a Comment

How To Host, Share and Edit Your Images Online

Flickr

Flickr is the most popular online photo management and sharing application on the web. Flickr offers users a number of useful features. You can securely share photos and videos (up to 90 seconds) online and privately show content to friends and family. Users have the option to make their pictures private or public, however around 80% of the pictures on Flickr are public. No fee is required to start loading and sharing pictures. Other features include maps to track where and when photos were taken, tagging and commenting on pictures, and the ability to create postcards and other products. It’s also possible to include your photo album into your blog. [Read more...]

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by on August 13, 2010 Leave a Comment

Consumers Say Company’s that Use Social Media More Trustworthy

A recent survey says that over 75% of consumers say companies that use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are more worthy of their trust than companies who don’t. The same survey found that the majority of respondents use the internet to research companies and products before making purchasing decisions.

More and more, tech savvy consumers are using social media to publicly complain when a displeased with a company. Too often this just results in a lot of bad publicity for the company if they are not quick to respond. For example, a local towing company found themselves the target of a negative news article when a disgruntled customer took to Facebook to create a group page for people who wanted to complain about the companies practices. Within a few hours the page already had hundreds of “fans”, just on word of mouth from the page’s admin and his friends, making it sweet bait for the local news media to provide even more bad publicity for the company, which then lead to a criminal investigation of the companies practices.

By contrast, another tech savvy customer recently used her phone to tweet about a rude employee at a live nation event. Live nation then used the opportunity to reach out to the customer and help her with her issue, resulting in some very positive publicity for themselves.

The days when a simple tweet can make or break an company’s reputation for millions of consumers are here, and business better take notice.

Consumers say: “In tweets we trust” (Reuters)

As always Connections is happy to answer questions and assist you in any way we can to get your e-business up and running over the competition. Contact us at service@ConnectionsIS.com.


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by on June 18, 2008 1 Comment

Support Hose Store visits Google Channel 7 Pro News [Video]

SupportHoseStore.com visits Google Channel 7 Pro News 06/16/2008

Google invites Amarillo based e-commerce business, SupportHoseStore.com, to their campus to meet with Key staff members

Amarillo, Texas- June 16, 2008

Rod & Vanda Lancour at the Googleplex with the Googlers

Rod & Vanda Lancour at the Googleplex with the Googlers

SupportHoseStore.com, an Amarillo Based e-commerce web site received an invitation from Google, the leading web search engine, to visit their campus in Mountain View, California. Vanda and Rod Lancour, owners of SupportHoseStore.Com received a questionnaire about services offered by Google. Mr. Lancour returned the questionnaire. Google then contacted Mr. Lancour and invited him and Mrs. Lancour to visit their campus on June 5-6, 2008, where they met with key staff and personnel to discuss future promotional opportunities. This visit comes at a time of substantial local, national and international growth for SupporHoseStore.com. Google assists SupportHoseStore.com through their world-wide search engine network, through key word updates, optimizing advertising programs, and updated beta programs, which gives SupportHoseStore.com the leading web resources available to maintain contact with their prospective customers and optimize their web site.

SupportHoseStore.com’s retail location, Support Hose Plus, in Amarillo Texas, is located at I-40 and Bell, in the Interstate Shopping Center. Support Hose Plus carries the largest selection of support hose available in the Tri-State area, featuring a complete line of Jobst, Mediven, Sigvaris and Juzo support stockings. Support Hose Plus also carries post-mastectomy products and is adding new product lines including low cost support hose, orthopedic supplies, and Therall arthritis relief products and walking canes.

SupportHoseStore.com was started in September 2001. As a 2003 recipient of the Amarillo Enterprise Challenge Grant, a program of the WTAMU Enterprise Center, SupportHoseStore.com has been able to support exponential growth and is now undergoing an expansive program of additional development. Plans are underway for the development of a large customer service/warehouse center in Amarillo. SupportHoseStore.com serves customers worldwide including those from the USA, Canada, Central/South America, Europe, Taiwan, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Russia, offering exceptional products and customer service from their team of trained Compression Garment Specialists.

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