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Printer Ink: the legal ‘drug’ pushers …

By Kenji Oshima • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Articles

PRINTER COMPANIES are something like illegal drug peddlers – they sell you the printer, sometimes inexpensively, then charge a fortune for the ink; our addiction to their product keeps draining our wallets.



Mac Printing Tips – Printer Problems?

By Kenji Oshima • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Articles, Help

Printing problems plague everyone. Usually most printing problems are the “drivers” which a geek can easily re-install.



The Case for the Old Guys

By Phil Siegel • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Articles

“New Media” buzzards have been flying around the marketing skies waiting to gnaw on the carcasses of old, traditional PR folks for several years. They are the young bucks of the industry, waiting for the Alpha Males to run out of steam. But PR is not dying, and the old-school, seasoned professionals are not going anywhere anytime soon.



Meet Your New Leadership Team, 4/1-9/30/2010

By Gil Zeimer • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

We’re proud to announce our new leadership team for the term beginning on April 1st, 2010.



Referral: IT Services Website Copywriting

By Gil Zeimer • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Articles, Case Studies

This is a project that I recently completed as a freelance website copywriter, using more descriptive copy and two SE0 keyword phrases per page. It was a BNI Embarcadero referral from Bart Saling of Bridge to Bridge Technologies.
As an established IT managed services company serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, IPSO FACTO IT [...]



Tax Deductible Services as Charitable Donation

By Wayne Allen Cameron • Feb 10th, 2010 • Category: Articles

When it comes to any charitable deduction, it has to be the amount spent and NOT the valuation of what they should have received.



Growing Older: Aging in place options and timing

By Joshua Larson • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Articles

Carrie Shores and Josh Larson, of Larson Shores Architects in Oakland, envision enlightened remodeling for senior and boomer generations that will accommodate disabilities without making private residences look like traditional nursing homes. However, these Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists recognize that the priorities of most seniors and boomers do not include structural changes for possible disability needs down the road.



Why choose Hypnotherapy??

By Kay Heatherly • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Articles

Most of us are hypnotized several times a day when we watch TV or read, getting into the story or emotional drama. When our attention is engaged, our consciousness is in the story, not the physical place where we are. This results in a shift in our state of consciousness, similar to the one we reach in hypnotherapy sessions.



BNI Power Teams Presentation

By Gil Zeimer • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Articles, Featured

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Employment Practices Liability Insurance

By Jerry Becerra • Nov 12th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Claims are on the rise. Are you protected?
PDF below is a 5-page document about the insurance.
Employment Practices Liability Insurance (PDF)



What can homeowners do if their home is worth less than they owe on the mortgage?

By Kevin Casey • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Yesterday some asked me “what can homeowners do if their home is worth less than they owe on the mortgage?” Until yesterday a homeowner in that situation was “upside down” and there were not any real viable solutions.



WordPress Tutorial (2.8.4) Statistics and Keywords

By Bradley Charbonneau • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Help

Overview of the dashboard stats and then deeper statistics provided by the wordpress.com stats plugin. Quickly go over the different areas of the stats (Referrers, Top Posts & Pages, Search Engine Terms, Clicks, and Incoming Links) and then a bit of analysis of the keywords. Finally, a very brief example of how to put those [...]



Carbonite Online Backup

By Bradley Charbonneau • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Resources

I’m done, it’s settled, I’m backed up online, all the time, no worries, no hassles, no baby pictures lost to the cyber vacuum.



Scam: Business Filings Division

By Bradley Charbonneau • Sep 21st, 2009 • Category: Articles, News

Business Filings Division, Business Filings Division scam, Compliance Annual Minutes Board, statement of information, officers list



Gil Zeimer Featured in SF Chronicle Travel Section

By Gil Zeimer • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Just Back From Kosrae, Micronesia, SF Chronicle Sunday Travel Section, September 13, 2009 by Gil Zeimer
This story by Gil Zeimer and photo by Doug Beitz of Kosrae Nautilus Resort appeared on 9/13/09 in the SF Chronicle’s Sunday “Just Back From” column in both their printed and online travel sections. Read this article.



Rules for Yelping and Yelp Guide

By Noah Stolmaker • Aug 27th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Presentations, Resources

There are a few rules that I encourage people to follow when Yelping. Yelp moderators have an iron fist ready to squelch any reviews they judge as potentially fraudulent or solicitous. Following these rules will help make your reviews count.



Photo Touch Up

By Martin Wall • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Articles

This is the cartoon I did for Mischa Photography
For more information on custom cartoons for business please visit my website at www.fritzcartoons.com



Cave Owners Insurance

By Martin Wall • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: Articles

This was the cartoon I thought of during Richard Reinholdt’s seven minute presentation. For custom cartoons for your business please visit my website at www.fritzcartoons.com.



Cartoon for Michael Heylin

By Martin Wall • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Articles

This was the cartoon I thought of for Michael Heylin during his seven minute presentation. For custom cartoons for business please visit my website www.fritzcartoons.com.



Cartoons for Dr. Hack

By Martin Wall • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Articles

Custom business cartoons by Fritz Cartoons. Email Fritz (fritz@fritzcartoons.com) to request a quote or visit www.fritzcartoons.com for more details.



A Cartoon with Heart

By Martin Wall • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Custom cartoon for Julia Ten Eyck, Family Law Attorney

Custom cartoons for business by Fritz Cartoons
Direct Mail, Newsletters, Email Marketing, Presentations, Advertisements, Intranet, Websites, Blogs, Articles, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Calenders, Quarterly Reports, Greeting Cards, Electronic Displays & More.



Fritz Cartoons and the Queen of Quick Books

By Martin Wall • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Thanks to the power of BNI, my cartoons have been referred to another business in need of custom cartoons. The Queen of Quick Books (former member of BNI Embarcadero) wanted to use a Rackafracka cartoon to advertise in a humorous way that her company of bookkeepers were the RIGHT team for any bookkeeping needs [...]



Local Cartoonist Work for I.O.U.’s

By Martin Wall • Jul 17th, 2009 • Category: Articles

Many of you in BNI have received cartoons from me as part of my seven minute cartoon ritual during your presentation. Most of the jokes I come up with while you are speaking and I try to make them topical to the subject matter of your presentation.
This last month the United States Treasury’s Bureau [...]



Real Estate Going Digital

By Martin Wall • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Articles, News

In recent 30 second commercials I’ve been telling everyone that I’ve had recent success by helping real estate developments like shopping centers, retail stores, and business parks cover the dark and empty lots with full color window coverings.
There is a lot of commercial real estate available out there because of the down economy. With [...]



Improve your financial situation by avoiding pitfalls that are easy to see, and yet routinely trip up even the savviest investor.

By Dan Joraanstad • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Articles

During one of the most tumultuous times in market history, it is interesting to assess what common mistakes crop up for investors, new or old. You can improve your financial situation by avoiding pitfalls that are easy to see, and yet routinely trip up even the savviest investor.