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5 Shortcuts to Maximizing Your Social Media Presence
The post speaks about how busy small business owners can fit social media engagement in along with all of the other activities they do to keep their businesses up and running. The three of the five tips include: Eliminate or reduce the non-performing marketing efforts, focus on the two places online where the majority of your target audience is most active and take advantage of the many free tools available that will track the online conversations about your business. Read the rest online at Open Forums
WordPress Now Available For the BlackBerry PlayBook
The all new WordPress for PlayBook™ app allows you to write posts, edit pages, and manage comments on the go. Both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.9.2 or higher) sites are supported. Download the app and start blogging on the go in no time. Read the rest online at Mashable
Revel Wants To Bring iPad-Powered Point Of Sale Systems To The Hospitality And Retail Industries
The addition of the iPad into the point of sale system or cash register isn’t a new trend. Many small businesses are swapping out traditional cash registers for iPads and credit card processors like Square. I’ve personally used the Square with an iPad at a tradeshow for a client and it was great. We were able to easily accept charges, provide an emailed receipt (collecting email addresses) and keeping track of our sales that weekend.
But large restaurant chains and other establishments still need a complete front-to-back-of-house (i.e. a system that can send receipts to the kitchen) solution. Revel Systems hopes to be the go-to iPad-powered, comprehensive POS platform for restaurants. Read the rest online at TechCrunch
