One of the very first things a new member to Active Rain should do is "tune their profile". In order to wring the most performance out of it, we have to make sure it is optimized... Here are a few things we are optimizing for: Keyword rich, location and niche specific content (for Search Engine
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10/16/2009
That's right. There are only two weeks left before Social Media Breakfast Atlanta returns to Gwinnett County. Get together with other Atlanta area business owners, entreprenuers and social networkers to talk about ways to more effectively leverage social media for business... over breakfast. W
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10/15/2009
Image by stevehdc via Flickr Each year, during the third weekend in October, Scots gather in the meadow at Stone Mountain Park. For 37 years the Stone Mountain Highland Games have not only provided cool athletic competition, but also a great musical performances and social interactions. I have
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10/14/2009
I just want to tell a little story. You might find something useful in it, or you might not... it is just a story. In the beginning... Some of you might know that I used to live in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I lived in both Minneapolis and St. Paul at various times during the mid and late 1
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10/14/2009
The Gwinnett County Library System is reviewing the plan it had for several of its library branches; Lilburn, Snellville and Dacula. According to the News article on the Library’s website, they are moving to a Regional Service Model. Under that model, the three mentioned libraries would become “
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10/11/2009
We've all been there... Travelling across country or even out of the country... We have to eat. There are two basic choices. Do we experiment and try something local? Maybe hit up a "Mom & Pop" place with purely local fare... Or there is the chain... We know what they serve, we have their
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10/11/2009
We are freshly back from a long weekend in Sevierville, TN. We stayed at the lovely Wilderness Resort at the Smokies. It is the home of the Wild Water Dome, which is supposed to be the largest indoor water park in the region... and it IS pretty big. Good thing it is indoors, too, as it was a c
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10/11/2009
You might want to think twice... then go get another beer and argue about soccer with your buds. I think this video came out of London, but I'm not positive. What I AM positive about is that a couple of thugs are REALLY re-thinking their weekend plans going forward. The video doesn't really ge
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10/08/2009
For the last 35 years, local crafters and entertainers have gathered at Lilburn’s City Park to display their crafts and entertain the spectators and shoppers… For the 36th Annual event this year, it will be no different… and don’t forget to bring an appetite as well. If you like craft and art
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10/08/2009
One of the thing Atlanta is famous infamous for is traffic... We have some of the heaviest traffic in the country. Not only are commutes long, but the roads are clogged. Most other major metro areas have limits to their growth, while Atlanta has a LONG way to go before it hits oceans or mounta
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10/07/2009
