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Google Demystified – A conversation with Avery Cohen Find out how to change your SEO strategy. Learn what parts of SEO are still relevant Learn how the search engines are shifting Learn why engagement strategies are more important than ever As Google changes so should your tactics for getting found on the Internet.  Join Avery [...]

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All the networking in the world will not replace a moment of serendipity that changes your life forever. Sitting outside a national conference hall in Florida I spotted a woman at an empty table. Not wanting to go into the madness of the convention either,  I took a seat beside her and struck up a [...]

…yesterday along with the other gazillion people he wrote to. The letter began Dear Lennie, “I messed up. I owe you an explanation.” Thank You Reed but you didn’t do anything to me. Even though I’m going to keep reading in hopes of finding a gift certificate in your letter. “It is clear from the [...]

We have an incredibly important Big Ooga meeting coming up August 2nd and I’d like to tell you the story. When CFO-Pro, John Lafferty joined Big Ooga I checked his site and called his references. They were SO glowing that top business people said they could not have succeeded without him. Soft spoken, knowledgeable and [...]

When Big Ooga opened for business its guiding principle was to bring really good entrepreneurs and small business owners together across industry and specialty. I’m sure you know from experience that working with new people is risky. If you’ve hired someone to provide a service, they have to meet your standards and expectations. If you’ve [...]

It all started with detailed plans to take a trip to the GrapeHound Festival in upstate New York.  My trip-savvy daughter made the arrangements and planned to pick me up at the airport with her Greyhound and “my Greyhound” June.   We’d drive to an “adorable cabin” in a gorgeous National Park and spend the week-end taking the dogs to their doggie fair to eat doggy ice cream in kookie [...]

Have you heard of Ballet Parking? The World’s Largest Thong? Or celebrated Have a Bad Day Day?  Maybe you’ve read Harry Potter, taken a Zip Car or tried the new Fare Share taxi app in NYC. Those are all figments of some one’s imagination gone terribly real.  I have had enough experience to believe that imagination rocks.  For many of us, we also [...]

Join In! For members and non-members alike! We are delighted to report that the entrepreneurial coffees last month were not only a hit, but a smash! Of those who attended 95% would like to return. What we discovered is that while our companies are different and our professional experience varies, our  journeys are indeed very [...]

A Big Ooga member who would like to remain nameless came up with an excellent idea this morning – give out monthly awards to outstanding Big Ooga businesses and call it The BOOB Award (Big Ooga Outstanding Business) “Or for short,” he said, call them BOOBIEs.” Geez, I thought, what do you do with that [...]