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VA Governor Looking to Increase SWAM Procurement
I like it. Finally a politician looking out for the small business owner! McDonnell seeks to increase SWAM procurement RSS and Facebook readers: click here to view and enter comments. On Twitter? Follow me at @parnellk63. Listening to Home Again by Hootie & the Blowfish.
Why can’t HRVA have the business mindset of DC Metro?
While strolling through my regular feed reading this morning over coffee, I pulled up to a post by Ted Leonsis, one of favorite bloggers and CEOs. If you don’t know Ted, read about him here. He’s a fascinating individual. Ted’s post was titled, Edge City. You can see a partial reprint below but essentially Ted [...]
Virginia Companies in the Fortune 500 List
Virginia added 2 companies that were not in the Fortune 500 list last year – McLean based SAIC and Virginia Beach based Amerigroup. Virginia lost Circuit City from the list which recently filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its physical storefronts. Any of these surprise you? Freddie Mac – #54 General Dynamics – #69 [...]
Twitter for Your Organization – The Why and How
I’ll be teaching a how-to class on Twitter in a few weeks. The idea behind the session is to get non-profits and museums across Virginia onboard with the powerful networking aspects of Twitter. I’ve come up with this course description and bullet conversation points. If this looks like something that would benefit your organization, feel [...]
Engage with New Media? Let’s see how …
I would love to say that I created these oh-so-elegant words, but I can’t. These are the perfect thoughts of my friend, Cassandra Thomas, a member of our New Media Conventions planning team for the April 2010 event. You can find her on Twitter @MarketingFlair. Now is the time to engage with new media. NMC10 [...]
We Need Your Trash!
To members of Keep Norfolk Beautiful: We need your trash. Examples include plastic caps of all sizes (from bottles and jugs, down to lip balm and mini-juices), plastic berry baskets, buttons, gasket scraps, flexible plastic tubing, corks, textiles, etc. These will be used in dozens of ways to help teachers educate our kids in the [...]
Text while you drive in Virginia, pay a $20 fine. Oooh.
Several new laws have gone into effect beginning today, July 1, 2009. Of them is making it illegal for drivers to text or email while behind the wheel. The fine for such an offense: $20. Yikes. Who is that going to deter? List of new laws in Virginia*: Ban reading or sending text messages or [...]
New Media Conventions is Coming to Virginia Beach
Stay tuned for the excitement! New Media Conventions is coming to Virginia Beach this fall. Check the New Media Conventions website for more details. Make sure to sign up for the email list to get details as they are unveiled.
JASE Receives Agency Recognition from Inside Business
JASE Group is featured in the current Inside Business, The Hampton Roads [VA] Business Journal, March 30th print edition. Recognized for being named marketing and advertising agency of record for a local Virginia Beach business, JASE is a full-service advertising, marketing and information technology agency specializing in social media, branding, advertising, marketing and next generation [...]
Named Marketing & Advertising Agency of Record
Very exciting news for our team. Official press release from our company blog: JASE Group (JASE), a full-service advertising and marketing agency specializing in social media, branding, marketing and advertising, announced today that it has been named the agency of record for Ballyhoo Home Improvement in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NORFOLK, VA, MARCH 19, 2009: JASE [...]
Coffee with the CEO: Establishing Your Brand through Social Communities
Grab your coffee and let’s talk about building your personal and professional brand through social communities. Online and offline! Social community references in this video: JASEzone Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Plurk FriendFeed blog Hampton Roads Internet Marketing & Technology Group Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads Virginia Opera Guild Tabernacle Church of Norfolk
JASE Receives Agency Recognition from Inside Business
JASE Group is featured in the current Inside Business, The Hampton Roads [VA] Business Journal, February 9th print edition. Recognized for being named marketing and advertising agency of record for a local Chesapeake business, JASE is a full-service advertising, marketing and information technology agency specializing in social media, branding, advertising, marketing and next generation engineering. JASE [...]
2009 Guide to Doing Business in Virginia
Virginia Business published a nice reference guide with tips, forms and resources on getting started doing business in Virginia. » Getting Started » Forming a nonprofit » State agencies can help boost business » Five top business resources » Financing » Taxation » Franchising » Networking » Legal » Risk management » Work force » Entrepreneurs’ [...]
Moving a Petabyte of Data – Can I drive to California Faster?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I think I care more these days about how fast I could chuck the wood than how much wood I could chuck. With the existence of Giga-speed switches and Giga-speed NICs even in our notebooks, moving data through today’s intra-networks has become [...]
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