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CyberVillage SpotLight on Business: Neil Reich, Reich Supply

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:22 +0000

Sometimes the key to success is simply possessing the ability to read the signs all around you. Neil Reich, owner and founder, Reich Supply, has an innate ability to sense business environments and adjust to compensate. He also has the ability to quickly embrace new technology, leverage his time and pick a strong team. One of the best examples of the ability to leverage his time is when he was young boy of thirteen. Neil had a newspaper route in Utica and leveraged the time while he was deliveri… Continue

CyberVillage Spotlight: Lynne Mishalanie Utica Monday Nite

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:54 +0000

By PJ MALIN Like a wizard stepping out from behind a curtain, Lynne Mishalanie and her band, Jazz Garden, made a rare appearance recently on a Utica Monday Nite. [ Resources: Utica Monday Nite Events Calendar –… Continue

CyberVillage SpotLight: Denise Mishalanie, Founder, Whirled Peas

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:48 +0000

See this in the print magazine in PDF format. Necessity – Mother of Invention & Entrepreneurial Spirit Necessity as the mother of invention also frequently sparks new entrepreneurial ventures and careers. Denise Sachs-Mishalanie discovered such a venture through her friends and family network. The necessity was her family’s desire for the beads and jewelry she makes as well as the need and de… Continue

CyberVillage SpotLight: Peter Corn, Founder, Peter’s Cornucopia

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:06:31 +0000

As many of you might know, the owner of Peter’s Cornucopia is a gentleman by the name of Peter Corn. It seems like it makes sense, but maybe you didn’t know. We interviewed him for the Central New York CyberVillage SpotLight. [ See Print Version of CyberVillage SpotLight (PDF) ] The goal of the SpotLight is to learn more about business… Continue

CyberVillage Spotlight – Congressman Sherwood Boehlert

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:04:21 +0000

This interview with Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-23), started with my walk into the Alexander Pirnie building. I met airport-like security on the first floor. A walk-through metal detector and x-ray machine scanned everything. The office, now occupied by Congressman Arcuri, looks out across the off-ramp that leads into downtown Utica, northeast to the New York State Thruway, and a bit further north the Route 8 and Route 12 extensions can be seen meandering toward the Adirondacks, the larges… Continue

CyberVillage Spotlight – NYS Senator Ray Meier

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:02:04 +0000

Ask Former New York State Senator Ray Meier what made his job worthwhile and he’ll sound a familiar refrain. People. Not just adults who are old enough to vote, but youngsters who’ve probably never heard of him. Ray Meier believes that people of all walks of life and age groups are ultimately responsible for the direction of the various communities in which they reside and continually urges those people to take a more active role in virtually every area of local and state government as a way to… Continue

CyberVillage Spotlight – Adirondack Bank & McDonald’s Owner Tom Clark

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:54 +0000

Tell me about your ties to the Mohawk Valley. A: Big Moose Lake has a very special spot in my heart. That’s where I enjoy unwinding and thinking. My grandparents had a summer place in the Adirondacks on Big Moose and my parents purchased it when my grandparent passed away. It was then given to my brothers and sisters and myself. From spring to fall I can be at Big Moose lake. It’s about an hour and fifteen minutes from where we’re sitting. Many days in the summer I go to Big Moo… Continue

CyberVillage Business SpotLight: Croghan NY Jewelry Business

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:57:27 +0000

This week we shine the business spotlight on Lisa Nortz, Croghan New York, and her jewelry business. Keep up the gr8 work Lisa. It is business entrepreneurs like Lisa who will pull us out of the bad economy. From her blog: My name is Lisa Nortz and I’m married to my high school sweetheart, Mike. We live in the woods near Croghan NY between Tug Hill and the Adirondacks. Our 2 sons, Josh and Jeremy, are grown and live in Charlotte, NC and Oneonta, NY respectively. Mike and I have 2 dogs, Geronimo… Continue

Career Advice For Students

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:43:52 +0000

By Rob Thrasher

I recently saw a post from a High School Senior asking for career advice. This particular person was looking into Navy Nuclear Power School. The advice I give today will be generic, no matter what career you might consider. I will also give some generic advice based upon my analysis of people in many specific fields.

Consider your personality when choosing career, or training, paths. If you have good grades, that is fantastic, but you should also consider your particular personality, as well as your ability to pay for college. Read Full Article

Your Search Engine Optimization Strategy

Rob.Thrasher.Me — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:24:46 +0000

Search Engine Secrets: As simple as 1,2,3.

Part I)
Since I was in the New York Times way back in 1996, I observed, in horror, people who claimed to be experts touting the newest secret of the search engines. Some will say to place white words on a white background, but they were defeated by newer search engine technologies. While I never did jump on board with tricks because much as in life in general, the easiest things to do are rarely the most effective and long term strategies. Example: One of my customers decided they would follow the rest of the lemmings over the cliff, even if this isn’t what they do, and get a Facebook profile page. Sounds great right? I mean, don’t you always do what every other person does because it is popular? And don’t run your business by blindly jumping into the next big buzzword! How about Twitter? How about NOT! Pass on these sites, at least until you have an actual plan!

Part II)
If you haven’t even produced a basic keyphrase strategy to develop your online marketing plan then you’re leaving your online strategy up to chance! Is that how you run a business? When you get into Facebook and twitter, how will people find you there? In Google? When you get into these, or other social networks, like CyberVillage or FaceBook, you need to have a strategy. This strategy includes the frequency you will post to your social network pages, what the titles of these posts will be, and keyphrases to include in the text and tags. Otherwise you are flying blind.

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