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The corporate website is dead. People don’t want to see overinflated self-promotion in a one-directional way. There is almost zero personal and emotional connection to your high end imagery and your messages most of the time sound like a threat.

It could be dangerous if only the negative part of it is played: Outrage. But many times outrage can be the inspiration you need to get something done. Michael Arrington was outraged at the level of coverage and criticism that startups were getting so he started TechCrunch. Another great example is Aaron Patzer and Mint.com. He saw an under served and underdeveloped market that needed a big dose of practical innovation and hard work.

There are some basics that you need to cover to give stronger credibility to your small business. A business phone, email, fax, invoicing system and legal contracts. This can add up quickly but below I am offering some tips on how to do it all under $50 per month.

Allison Mooney wrote a wonderful article on Why Agencies need to think like software companies. Truth is, I was a happy to find her article as it validates what we do at Tangelo, an internet marketing and technology company. We look at advertising and marketing on the internet as an opportunity to create an integrated and deep web experiences that can help the client establish a long term and more valuable relationship with their audience.

Free can give a business the openness of mind that it needs to get to the next level. Paid can limit the evolution of that thinking. One cannot but wonder how far can some companies go if they would think about the value of their service on a different way. Look at Mint for example. A company that took an established personal finance model and made it free and reinvented the revenue stream. It sold to Intuit for $170 Million.

There is a certain art to keeping a balance between the twitterverse and reality. Dramas happen every day in 140 character bits. One of the ones I remember the most is between @loiclemeur and @techcrunch about TED. Arrington (www.techcrunch.com) was completely appalled that someone would spend so much money in a conference while Loic (www.seesmic.com) was 100% [...]

I love stories that start with “Once upon a time …”. I enjoy discovering a new book that engages you and transport you through the ages to times long gone or times that might never be. In a few words, I love the art of storytelling.  A practice that to this day remains the only [...]

My name is Antonio. I don’t have a cubicle or corporate office. I have a wicked smart virtual team. I run my own company. Have meetings all day. Many projects to manage. Collaborate with the world. My life is fast. I tweet. …went into facebook and it worked for a while. @Friends and co-workers have [...]

From Twitter’s monthly newsletter Twitter developed a distributed queue server to route vast numbers of messages and we named it Starling. Last month, Starling was released as open source. In addition to giving back to the open source community, Starling improves as the open source community makes enhancements and upgrades. Here is a link to [...]

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