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By Jimm Fowler May 3, 2012 I use WordPress for almost every site that I build. If you are unfamiliar with this program, it is a content management system (CMS) that allows the business owner to edit and manage their own web site. When I first started using WordPress to build web sites for companies, I had some push back from some of my clients.  Some said, "It's a blogging software, I don't want to blog." Others thought the system was too ...

by Andrew R. Spriegel May 1, 2012 Jeff Samuels is The David L. Brennan Professor of Law, Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at The University of Akron, School of Law, in Akron, Ohio.  His bar admissions include Ohio, District of Columbia, Virginia, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty in 1998, Professor Samuels was an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University School of Law and George Mason University ...

PolyOne outlines progress since last NPE By Frank Esposito | PLASTICS NEWS STAFF Posted April 4, 2012 ORLANDO, FLA. (April 4, 7:30 a.m. ET) -- The version of PolyOne Corp. that’s here at NPE2012 is a bit different from the company that was at the event three years ago.   Avon Lake, Ohio-based PolyOne has improved its product mix and performance since then, chairman, president and chief executive officer Stephen Newlin said at a press event at NPE 2012. The firm now generates half of its operating income from specialty ...

Interview with Jimm Fowler What is Pinterest and why is it growing so rapidly? By: Andrew R. Spriegel April 5, 2012 Jimm Fowler Owner, myWebSource1, LLC http://mywebsource1.com Question: Why is Pinterest growing so quickly? Answer: Pinterest is the new social media site that has been taking the world by storm. Already, it has exceeded the growth rate of Facebook (but not the numbers) as people use it to share recipes, stories, and images. Is there a way to use Pinterest for your small business? Can you generate traffic by adding Pinterest to your web site or blog and get people interested in what you have to say? I’ve ...

Video Tells Your Story! Videographer Rick Elliott interviewed by Andrew Spriegel March 28, 2012 Question: What does it take to make a product video (overview)? To produce a product video, you need a means for making video (e.g., a camera) and a means for distributing the video (e.g., YouTube, DVD, Web site). That’s the simple overview, but there are several steps in between – planning, filming, editing, producing and distributing the final result. Let’s take a look at each of these. Question: What type of planning is needed? What do you want to say about your product? It’s appearance, features, usefulness, affordability? To produce an effective ...

Interview with Linda Corcoran: Writing To Enhance Your Vision By: Andrew R. Spriegel March 27, 2012 Linda Corcoran Write Now Freelance Services 4607 West 226th Street Fairview Park, OH 44126 Ph/Fax: 440-734-6195 CorcL@sbcglobal.net Andrew: Why did you become a professional writer? Linda: I love language. Early in life I realized the persuasive power of the written word. In college I took Marketing classes that complemented my Creative Writing major. The combination of creativity and business acumen proved to be valuable, as it opened up a professional writing career – one that allowed me to pursue my passion, as well as make a living. Andrew: What is goal when writing for ...

By Jimm Fowler www.MyWebSource1.com March 22, 2012 Where do you spend your hard earned dollars? “IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME” “If you build it they will come”; It is sad, but most people believe this quote from the 1989 Kevin Costner film is the pathway to success with their business. By creating a quality product, setting up their business, and advertising in trade magazines, they hope to achieve success, but become disappointed when they fall short of their goals.  In today’s business world, confining yourself to traditional marketing methods can not only be costly, but the price could be your business. Search Engine Optimization ...

By Andrew R. Spriegel Patented and Patent-Pending Inventions Portion PadLtm and Portion PaLtm featured in Speedway Commercial: Click Here to See Video Click Here to See Video Click Here to See Video Note: NuVo Grand, LLC (Ohio, LLC) is co-owned 50%/50% by Andrew Spriegel and Greg Getzinger and is an entity entirely separate from Spriegel & Associates, LLC.  The Portion PadL is 100% Made in USA.

March 6, 2012 Youngstown, OH:  Dave and Ginny Perkins, inventors and creators of EZ-DOH bread maker, announce the launch of their product to the national market. The EZ-DOH bread maker makes the bread-making process simpler, neater and faster than traditional manual methods, mixing bread dough in a fraction of the normal time. The Perkins, who are natives of Columbiana, Ohio, invented and developed the EZ-DOH in response to consumers’ desire to create delicious breads and sweet rolls without the conventional time and effort required to make bread dough. The hand-operated ...

San Francisco, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) February 22, 2011 -- Recent research from the Brooklings Institute indicates that for every 12 jobless people who are still actively looking for work, there are 10 who either want to work but have given up looking or are underemployed in the sense that they are working part-time, because full-time work is not available. The report titled "A Broader Look at the U.S. Employment Situation and the Importance of a Good Education" shows that 16 percent of the ...