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The Ever Popular Bar Stool

Posted by Joan Reeves on Mar 14, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Home Sweet Home, My Literary License, This Writer's Life

I’ve always had a breakfast bar in the homes I’ve owned because that’s an item on my house hunting must have list. The versatile bar expands one’s casual dining space and makes a great place for kids to do homework and have a snack. Sometimes, it’s easier to find a house with a breakfast bar [...]

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Online Sheet Music Resource

Posted by Joan Reeves on Mar 11, 2010 in Books, Movies, Music, TV, Consumer Smarts, My Literary License, Pop Culture

I’m not much of a musician, but I’ve been known to plink around on the piano or my dad’s acoustic guitar. Every now and then I want to try a new piece of music, but I’ve discovered that music stores that sell sheet music or going the way of the dodo bird. That’s why I [...]

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Eyeglass Styles & Trends

Posted by Joan Reeves on Mar 11, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, My Literary License, This Writer's Life

Since I’ve been gone so much the last few months, the junk mail has really piled up in the basket next to my desk. We toss the miscellaneous stuff in there with the expectation we’ll look through it on the weekends in case there’s something of interest in the myriad advertisements. Yesterday, I skimmed the [...]

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Choosing Sides In Grocery Wars

Posted by Joan Reeves on Mar 4, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Food & Wine, Pop Culture, This Writer's Life

This morning I was reading about the changing grocery shopping habits in the economic downsizing of America.
Apparently, more people are shopping in the grocery section of Walmart rather than in the Krogers, Safeways, and Whole Foods of the nation. Since there’s a general opinion that fresh produce purchased at Whole Foods is superior to that [...]

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Personality & Good Works

Posted by Joan Reeves on Feb 27, 2010 in Cars and Trucks, Consumer Smarts, My Literary License, Pop Culture

Private number plates in the UK are so popular that auctions are held each year where excited bidders can find the combo of numbers they want. In the past year, an auction for the coveted 1000 number plate saw the winning bidder pay 80,000 pounds for that number plate.
Private number plates or personalized plates, as [...]

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EZ Web Host Research

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 19, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Internet Success, My Literary License, Technology

Since we’re in the first month of the new quarter, and the new year, it’s a good time to review your business goals. If you’ve thought about starting a website or making changes to an existing website, now is the perfect time to research web hosting.
Review Your Service
If you already have a website, has your [...]

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Caution: Cadmium In Jewelry

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 17, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Health, Pop Culture, This Writer's Life

I’ve wanted all week to tell you about an article I read in my local newspaper, but it’s been a busy week at the Reeves hacienda with lots of doctor appointments for my daughter. Houston is a big town, and it seems as if the doctors we must consult are at the opposite end from [...]

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3 P’s of Internet Marketing

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 12, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Internet Success, My Literary License, Writing Biz

Promotion. Publicity. Public Relations. Those three are sometimes used interchangeably, but promotion is really the building built on the foundation of the other two.Do you know the difference between publicity and public relations? If you have an Internet business, then you darn well need to know the difference because then you’ll know how to drive [...]

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Eliminate The Confusion

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 7, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Life Changes, My Literary License, Technology

A few weeks ago I was reading the financial advice column in the business section of my local newspaper. The subject was Annuities. I realized I didn’t know very much about this. Like most people, I think of annuities as some kind of retirement investment.
Unlike most people, I immediately started researching the subject and found [...]

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Think Big

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 7, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, My Literary License, Technology

Here’s some advice for small business owners: think big. If you adopt the habits of big business, you improve your chance of success. Big businesses do a lot of online marketing. So you should you, and small business internet marketing is probably easier than you think.
Learn From The Pros
If you’re scratching your head and wondering [...]

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