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Merry Christmas!

When I started Stadia Studio years ago, I felt that we needed to have a fax line. However, we were (and still are) using Vonage for VoIP (Voice over IP) telephone service, and try as they might, most fax machines just won't work over VoIP. That's when I stumbled on eFax.

Once your Twitter account has been up and running for a while, you'll start to accumulate quite a few accounts that you're following. It quickly becomes unmanageable to simply look at your timeline to see interesting tweets.

Like most other social networks, Twitter is rolling a series of updates designed to provide a better interface, as well as enhanced functionality.

One of the techniques that many businesses will use to create content is to "curate" it. This is when you provide your readers with an assortment of links to other sites or resources, typically with your own opinions or observations inserted.

Hopefully you're already blogging regularly for your business. Posting blogs regularly and often will definitely improve your website traffic and sales leads. Statistics show that businesses that blog receive 55% more web traffic, and over 65% more sales leads over those companies who do not blog. However, you will not achieve those kinds of numbers for your own business and website if you do not optimize your blog and blog posts.

Optimization is all about making your blog as attractive and interesting as possible to both website visitors and search engines. Your blogs should also help drive visitors into your sales process by introducing offers or services which they can take advantage of. We'll review a number of ways in which you can optimize your blog both from an SEO perspective and a lead generation perspective.

StumbleUpon, the social bookmarking site, has released an entirely new interface. It includes not only a new look, but also new features and streamlined functionality.

YouTube recently made some significant changes to both layout and functionality, as part of Google's overall facelift activities this year for all their products. The following video from YouTube reviews these recent changes and and details how the experience of your channel subscribers will be even better than before.

Every business should be using online classified ads to promote their business and website. Ads can be used to talk about specific products or services and drive traffic and interested buyers to your site.

For many businesses, the Christmas Season includes office parties, holiday dinners, corporate Christmas cards and decorations. It also can mean increased sales and opportunities for reaching out to customers in unique ways.