NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actor Brad Pitt was honored on Thursday for his humanitarian work in helping rebuild hurricane-ravaged New Orleans at former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s philanthropic summit, the Clinton Global Initiative.Pitt was presented with a plaque from the U.S. Green Building Council which said the actor and his foundation “Make It Right” had created the “largest and greenest single-family community in the world.”"‘Make It Right’ has exceeded my expectations,” said Pitt who set up the foundation in 2007.”Our criteria from the beginning were at odds, to say the least. We demanded that these homes be sustainable, that they…

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If you’ve been hearing all the buzz about blogging and want toknow what it is and how to get started, this article is for you.Here we will discuss what blogging is, what blog software you’llneed, and what you can do with it.What’s a blog?A weblog ‘ blog for short ‘ is a type of website. Blogs areunique from other static website in that they are usuallyupdated often. The main page of the site usually contains themost recent post or posts of the author or authors of thewebsite. Also, blogs often also allow readers to post theircomments directly to the site.All…

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Blogs are an easy way to get your voice out onto the Net. Forthe Web-It-Yourselfer, custom blogs are a great way to learnabout web technologies and create something from the ground up. With a little bit of tech savvy anyone can create their owncustom blog. When choosing blog software or a blog serviceconsider the following: Support -Implementing new software will create a lot of questions. Doesthe software have a support siteforum? How large is the usercommunity? Is the user community helpful? Is it Free? – Therereally is no need to pay a lot of money for either the softwareor a…

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With a population of more than 750 million and a vehicle density of 2.3%, the Indian rural market is suddenly the cynosure of all eyes. It is the global economic meltdown that is forcing auto companies to take a real hard look at this market. Overall, the rural market contributes less than 10% to the total sales of the industry currently. It is expected to see double digit growth this year, higher than overall category growth. “The future is in the rural market. It has great potential for perennial favourites including small cars and two-wheelers; even C segment cars are…

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This is Day 22 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Forums are one of the best places on the internet to generate awareness about a product and to drive traffic. There are forums for just about anything and relevant forums around the web provide a great opportunity to participate in the conversation and drive awareness to your Facebook Page. In addition to forums around the web, you also have forums on your Facebook Page, which are installed by default. Today we’ll be going over a few external forum strategies as…

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Are you are sick and tired of your boss. Are you fed up with constantly being criticised and verbally abused? Don’t you just long to sack your boss and tell him what you really think of him. Wouldn’t you just love to tell him to stick his lousy job?
Yes I know just how you feel. My boss always had me running around after him and blaming me for all his mistakes. Never satisfied no matter how hard I worked, he was always complaining and sniping at me. He was such a nightmare!Well guess what? One day I finally told…

This is Day 18 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Have you already invested time and money in building your web presence? Take advantage of it and use your website to cross-promote your Facebook Page. Many people are concerned that directing visitors from their website to their Facebook Page isn’t useful because those users end up not returning to the site. Ultimately the user’s navigational pattern should be based on the goals for your site.

Driving users to your Facebook Page is extremely useful for creating an ongoing dialogue. As…

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This is Day 15 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
If you haven’t studied internet marketing then there’s a good chance you don’t know what a landing page is. If you already know what one is, congratulations, you are well ahead of most people. According to Wikipedia, a landing page, “is the page that appears when a potential customer clicks on an advertisement or a search-engine result link.” Honestly, the Wikipedia definition isn’t the best one since there are new types of advertisements. The main point is that a landing…

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