March 2012

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Timeline deadline is no joke

by Cinda Baxter on March 23, 2012

in Facebook

Since I’ve been contacted by a slew of retailers asking if Timeline is really going to be mandatory on their business pages, thought it wise to echo my response here:

Yes.

And it’s going to happen, whether you help it along or not.

If you haven’t switched your business pages over by next Friday, March 30, Facebook is going to do it for you. What you’ll see, in that scenario, is a big blank space at the top of your page, and a profile pic that’s been cropped down to a square (translated, if your current profile pic is anything other than a square, or is too large a square, it’s going to be sliced down and will look awful).   [click here to continue…]

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The true weight of Walmart

by Cinda Baxter on March 8, 2012

in Big boxes, Real World

Here’s an interesting graphic that tells the story of how much weight Walmart levels on not only local economies, but our lives in general. Thanks to Janet DePreter (owner, The Mercantile in Lancaster CA, and member of The 3/50 Project’s LinkedIn Group) for the heads up.

As for Walmart’s tag line, “Live better”…by whose definition? After reading the info below, you’ll be asking yourself the same thing (if you weren’t already).

To see the graphic —>   [click here to continue…]

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