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Washington, DC Poised To Become More Awesome for Businesses Starting With LivingSocial

July 13, 2012 by Elias Shams 1 Comment

Earlier this week, the DC Council implemented another Business incentive that was recommended to DC mayor by the local entrepreneurs including myself. The Council unanimously passed the Social E-Commerce Job Creation Tax Incentive Act of 2012 bill that provides LivingSocial, the social daily deals company with future tax breaks that could total $32.5 million over a 10-year period. Read more of this post

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Why Your Business Can’t Afford Ignoring Google+ and awesomize.me

November 26, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

I have been on Google+ since their launch earlier this year. Although, I love it more than facebook, but I rarely see any of my facebook friends using it. I would say out of 460 of my facebook friends, only five of them including myself using Google+.

Well, their recent TV commercial during Lions vs. Packers football game on Thanksgiving day poised to attract my remaining 455 friends so as other remaining 750 m people on facebook. Read more of this post

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[Video] awesomize.me video is finally out! Distinguish Your Quality fans and followers

September 24, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

Let us know if the message is finally clear.

Feel free to connect with me via awesomize.me

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How much eight popular degrees pay?

October 27, 2010 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

For those curious about the average pay that comes with different bachelor’s degrees, we count down some of the most popular degrees from highest to lowest. The results may surprise you.

Source: Mid-career salary statistics from Payscale’s 2010-2011 College Salary Report.

Study Finance, Earn $91,500

While it may pale in comparison to petroleum engineers, who earn a whopping $157,000, finance graduates with a bachelor’s degree still do quite well, earning an average mid-career salary of $91,500. Typical finance careers include financial planners, bankers, and stockbrokers. Read more of this post

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Where and How to Recruit the Talents for your business

August 17, 2010 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

In addition to the marketing challenges for businesses that I addressed earlier this week, if you are a startup, there is one more major challenge you will have to deal with – how and where to find the right talent to help you to grow your business.

Not to mention the startups rarely have a recruiting professional on their team — or even someone who has enough spare time to imitate a recruiting professional. Read more of this post

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Marketing Your Business with Zero Budget

August 16, 2010 by Elias Shams 8 Comments

Having launched and operated a few start-ups since 1999 and now Awesome DC, here are a few tips I’d like to share with you on how to promote your business with ZERO budget. Read more of this post

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Tips for Marketing your Business via Online Video

July 16, 2010 by Elias Shams 2 Comments

Here are five great tips I just read on an article by Morgan Brown on Reelseo about how to market your business using online video:

“Aim for Authentic, Actionable Content”

You’re looking to be genuine and personal. If you don’t believe in the message you’re portraying, then no one will. You also don’t want to come off as being corporate but rather want to show the human side of your company so that your viewers can better connect with your products or services. Lastly, keep the video somewhere between 15 to 120 seconds in length. People get bored quickly, so you want to keep it short so as to keep them intrigued and interested for the entirety of the video.

“Optimize Video for Google Search”

Using video to market your business will help you climb the rankings on Google. Video will always beat out plain text and has a 50 times better chance of getting to the top of the search. Read more of this post

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One and Half Million Fewer Jobs with Net-neutrality?

May 3, 2010 by Elias Shams 4 Comments

by Elias Shams
I finally had a chance to review the new report called “The Employment and Economic Impacts of Net Neutrality Regulation: An Empirical Analysis,” over the weekend. The report made me to think that perhaps the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last month in favor of Comcast against “net neutrality” was a good thing

The study was conducted by economist Coleman Bazelon at The Brattle Group and sponsored by Mobile Future, a lobbying group of businesses and non-profit organizations that advocates for an environment and encourages innovation in wireless technology and services. It warns that as many as 1.5 million jobs could be lost by the end of the decade if the FCC implements the Net-neutrality.
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How much eight popular degrees pay?

Study Finance, Earn $91,500

Where and How to Recruit the Talents for your business

Tips for Marketing your Business via Online Video

One and Half Million Fewer Jobs with Net-neutrality?

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