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7 Ways to “Green Up” Your Company’s Office – A SPN Exclusive Article

Everyone has become more and more conscious of the need to be more earth friendly both at home and in the office. It really is amazingly simple to start making some minor changes that really don’t require a lot of extra work or effort, yet yield some great results for our precious environment. In order to get started with some eco-friendly changes in your office, it’s simply a matter of educating your employees on how to “green up” and help our planet and offer them a few tools needed to properly implement your new earth friendly changes. Here are 7 easy steps that your office can take to “green up” the work place: 1. Use Recycle Bins One of the easiest first steps is to invest in some recycle bins or just put labels on regular trash bins: PAPER ONLY or CANS ONLY for all the soda cans that are used in an office. 2. Replace Incandescent Lights As lights burn out replace them with the efficient lighting CFL bulbs also known affectionately as the “twisty” bulbs. Ensure that all lights are turned off at the end of the day or as you leave a room to save on electricity.

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5 Ways Companies Benefit When Employees Work from Home – A SPN Exclusive Article

With the lagging economy today, companies are looking for ways to cut costs while continuing to provide the same level of services that they have in the past to their customers and their employees. For years, many companies have allowed employees to work from home. In return, these companies seem to enjoy a higher employee satisfaction rate and employee retention rate. The work from home scenario provides a win-win for both the company and the employee and it is becoming more and more popular. If your business model will allow you the ability to have employees work from home, here are a few reasons to consider implementing this feature into your company: Reduction in Costs Employees working from home saves on office space and parking as office space alone costs an estimated $10,000 per employee. Employees spend less in gas and maintenance on their vehicles due to reduced mileage driven. Lower costs for employees translates into happier employees since they are spending less money to get to work and will have the ability to use those funds as needed in other areas of their personal finances

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SEMPO Debuts Salary Survey

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), has created its first ever salary survey, designed to inform search engine marketing (SEM) professionals.

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Google to Join Bear Stearns 21st Conference

The Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference, in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, March 10, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, will include Google.

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TEMIS Named 2008 Codie Award Finalist

Analytics solutions firm, TEMIS, is a finalist in the Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 23rd annual Codie Awards in both ‘Enterprise Search Engine’ and ‘Business Intelligence or Knowledge Management Solution’ categories.

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Etelos, Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program

Etelos open source, on-demand Web 2.0 web hosting applications firm, has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program, to simplify the development process, while providing developers with access to new technologies.

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BlueLithium to be Sold to Yahoo!

Global Internet company, Yahoo! Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire global ad network, BlueLithium, for approximately $300 million in cash. According to comScore Media Metrix, BlueLithium is the fifth largest ad network in the US and second largest in the UK with 145 million unique visitors each month.

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Book Search from Google, Upgraded

Google refines search engine solution for its Book Search, with new feature, to assist readers with searching the growing online digital collection, and for indexing organized book information.

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Search Engine AJAX, Web 2.0 Based Tool

Hostopia.com Inc.,web hosting and Internet services company, has released a new website creation tool, designed to enable SEO-effective websites, through its EasySiteWizard Professional with AJAX and Web 2.0 conventions.

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Google Apps Solution, Engaged by DirectPointe

The Google Enterprise Professional program, with its Google Apps Premier Edition, will be integrated into DirectPointe’s Small Office Solution.

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