Tanning Lotion Theft

Now that the 2012 indoor tanning season is in full effect I couldn’t help but share this surveillance video from one of my tanning salon locations. The video features a young lady taking a bottle of Luminary by Designer Skin. Luminary is a high-end indoor tanning lotion that ranges in price anywhere between $85 – [Continue Reading]

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Bud Light Platinum Review

by Extreme John on February 12, 2012

Bud Light Platinum Review

As is sit here and wait for the Sunday festivities to begin, I figure there’s no better time to write a review and kill some time. Especially when it comes to beer. I recently had the chance to try the latest brewed creation from the good folks at Budweiser, Bud Light Platinum. Those of you [Continue Reading]

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Social Media Tips

It’s time for the weekly link dump here at Extreme John to recap all of the week’s goings on here at EJ! The weekly link dump is a weekly recap feature that lets you to catch up on everything that’s been going on here at Extreme John.com over the past week. If you have been [Continue Reading]

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UFC 144 Fight Card and Predictions

by Extreme John on February 11, 2012

UFC 144 Fight Card

UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson is set for February 25, 2011 in Japan at the Saitama Super Arena, marking the long awaited return of the UFC and “Rampage” Jackson to Japan. In addition to the Edgar vs Henderson main event that should be nothing short of explosive, “Rampage” Jackson will throw cinderblocks with Ryan Bader [Continue Reading]

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Friday Free for All: When Money Goes Missing

by Extreme John on February 10, 2012

Missing Money

It’s time for another Friday Free-for-All. This week I want know what you do in your business when money goes missing. For today’s discussion let’s say you had over $650 go missing from a deposit envelope. How would you handle the situation? Do you instantly think, “THEFT!” Or, do you like to go with the [Continue Reading]

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3 Reasons I Don’t Care That Pinterest Skims Links

by Extreme John on February 9, 2012

Pinterest Product Marketing

This is a repost ”repin” of a response that I had to the news that Pinterest, the rocketing (invite only) social networking site secretly profits from user links that get pushed through the site with “repins”. +Keith Bloemendaal, the founder of Tilt Shift Marketing started a discussion about this Pinterest drama on Google+ between +Mike Stenger and myself in [Continue Reading]

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How to Be Sure If Your New Business Idea Will Make It

by Jemima Lopez on February 9, 2012

Business Tips for New Businesses

This is a guest post by Jemima Lopez, a freelance blogger and writer who writes for Zen College Life, the directory of higher education, distance learning, and online degrees. 2012 is predicted to be the Year of the Entrepreneurs.  Even though the economy is still taking its sweet time recovering, new small businesses seem to [Continue Reading]

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Business Blitz: 3 Ways To Deal With A No-Win Situation

by Extreme John on February 9, 2012

Employees

It’s time to hit up the small business news feature again here at Extreme John so let’s get straight to it!  Today I’ll cover a number of small business tips which include: The content marketing explosion [infographic] , 5 Ways To Put The “Pro” In Profile Pics, Surviving the loss of a star employee and [Continue Reading]

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Personal Brand Social Networking Graph

by Extreme John on February 9, 2012

personal-social-media-chart

I’m starting to think this week might actually be the first week of my new year. I just spent the past hour cleaning up and organizing DropBox and finally managed to post a few pictures from my email bag. Something I’ve been trying to get done for about two months now. This article about my [Continue Reading]

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How You Should Use Each Social Media Platform

by lex.s on February 8, 2012

Social Media Tips

Do you use social media for business reasons? The answer should always be an enthusiastic ‘yes.’ Social media is one of the most vibrant, innovative new ways to connect with consumers and build your brand organically without spending thousands of dollars on advertising. There are dozens more reasons to embrace social media—reputation management, e-commerce, SEO, [Continue Reading]

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Google Analytics

Google first introduced event tracking to Google Analytics, its free web analytics program, in June of 2009. Back then, there was a lot excitement surrounding the new feature. The reason? Because it made it possible to track file downloads, site errors, and other “non-page” elements associated with a website. However, it was only a matter [Continue Reading]

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Business Blitz: 8 Legal Steps for Starting Your Business

Legal Steps For Your Business

It’s time to hit up the small business news feature again here at Extreme John so let’s get straight to the Business Blitz before we head in to the weekend!  Today I’ll cover a number of small business tips which include: 7 Pinterest Clones: Can You Tell the Difference?, 8 Legal Steps for Starting Your [Continue Reading]

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5 Best Tanning Salon Suppliers

Four Seasons Tanning Supply

The indoor tanning season is here, which means that tanning salon owners like myself have stepped up interaction with their suppliers or started looking for new suppliers to work with through the tanning season. Excluding my Salon Touch salon software rant from a couple of years ago I’ve really stayed limited on how much I [Continue Reading]

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Email Bag: I’m Going Out for the Night, Go Ahead and Break In.

Incredible House

Here’s another one of those posts that just seems to keep slipping away from me. Thom, a good friend, fellow MMA addict and social media fiend sent me these pictures of a crazy home security system. I’m not sure what this ultimate, break in proof, bullet proof and bomb proof house goes for, but it’s [Continue Reading]

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Business Blitz: How to be more memorable

Consumer Opinions

Good morning, it’s time to take a look at the Business Blitz here at Extreme John!  Today I’ll cover a number of small business tips which include: How to be more memorable, Team builders that really work, How to energize and motivate your employees and 8 Surprising Ways To Delight Customers. Hot Business News For [Continue Reading]

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