today: Wednesday 02.22.2012 UTC

About: David

David is an avid social entrepreneur and Boston sports fanatic. He founded Diversified Data Technologies way back in 2009 and stuck around to see it grow. His party quarks include unnecessary dancing and being an overly hospitable host. When looking, he can be found capturing the twitterverse at @DLanphear, being professional on LinkedIn, or bouncing around town with Foursquare.

Recent Posts by David

  • Mobile Brings Discounts, Events Near You

    Feb 4, 2012 9:52 pm Posted by

    Maybe you’ve heard by now. Mobile has hit the mainstream. Mobile apps have been all the range since the advent of the second version of the iphone which brought with it the App Store. The app store created an easy access to a plethora of applications that can be easily bought and download to extend Continue Reading

  • Social Media Sucks

    Dec 18, 2011 11:06 am Posted by

    If you’re looking to make a quick buck using social media, think again. If you think your foray into the land of twitter and facebook will gain you significantly more customers, think again. If you are obsessing over how many likes or followers your brand page has, forget it. Social media sucks for small businesses Continue Reading

  • Local Optimization: How to Get Customers Near You

    Dec 13, 2011 7:59 pm Posted by

    If you are like most small businesses the hardest thing to find is customers. While people may be all around you, customers are busy people with busy lives and oftentimes proximity isn’t enough to make them visit your store. You have to reach out to them and make your products be visible. Here’s a few Continue Reading

  • Website Builders. Why Not?

    Dec 1, 2011 10:48 pm Posted by

    Many of you have no doubt seen the latest 1&1 Website Design commercials. They claim that with over 120 templates to choose from you can easily and quickly create a beautiful website for your business. It sounds simple enough, and certainly seems cheap enough. That’s probably why so many people have given it a try Continue Reading

  • Google + Twitter = Love

    Nov 22, 2011 6:31 pm Posted by

    As the days go by, Google and twitter fall more in love. Then again, so do Apple and twitter. Pretty much every tech company and twitter are falling in love and that means big things for the twitter community. It means greater access to twitter’s firehose (the stream of tweets on twitter) everywhere you look Continue Reading

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