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Can Wal-Mart survive the Amazon generation?

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If you like to go to Wal-Mart raise your hand…of course I can’t see you but I am guessing everyone but that weirdo in the back kept their hand down (no offense weirdo, to each their own). A few weeks ago I made my dreaded monthly trip to Wal-Mart for cleaning supplies, toiletries, and a [...]

#EAv missions become available for everyone and get new features!

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Empire Avenue is taking shareholder missions out of beta and opening them up to everyone. At the same time they are get an overhaul and new features. I was given the opportunity to speak with the developers about the changes. Here are the biggest things I drew from the conversation (if you like this article [...]

3 things not to do to your WordPress site

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Don’t use Google to find free themes and plugins. One great thing about WordPress is the availability of free tools to go with it. At the time of this posting there are 1,457 themes and 17,297 plugins in the WordPress repository. However, anyone can build a theme or plugin and there are plenty out there [...]

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Social Media Haiku Winner!

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Voting for the social media haiku contest is over. Dillon Rhodes haiku Social Posting  is the run away winner. Dillon was crafty and created a shareholder mission on Empire Avenue. A shareholder mission is an in game email that rewards players with eaves for doing certain tasks. Some shareholders were irritated because they haven’t been in #EAv [...]