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As a homeowner you need to know the four components of a standard homeowner’s policy: coverage for the structure, coverage for contents, liability protection and reimbursement for additional living expenses. To help you determine amount of coverage you can download free home inventory software at: http://knowyourstuff.org . Be sure to contact me with any information you would need or even a quote to help save you in this time of economic turmoil.

This week a couple of things came up that just fell together. A business associate was looking to put on a series of events in a couple months. He was starting to look at ways to market the event and manage the registrations.

During the day I spend my time working with an incredible piece of software. I have spent 16 years in the Information Technology space. I have worked with large companies such as Adobe Systems, Symantec and HP down to many small companies as an onsite consultant. One thing they all had in common was the need for tracking systems.

It’s been a tough holiday season for most. We went out shopping on the weekend before Christmas and the traffic was light and the store’s where not very busy. It paints a bleak picture of today’s economy. Is it possible we all got too caught up in the keeping up with the Jones and taught our kids that getting was more important than giving back.

I took a few weeks off from writing about what we are doing and spent the time implementing new code for ALO. With this new code you can quickly and easily add and manage your company’s profile to ALO’s free Austin and the Texas Hill Country’s online in-depth business directory. Our page views are up due to the new categorized interface. If you don’t see your category sign-up and then go to David Cranes’ profile and request a new category.

This week as with any new company we begin branding our company across many platforms. This is a step missed by many companies in. Branding of the company to its website in email is a second thought and gets many companies in trouble. On your business card do you have a me@yahoo.com or me@msn.com or me@gmail.com address? When you look for new vendors and customers and are reading their business cards what is your first impression to seeing an address like that?

Today we start on a journey. With 14 years of IT and marketing experience we kick off this site to bring affordable internet marketing to you or your company. Keep checking back as we move towards a community based membership driven tool to increase your sales bottom line.