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Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2017
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award!

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2017 <br>La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award!

THANK YOU! to the readers and good folk at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia’s FOURTH (2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017) Reader’s Choice Award for Best Web Design. It’s a great honor to be recognized by my home town’s newspaper for my work with small businesses in and around La Jolla. I grew up here and have raised my daughter in the beautiful town of La Jolla. La Jolla gets into your heart. I love that it remains my home as well as business home base. Getting to provide my services to clients here and throughout Southern California

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Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2016
La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award for Web Design

Brass Ring Multimedia Wins 2016<br>La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Award for Web Design

A great big THANK YOU! to the readers and nice folks at La Jolla Village News for Brass Ring Multimedia’s THIRD (2014, 2015 & 2016) Reader’s Choice Award for Best Web Design. I grew up in La Jolla, went to Muirlands & La Jolla High and my daughter Amethyst (also Muirlands & LJHS alum) and I live here still. Our town is very special to me and recognition like this is a thrill and an honor. I consider myself very fortunate and am grateful that I get to continue to live and serve my small business clients from our lovely piece

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Is Your Generic Voicemail Losing You Business?

Is Your Generic Voicemail Losing You Business?

Reaching a generic voice-mail greetings is one of my great frustrations (pet peeve?)…and I don’t leave messages, typically, if I can’t determine if I’ve gotten the right number. Why do so many people fail to program a simple greeting? I know we’re all concerned with security and privacy, and I am too, however if you’re using a number for business, you absolutely have to let people know they’ve come to the right place. All the websites, business cards, email, print advertising and social media work we do, etc. are NO good whatsoever if we lose customers because we present our potential customers

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The Important Tax Break Most Renters Miss

The Important Tax Break Most Renters Miss

By Kelly Phillips Erb | March 7, 2016 Apartments used for business can also qualify for IRS deductions, but make sure you know the rules and exceptions. You can read the article HERE in its entirety on Trulia’s website Some perks of working from your Los Angeles, CA, rental are obvious: You can write emails with soft music playing in the background, set your air conditioning to whatever makes you most comfortable, stay snug in your favorite sweats, and avoid rush-hour traffic on U.S. 101 at all costs. But one thing that work-from-home renters can miss out on (besides water

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La Jolla Surf Legend Tom Lochtefeld Announces Wave Loch’s involvement in The Wave, Bristol (UK)

La Jolla Surf Legend Tom Lochtefeld Announces Wave Loch's involvement in The Wave, Bristol (UK)

  One of the coolest project’s you’ll come across this year has just been announced. Brass Ring Multimedia WordPress client Wave Loch, who represent the “bleeding edge” of surfing wave technology have revealed their involvement in an exciting new project called “The Wave” in Bristol, UK. Surfers of the world…pay attention…what this means is that you can add farmland in Britain (what?!) to your list of must-visit world-class surf spots. Incredible? Yes…yet no less can be expected from a company founded by surf industry legend Tom Lochtefeld from my hometown of La Jolla who has consistently led the charge and continually pushed the

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10 Camera Settings You Don’t Use (But Probably Should)

10 Camera Settings You Don’t Use (But Probably Should)

Our top ten list of often-overlooked DSLR options and why we think they’re worth a second look. This article originally appeared on the PhotoVenture.com website and you can read it HERE. It’s easy to fall into a pattern when you take pictures, favouring some subjects and overlooking others, and sticking to the camera settings you know rather than experimenting with those you don’t. Sometimes it takes looking over your portfolio as a whole in your photo management software of choice to realise just what kind of a rut your photography is stuck in. But never fear – here are 10 shooting options

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Science Daily Article: Procrastination and impulsivity genetically linked: Exploring the genetics of ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’

Science Daily Article: Procrastination and impulsivity genetically linked: Exploring the genetics of 'I'll do it tomorrow'

Procrastination and impulsivity are genetically linked, suggesting that the two traits stem from similar evolutionary origins, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research indicates that the traits are related to our ability to successfully pursue and juggle goals. Read article here on ScienceDaily website “Everyone procrastinates at least sometimes, but we wanted to explore why some people procrastinate more than others and why procrastinators seem more likely to make rash actions and act without thinking,” explains psychological scientist and study author Daniel Gustavson of the University of Colorado Boulder. “Answering

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New Fun and Rewarding Resources Pages on Brass Ring Multimedia Website

New Fun and Rewarding Resources Pages on Brass Ring Multimedia Website

The internet is awesome…sometimes not so great, but it has some pretty amazing stuff on it. I’ve just activated a couple of pages in my Free Resources area. I like to offer things that have helped, inspired or made me say “woah,” in the spirit of helping others succeed and grow, so the following two pages are new. I’ve included fun stuff and, most importantly, opportunities to “give back.” Service ought to be part of your business plan. The rewards are practical and tangible…you’ll see. Check out these new pages on my website – Edward The Best of the Internet – Stuff

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