Consumers of all ages have more options today than ever before when it comes to getting the best deal on their next vehicle, sometimes without ever even setting foot in a dealership. As we grow older, the world around us never stops changing. Online banking, cellular phones, web-based college courses and even how people go about purchasing a vehicle. Ten years ago people, purchased newspapers or car magazines in order to find vehicles for sale. Many found their next automobile by driving by a dealership and looking over the fence. Today’s shoppers are different. The advent of internet shopping... Read more
From Facebook to cell phones and MP3 players, new technology can be confusing and complicated. Whatever happened to the days of a phone that was just a phone? Have you ever wondered whether these are things you want to get involved in, or if it’s really for you? It may seem pointless, but before closing your mind to the new technology completely, take a look at what’s available and you may just find that you can learn to embrace the new wave of tech. Here are a few things to consider when trying to learn and make decisions about today’s new technologies: Facebook Facebook is a... Read more
Do you want to know what’s really happening throughout East and South East Orlando? Would you like to be informed when something is going on in your neighborhood? Insight Magazine is taking the next step in social media integration with their Insight Street Tweet Team on popular social media Web site, Twitter. The magazine is taking to the streets to deliver local news in real time to residents who subscribe to their respective neighborhoods starting this July. Twitter will allow residents who sign up to receive instant updates on their neighborhoods thanks to a new initiative by Insight... Read more
It has never been easier than it is today to have a personal online presence. Web sites like MySpace, Facebook, blogs and all sorts of other social sites allow anyone to easily share and publish anything online. People are uploading videos to YouTube.com, sharing photos on Flickr.com and finding interesting news on Digg.com. Consider going online and joining a community of like-minded people if you haven’t done so already. It can be a lot of fun and, honestly, quite rewarding. You can connect with your friends both locally and long distance. I’ve found that being online has not only... Read more
It’s official, text messaging isn’t just for teens and college students anymore. A recent mobile market report found 50% of text users are aged 35 or older. No surprise, it also reported 75% are aged 25 and up. Verizon Wireless was recently the first American carrier to report the average SMS (Short Message Service) text messages sent by its subscriber base had passed one SMS sent per phone subscriber per day. “There are more than 255 million mobile phone users in the U.S. alone,” says Scott Meyer, senior partner of MyTxtConnect, a local Orlando text-based marketing company. “That’s... Read more
