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When you have kids, it seems this time of year you go into over gear in keeping them safe. You carry around gallons of hand sanitizer in hopes of keeping them well. You scan the Consumer Product Safety Commission website to be aware of the latest shipment of toxic toys. And, you try your hardest (with a healthy dose of futility) to keep your kids from eating a dozen Christmas cookies before dinner. eMarketSouth wants to remind you that with all the holiday hubbub, it’s important to also keep them safe online. So, grab yourself a cup of eggnog and peruse our tips on protecting your kids in cyberspace.

The Internet can be a wonderful place; heck, it’s what our business is all about. But there are dangers especially for young people. But with a little common sense and savvy, these dangers can be avoided. Following are some tips from protectkids.com

1. Teach your kids to never give out personal information over the Internet.
2. Disallow chat rooms.
3. Limit Instant Messaging to approved buddy list. Check buddy list often.
4. Place computer in central location in the house where it can easily be monitored.
5. Know your kids activities and online friends.
6. Use filters and monitoring technology like Netnanny.
7. Monitor the amount of time your child spends online.
8. Do not permit your child to have an online profile.
9. Report any content or activity that you suspect as illegal or criminal to local law enforcement and to Cybertipline at 1-800-843-5678.

Tags: Security, eMarketSouth by Rebecca Fuller
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Your company has a great new service available for its clients. You recently promoted a long-time employee. You changed locations or phone numbers. How do you let your clients know in an efficient manner?

Constructing an eNewsletter can help you get the word out quickly and without bombarding inboxes. Your email should contain information that is relevant to your business with your clients. This is a chance for you to reconnect with clients that maybe haven’t bought from you in awhile.

Some items to include in your enewsletter:

• Upcoming events - whether hosted at your business location or a community event you are sponsoring, your clients need to know
• Monthly tip for clients - highlight an overlooked service or product
• Special offer - give readers an incentive for reading your monthly enewsletter
• Recent hires and promotions - introduce your client to people they are likely to meet within your organization
• Contact information - always have your mailing address, phone, fax and website in the eNewsletter

A monthly eNewsletter helps your clients to remember you have products and services they want and need. Remember to keep it consise and valuable, and make the most of your readers’ time.

Tags: eMarketSouth by Lisa Scarbrough
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At eMarketSouth, we pride ourselves on our sense of family, both at home and the office. We would like to take a few moments to share with you our thanks this Thanksgiving.

Suzy Buelvas:

“I am thankful for my healthy children, my close-knit family and of course my three dogs and three kitty cats!”

Doy Cave:

“I’m thankful for my family, and thankful to be working with eMarketSouth.”

Rebecca Fuller:

“I am thankful for a two-and-half foot little girl named Zoe. She has been hands down the best thing to ever come into my life and both her father and I feel blessed. She has crazy hair, a kooky personality, and a lot of moxy.”

Bob Letcher:

“This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my Wonderful Family, Good Health and My Freedom, thanks to our Military!”

Phil Peterman:

“I am thankful for each and every one of the people it has been my pleasure to work with here at eMarketSouth.

Rebecca, thank you for being willing to be the bad guy (or girl) and make us get things done. It’s a thankless and tiring job but you do it with grace and humor (mostly humor).

Bob, I am thankful for your willingness to let us try new things even though they sometimes fail and for your constant devotion to family both your own and ours.

Jack, thank you for your patience and willingness to teach even when I am thick headed as a drunken marmot. You have taught me that it is more often important to understand the problem than to rush in with a half baked solution.

Lisa, thank you for your good humor, patience and willingness to just move ahead and get the job done. Without you there would be a lot more dirty work for the rest of us.

Suzy, thank you for making me laugh and letting me see how much joy there can be in being a parent. Oh, and also for editing the blog, a job that you had to fight absolutely no one to get.

Doy, thank you for resisting the urge to laugh when I voiced some of my half baked ideas on design and CSS and for letting me believe that we were equals when you are indeed the master of design.”

Lisa Scarbrough:

“I am thankful for the education my parents bestowed upon me both in school and out to make me the woman I am today, for my job that continues to challenge me so I am never bored, the blessings of community service, and the unconditional love, compassion and companionship of my two beautiful dogs, DaVinci and Hannah.”

Jack Scott:

“I am thankful for all the hardworking staff at eMarketSouth that give their all towards making our clients successful.”

And we are all thankful to you, our clients and friends. May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your own families.

Tags: General, eMarketSouth by Lisa Scarbrough
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