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Safety Highlights

Laguna Woods is considered one of the safest cities in California. Per 100,000 Arcata Chico Laguna Woods 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 Murders 0 17 1 2 0 0 Rapes 12 39 53 47 [...]

Economic Summary

Laguna Woods Statistics Home Prices As seen around the nation, home prices started falling in the mid 2000's. Laguna Woods was no exception. The median home price today is reported between $260,000 - $311,000 depending [...]

LinkedIn Security Breach

If you have an account with LinkedIn you should read this email. The social network giant has had a major security breach in their password database and a file with 6.5 million hashed passwords appeared [...]

Project Planning

Project Planning Clients and developers work together to define the project and project deliverables. Includes these steps: Requirements analysis client goals, target audience, detailed feature requests and as much relevant information as you can [...]

Think Marketing Internet Solutions

Have you ever wondered about the M I S in our company name?  Originally, the MIS part of the name came from the acronym "management information systems", which is the initial intent for the company. [...]

In the Community

Last week we released a new edition of TeaLeafMedia.com. It contains three slide show galleries: People, Places, and Things.  The photos in the exhibit were taken in a variety of cities [...]

Free Mobile Edition

Order a Quick CMS Website by June 16th and receive a Free mobile edition of your site.  The mobile edition will be created with a mobile theme that is designed to better display your site's [...]

504Planner.com

504Planner.com is a pre-configured and populated website that is designed for lenders who offer SBA 504 loans.  Purchase the site as-is, redesign, and/or change all the content. The choice is yours. Includes 80 published articles [...]

Getting Settled In

The announcement that the SBBTC was closing was discouraging at first, but when I began to consider the possibilities I immediately saw this as an opportunity to move Avalon MIS closer to some important constituents.  Over the [...]

Drupal Joomla or WordPress Comparison

Which Content Management System is Right For Your Organization? Each week my office gets calls from prospects who are making a decision between content management systems and are seeking my input on which to choose, [...]

On-Demand Social Media

Avalon M I S  launched a new website and new services at ConciergeMBA.com.  The website and services are in response to prospects and clients who are looking for affordable, on-demand social media and business services. [...]

Social Media for Candidates

Quick Social Media Tips for Political Candidates As the political season heats up it is time for some quick tips for your social media campaign. Here are 10 things that every candidate needs to do. [...]

Team Avalon M I S

Avalon M I S is giving client's a peek at the project manager site that we created and use to manage our many projects. TeamAvalonMIS.com is home of many client and internal projects and is [...]

Edit Content

Editing content in a WordPress site is a snap. This short instructional video will give you the basics. Simply click the image and the video will start playing. Be sure to enlarge the video for [...]

Quick Twitter Strategy

As social media continues to dominate the online landscape, Twitter remains one of the most popular platforms for both personal and business use. With its fast-paced environment and 280-character limit, Twitter offers a unique opportunity [...]

Blue vCard

vCard personal websites are growing in popularity. This vCard personal site was completed for this business professional and delivered within 36 hours of receiving the order. If you don't have yourname.com vCard site, then it [...]

Add Blog Post

http://vimeo.com/32812494 For clients who are new to WordPress, this quick video shows you how to create a blog post. I hope you find it informative. Simply click on this icon and the play the video.

Savings and Investing

Although they may seem similar at first glance, there are some key differences between saving and investing that can greatly impact the growth of your wealth.

Connecting Point

I attended the Sacramento's 2011 Regional Connecting Point event at the Citrus Heights Community Center and it "rocked". The event was energetic, great workshops, panel discussions, and tons of small business resources and networking opportunities. [...]

Quick Landing Websites

The Quick Landing Websites were released in December 2011 at Quicklanding.com. These Websites are offered to small business owners who are interested in attractive, functional, and affordable Websites that are delivered in a short-period of time. [...]

eLearning Package

Avalon MIS is working on a white label eLearning project to provide training and documentation to a Fortune 500 company. The services that we are providing are white label, which means we are working as [...]

On Site Drupal Training

Lucky me, I got to spend time this summer working on a university campus near the beach.  I was providing planning and training for the development of a campus department Website. Project Deliverables Offsite [...]