New York City, one of my absolute favorite places in the world. A hustling, bustling mixing pot of food, cultures, businesses, and just about everything else one can imagine. Good ole’ New York City — my second love.

San Diego — one of the coolest cities in California and the second largest next to Los Angeles. A mixing pot of cultures, businesses, lifestyles, gorgeous beaches and amazing food. San Diego is home to many businesses, ranging from mom and pop stores to large corporations like Qualcomm and Neurocrine Biosciences.

Orange County, one of my favorite counties in Southern California and a place I visit a couple times per week. Home to Disneyland, a plethora of businesses, and some of the most gorgeous beaches in California. Actually, around 40 miles of gorgeous beaches.

Powermat has launched a revolutionary new device that is, mark my word, going to permanently change the way we charge our electronic devices. The Powermat uses innovative magnetic induction charging to charge up to 3 Powermat-enabled devices simultaneously. Simply take your electronic device, slap it on the Powermat pad, and you’re good to go. How cool is that?

Green marketing has come a long way with recycled paper, eco-friendly transportation, green packing materials, and a plethora of other green marketing mediums. Though, in all honesty, nothing — and I mean nothing — is greener than internet marketing.

Food marketing and restaurant marketing is tricky business, and in the past few years the internet has transformed marketing for the food industry. The big problem is, those who are jumping aboard the bandwagon are doing very well, though the ones that are stuck in their conventional ways are losing out big. This separation happens to all business niches and it’s up to you, the owner or marketing manager, to take the plunge and revise your marketing campaign to reflect current trends. Taking charge now helps secure your business for tomorrow.

Los Angeles — The City of Angels — a hustling, bustling mixing pot of cultures, businesses, celebrities, tourists and anything else you can think of. The city is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World” and, after living here for over 25 years and traveling abroad, I have to say I agree. Los Angeles is a hub for international business, trade, culture, entertainment, media, fashion, science and technology.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved final revisions to a guide that will outline the legalities of testimonials/endorsements on blogs and in the social media world in general. The guide, which is the first update to this particular category since 1980, is intended to reign in the wild world of blog marketing and add a sense of transparency to the industry. As blogging has slowly evolved into a part of daily life, blog visitors often find themselves stuck in a cloud of confusion. Are reviews really reviews? Is someone’s opinion REALLY their opinion? Well, the FTC is here to change that.

Blogging has become an integral part of daily life for many individuals/companies throughout the world, and the future is gradually leaning towards a blog-centric universe. WordPress, which is in my opinion the best blogging platform, has been instrumental in the blog world and optimizing current, high-traffic WordPress blogs for SEO (search engine optimization) can be an instant money maker. Proper SEO = more exposure, more traffic and more revenue.

Backlinks are a key player in the search engine optimization world, and building a large number of quality, relevant, “do-follow” backlinks will greatly improve Google PageRank and SEO in general. PageRank is directly related to a few factors and backlinks play an integral role in overall website ranking.