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Effective Use of Social Media: 5 Tips for Small Businesses
While the digital world has proven to be lucrative, it can be a scary place for small businesses. Everyone is selling something; how do you compete with the conglomerates? Where do you get funds to hire influencers? Then you make your own mistakes: posting low quality content, inconsistency, not giving the customer information to make a sale. It can make you feel like an ant on a football field. If this is how you feel have no fear, Tay Mitch is giving you five tips to effectively utilize social media for business.
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City of Houston Seeks Artist for Piece to Honor Barbara Jordan
The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is starting the process of selecting an artist to create the city’s first permanent outdoor artwork commemorating the life and legacy of the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced.
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Tips to Excel Beyond Expectations This School Year
Books, pens, and your favorite device are in your backpack. New clothes hang in your closet. Lunches with healthy protein and nutritious sides have been planned. And your hair is done too. You are ready to go back-to-school, right? Partially right. If you have not put in any thought or effort into planning how this school year will be a success then you are not ready.
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Texans Take On the Green Bay Packers in Their First Preseason Game of 2019
The Houston Texans will take on the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night at Lambeau Field in their first preseason action of the 2019 NFL season. Although fans won’t see a lot of snaps from starters on both teams, the game will begin to answer some questions Texans fans have been pondering during the off-season and some that have arisen within the last week.
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Houston Native Competes Nationally at Miss U.S. Latina Pageant
A native of Houston’s East End will represent the city on the national stage at the Miss U.S. Latina Pageant happening in Atlanta, GA.
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A Catholic bishop in Texas is publicly accusing President Trump of racism
In recent years a number of Catholic bishops have denounced President Donald Trump's immigration policies and harsh rhetoric toward immigrants and people of color.
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Back to School Smells Like Teen Sweating
Summer is winding down with season ending vacations and a few more days to relax which must mean that school will start soon. While Americans are brainwashed into thinking that the last week of August is the official start of fall (pumpkin spiced lattes go on sale) the thermometer says it’s not.
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Tennis Great Zina Garrison and Commissioner Ellis Encourage Youth at Street Olympics Final Event to Keep Late Commissioner Lee’s Tradition Alive
Tennis great Zina Garrison joined Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis on Friday, Aug. 2 to offer words of encouragement to about 2,500 Houston-area youth who competed for medals at the 33rd annual Harris County Street Olympics Final Event at NRG Arena.
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A community targeted: This time it wasn't a viral video or a racist tweet. It was something far more terrifying
Miles beyond the Walmart's walls and days after the gunman pulled the trigger, the massacre that ended 22 lives here has jolted communities that were already on edge.
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Tucker Carlson wrongly tells his viewers the country's white supremacy problem 'is a hoax'
A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
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Critics question whether Trump visit to El Paso and Dayton is helping the healing
President Donald Trump is traveling Wednesday to the scenes of back-to-back mass shootings that stunned the nation and left at least 31 people dead, but his appearances in Ohio and Texas aren't being well received by all local officials -- some of whom say it would be best if the commander in chief avoided their grief-stricken cities.
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Can more money prevent mass murder? Authorities look to more monitoring after shootings
Federal authorities would not have known earlier this summer that William Patrick Williams had threatened to "shoot up" a Lubbock, Texas, hotel where he was staying and had amassed weapons, ammunition and tactical gear were it not for Williams' grandmother.
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Highly Anticipated EPIX Series 'GODFATHER OF HARLEM' Releases New Trailer
Premium network EPIX released a new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated new series, GODFATHER OF HARLEM. The 10-episode, hour-long drama series is inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles.
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Airbag Recall Safety Campaign, Chequee Su Vehículo, Launches in Houston
A new safety campaign, Chequee Su Vehículo, is urging all drivers to check if their cars contain recalled airbags.
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Greinke Wins Astros Debut 11-6 Over the Rockies
RHP Zack Greinke made his Astros’ debut in front of the largest crowd in attendance for a game this year (43,243) at Minute Maid Park and gave the fans a sample size of what they can expect heading towards the end of the season and into the playoffs. Although Greinke allowed five earned runs, three coming off of a homerun in the top of the sixth inning, he pitched a very efficient game.
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H-E-B Quest of Texas Statewide Competition 2019
Photography by Vicky Pink - H-E-B has scoured the Lone Star State in search of …
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US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns
US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has submitted his resignation letter to President Donald Trump and plans to move back home to Utah, according to a source familiar with his thinking.
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Apple's credit card is here, but most people can't use one yet
Five months after it was announced, Apple's first credit card is now available — but not to everyone.
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New Zealand introduces bill to legalize abortion
New Zealand's justice minister, Andrew Little, introduced a bill on Monday aimed at legalizing abortion in the country.
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Blaming mass shootings on mental illness is 'inaccurate' and 'stigmatizing,' experts say
President Donald Trump described a weekend of two mass shootings — one in El Paso, Texas, and the other in Dayton, Ohio — as a "mental illness problem."

