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Downtown Leesburg proprietor and owner of Eyetopia Paige Buscema is one of the primary planners for the Spring Forward event on Saturday, March 9, 2013.

Downtown Leesburg Shops Unite to Showcase Latest Trends This Season

A couple of days before the Spring Forward event held in downtown Leesburg this weekend … I wrote up this piece for AOL’s Leesburg Patch over at leesburg.patch.com. In fact, to fully appreciate this post, it is highly recommended you read my leesburg.patch.com piece so I won’t have to re-explain what this event, which takes place today, Saturday – [...]

Attention Loudoun & Fairfax Bloggers: Save the Date!

Are you local and living in Loudoun or Fairfax County? Do you blog professionally for business or as a hobby for pleasure … or both!? If you answered “yes” to either question above, I warmly invite you to consider attending our upcoming Loudoun Fairfax Local Bloggers Meetup scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2013 from 6:30 – [...]

Dog Training Sessions Start January 7!

Got a holiday puppy or a family dog in need of dog training?? One of my digital marketing company’s clients, the Olde Towne Pet Resort (OTPR), is launching their 2013 dog training sessions starting Monday, January 7! OTPR’s Dulles location (located at 21460 Squire Court in Sterling, Virginia) has various dog training sessions being led by [...]

Enjoyed being part of the Loudoun Chamber’s SMaC Meeting & Lunch

I spent a good portion of my Friday morning today attending the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce‘s SMaC Meeting & Lunch. It was a really good group of local professionals coming together to discuss the upcoming project for redesigning and updating the chamber’s web site. Needless to say I was happy that my firm, Ruiz [...]

Thank you, FredNMT, for allowing me to speak yet again this year

I want to sincerely thank the folks at the Frederick Chamber of Commerce’s New Media Conference (FredNMT) — and in particular to conference organizer Jessica Hibbard — for allowing me to have presented again this year. My session this go ’round was all about content marketing. I was really fortunate to have had a packed [...]

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