Who wants to get a ticket? I know I don’t. So when one of my friends emailed me this list, I thought I would share with my community.

TRAFFIC LIGHT CAMERA’S

This is a list of places where camera’s will be at different
intersections. If you pass a yellow or red light, you will receive
the ticket in the mail. Please be careful and be aware!

Albertson

I.U. Willets Rd. Willis Ave.

I.U. Willets Rd. Roslyn Rd.

Baldwin

Atlantic Ave. Grand Ave.
Grand Ave. Seaman Ave.
Grand Ave. Stanton Ave.
Grand Ave. DeMott Ave.

Bayville

Bayville Ave. Ludlam Ave.

Bellmore

Jerusalem Ave. Newbridge Rd.
Bellmore Ave. Newbridge Rd.
Bellmore Ave. Beltagh Ave.
Bellmore Ave. Jerusalem Ave.
Jerusalem Ave. Bellmore Rd.

Bethpage

Central Ave. Stewart Ave.
Central Ave. Broadway
Stewart Ave. Cherry Ave.

Carle Place

Glen Cove Rd. Old Country Rd.
Glen Cove Rd. Westbury Ave.

Cedarhurst

Peninsula Blvd. Rockaway Turnpke

East Garden City

Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Earle Ovington Blvd.
Stewart Ave. Merchants Concourse

East Meadow

Merrick Ave. Front Street
East Meadow Ave. Front Street

East Rockaway

Atlantic Ave. Ocean Ave.
Atlantic Ave. Main St.

Elmont

Elmont Rd. Dutch Broadway
Elmont Rd.Linden Blvd.

Franklin Square

New Hyde Park Rd. Tulip Ave.
Franklin Ave. Corona Ave.

Glen Head

Glen Cove Rd. Glen Head Rd.

Great Neck

Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck Rd.
Cutter Mill Rd. Great Neck Rd.

Greenvale

Glen Cove Rd. Helen Street

Herricks

Herricks Rd.Shelter Rock Rd.

Hicksville/Plainview

Old Country Rd. South Oyster Bay Rd.
Old Country Rd. Levittown Parkway
Old Country Rd. Jerusalem Ave.
Old Country Rd. Division Ave.

Inwood/Lawrence

Nassau Expressway Bay Blvd.
Nassau Expressway Burnside Ave.

Levittown

Loring Rd. N. Jerusalem Rd.

Lido Beach

Lido Blvd. Greenway Rd.
Lido Blvd. Loop Parkway

Massapequa

Carmans Rd. Louden Street
Broadway, Clark Blvd.

Mineola

Mineola Blvd./Franklin Ave. Old Country Rd.
Roslyn Rd. Old Country Rd.

Oceanside

Long Beach Rd.Mott St.
Long Beach Rd. Daly Blvd.

Syosset

Jackson Ave. Convent Rd.

Uniondale

Uniondale Ave. Front St.
Uniondale Ave. Nassau Rd.

Westbury

Post Ave/Merrick Ave. Old Country Rd.
Old Country Rd. School St.

Woodmere

Woodmere Blvd. Peninsula

Let me know if you think this is helpful. If it is, pass it along to your friends by linking to my blog…. Happy traveling!

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On April 15, two employees of the Conover, NC Domino’s Pizza franchise, videotaped an unsanitary prank in the restaurant’s kitchen and posted the video on YouTube. By the afternoon, the video had more than 1 million hits. As a result, late that day, Patrick Doyle, CEO of Domino’s Pizza posted a response.

He informed the general public that the Domino’s Pizza in question fired the two employees and are currently pressing charges against them. He made sure to say that they closed, cleaned and sanitized the restaurant and will be more careful about hiring practices in the future.

What do you think of the response?

I think they did a great job addressing the situation by acting immediately. Social media can either build or destroy a company’s reputation so being responsive is important.

However, in addition to changing their hiring practice methods, Domino’s should consider a policy about social media for all employees. Does Domino’s know if someone is posting a negative photo or comment on Facebook? Bebo? Plurk? Koornk? or any other social networking site? Who’s monitoring this? their PR firm? Internal PR department?

The other thing, Domino’s did not have any kind of online presence prior to this situation. On April 16, they developed a Twitter account. The problem here is it seems like they are being defensive instead of proactive in trying to know who their consumers are and what their consumers want.

Companies need to realize that in today’s social media age, it’s important to have a presence on line and to be transparent. According to a recent article in Adweek, “Reputation problems can be both prevented and remedied by thinking and acting transparently. The corporation must be ready for public scrutiny because it can occur at any time.”

So what did they do wrong?

1- They didn’t have a social media policy in place for all employees to sign

2 – They had no online presence prior to this incident

3 – They need to respond positively and put a substantial amount toward building back their reputation

Domino’s Pizza now has a long road ahead of them. They will need to counteract this negative exposure and turn it into positive publicity for all of their stores.

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Do you remember when you were young and your birthday was a week away? You couldn’t sleep for the whole week in anticipation of your party and your presents!My birthday is coming up. Am I excited? Not really. It makes me a year older, which doesn’t really thrill me.

I’m not going to be around town either. I have two EO events — The Entrepreneurs Organization Conference in Atlantic City and then a forum retreat for the weekend.

And, lastly, it seems like everyone else’s birthday is in April. I think I wrote Happy Birthday cards to at least 20 of my friends on Facebook, Plaxo and LinkedIn. Not only that, my mother, my sister and my cousin have their birthdays on my birthday, which is actually very nice to share a birthday with family members!

Yeah, April is almost over and I can’t keep up with the cards, the notes and the presents. When they say April Showers, they mean it!

Happy birthday to all of you April birthdays…. Enjoy and have a wonderful year!

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I was in Boston today with my daughter. We were looking at colleges. We decided to fly in and out in one day and rent a car while we were there so that we could drive around Boston and see a few of the schools.

Since HJMT represents Enterprise Rent-A-Car in the tri-state area, I decided to rent a car from the company in Boston.

An Enterprise bus picked us up promptly at the airport and took us to their shop a few minutes from the airport. The driver was trying to be helpful by trying to give directions to people on the bus.

When we got off the bus, we were greeted by a manager who shook our hands. Then when we entered Enterprise, another person handed us each a cold bottle of water.

“Can I help you?” our salesperson asked.

She was very friendly and made us feel good about renting a car from Enterprise. (The team didn’t even know that I work for the company. All of the customers were treated with the utmost respect.)

The salesperson took us out to the cars and offered us a brand new car to drive around Boston. Even the security guy who checked us out was extremely friendly and helpful!

When we returned the car at the end of the day, the manager asked how our experience was. “I give you a five out of five!” I said. He smiled and said, “that’s what I like to hear.”

On another note, Zappos.com sent me three different appology notices for the misunderstanding that we had and I blogged about on April 16th. Zappos.com, I accept your appology and appreciate you taking the effort to address my disappointment.

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I briefly met Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, at a social media conference in Las Vegas. When I met him, I told him that I saw him the night before on the Celebrity Apprentice and was very impressed with him. After the presentation in Vegas, my thoughts were justified. He was an amazing speaker. At the seminar, he talked about customer service and that customer service was the most important part of his business. He talked about how he spends no money on advertising and puts all of his money into customer service, making sure that his customers are happy.

About a week ago, I tweeted to Tony Hsieh and asked him for a quote for my social media 101 book. I thought he would say something inspirational and motivational. Instead, I got an email from his company saying that I should contact the PR department.

When I contacted the PR department, I assumed that I would get an immediate response. (Customer service is the most important thing in my company, he said at the seminar.) I got no response.

That was two weeks ago. Still no response. I am dissappointed.

Today, I came home rather later. It was one of those 16 hour days and I was exhausted. When I walked up the stairs into the kitchen, I looked at my mail and noticed that I got a catalogue from Zappos.com.

In the promotional piece, which was all professionally done, Mr. Hsieh continues to state that he strives to deliver “the best service to our customers.”

Well Mr. Hsieh, I too am a customer and I think you’re wrong. You absolutely spend money on marketing and promotions (i.e., this expensive, what you call “magalog.”). And, when a customer asks an inquiry, obviously you don’t respond.

So much for that. I’m a dissappointed customer. Anyone else have any similar experiences?