April 4th 2011
We teach Twitter and Facebook classes locally for small business owners, and one question that comes up in almost every class is, “Does my company really need to be on Twitter?” The concern is largely due to not having enough time to manage their Twitter presence, and the fear of it getting abandoned. No matter [...]
April 4th 2011
Google has released Page Speed Online, a Google Labs project that analyzes any website for its speed and gives suggestions on how to improve it. The experimental tool is straightforward to use; just type in a website and Google will come back with suggestions for how to improve that website’s speed. The suggestions are ranked [...]
March 29th 2011
When Facebook launched the new design for Pages they moved the row of tabs that linked to our Wall and any custom tab pages that used to run across the top of the page and put them in the left sidebar as text links below our photo/logo/banner. Although I kind of like it the new [...]
November 22nd 2010
Yesterday I received an email from one of our readers, asking on what social media sites he should try to secure his name (which can be either his personal name, or his website/business name, depending on what brand he is trying to promote). In my opinion there are two that are absolutely a must: Twitter [...]
November 22nd 2010
Life is made up two different things: events and processes. An event takes a short time to occur, 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 week, 1 month or even 1 year. A process takes a longer time frame, 5 years, 20 years, 50 years or even a lifetime. An event is for the short haul, a [...]
November 21st 2010
Blogging is no longer just the pastime of teenage girls looking to broadcast their daily drama for public consumption. Nowadays, blogs are created by people of all ages for a number of reasons. For some, blogging is a platform from which they can express their opinions and interests to the world. Others start a blog [...]
September 28th 2010
We’ll dive into the benefits of owning a tablet soon, but for now, take a look at Engadget’s eyes-on with the newly announced BlackBerry Playbook.
September 27th 2010
I don’t know about you, but I get quite a few email notifications from the various social networks I engage in. From new Twitter follower notifications to Facebook friend requests and updates….my inbox can get uber-cluttered, uber-fast! A new service called NutshellMail aims to be the Mr. Clean of your email inbox! With it, you [...]
September 27th 2010
The Social Media Experts I’m a fan of will tell you that if you want to succeed in applying social media as a business strategy that it requires planning, consistency, balance, originality, relevancy, and listening…among other things. And they would be right. But when
