Engaging customers online through social media is a hot topic these days and for good reason. Twitter just passed the 75 million mark and Facebook continues to add 10′s of thousands of users each month. Thanks to my friend Steve Gaines for tweeting this story from eMarketer: Most marketers say they are at least “prepared [...] Read more »
Friday Mail – Upacking my New AviiQ laptop stand for Macbook Pro
Thought I would share this fun cool new laptop stand from AviiQ I just got in the mail. About AviiQ The body of the AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand is made from Hylite, a composite material comprised of aluminum sheets bonded to a polypropylene core. By milling off the aluminum and leaving the polypropylene the material [...] Read more »
What does your Twitter psychological profile say about you?
I have been doing some research on tools to analyze customer sentiment on social media networks and ran across TweetPsych which maps your psychological profile versus other Twitter users. My results are pretty accurate based on my interests, work, and stream of content I share on Twitter. I’m most interested in Internet marketing, SEO, and [...] Read more »
Part III – How to Podcast from Your Mac (Recording Skype Conversations and Interviews)
As I reviewed in Part II – How to Podcast from Your Mac, using Garageband to record a simple podcast is pretty straightforward. I hope you got a chance to try out the process I outlined in that video and found it rather easy to get started. For most new podcasters, the challenge is finding [...] Read more »
The Future of the URL Shortener and All Those Links We Are Creating
Everyone is getting into the URL shortening game these days. Google, YouTube, and Facebook are just a few joining the likes of the established players such as Bit.ly. And now Microsoft is jumping in. But there’s something weird about their URL. via Fa.il: Bing’s URL Shortener Is Longer Than Bing’s Own Domain. Seems like every [...] Read more »
Facebook Via – Twitter Retweet Meets Facebook Allowing Friends to Easily Share Content
It was only launched last night, but I’m already seeing use of Facebook’s new share feature or “via”. It basically allows you to share links from your friends’ posts, add your own commentary and give credit to your friend’s original post. Generally speaking I think this will go over well, due to the limited nature [...] Read more »
Mobile Phones Will Serve as the Online Content Consumption Platform of Choice by 2013
More evidence today from Gartner that mobile phones will serve as the online content consumption platform of choice by 2013. Is your company preparing for the shift? It’s happening now, so get on-board. By 2013, mobile phones could easily surpass PCs as the way most people hop onto the Web. Gartner’s statistics show that the [...] Read more »
Facebook is More Like Google and Why Your Business Needs a FaceBook Page
In December, Facebook traffic reached 132 million unique visitors and continues to grow. Surprisingly, most small businesses claim “our customers don’t use Facebook!” Oh really? Traditionally, we’ve compared Facebook to Twitter and MySpace, but with its mammoth size, Facebook looks more like Google … … any comparison between Facebook and Twitter is meaningless and Facebook [...] Read more »
3 Reasons to Comment on 5 Blog Posts Per Day
Creating your own unique content is well known as the best method to drive traffic to your website and share your knowledge on a given topic. It should not be considered work. Think is it more as an outlet for you to discuss what you’ve learned lately or explore a new topic in depth. Another [...] Read more »
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