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Social Networks: What are They Good For?

Social Networks: What are They Good For?

Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by .

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Does social media make you feel like you’re shouting in crowded room, yet no one seems to be paying attention? Perhaps it’s not you, but instead the medium. About a year ago I wanted to better understand (anecdotally) how people reacted to various social mediums. I posted the same message on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, [...]

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Interview with Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner and Uzzz

Interview with Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner and Uzzz

Posted on 20. May, 2011 by .

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I was recently fortunate enough to get the chance to interview Syed Balkhi, the founder of Uzzz, a premier web design firm, and WPBeginner, a site dedicated to helping people maximize their WordPress knowledge in a simple, easy-to-follow way. Syed shared a lot about what has made his companies successful, and he has some great [...]

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Are Twitter Backgrounds Still Meaningful?

Are Twitter Backgrounds Still Meaningful?

Posted on 21. Dec, 2010 by .

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Logo Mojo. All opinions are 100% mine. So you had someone design a killer Twitter background for your company.  It was cool, it was professional, it was slick, and then it was pretty much gone.  With the new Twitter UI rollout, the vast majority [...]

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5 Things We Love About the New Twitter

5 Things We Love About the New Twitter

Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by .

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Earlier this month, Twitter announced some big news– a Better Twitter.  Not everyone has the new Twitter yet, and not all of the features have fully launched, but so far we like what we see.  The new, re-engineered Twitter includes some sweet new features, like a streamlined header bar with dashboard, keyboard shortcuts, a retweet [...]

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Choosing Social Networking Sites Carefully

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by .

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Everyone knows how big social networking is for business owners these days.  Social networking was originally intended to make it easier to maintain personal relationships, but businesses have made social networking a priority as well.  Premier sites have made it possible for businesses to grow their contact lists, manage their relationships and created the concepts [...]

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How to Not Be a Twidiot – 4 Twitter Personas to Avoid

Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by .

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Do you have a Twitter account for your business?  If you said yes, good for you!  Twitter is an outstanding tool to connect with customers, drive traffic to your site, meet colleagues and industry experts, and much more.  In fact, when used properly, you can get more mileage out of Twitter than many paid marketing [...]

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Did You Celebrate National Entrepreneurs’ Day This Year?

Posted on 14. May, 2010 by .

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The answer of course is, no.  Because there is no National Entrepreneurs’ Day.  We have a day to recognize the importance of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and even love (Valentine’s Day), but currently there is no day set aside to honor the contributions entrepreneurs have made in our society. Now a couple of creative young entrepreneurs [...]

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“Promoted Tweets” Twitter Ads a Game Changer? Oh Yeah

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by .

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As you might have heard, Twitter has finally initiated a revenue model.  Earlier this week, they rolled out “Promoted Tweets”, their new advertising program.  What does this mean for Twitter and their millions of loyal users?  To some extent, it probably means a shift in the atmosphere on Twitter, but they’re taking some interesting steps [...]

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A Charity Raises Money for Haiti Through Text Message Campaign

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by .

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We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the events in Haiti. This poor country never seems to catch a break. In hurricane season it always seem to get a hit from a major cyclone and this can lead to plenty of damage, destruction caused by flooding and an awful number of casualties and [...]

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New Media

Realize the Potential of New Media

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by .

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New media surely isn’t new anymore, although if it is new to you, you are in danger of getting behind the curve. In the space of only a few years the power of the Internet has exploded like an ancient volcano, tending to cover a company’s well honed marketing structure with molten lava or ash. [...]

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A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by .

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When you see some of the most creative infographics around today, it’s little wonder that they say that people skim through webpages, focusing on graphics, rather than getting themselves absorbed in all the text. This should tell us all a story, as while the written word is certainly always “king” as we know, if we [...]

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Technology Highs of 2009

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by .

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Doesn’t it seem as if the pace of technology change is accelerating? We live in exciting times as we are actually seeing the way that we interact and communicate change before our very eyes. Who is to say where we will be in 10 years time at the end of this new decade, as so [...]

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Unusual Uses for Google Wave

Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by .

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Google Wave continues to enthrall and confuse at the same time. This is a whole new line of communication and is fundamentally much more than just a revision of the basic e-mail concept, as some have said. E-mail as we know it is basically a static concept – distributing notifications back and forth, where they [...]

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Top Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Marketing

Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by .

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Social media marketing does not have to be rocket science. Many people make it more complicated than it is and tend to shy away from it. They know that they should engage, but still fundamentally do not understand the intricacies and as such, they are missing out on a whole new way of communicating with [...]

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