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Twitter Power Tools
Now that the hype has settled and the new website smell has faded, let’s take a look at Twitter and how to maximize it’s effectiveness via third party Twitter tools. These tools come in various forms; from websites, desktop apps to mobile phone applications, there are many ways to get your tweets in order.
Multi-Account Management
Twitter [...]
Google Options are Good Options
If you haven’t noticed yet when performing a search in Google, you now have the ability to click on a text link in the top left of the search results that says “Show options”. Pretty nifty, eh?
Yep, Google is rolling out new features because, well, because they’re Google, but also to compete with other specialized [...]
Brand New or New Branding?
This has been a busy year for companies trying to get noticed. Now I can understand with the recession and all that there is cause for concern and more reason to bring attention to your business. But attention alone doesn’t make a customer suddenly what to do more business with you. There is something to [...]
Full StoryShould You Put Your Pricing On Your Website
This is a great question that comes up frequently when I speak with clients. The short answer, in most cases, is yes.
The idea for this blog post came from an eNewsletter I recieved from Judy Dunn of Cats Eye Marketing – a professional copywriter who is part of my network of Biznik and Twitter. Here [...]
Twitter for the Middle Ages
Surprisingly, it is not the kids that are doing all the Twittering – far from it. New research shows it’s the middle age sector that is using it the most, and that means business – kids rank at the bottom of the list as the most common users of Twitter. Full article from Web Pro [...]
Full StoryInternet Explorer 8 and Site Compatibility
Microsoft just released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) last week, and we’re already seeing a lot of incompatibility issues with pre-existing websites. Microsoft is taking a lot of flak on this newest browser due to them touting it as being a standards compliance browser, but it is actually ranking lower in compliance than all the other [...]
Full StoryHigh Ranking Social Media Profiles
A co-worker talked you into setting up an account on LinkedIn, which you briefly did, but then forgot about it and never followed up on it further. It has a minimal amount of basic content on it and maybe you only linked up with a few other people at best. Well, that basic profile is [...]
Full StoryHow Long Has That Domain Name of Yours Been Around?
The length of time that you have owned a domain name has a some influence on how Google views your website. This is because Google wants to avoid spammers as much as possible. Spammers will frequently buy up discarded domain names and attach them to a spam-oriented website. Since these sites muck up Google’s search [...]
Full StoryThe Brent and Brandi Show
Last Friday was the official launch of “The Brent and Brandi Show” – a collaborative online talkshow/podcast I am doing with Brandi Pierce, a website and branding specialist located in Seattle, Washington. I met Brandi online on Biznik.com, a social networking website that is gaining popularity. Brandi came up with the idea of a co-hosted [...]
Full StoryBrand and Reputation Management
Michael Phelps.
Ok, what was the first thing that came to your mind with that name? Was is all the Olympic gold medals? Was it the world records? Was it the years of hard work and training? Was it countless endorsement deals? Or was is a photo of a guy getting caught smoking pot?
It doesn’t take [...]
