Archive for 'Social Media'
Your Google Wave Guide
Since Google Wave is expected to have a limited release on September 30th, it is time to get an understanding of what this tool is, how it works, why it is revolutionary and how we might use it.
What it is?
Announced by Google on May 27th, 2009 as a “personal communication and collaboration tool”, Google Wave [...]
The Problem With Social Bookmarking Sites
They may be good at being social, but they need to work on their bookmarking features.
Ok, here is the setup of my premise:
I’m primarily a Firefox web surfer and for the last year or so I have been a big fan of the the Fast Dial add-on. If you don’t know what it is, basically [...]
Screenr – Share Screencasts Via Twitter
Screenr is a new online application is available that makes it easy to share screencast videos via Twitter.
“What’s a screencast?”, you ask.
It is when a user can create a video of what is happening on their computer screen while providing a voice over dialog via a plugged in microphone. They are typically used to create [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 StoryFacebook Faceoff Goes Facedown
Facebook spent this week doing damage control for their over bearing change to their Terms of Service agreement.
Basically, they where stating they changed their terms of service and any content you as a member have posted to the site, whether currently up or previously deleted, belonged to Facebook. There was no advance warning, just [...]
15 Second Pitch – Slow in Baseball, But Not Networking
Ok, I know this is a blog geared towards website development, SEO and online social media, but here is a cool tool that you can use for when you are meeting with new people at a networking event. You know you are going to get that question “So, what do you do?”, so why not [...]
Full StoryCan You Join Too Many Social Media Websites?
Can you join too many social media websites?
Yes.
But how many is too many will vary from one person to the next. There are so many new gotta-join-it social media websites that start up each day, it can be hard to keep up. Focusing on which ones work for you and limiting yourself to those will [...]
