The Contracts You Sign to Run a Site
Though running a website might seem like a solitary endeavor at times, the truth is that pretty much nobody does it alone. You’re dependent on other companies to provide you the services you need to get your site online and keep it going. However, those services are never truly free. Read more…
The Benefits and Downfalls of Using Social Media Advertising
Social media advertising can be a great way to reach customers in a medium where a large majority are very active; logging on almost every day (and some for multiple times per day). It allows businesses and organizations to reach customers in a way they might not be able to Read more…
How to Use Plugins to Increase Social Media Engagement
Plugins can be an easy way to increase Twitter Followers and likes on Facebook. They are fairly easy to add for webmasters or developers onto the backend coding of the site and usually begin working immediately. Additionally, plugins are available straight from the social media sites themselves, thus making Read more…
How Social Media Involvement Can Help Your Company’s SEO Efforts
Both Bing and Google are now using social media activity to help shape and determine search engine results pages (SERPs). This is based off the notion that a user will be more interested in seeing content that their friends and others in their social network have already shared or read Read more…
The Best Free iPhone Applications for Social Media Marketing
More and more consultants and professionals in the internet and social media marketing realm are using their smartphones (especially the Apple iPhone) to stay connected and maintain their online presence. There are several social media marketing applications available for the iPhone for free that can allow a social media marketing Read more…
How to Create Search Engine Optimized Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Search engines are able to crawl Twitter biography fields and the basic information of most Facebook Pages, so it is important to make sure all these fields are completely filled out in order to be better found by current and potential customers. Additionally, once these are set up, they must Read more…
Does Your Business Need a Blog?
There’s a growing segment of bloggers who fall into the “business” category, who blog for the purpose of promoting a business, and you might be or become one of them. Businesses are realizing the value of blogging, especially if they’re hoping to establish an online presence. Does your business need Read more…
Facebook is not killing blogging…
After yesterday’s post on social media being key to blog marketing, there’s a certain irony in reading an article which suggest that Facebook is killing blogging. Of course, this is just one opinion amidst many, and the “x is killing y” argument is eternal, but it’s an interesting point of Read more…
“Fair Use” and Publishing Media for Blogs and Videos
Lately I’ve been building videos of my dives in the Philippines for a SCUBA blog and one thing I’ve noticed is that it is becoming harder by the day to find a video service that recognizes fair use for ambient audio tracks. Sure there are always the royalty free audio
A ‘Personal Blog?’ Just use Facebook!
Okay so maybe I was a bit brazen with the title, but after writing about technology for more than 5 years I had wanted to reboot and open up a personal blog where I talk about the more mundane “let your hair down” moments which only close friends can truly Read more…
