My Goals for 2010

January 7, 2010

I am one of those goal-oriented people that gets excited thinking about my goals, and actually reads about how to set goals and how to achieve them. I know, you hate me. You think I’m an optimist who lives in the clouds. That’s okay, just because I like to listen to motivational speeches sometimes and [...]

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Twitter Marketing Strategies That Work

December 22, 2009

It’s no surprise that small businesses are following suit by marketing their products and services on Twitter. Twitter makes it so easy for small businesses to update their customers on upcoming events, sales, promotions, and new merchandise. However, there’s a huge difference between simply having a presence on Twitter and using to effectively market your [...]

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Understanding the Reality of Social Media Marketing

December 1, 2009

I was just reading this article by Jason Falls about the rise and fall of social media, and even though social media purists like me hate to read or hear it, he is right. The first thing that I learned when I started venturing out to find my own clients for social media marketing and [...]

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Use Google Wave As A Project Management Tool

November 30, 2009

I’ve had a Google Wave account for about a month now, but I hadn’t put any time into figuring out how to integrate it into my everyday life. My philosophy is that technology should fit you, not the other way around. But many times, we try to figure out how to adapt to a new [...]

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November Is Full Of Great Social Media Conferences In Orlando

November 1, 2009

Here are three social media conferences that I plan on attending in November, and they are all in Orlando, Florida. You should join me! All of these events are built for a wide variety of attendees. If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, PR/Marketing professional, or just someone who wants to learn more about the [...]

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The Significant Of Twitter Updates Searchable in Google and Bing

October 29, 2009

About a week ago, Mashable broke the news about Bing and Google reaching a deal with Twitter to allow tweets to be searched within their search engines. To most people, this isn’t a big deal, but for social media marketing professionals, you know that this will have a huge impact on how Twitter is approached [...]

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Brian Clark from Copy Blogger: Driving Traffic To Your Blog

October 28, 2009

When I was at IZEA Fest a few weeks ago, there were a few presentations that I really liked. Brian Clark from Copy Blogger talked about how to build traffic to your blog, and more importantly, how Copy Blogger drives traffic to their blog. Clark is a pretty laid-back guy, he’s a bit monotone, but [...]

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How To See All of Your Friend Updates On Facebook Again

October 26, 2009

Why is it that Facebook gets more annoying every time they make a major update to their layout? Hey, Facebook, here’s a novel idea. You’re a freaking social networking website, so why don’t you ASK your users if they would like or dislike changes you want to make to the site. Biggest Annoying Change Many [...]

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IZEA Fest: Ted Murphy and Personal Branding

October 9, 2009

Murphy is a lively and energetic guy. He takes his own advice about being the same person in real life that you are online. His online brand personifies a fun person. I jotted down some notes at IZEA Fest last Friday in Orlando, Florida. I am just now getting around to formulating them into an [...]

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How To Create A Custom HTML Box For Your Facebook Page

September 30, 2009

Let’s face it, Facebook isn’t the most visually appealing website, but I like that, because it doesn’t distract me from reading important updates. But regarding your business Facebook page, making it look good is a big challenge, because Facebook doesn’t allow you to alter the layout or look of it much. So unless you are [...]

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