We have all heard of horror stories about personal Facebook postings. But this is serious. Facebook “likes” can possibly get you fired, and if you take your employer to court over the punishment you may have an uphill legal battle. That’s what several plaintiffs found when they took the matter to the U.S. District Court […]
Copywriting: How to improve headlines on landing pages and blog posts
April 16, 2012 By
Headlines are tricky little devils. Whether you’re writing them for an article or a PPC landing page, they can carry your campaign to glory or bury it forever. We gathered some theory on writing great headlines from our sister company, MarketingExperiments, and capped it off with five tips from our editors and a useful process […]
Are you ready for Facebook’s new Timeline ?
March 16, 2012 By
Facebook will be converting all Facebook business pages to the new Timeline look and feel at the end of March. Are you ready to take advantage of this huge change. Perhaps the most obvious change is the new larger timeline photo. Timeline Cover photos size will be 850 px wide by 315 px tall. These […]
Join Your Local Chamber and Watch Your Rankings with Google Climb
February 24, 2012 By
Perhaps the best way to achieve top ranking with Google and other search engines is to attract a large number of relevant and authoritative links back to your site. Because Google, for example, interprets each link as a “vote”, the number of votes becomes key to evaluating (ranking) your website. When many sites provide links […]
13 great tools to help you manage Social Media
February 23, 2012 By
Are you looking for tools to simplify your social media activities? Many businesses feel overwhelmed when implementing their social media marketing. Sometimes the solution is to focus on the right social media tools for your business. We asked social media experts for their most valuable tool for small businesses using social media. Here are 13 […]
Social media becoming everybody’s business – article in Hartford Business
February 20, 2012 By
I was recently quoted in a online article in Hartford’s Online Business site, that discusses Social Media and its impact on businesses.
Cool way to raise money for projects
February 17, 2012 By
Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields. They make it possible to share your project with thousands of people and raise money to make it a reality. Below is a project I […]
Why I LOVE Rackspace and use it for my hosting customers
February 15, 2012 By
I have been using RackSpace for over 6 years. They have never let me down, there are other hosting companies that offer similar hosting services for a fraction of RackSpace costs. I can calculate the extra cost that I pay to RackSpace but I can’t put a value on having a server with 100% uptime and support […]
Super Bowl Commercials
February 6, 2012 By
I’m not a fan of football, but I do enjoy the the creativity of some of the Super Bowl commercials. Here’s a link with all the commercials, pick your favorite.
Google New Privacy Options
January 31, 2012 By
Google’s new privacy policy really is a hobson’s choice, you can either agree to let Google know “everything” you do or stop using Google. Actually it’s not a drastic as you might think, but it’s still pretty serious. In theory Google could look at your calendar and note your current location from your smart phone […]