Category: Web Development
What We Can Learn From The T-Mobile Mess
As you may have heard, earlier this week, some of T-Mobile’s Sidekick users were told that some of their personal data and content, which was hosted by Microsoft on their servers in ‘the cloud’, was irretrievably lost – gone, kaput.…
Read More What’s The Point of Social Media?
A more personal take on what you can get out of social media…
1) Self-expression
For me, this is the Main Point. Everything else listed here is essentially a subdivision of this overarching concept.…
Read More 9 Time Management Tips For Social Media
One of the most prominent barriers to social media engagement is “I just don’t have time” or even “[insert social site here] is just a waste of time.”…
Read More What Are Pingbacks And Trackbacks And How Do I Use Them?
The terms pingbacks and trackbacks are used almost interchangeably, and are pretty much the same thing on the surface. They actually utilize different technologies and originated for different purposes, but these days they are becoming more intertwined.…
Read More Getting Started With WordPress – Explaining Settings
Once you’ve got your WordPress blog installed, there are a few tweaks you’ll want to make to the default settings. This is a quick overview of the Settings area of the WP dashboard.…
Read More Notes from Wordcamp Los Angeles
I attended my first WordCamp this weekend and had a great time listening to some info-filled presentations and mingling with my fellow nerds. 🙂
Here’s some nuggets I gleaned from the day….enjoy.…
Read More Using Facebook To Boost Donations And Constituent Engagement
Summit Collaborative’s Marc Osten gave a free webinar yesterday about Facebook and how non-profits can use it to boost donations and engagement amongst constituents. He shared some great tips – here’s just a few of the points that were made and many of them apply to all businesses and brands, not just non-profits.…
Read More 6 Online Marketing Terms You Should Know
A Guide To Online Marketing Terms – Part 1
I put this simple guide together to clarify some of the terms that I throw around on this blog.…
Read More Matt Cutts – Wordcamp San Francisco 2009
Matt Cutts is a blogger and head of Google’s Webspam team. On his blog he gives a lot of great information regarding SEO and ranking well in Google.…
Read More 6 Great Resources For Finding WordPress Themes
Hunting for WordPress themes can be a challenging task. Not only are there aesthetics and functionality to consider – does my theme look good and work the way I want it to? …
Read More Flash Is For Famous People!
I frequently see young fledging artists and businesses using Flash to make a fancy- looking website thinking it will allow them to play in the big leagues, and set them apart from your average upstart.…
Read More What A Blog Can Do, And What YOU Have To Do
First the facts:
1) A blog integrated into your business website can help your search engine rankings:
a) Search engines like regularly updated content. Many business sites are informative but not updated very often so are hard to keep at the top of the rankings.…
Read More Dan Zarrella Talks About Re-Tweets
I just discovered Dan Zarrella this evening, and let me tell you – he is a really smart dude. Take a look at this video in which he talks about the viral importance of re-tweets on Twitter, a couple of tips to help you get more re-tweets (very simple…ask, and include links!)…
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