Last month I wrote a post on why Facebook should open up, and mentioned some of the subsequent benefits of doing so. Well, last week Facebook made everything published from your “What’s on your mind?” box available to view by everyone (including robots*), unless otherwise specified in your privacy settings. How many people do we [...]
I think search engine optimization has been blown way out of proportion. It’s been made this almost mystic art of gaming the search engines and learning to speak google. I don’t disagree that being great at SEO requires a good set of technical understanding and knowledge (both of Google and HTML/CSS/XHTML). There are some tweaks, [...]
Twitter is a great service. I mean, who doesn’t love to be constricted to 140 characters when they want to say something? Less is more, after all. And the less room you have to say in one tweet, the more you have to say in several, which means the more time you have to spend [...]
There’s a lot of different ways to use twitter, and a lot of services out there that work in conjunction with Twitter that most people don’t know about it. Because Twitter was built on the concept of simplicity, these services aren’t included with Twitter by default. It’s the combination of these services that helps turn [...]
When I began blogging over 3 years ago I had a different purpose in mind, and I could define it. Now, not so much. So I need to redefine my purpose for blogging. At least when I wonder why I haven’t been blogging lately I think this is what I need to do. Part of [...]
After a busy day of interviewing, working on a business plan, and tennis (I finally got my service game back, so that was fun), I came home to the annoying realization of my blog having been hacked. I twittered/fb’d my new found frustration. Then about a minute or two after this realization, my friend Josh [...]
You’re wanting to put together an internet marketing or social media marketing campaign, but you’re wondering “Where do I even start?” Don’t worry, that’s a perfectly legitimate question! There’s a lot going on in social media marketing. But realistically, the question should be “Where does my social media effort end?” Too often I’ve seen companies [...]
I realize it’s a bit narcissistic to blog about blogging, especially given that I haven’t been. But whenever I start reading some of my favorite bloggers like Penelope Trunk or Holly Hoffman, I always notice they both do one thing very well that really builds their credibility and authorial authority (I think that works). That [...]
I got a call from a friend of mine the other day asking if I wanted to do lunch and talk about business and the industry. I’ve received a number of calls like these from friends of mine who are recent graduates, and in most cases, honestly, it’s an awkward call. It feels awkward because [...]
I’m going to write a few posts on internet marketing. I generally like to avoid writing so directly on a topic, because it often comes off like a text book (and I was never a fan of school, so not being a fan of my own content doesn’t mesh to well with me). To be [...]