Since the announcement on Monday that Facebook has bought Friendfeed I have noticed a large jump in the number of people subscribing to my feed on Friendfeed. My feeling, backed by no statistics, is that there has been an increase in the number of people joining Friendfeed, due to the announcement, to check it out [...]
Category Archives: Blogs
The Importance of Monitoring Your Brand
In today’s web, one full of blogs, tweets, and social networking sites it is more and more important to monitor your brand. Your brand could be anything from your own name and reputation to big corporations.
Here are just a few of the reasons why you should monitor your brand:
People are “talking” – Social media has [...]
Should Parents get on Facebook… I Say Yes
This post was originally posted on Family Nester – my family life and parenting blog.
Facebook is now a big part of society. It has been around for a few years now and has changed the way we interact with friends and keep connected. It is also a big way for our kids to [...]
Social Media Marketing for Free – For the Small Business
One of the great things about social media is that it gives anyone the opportunity to have powerful marketing tools at their fingers and many of the best ones are free. Free, at least monetarily, there is still the cost of time and effort.
This post is prompted by a request I received today from one [...]
A Social Media Job Hunt… Using Social Media – Vann’s
Vann’s, a Montana based home electronic and appliance store, is looking for someone to manager their on-line community through social media sites. The way they are doing this is forward web 2.0 thinking and part of a good social media marketing plan. I’ll describe just what they are doing:
They are advertising the position [...]
What’s Old Navy Doing with Their Mannequins!
Old Navy has one of the most creative social media business plans I have seen. I have been intrigued at how they have rallied their customers to their social media sites web page and stores. They have also incorporated their traditional marketing to blend with their social media campaign.
The reason I am aware of their [...]
Collecting Boise – Twitter Mosaic
The CollectingBoise following so far – I will update as time goes on. This Mosaic was created using Twitter Mosaic. They also give you the option to make a bag or t-shirt with your Twitter mosaic.
Get your twitter mosaic here.
From Building43 – Innovation and the Web… and Video on the Web
With the great advancements that are being made every day in video, I agree with the video that the conversations in business and with customers will continue to get better and better. Here’s to great video… just like this video interview – it communicates so much more than just text.
Why Your Business Needs to Twitter
Twitter has been around now for a few years – early on the numbers were small. Now twitter is starting to be widely adopted – more and more people are hopping on. Your business needs to be there, and here’s why:
People are looking for you. More and more of the people you are trying to [...]
P2 – Micro Blogging Wordpress Theme
P2 is a great new Wordpress theme that masters the micro-blogging art on your blog. It allows you to post on the page itself, comment, up-load photos and videos, and interact the way micro-blogging should be. I see this becoming a standard for the type of interaction we will be seeing on on-line [...]