Archive for 'Social Media'

Burn Baby Burn… Is Your Reputation on Fire?

As a distributed technology and communications platform, the people who created the internet did not intended it to become a soap box for customers to burn their service providers in effigy.
The question used to be, “how can I get my website on first page Google?”  Now the question is, “how can I get this offensive [...]

My Friend’s Dog Can’t Hold it’s Bladder

…because dogs don’t have thumbs.
It’s really a matter of how you look at life. When people make statements, it isn’t really the statement that counts, it’s what pops into the listeners head that counts.
Years ago, I read a list on “email etiquette” that included the caution that one day “you” will write an email and [...]

Google Favourite Places and Bar Codes…

As Google continues to develop it’s “Local Business Centre” one of the new advents is the introduction of physical labels that include a barcode. These physical labels are being sent to business owners that have already verified ownership of their Local Business listing on Google maps.
The barcode, or QR Code that is on the label [...]

How is Your Business Being Promoted with Social Media?

This is pretty brilliant – this YouTube video explains how Ikea used existing tagging capabilities of FaceBook to encourage syndication and interaction with their online gallery promoting the opening of a new store.  Watch the video…

Don’t Miss this Boat…

10 years ago it was a tough sell to convince a small business that they should get a website. Today, most business owners and entrepreneurs turn to online marketing, and a website is usually first on the list.
There is more to online marketing today than just your business website. Are you missing the boat?
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