Archive for May, 2011
Automating your Social Media Updates
These days we are always looking for new ways to make our working day more efficient and this often means using technology to ‘automate’ as many tasks as possible. In the Social Media world there are many free tools we can use to automatically update our social networking accounts when we publish new content to […]
Read More | ShareAre small Businesses scared of Facebook?
Some weeks ago I went along to a local small business gathering – you know the type I mean, the sort where each new member has an opportunity to give their elevator pitch to the rest of the group. Well, I listened to each business person with interest and understanding and waited patiently for my […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn IPO, What Happened?!
LinkedIn yesterday had their initial public offering with shares initially being sold by LinkedIn shareholders to the open market for around $45 USD each. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America were LinkedIn’s underwriters whom managed the deal. It seems they have underpriced the stock considerably as LinkedIn shares are now trading above $80 USD a […]
Read More | ShareMobile Browser Market Share, Australia, May 2011
I was having a look today at the market shares for the various Mobile Browsers being used in Australia. The results are interesting, although somewhat fairly expected in my opinion. The iPhone (and iPod touch lead the way with a huge market share). This simply equates to such a easy to use and inviting interface, […]
Read More | ShareMoney Blogging: Tips to get approved by BuySellAds Network
A great way for Bloggers and Publishers to make money, is from Ad Sales Platform – BuySellAds.com. BuySellAds is an online marketplace for buying and selling Website Advertising. Usually this is in image display advertising but there is also the option for text based ads. The most popular image display ads purchased and sold are […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media SEO
So what is the best way to Search Engine Optimise your Social Media Profiles? Lets look at the 3 most prominent social networks we are using for Business: 1. Facebook (pages) 2. Twitter 3. LinkedIn Facebook For the purpose of this exercise, we will look at optimising your Facebook Fanpage. When people search Facebook, instead […]
Read More | ShareHow to get People Reposting your Content on Facebook & Twitter
If you are a blogger, news publication, brand, business or like sharing your content via Social Media – using Facebook and Twitter is a great way to attract new readers and visitors to your website – and it’s free. Fact is Facebook and Twitter now has a huge percentage of internet traffic – traffic that […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft Purchases Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft has just announced their purchase of VOIP software, Skype for $8.5 Billion USD. It is surely expected that Microsoft will closely integrate Skype with Microsoft Office, Windows Phone, XBox Live, Kinect, and no doubt various other Microsoft platforms. Skype currently has over 660 Million accounts globally and over 150 million regular users. Windows Live […]
Read More | ShareDebugging WordPress
If you are running a WordPress installation and are using many 3rd party plugins – it’s probably worth your while as part of regular WordPress maintenance to Debug your site. Using a combination of plugins often causes the doomed Blank White WordPress pages, category links not working, and sitewide searching often doesn’t work as well […]
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Tips to grow your Blog Readership
So you have a blog and enjoy posting articles on a frequent basis – but how can you leverage the power of Social Media to get more readers and traffic to your website? Position yourself as a subject matter expert There is no doubt the internet has changed the way we go about our shopping. […]
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