As a Local Business, Do I Need a Website?

May 21, 2009

Thanks for returning. Your comments are valuable to us so consider leaving a comment on today’s post.On LinkedIn recently someone ask the question “Does every local business need or benefit from a website?”  I think this is a question worth looking at in more depth.
I Am Only After a Local Market.
As a consumer, whenever I [...]

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Twitter and Small Business

May 19, 2009

Is Twitter good for MY business?
I not only get this question several times a week, I also see this question in numerous forums.  I think the bottom line is Twitter is what you make of it. Yes, you must get beyond the “what are you doing right now” to your objective; Connection. Connect with potential [...]

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Creating a Google Profile

May 7, 2009

Have you created your Google profile yet? This must be my week of all things Google because I have yet another Google related tip for you. Google is now indexing your Google profile. This is what Google says about profiles: A Google profile is simply how you present yourself on Google products to other Google users.Take the time to verify it with these easy steps.

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Excluding Your Site From Google Analytics Tracking

May 5, 2009

Google Analytics is no stranger to most people since it is a powerful way to track traffic statistic for your websites and blogs. One of the most frustrating things for me was to always wonder how much my own activity on my blog affected my statistics. I never knew it was as simple as adding a filter. What you basically need to do is create a filter within Goggle Analytics to remove yourself from the stats.

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Facebook Privacy Change Adds Everyone

April 30, 2009

Facebook has changed is privacy level in an effort to enable you to let more people, “everyone”, have access to your content.

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Twitter Tweets Digest for 2009-04-26

April 26, 2009

Just listed myself in the http://localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP/Postal Code 37938 #
RT @kanter Want to involve IT volunteers in your org? @techsoup free webinar tomorrow to learn more: http://tinyurl.com/c4hc5h #
Customizing a blog with a Thesis theme for a client. Thanks @pearsonified it is amazing!! #
@brookepleasant thank you for the happy earth day song! [...]

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Twitter Tweets Digest for April 19th

April 19, 2009

RT @human3rror http://tinyurl.com/cfnram <~~~ 10 “College” social net sites worth check out… useful for non-college peeps too! #
VAClassroom is starting up another Social Media Specialist class. Craig is a great guy if you are interested. http://tinyurl.com/d4je2o #
Blogging tips for Beginners http://tinyurl.com/cys2l5 #
@QPMS having computer issues is not fun! Hope repairman gets things back up fast [...]

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Beginning Blogging Lesson from Pooh

April 14, 2009

Lesson 4, a very important lesson and one many beginner bloggers often overlook : “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”.

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Reputation Management by Community Evangelist

April 2, 2009

In our last post, ‘”Are You Managing Your Online Reputation?”, we talked about needing to monitor and actively protect your online reputation . Each company needs to create an online reputation management protocol . This protocol is in place and ready to use when a negative response occurs and everyone in your company needs to [...]

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Are You Managing Your Online Reputation?

March 31, 2009

You have bought into the realization that your business needs to be online. You are engaging in social media and posting regularly to your business blog. How much thought, if any, have you given to your online reputation? Do you have your head stuck in the sand and oblivious to the fact that other people [...]

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