Archive for June, 2009

How to Setup A Facebook Page For Your Business

Monday, June 29th, 2009

So you’re taking the leap and ready to create a Facebook page for your company. Here’s how you do it. First of all, you will need to have a personal page before you can create a new page for your business. But you already have one of those, right? We know you do… we’ve seen [...]

Friday Funk: Desensitized by Social Media

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Picture it: a hot and steamy day in Cincinnati, June 25th, 2009. I sit at my desk, the comforting glare of dual monitors glowing as I peck away at the keyboard. TweetDeck is on my right monitor, scrolling away as I glance over from time to time to see what my fellow “Tweeps” are babbling [...]

LinkedIn 102: Connections & Conversations

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

(The video below is a follow-up to “LinkedIn 101: Account Setup & Creating a Profile”, posted to this blog June 17.  Please view that video first.) “LinkedIn 102: Connections & Conversations” will expand your LinkedIn network, no doubt.  Not only does it explain several ways to find personal contacts; it also aims to broaden your [...]

Friday Funk: Recycle Your Old VCR

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Your old VCR might look like just a piece of outdated garbage to you, replaced by a shiny new DVD player or Blu-ray. But in the interest of being “green” we’ve found this sweet video on what you can do with that old VCR. I wish all my recycling projects were this lucrative! Get some [...]

LinkedIn 101: Account Setup & Creating a Profile

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

This blog is full of tips for utilizing social media in Business.  In our efforts to be a complete online marketing resource, we’ve begun producing videos on many relevant topics. Today’s video, “LinkedIn 101: Account Setup & Creating a Profile,” explains how to create a LinkedIn account and which profile fields are important to fill [...]

Google Maps Traffic Stats: What the Google Local Business Center Tells Us

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

photo credit: dinimueter Recently, we posted information on how to get listed in Google Maps. If you have a local business, or even a business with a physical address, this is a listing you absolutely must have. And now you can view all sorts of awesome stats on how that Google Maps listing is working [...]

Google’s New Show Options Filter: A Whole New Way to Google Your Search

Monday, June 15th, 2009

About a month ago, Google introduced a new search feature which allows the searcher to further customize their results. In the past, we’ve discussed how factors like Google Universal, personalized results, and even multiple data centers affect rankings. A search engine ranking is becoming more influenced by the individual user, and less standard across every [...]

Friday Funk: Conan Announces a Merger

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

If you haven’t noticed, Conan O’Brien gets his news early. His recurring segment “In the Year 3000″ shows incredible foresight into the future.  During his first night hosting The Tonight Show, Conan shared with his audience a vision…of a merger…(are you ready for this?)…among Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter.  Take twenty seconds to see what it’ll [...]

Organize Your Site Content Around Themes and Rank Better

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

There are basic best practices to getting your site better visibility online.  Identify your keywords and then use them throughout the site. Make sure you use keywords in your title and meta tags, in the body copy, heading on the page, alt attributes and text links. Make sure you have quality inbound links, and that [...]

Friday Funk: The Vendor Client Relationship

Friday, June 5th, 2009

If you are a vendor of any type, chances are you’ve probably run across annoying clients like this. They want something for nothing. They tell you they want something now and they’ll just pay later. They tell you after the fact that they only budgeted for a certain amount, so that’s the amount you’re going [...]