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Twitter, Do you follow me?
Tuesday October 30, 2007
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What is Twitter?Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends, colleagues, and current events, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. For some friends or events you might want instant mobile updates for others, you can just check the web. Invite your friends to Twitter and decide how connected you…
Gmail IMAP for the iPhone
Friday October 26, 2007
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Watch this Youtube video and learn how to set up Gmail IMAP on the iPhone in one minute and thirty six seconds.
Consumers are turning to online reviews in LARGE numbers
Tuesday October 9, 2007
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And those reviews are having a considerable impact on purchase decisions. According to a recent survey by Deloitte’s Consumer Products group, almost two-thirds (62 percent)of consumers read consumer-written product reviews on the Internet. Of these, more than eight in 10 (82 percent) say their purchase decisions have been directly influenced by the reviews, either influencing…
Getting Started with Google Maps
Thursday October 4, 2007
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Explore the world using interactive maps. Visit http://maps.google.com today.(Note: Always wear safety belts in real cars!)
Plugoo, Let your visitors chat with you while on your site.
Tuesday October 2, 2007
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With Plugoo you can chat directly from your favorite Instant Messenger client with any visitor to your site. Those visitors would only need to have flash installed to be able to contact you, and your IM address is kept private!
ALERT! Quechup steals your address book!
Friday September 14, 2007
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Did you get an invite to Quechup? DELETE IT!!! Just wanted to send a note out to everyone to let them be aware of a new social network that is spamming everyone in your gmail address book. If you get an invite from Quechup ignore it. I sign up for these sites all the time.…
Search Engine Marketing News September 2007
Friday September 7, 2007
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Webconsuls’ Blog:* “A web marketing, informational resource for Webconsuls’ clients” Since Dick and Dennis formed Webconsuls in 1999, our basic premise has been that successful web marketing is a collaborative effort between the SEO / Internet marketing firm and the web site owner. That remains as true today as then. The most successful Internet marketers…
Protect Yourself and Your Computer
Thursday August 30, 2007
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Conscientious web users need to protect themselves from spam scams that can waste their time, steal personal information, and turn their computers into “zombies” spewing more spam throughout the Internet.Spam methods change quickly and what was popular last month may be outdated next month. A popular one today is “greeting card spam” when someone you…
Why Mobi?
Friday August 24, 2007
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The US wireless industry crossed 80% subscription penetration in Q207. Though the growth rate has slowed down, there is still plenty of room for growth over the next five years. 86-88% of the handsets sold in the US are now replacement devices. Time for an upgrade? The % contribution of data to service revenues jumped…
Google Sky – Now in Google Earth
Thursday August 23, 2007
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Google again in the news with Google sky, a new feature in Google Earth. Stargazers in the family are going to love this one. Google continues to bring innovative and fun products to the marketplace. What makes it even nicer on the pocket book is that they are giving these tools away for free. To…
Human Computation – Google TechTalks
Sunday August 12, 2007
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ABSTRACT Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. I advocate a novel approach: constructively channel human…
SMO ~ The old fashioned way
Wednesday August 8, 2007
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About a month ago I sat in on a Social Marketing Optimization (SMO) Training Seminar. The obvious purpose of this seminar was to teach a company’s employees the importance of SMO, which is how to get involved by setting up a Stumble Upon account, becoming a regular user of Stumble Upon, writing blog entries, posting…