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31 May 2010

Why your Facebook fan count affects your Post Quality Score

Did you know that if you paste your Facebook fan page url into your status bar, it not only allows you to choose what thumbnail picture to include, but also shows how many fans the page has?  While we…

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14 April 2010

Why some technology companies fail and others succeed

Many folks speculate why Google has overtaken Yahoo! in search or why Facebook has dominated in social networking, versus Friendster. I believe there’s one key factor— if you’re running a technology company, you need a technologist at the helm.  Larry…

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11 April 2010

Apple iAds– what it means for local businesses

Apple iAd Steve Jobs demo

You see the above video?  In it, Steve Jobs is showing off the new Apple iAds, a direct competitor to Google AdSense and other ads that “just suck” on mobile devices.  For the desktop, “search…

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23 March 2010

Google Analytics in Korean– and a scary thought

Whoa, I just logged into my Google Analytics and see it in Korean.  I hadn’t changed my browser’s language settings, logged in as another user, or had dinner at my favorite Korean restaurant.

I have seen this kind of…

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15 March 2010

Giving Your Business A Reality Check

This is a guest post from David Kenward, the Mental Coach.  I’ve chatted with him a few times and see how his services can add amazing value to help folks perform under pressure, whether sports…

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12 February 2010

Online Marketing from the Pest Control Tech.

Online Marketing is like Monopoly.

In the game of Monopoly you roll the dice, land on property, buy un-owned property, pay rent, develop property, collect rent and pass go. The problem many people have with this game is…

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8 February 2010

How the white pages companies are like spammers

On the Senate floor in California is a bill to make the white pages opt-in only, reversing a 1995 bill that mandated distribution of these books as part of universal service.  What’s ironic about this bill is that the…

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24 January 2010

4 steps to make a KILLER Infographic and drive natural inbound links


Gather some interesting statistics and then make a chart out of it– and you’ve got yourself an Infographic.  Examples are showing a map of the world and income for each country displayed by green bars.  Or perhaps it’s…

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23 January 2010

Contextual targeting gone wrong?

Here is an article from TechCrunch showing Sully’s crash-landed plane in the Hudson.  Above it is an ad for United Airlines, which shares a miles program with US Air.  Is that good ad targeting or perhaps not?

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15 January 2010

How Jack in the Box reminds me of the Jetsons, airport security, and video games

I stopped in at a Jack in the Box today and noticed no employees at the register.  Customers were ordering through a kiosk.  This beautiful touch-screen marvel spoke in English and Spanish and upsold you…

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