Favorite Holiday Traditions Survey Results

Posted by admin on December 17, 2009

Near the end of November I set up a survey to find out what sorts of things people look forward to over the winter holidays—favorite traditions, food, etc. I had a great response and learned a lot about how other people look at this time of year. While the results are in no way reflective [...]

Tips and Tricks for Better Blogging

Posted by admin on November 20, 2009

Full Series

Is Blogging Right For You?
Tips and Tricks for Better Blogging
Pretty Posts Happy Guests

This article appeared in the January/February 2009 issue of Writers’ Journal. It’s part 2 of a 3 part series.
View “Tips and Tricks for Better Blogging” as it appeared in Writers’ Journal.
Now that you’ve set up a blog and made a few [...]

The Fallacy of ROI and Social Networking

Posted by admin on November 5, 2009

There’s a lot of scrambling and grumbling among businesses about how—or if—social networking should be used in a marketing strategy. One of the most often questions uttered by executives is, “What’s the ROI on Social Networking?” This is immediately followed by, “How do you measure that metric?”
While I’m not in the habit of directly challenging [...]

Could Bing and Google Be the Death of Facebook and Twitter?

Posted by admin on October 22, 2009

Or will the search engines kill themselves?
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The Washington Post reported today that Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Google will start crawling Twitter posts. Microsoft’s Bing adds Twitter search [...]

6 Dirty Secrets About SEO

Posted by admin on October 20, 2009

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Building Your Web Presence: When to Hire a Web Developer
9 Questions Your Developer Should Ask You
What Types of Pages Do You Need?
Graphics: Friend of Foe?—Making it Both Useful and Pretty
Using Interactive Media on the Web
Six Dirty Secrets About Search Engine Optimization

This article appeared in the September/October 2008 issue of Writers’ Journal in the “Computer [...]

Using Interactive Media on the Web

Posted by admin on October 12, 2009

Full Series

Building Your Web Presence: When to Hire a Web Developer
9 Questions Your Developer Should Ask You
What Types of Pages Do You Need?
Graphics: Friend of Foe?—Making it Both Useful and Pretty
Using Interactive Media on the Web
Six Dirty Secrets About Search Engine Optimization

This article appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of Writers’ Journal in the “Computer [...]