Can You Afford to Forget About Foursquare?

To those of you who don’t know, Foursquare is a social network, based on sharing location between friends and sharing reviews on places or shops to anyone else who visits this site. Some business’ are beginning to use this network, but many are not. If you are a business or just someone who is out [...]

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September 14, 2011 | 5 Comments | Read Story

Social Cookie Monster

We have these awesome things called analytics programs. They track everything, as long as you give them a cookie (that’s how it works, right?). Or maybe they give you a cookie. Either way, no one is licking my cookie dough spoon but me… Get your mind out of the gutter. As far as I can [...]

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September 8, 2011 | Comments Off | Read Story

Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)

Over a year ago, I wrote a post on blog post graphic resources, with most of my focus set on image generators. Since then, several new tools have been introduced that make it even easier for bloggers to create custom images to enhance their posts. Why Make Your Own Graphics? Blog posts are a package [...]

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September 5, 2011 | 9 Comments | Read Story

The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic

Scoffing at Facebook’s $82 billion valuation? Think Twitter’s done? Take a closer look at the tsunami of social media. Our SEJ infographic portrays just how pervasive and influential SM has become on a global scale.

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August 30, 2011 | 86 Comments | Read Story

YouTube is Useless

YouTube is useless at boosting traffic if you’re not using it to its fullest potential. YouTube is home to 490 million users, and offers the possibility of sending interested users to your website, but only if you know how to use it. If your video isn’t up to snuff, it’ll only gather cobwebs and be [...]

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August 30, 2011 | 4 Comments | Read Story

Responsive Web Design and Facebook Fan Pages a Perfect Marriage

Ethan Marcotte coined the term Responsive Web Design and soon after wrote an amazing book on the topic.  A Book Apart’s Responsive Web Design is the perfect stepping stone to getting started coding and designing responsive websites.  For those of you who may not know what I’m talking about, Responsive Websites are websites that adapt [...]

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August 29, 2011 | 1 Comment | Read Story

The Right Way to Apologize Online

Sooner or later, we all make mistakes. Who doesn’t? It’s something that happens to everyone. Eventually we all have our slipups, blunders, misunderstandings – or maybe even a full blown PR disaster. It can be mortifying, but it doesn’t have to be – especially if you’re prepared. credit: DoktorSpinn Social media has changed the game [...]

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August 29, 2011 | 3 Comments | Read Story

Creating a Social Networking Site – Entrepreneurship Journey

With keeping in mind the three key items used to create a successful start-up; a start-up venture like social-medicine.org is likely to succeed: A start-up requires good people and efforts taken to network, A start-up should fill a gap in the market that isn’t already filled and provide a niche service, to people knowing what [...]

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August 29, 2011 | 1 Comment | Read Story

Google +1 Button Adds Snippet and Sharing Features

The Google +1 button, the social sharing option from Google that’s seen impressive popularity since its launch, is adding two new features: snippets and Google+ sharing.

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August 26, 2011 | 1 Comment | Read Story

Don’t Re-Invent Social-Media Buttons. Please!

Some might be tempted to create custom buttons for social media. But go with the familiar, in this case. It’ll save everyone time and money.

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August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments | Read Story