Ten Simple Steps to Create a Great LinkeIn Company Page

LinkedIn Company Page

LinkedIn Company Page Forbes contributor, Susan Gunelius, wrote a an easy to read and comprehensive outline on Ten Steps to Create a LinkedIn Company Page. If you do not have a LinkedIn company page, you need to get cracking on it NOW!  After reading this you will have no excuses not to have one. A [...]

Instagram asks court to throw out lawsuit regarding terms of service

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On December 17, 2012, Instagram announced several changes to its Terms of Service.  The new Terms of Service stated Instagram would be allowed to use images without notifying or compensating users, and to disclose user data to Facebook and advertisers. Instagram also proposed that the parents of minors implicitly consent to the use of their [...]

Google Now for iPhone and iPad

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Google Now   Google’s Siri competitor is now available for the iPhone and iPad.  Google Now is available for download on the App Store. You can make traditional voice searches but the App will also try to predict what you might want to know in the future. It’s good to see Google embracing iOS and [...]

Storify – 5 Reason To Use It

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Storify is a fun and easy way to create a story using content found on multiple social media sites. All you do is – Type  in a word or phrase you would like to collect content on and drag & drop the content into your “story”!  It is honestly that easy. Storify will use your keyword or [...]

Author Rank – What is it?

Google-Author-Rank

Author Rank is term that has been showing up frequently in the SEO world lately. What is Author Rank?  Mark Traphagen, Director of Digital Outreach at Virante INC, defines it in his own words as:   Google Author Rank  Google Author Rank is a theoretical concept based on some past Google patents and some things [...]

Linkedin Tips to Increase Engagement

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Get The Most Out of your LinkedIn Company Page   Post Status Updates Often –  The best time to post on Linkedin is in the morning. However, it is also important to be active throughout the day as to increase your visibility.  You can use a scheduling tool such as Hootsuite if you are not able to [...]

Bing Image Search Adds ‘Pin It’ Icon

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Bing announces they have added a ‘Pin It‘ button to their Bing Image Search Results.  Now you can pin directly to Pinterest without a plugin or having to copy and paste. Accoirding to the Bing Search Blog: “…we’re excited to introduce the “Pin to Pinterest” feature on Bing image search. Now, you can pin image [...]

Facebook Home – Facebook Android Phone

Facebook Phone

Coming this Friday, April 12, 2013, is Facebook Home, the new Android phone sporting new software to give the user a “great, living, social phone”.   Introducing Facebook Home “The family of apps that puts your friends at the heart of your phone. With Home, everything on your phone gets friendlier. From the moment you [...]

SEO vs SMO

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Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Optimization   What type of optimization is best? Should the emphasis be on optimizing for Search Engines or for Social Media platform.   The War rages on…… Is there really a battle between the two? I don’t believe we should pit these two heavy hitters against one another. The [...]

HootSuite Introduces New Social Apps

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  HootSuite is introducing new Premium Apps to help gain deeper insight into social media marketing efforts.  The new apps will also make your HootSuite dashboard more efficient.     YouTube: This enhanced version of the YouTube App includes the producing, monitoring and sharing features you need to get more out of video. You can [...]