Archive for the ‘internet’ Category
Political Lessons: 8 things not to do that WILL go viral on the internet
DO NOT anger Dan Savage by comparing homosexual sex to beastiality. (SEE Santorum.com. No, this is not Rick Santorum’s official campaign website. It’s Dan Savage’s website and ranks higher in Google than the candidate’s official website.) DO NOT forget to buy your name as a URL. (SEE newtgingrich.com which is really StopRomneysPiousBaloney.com. This is not the [...]
January 10, 2012
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Tags: Anthony Weiner, Brokeback Mountain, Dan Savage, Heath Ledger, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum · Posted in: internet
An online shopping ode…
Well, I thought it was funny…
December 8, 2011
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Tags: christmas carols, shopping online · Posted in: internet
First rule of online teaching: Backup plan!
I’ve been working for months on a series of three webinars on how to use social media  marketing for business. Practiced them with a host of very patient friends, clients, and acquaintances. I finished tweaking the first one (again) this morning. The first class was scheduled for this afternoon. (I was going to start the [...]
November 18, 2011
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Tags: backup plan, internet, modem, webinars, wireless router · Posted in: internet, Social media marketing
The Right Wing Conspiracy to Control Dancing With The Stars
The casting director who dreamed up the list of possible “stars” to appear on Dancing With The Stars and included Bristol Palin should get a huge raise. The show this season has become a press agent’s dream. I have never seen so much buzz about the lengths a “star’s” fans will go to to keep [...]
November 23, 2010
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Tags: Bachelorette, Bristol Palin, Dancing With The Stars, DWTS, Jersey Shore · Posted in: internet, Just me
A fall cleaning for your blog
Ahhhhh, fall! The squirrels and birds are having a wonderful time taking tiny little bites out of the apples on my apple tree. The spoiling fruit falls to the ground and the dog thinks they’re perfect playthings for the house. I bribe the dog with a cookie to move away from the nasty apple so [...]
October 3, 2010
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Tags: findability, website analysis, website maintenance · Posted in: internet, Your website
What’s a platform and do you need one?
Dictionary.com defines an individual’s “platform” as a body of principles on which a person or group takes a stand in appealing to the public; program: The Fabians developed an all-embracing platform promising utopia. a set of principles; plan. a place for public discussion; forum. So, yes, you do need one if you want to give [...]
June 14, 2010
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Tags: online platform, Unique Selling Proposition, USP · Posted in: internet, Running your small business, social networking
SEO for the rest of us
I don’t consider myself a techie. I know just enough about back-end SEO to be incredibly dangerous. So how does a non-tech website owner help their website make nice with Google and the other search engines? 1. Have a blog on your website and update it regularly. I’m amazed how many web people think it’s [...]
March 24, 2010
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Tags: All about blogging, Bing Local Listing Center, book marketing, Google Local Business Search, keywords, SEO, Wordpress · Posted in: All about blogging, Buy The Book Marketing, internet
If you’re marketing online, be thankful for…
1. WordPress. The open source blog software enables you to build a great website without knowing any code. And it enables me and millions of others to blab endlessly about great observations, information and sometimes just….stuff. 2. The thousands of how-to sites that tells you everything you need to know about marketing online, how to [...]
November 24, 2009
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Tags: Google Analytics, how-to sites, online marketing, social media marketing, YouTube · Posted in: internet, Marketing, social networking
‘Bridesmaids from Hell’ Live on the Internet
I google my name and my company’s name every now and then just to see where I’m popping up on the net. One day, I was surprised to see my name mentioned in the archives of a newspaper in Salt Lake City. I live in the Denver metro area and have no ties to Salt Lake. But, surprise, [...]
October 26, 2009
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Tags: Halloween costumes, Mom Rule, what to post online · Posted in: internet
The latest social media marketing trend: actually be social
Small is the new big. For once, I feel I am in the middle of the new “latest thing.” (I am not an early adaptor. I’m still excited about getting an iPod shuffle last Christmas.) I’ve wondered for a while whether it was such a great idea to be on so many social media sites that [...]
October 15, 2009
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Tags: internet marketing, social marketing, social media marketing · Posted in: Buy The Book Marketing, Facebook, internet, Marketing, social networking
