Is Social Media Going to Take Over the World?

by | Aug 12, 2009

This question probably gets asked a lot in the internet professional world, but I feel that it is a valid question, especially since it is becoming “the norm” for organizations to have profiles on Facebook, Twitter, etc. My officemates and I had the...

How to Use Google Docs to Create Forms

by | Aug 11, 2009

Google Docs is a great online resource for document creation and storage, but there is one feature of google docs that you may not know about: The Form Feature. In the main Google Doc screen, go to New: Forms. This will take you to the creation screen, where you can...

TwitterGate: The Impact of Lawsuits over Bad Press

by | Aug 6, 2009

Last week the web was on fire over the news that a real estate development company was suing a woman over what she said on her Twitter page about mold in her apartment, in a building that the company owned. This woman only had 20 followers and the company has openly...

MySpace Has Added E-mail: Why You Shouldn’t Care

by | Aug 4, 2009

Sigh. According to Gigaom, MySpace has introduced an e-mail feature to their users, who will receive an “@myspace.com” email address. While I applaud MySpace for attempting to introduce new features for their users, I highly doubt that this will make an...

Teaming Up Against Google: Bing will Now Power Yahoo!

by | Jul 29, 2009

The 10-year deal between Microsoft’s Bing and Yahoo! to use Bing technology to power Yahoo searches is a big deal for those of us in the marketing world. Even though each company will keep their own display advertising businesses, the SEM side of advertising...

Mashable: 7 Secrets to Tweeting Your Corporate Culture

by | Jul 28, 2009

This is a great post from Mashable and Sharlyn Lauby about how Twitter can help you communicate with your customers better along with educating them about your history, awards, and future plans. Sharlyn also talks about the importance of asking questions via Twitter...

How The Death of Twitter Spammers Can Help Your Business

by | Jul 27, 2009

For those who keep up with Twitter news, you couldn’t have missed the big news last week that Twitter was attempting to kill off all spam accounts on their website. Twitter spam was getting out of control, and even though many users experienced heavy drops in...

Are You Taking Full Advantage of Your Facebook Page?

by | Jul 22, 2009

Recently Facebook announced they’ve surpassed 250 million users on the site, maintaining their number one slot as the biggest social networking site on the web. That’s a growth of 50 million users in just under 4 months. Have you jumped on the bandwagon...