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Getting started with SEO

By + on July 15, 2011 in Blogging, Technology

Image via CrunchBase One of the main benefits of adding a blog to your website is the lift it gives your site — blogging rocks at generating traffic! Why? Because frequent posting feeds search engines which measure value of a site in part by how frequently it’s updated. Each post you create can also be [...]

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TypePad, We Love[d] You! Here’s Why…

By + on July 12, 2011 in Blogging, Technology

““Why do you recommend TypePad.com for blogging? What features make it better for professionals than the free platforms?” We get asked this question frequently. We believe most professionals have a lot to do simply running their businesses. Marketing should be as automated as possible, while maintaining a personal touch. Of course, blogging is a near [...]

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Tactic #7: Bookmark socially!

By + on July 7, 2011 in 5 Minute University, Facebook, Featured, Social Media, Tools
This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Top 10 Tactics and Tools

This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series: Top 10 Tactics and ToolsAlthough the perspective focuses on Delicious, the message is clear; Bookmarking has more value when you use a tool that saves your bookmarks out to a website where they can be accessed or shared from any computer to any computer or [...]

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Productivity Hack: Write Mini Process Flows

By + on July 5, 2011 in Just in case

“Creativity is one thing, but capturing it into a form that’s useful (to your needs) is another. I’ve got an idea that I plan to implement for myself: mini process flows. Now, your jobs that you’ll need done are different than mine. I’ll just show you mine as examples, okay?” Click here to read more…

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Are You Delicious?

By + on July 2, 2011 in Content Management, Technology, Thoughts

Now would be a great time to start using Delicious, the social bookmarking tool… “Yahoo has revamped Delicious, saying the site for storing, describing, and sharing Web site bookmarks is faster, easier to use, and has better search abilities.  The speedup comes from a new server system that’s snappier and more reliable, Yahoo said on [...]

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Facebook page vs. websites; Guy vs. Todd

By + on June 26, 2011 in Blogging, Facebook, Featured, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Tools, Trends

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been following industry oracle Guy Kawasaki for over 25 years and I agree with him almost all of the time. He was right about the Mac, he’s right about Posterous and he’s right about Alltop. He’s right about so many things. When he speaks, I take notes. This time, however, I [...]

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Blogging is actually very EFFICIENT!

By + on June 14, 2011 in Blogging, Social Media

In many ways, blogging is no more difficult than sending an email and much more effective in the long run… “If you’re a great baker or known for your mad IT skills, chances are you get asked the same things over and over again. You probably also end up fielding distress calls from frantic friends [...]

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5 ways to get found

By + on June 10, 2011 in Social Media, Technology, Tools

I had a great connect with an old friend who is a real estate rockstar in Barrington, IL. She’s not willing to accept anything less than being the dominant player in her industry and she’s looking at social media as a way to help her accomplish her objectives. Couldn’t help but think of her when [...]

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Posting PDFs to WordPress…

By + on May 10, 2011 in Technology

A client asked me what is the best way to include pdfs in WordPress. Since I really hadn’t thought about that for awhile, I asked the smartest WordPress guy I know what he does. He answered “I like to upload to the media library, grab the URL link and then link to it in the [...]

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Is your website a ‘billboard in the desert’?

By + on May 7, 2011 in Content Management, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Tools

In December of last year, I embarked upon an experiment to see if I could leverage a website with a blog combined with social media tools to increase traffic to a site. In that month, my sandbox site had a grand total of 670 pageviews. In the month that ended yesterday, I had a total [...]

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