YouTube, Twitter,  Facebook, Google+ and now Pinterest. The list of social sharing never seems to end. Everyone wants to get in on the action and for good reason; it is a good way to sell your brand, share your message or to collect more followers for whatever it is you do. For businesses this can be [...]

Search Engine Optimization 101 If you are new to SEO, you may not understand all the fuss about SEO. As I’ve said in a previous post, it is important to design your website for search engines as much as for people, though doing so requires some different thinking. It truly is beneficial to make sure [...]

After yet another unwelcome “improvement” from Facebook, I decided to give Google+ a try. I must say that initially, I dreaded the thought of yet another profile to update and manage. My dread quickly turned to delight and amazement at the ease of user navigation and privacy control provided by the blissfully clean Google+ interface. [...]

What is a QR Code? A QR (Quick Response) code is a square image that can be scanned by smart phones. It holds data, similar to a UPC code. Below is my telephone number. If you were to scan the QR code with your smart phone, you would be presented with a button to “Call [...]

If you’ve got multiple email accounts and are maybe on your third or fourth smart phone, you may have wound up with many duplicate contacts. I found a great way to get rid of them. This utility (called Scrubly) will go through them and clean em up for you, once and for all. Works with [...]

Where did my business page go? In early December of 2010, Facebook launched a new profile and initially, folks were invited to take it for a spin. Later, they just flipped everyone over, no unlike button offered. The new profile has things moved around a bit and for the most part, I am indifferent to [...]

So you have a new website, you’ve sprinkled in a bit of SEO, maybe got a Facebook fan page or Twitter account going. Now it’s time to sit back and reap the rewards and watch as your stats go whacko, right? Not so fast. Have you considered your online reputation management (ORM)? Many people don’t. [...]

Have you ever wondered why there are so many places popping up online where you can build a website without any html or coding experience? So many beautiful, sexy designs for free (only if you sign up with a hosting package, of course) that you can “click and build yourself—in just minutes!” Wow! “if it [...]