Over the past year I've learned quite a bit about building traffic and driving awareness of my personal blog. I haven't done very well from a search perspective. There are certainly some improvements I could make that would make my blog a little more search friendly, but I just haven't made it a priority. What I have done well however is utilizing social media. It's pretty much the sole source of all my blog traffic, and in my opinion, much more fun to manage. The following are the ...
My 9 Favorite iPhone Social Media Apps
As if spending countless hours on the computer with social media wasn't enough, there's a quite a few excellent apps out there that help you manage, monitor and communicate through your social media channels on the go. Nowadays, a lot of useful software apps are now available to be downloaded in mobile devices like AntiVirus software or Smart Record App that will definitely help you, not just in daily life but also in your businesses. While some of these are quite obvious, perhaps a few in here ...
Office For Mac Macworld 2010 Recap
This year's Macworld 2010 was my first Macworld and it was definitely a different tradeshow experience then I am used to. For years, I've attended the Search Engine Strategies and SMX events and the biggest difference by far is in the audience. The search shows I've attended are much more B2B, with Macworld having a much more consumer feel. This was very evident in my attempts at doing video recaps like I had done in the past. At the search shows, EVERYONE wants to be on camera. At ...
The Office For Mac Social Media Extravaganza!
Three months ago I accepted a contract position that would have me help build the social media and community plan for Mac Office. Now, after 3 months of discussing, planning, revising, and who knows how many meetings, the curtain has been pulled away and the excitement begins. It's been an amazing experience getting to experience building and executing on a plan for a large brand, and certainly challenging to say the least. The group is very unique in that it's a Mac product within the halls ...
Digital Printing Done Right: PrintingForLess.com
This week's post is not my normal fare, but while on the surface it may not seem social media focused, it does have a social media spin. Let me explain. I was in a coffee shop a few days ago and was listening to a local artist and as I sat there, I started thinking to myself how I don't promote myself as much as I probably should. I thought, boy, if I had some slick business cards with my personal brand, it sure would be nice to leave one with this artist and even the coffee shop in case ...
9 Great Social Media, Digital Marketing & Productivity Tools
I absolutely love it when I find incredible tools online that help enable your productivity, efficiency & marketability. They can often be hard to come by, but there are some great ones out there and the following list are the ones that come to mind recently that you may or may not have heard of or used. 1. Search Status Firefox Extension - This is my new favorite plug in. So simple and unobtrusive, yet highly addicting and very informative. Quite simply, this plug-in shows you any ...
