Archive for April, 2009
Twitter tools #2: The Twitter Mosaic Original
Apr 29th
This twitter tool is a neat little one. It allows you to pull all your Twitter followers and create designs with the mosaic of pictures. It’s called Twitter Mosaic. Even though I haven’t been on Twitter long, Here’s a mosaic of my current followers…(I just got an idea, I’m going to do this ocassionally on
Online marketing tip: Coach your clients with micro-lectures
Apr 29th
Ever heard of the micro-lecture? Neither had I until I ran into a post by the eminent Dr. William Graziadei (many of whose thoughts I admire). Anyway, here’s the written lecture on how to deliver a Micro-lecture. Believe me, within a few minutes of reading and digesting that article you’ll see the connection between the
Twitter Tool#1 – Twitter-friendly url shortener
Apr 26th
If you’ve been tooling around the digital landscape for a while you’re probably very familiar with url shortener website services like www.Tinyurl.com If used tiny url and another one which I can’t remember right now for a while, but I recently signed up to Twitter (a 140-character or less micro-blogging service) and found that I’m
The Viral marketing power of a sandwich (Part deux)
Apr 25th
In my previous Viral marketing power post, I mentioned how a sandwich can be a potent viral marketing tool. Well, my first attempt to actually sample the gastronomic and culinary wonder that is the Salmon melt sandwich actually went awry. I picked up my wife from work and she deftly guided me to the Heidi’s
The viral marketing power of an innovative sandwich
Apr 22nd
When I asked my wife how her day went today, her answer was: “We went out to this restaurant called Heidi’s today, and I had the best sandwich I’ve had in a long time. It was a ‘salmon melt’ sandwich!” She went on to regale me with the blow by blow account of how she
Gogo on Dependence and security
Apr 22nd
“The avenue of my blessings may change, but God remains my source” -Gogo This is a statement that God first laid on my heart years ago when I was in the telecom industry and had gotten a letter of employment that got rescinded within days due to a “hiring freeze”. I didn’t know it, but
Donald Trump: Forget WWJD, If they kick you, kick them harder!
Apr 20th
I like Donald Trump. I like his shwag (that’s “swagger” to you uninitiated), I like the boldness of his ideas and expression. I’m also careful when I read his books because I want to incorporate some of his principles into my mindset…but not everything. I recently read Donald Trump’s collaboration with Bill Zanker, “Think Big
Social Media Fatigue: Now’s not the time…
Apr 15th
If you feel like you’ve been getting to many invitations into your email inbox to try out “one too many” social networking sites, now’s not the time to give up on social media in your marketing. In a recent post, I talked about how Google has given a leg up to big brand (read: Fortune
Local social media marketing gets unintended Google boost!
Apr 15th
This news may change the fate of many small internet businesses for the worse.. I recently came across some information that’s been hidden behind some highly specialized SEO-master sites for a few weeks now. Apparently Google has made adjustments to their search engine rankings in such a way that big brands have seen a sudden
Video Marketing for local businesses
Apr 15th
If you read my previous post where I talked about the Jerk carpet cleaner’s marketing, then you’ll appreciate the case study I’m about to share with you. This is another company in the same area, that’s doing it right. The case I made earlier is that you can’t expect your clients to willingly and unquestioningly
