Holiday Shopping with Social Media

With the tenuous economy plaguing consumers this holiday season, retailers have prepared for a likely decline in sales in the coming month, as opposed to last year. While households may not burst through the roof with expensive gadgets and large packages this time, one can still anticipate some level of gift exchange. Shoppers are apt [...]

Beating a Hasty Retweet? Benefit Your Status Through In-Depth Socialization

The latest Twitter buzz involves the new “retweeting” feature accessible on user’s Twitter home pages. If you read your follow feed through the main Twitter.com site, you have the option now of clicking a simple button to automatically repeat a favorite post without having to cut and paste and add the obligatory “RT @…” prefix. [...]

Customize Facebook Pages for Maximum Branding

Look around your favorite online hangouts these days, and you might see a common theme. No matter where you go for news, amusement, or online shopping, somebody appeals to you to join their Facebook following. As Facebook has fast become the most popular social networking among people over 30, businesses know it is a prime [...]

Podcasting by Phone: Update Customers with a Quick Call

Podcasting can be a time-consuming procedure, depending on the purpose and scope of your online broadcasting program. If you have a podcast connected to your online presence – be it a weekly or monthly presentation of new products and services, interviews with people relevant to your industry, or a regular dramatic reading, very likely you [...]

Using Twitter Lists to Your Site's Advantage

It seemed the buzz on Twitter’s application of Twitter Lists is gaining momentum among the more prolific Tweeters. Just as the eager website owner checks his analytics several times daily to see how many people are visiting his site, so people are surely checking their Twitter dashboards to see how many other users have added [...]

Lessons Learned at Internet Summit – Blogging is NOT Dead

With this year’s Internet Summit 2009 and the promising list of guest speakers and panelists, we couldn’t say no to attending. With Raleigh, NC just under four hours away, we decided a quick overnight trip might just be the ticket to get the scoop on the state of the Internet and the proper directions in [...]