Backups. Just say the word and most people shudder and admit they don’t have any, don’t know how to produce them, or just don’t want to think about it. Your website can vanish in an instant. I know, it happened to me. I will write about my personal websites being hacked in a future blog [...]
Even if you have heard this story, chances are you haven’t seen many of the related videos. I have included six of the best musical performances below. Antoine Dodson is known to millions, but there are still many that aren’t aware of this unusual YouTube star and the series of events that he inspired. (Be [...]
Search Engine Optimization; if you have a website you should know this phrase well. Everyone wants to get found. In fact, that’s one of the main reason’s that we are online. Before we can start relationships, build clientele and market our product or service we need to be found. If you are in business and [...]
Look out Austinites! There’s a new kid in town. Renown marketing consultant, Jeffrey Eisenberg, author of multiple books (listed below), web analytics specialist, professional speaker, and conversion king is relocating to Austin, Texas. I met Jeffrey last week at the local SEO Meetup after watching his presentation: 21 Secrets of Top Converting Websites. He’s a [...]
This month’s Austin Social Media Club featured a panel of nonprofit movers and shakers who answered questions from David Neff (another local nonprofit rock star) about how they utilize social media within their organizations. Although the topics vary from month to month, I noticed from the first club meeting I attended that social media for [...]
It’s a people driven economy stupid” ~ Erik Qualman You don’t have to join the Revolution, but it is happening, whether you acknowledge it or not. Erik Qualman is the author of a new book called Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business. Erik is a pretty smart guy who [...]
I met Deltina Hay at her book signing and talk on the Social Web at BookPeople this past July. I really enjoyed her presentation and how openly and honestly she spoke about her writing process for this intensive project. NOTE: Video below shows some excerpts from Deltina’s presentation. There is no shortage of social media [...]
I have a good friend who thinks Google is going to take over the world, and not in a good way. Whenever she brings up the subject my mind quickly fills with images from the Terminator movies. Machines take control and mankind as we know it is doomed. I know where she’s coming from, regarding [...]
Found a fantastic little video that helped me better understand Google, SEO and Thesis aff. Web designers can make some killer looking sites. And there is no shortage of free templates, that look awesome, to help you build your website. But what I didn’t understand until recently is that Google doesn’t like the complicated code [...]