I find myself spending more time than ever before watching or reading technology related news stories. I’d like to say it’s hardly susprising really, given the industry I’m involved in. But the truth lies more with the fact that I normally get given the remote for the channel hopper well close to midnight after ‘The Family’ have given up on the day and saunter off to lullaby mountain.
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Twitter can be an effective tool for promoting your business online. As with anything in life – you only get what you put into it. So, with that in mind, always remember that Twitter is no golden egg but with a bit of effort on your part it could turn into the goose that lays the golden egg for you.
Here is a list of top twitter tips that I have used and advised various businesses to start using to help them getter a better realisation on how Twitter can be, if used correctly, a powerful marketing tool for their business.
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Make no bones about it, after reading Jennifer Osborne’s excellent post about ‘So, You want a Career in SEO‘ and reading the poor woman’s frustration in trying to find a suitable applicant for a SEO/Online Marketing position within their company have I ever wanted to post about a subject of considering a career path in SEO.
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Quite a few weeks ago I noticed the Daily Mail run a cheeky little script on its web copy that when you copied and pasted an excerpt from one of its articles you also included a link back to the page where it was lifted from, for example :
The dementia affecting hundreds of thousands of Britons may be a legacy of the Second World War, a scientist has claimed.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1213703/Dementia-caused-Second-World-War-claims-scientist.html#ixzz0RGlrjtMy
We have undergone another rebrand here at NSM HQ. It is the first part of a total restucture of the site as we look to consolidate ourselves as one of the leading online promotional companies within Scotland.
We have many visual changes ready to be unleashed over the up-and-coming months which we hope will drive even more traffic to NSM.
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The time is fast approaching for Twitter to start making money from its popular micro-blogging platform. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, talked of generating revenue in the fourth quarter. The way that Twitter chooses to monetise the site will no doubt be an interesting one. As many have been guessing and scratching their heads as to how this could be achieved and still see Twitter retain its popular status and continue to grow in user figures.
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They say in life that timing is everything, with this in mind and the looming anniversary of 9/11 this Friday, you can understand why I balked when I saw the below ad. I have thought long and hard about publishing this blog post also the closeness to the 9/11 date itself but at-the-end-of-the-day thought it should be aired.
I have to highlight that I find the ad repulsive and FAIL to find any link between the two events that the ad is supposed to represent.
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Nobody can denounce the success of Twestival last year. An online global success where cities around this big planet of ours get together and help host events in support of a local cause. Well, Glasgow is no different and this year the event will be held at The Living Room on the 10th of September 2009. The charity that has been chosen is No Strings Attached Scotland (NSA) that offer help to young people in Scotland that suffer with asthma.
I may be a bit late about posting this, seeing as I took a 6 week break from blogging up until a couple of days ago but anybody that knows me, understands I’m a BIG comic fan, so guess my excitement levels when I noticed that iGoogle is now doing custom comic themes. Awesome! Having quickly flicked through the available comic themes, my favourites so far are : Captain America, Dilbert, Batman, Blackest Night (Green Lantern), Iron Man, Superman, Hulk and Hellboy.
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