August 30, 2009 2

How to Start Creating Your Online Presence

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Online Presence Development

In this day and age, it is becoming increasingly important to own your online presence. Your online presence can be described as the multiple online channels (portfolio/brochure websites, social networking sites, online directories and review sites, etc.) that lead to you or your business. Having only a website for your online presence is no longer sufficient for competing on the web and communicating with your potential clients. With multiple online channels, you or your company is afforded many more opportunities of being found. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 27, 2009 2

Shorten Your URL Without the www Prefix

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www vs non-www Shorten your URL

If anything can be learned from Twitter, it’s that shorter is better.  Okay, maybe “better” is not the right word; however, through the 140 character limit Twitter imposes, we are gearing our minds into packing the greatest punch with the least amount of room.  Because of the limited amount of content space, URL shortening tools have been emerging everywhere such as bit.ly, ow.ly, is.gd, etc. The act of “shortening” seems to be the current strong and worthwhile trend. So take it a step further with your website URL. Read the rest of this entry »

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June 9, 2009 0

Searching Local With Zip Codes

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As consumers become smarter web searchers and search engines become more advanced, the use of zip codes in local searches will be more common practice. Right now, if you’re looking for a grocery store in Denver, CO,  it’s very normal to type “grocery stores Denver” into the search engine–which can bring you a vast array of grocery stores scattered throughout the major city. Although the search result is accurate, in that you found grocery stores in Denver, the search result is not precise to your location. The term “Denver” is too general and needs to be broken down into smaller districts.

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May 17, 2009 1

How Else Can I Use Twitter? Try a Testimonial-Twitter Feed

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Twitter is a like a virus—small and minimal yet robust and scalable. Many adaptations are found daily for the status-update tool. Doing a search on “additional uses for twitter” will demonstrate the vastness of its uses. Today though, I wanted to demonstrate one way I have been using the Twitter HTML Widget.

At my full-time job, among many duties, I work as an online marketer and reputation manager-trying to ensure my company has a respectable and positive imagine online. A positive imagine can abound when potential clients see testimonials/feedback from previous clients. Generally, a company’s website will have a set page for documented testimonials and success stories. My company’s website has a testimonial/ feedback/ references page, however, I wanted to create a better way to show what our clients are saying, and for the comments to be displayed on all pages throughout the website.  There’s no guarantee that anyone who visits your site will see your testimonial page, but there’s a good chance they will at least read one testimonial if it’s displayed at least somewhere on every page of your site.  So what’s the solution? Creating an additional account on Twitter (assuming you already have a company Twitter account) solely for your documented testimonials and doing some coding and tweaking to your site. Read the rest of this entry »

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