Top 5 iPad Apps I Use For Productivity
I know, it’s been almost a month since my last posting! This posting will be different from previous ones because I’m focusing on the best apps, not just free ones. I know I’ve always focused on free...
View ArticleThe G+ Mobile Update is Awesome. Will I be Able to Manage Brand Pages?
As any Social Media Manager will attest to, we’re all watching Google+ to see if it can grab significantly more traffic in the future. With the reach on Facebook pages going down an average of 40% our...
View ArticleHow Student Bloggers Can Gain Research Benefits through Chatwing Chat Box
“This is an (unpaid) Guest post from Aaron Kro, lead developer and creator of ChatWing.com“ Students are now getting a lot from the Internet. Since the Internet is a hotbed of information from various...
View ArticleWho Knew Yelp Drives This Much Traffic? Small Business’s Take Note!
To understand why Yelp is well positioned in the fight to digitize local advertising, first consider the prevailing attitude of the competition. “Local is the holy grail of the Internet,” Sheryl...
View Article2012 Was a Pretty Good Year for the Blog!
It's New Years Day and in years past I would sit down and examine my blogs traffic year over year. This year was a little different. Since I spent the past year building social media campaigns for...
View ArticleWTH is a Social Media Whore? If you Are One, Go Help a Small Business!
There Are 181,000 Social Media ‘Gurus,’ ‘Ninjas,’ ‘Masters,’ and ‘Mavens’ on Twitter - Ad Age Digital This was a very popular article recently that seemed to be a hot topic in many of my circles. Seems...
View ArticleBrightBox Comes to Long Island.
“I was in Roosevelt Field Mall over the Weekend and noticed these small, odd-looking Kiosks all over the Mall. I saw at least 4 of them. They are charging stations for cell phones called BrightBoxes”...
View ArticleWhy Couponing Sites Suck!
One of the bigger internet stories I was following about 2 years ago was Google’s interest in buying Groupon, a couponing site that was growing tremendously. Google was late to the game when it came to...
View ArticleMy Poor Blog! It’s Been Neglected…
I have to admit, I’ve been a bad blogger lately. My last posting was at the end of January and I preach that you should, at MINIMUM, update your blog once a week. It’s been 5 for me but there has been...
View ArticleWhy Do I Have 4 Calendar Apps on my iPhone?
Ok, I’m getting back to my Tuesday Schedule… Lately I have been looking very closely at the 4 most important apps on my iPhone for organizing myself. Email, Calendar, Tasks (or to-do’s) and Project...
View ArticleTalking Baseball and a little Tech w/Kerel Cooper
For those weeks you just don’t have enough time to generate any content, here’s a little chat with Kerel Cooper from OnTheBlack.com, talking MLB at Bat iPhone/iPad app and a little baseball:
View ArticleFoursquare Check-in Notifications, include Moving Targets?
I didn’t know what I was missing when I turned on Notifications in Foursquare. I had always thought that only the most social media savvy people used Foursquare. I still do based on the notifications...
View ArticleEvernote Tip: Follow the Evernote Blog
For anyone who spends a significant amount of time using a computer to make a living, managing large amounts of information is key to being productive. The average person just cannot manage such large...
View ArticleGoogle+ Gives Me That Old School, Non-Narcissistic Internet Feeling
This year the blog is approaching it’s 13th Birthday. 13 YEARS! That’s a long time! Longer than any of the Social Media networks have been around. I remember the early days of blogging. Blogs had no...
View Article1Password – Generate & Remember All Your Strong Passwords
Bonus Posting This Week! I have to leave this information behind because it’s something I get asked almost daily. How do I remember all my passwords? Answer: I don’t. I use a password manager called...
View ArticleYou’re Crazy if You Use Public WiFi Without This…
Public WiFi is Not Safe!!!!!!!!!!!! (Get my Drift?) I’ve said this in the past, time and time again, Public WiFi is NOT safe. Use it at your own risk… or… a better option, secure your public WiFi...
View ArticleCould You Live Without Gmail?
This was an interesting discussion I was having this weekend. The discussion centered around could we live without Google Reader now that it’s set to be retired on July 1st. My definitive answer was...
View ArticleGoogle Authorship is not a Branding Opportunity for Small Business
I cannot believe how many blogs, mostly geared towards providing Social Media help to Small Businesses, are posting up that Google Authorship presents Branding opportunities for Small Businesses. Lets...
View ArticleGood Bye Google Reader. Feedly Fills in Nicely
This is my 6th consecutive day of blogging! It’s been a while since I’ve done that but I’ve had so many interesting posts backed up in my Evernote Blogging notebook that I may be able to do this for...
View ArticleSEO is Not for Small Business Owners Unless They Can Do It In-House
As a consultant for small businesses I get asked all the time if SMB’s should be using SEO (Search Engine Optimization). The answer is “No”. A lot of businesses don’t really understand how difficult...
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