social media

Facebook Beefs Up Security with AV Marketplace

May 10, 2012

Toward the end of April, Facebook took a stab at upgrading its security efforts by announcing a partnership with five major anti-virus software vendors: Microsoft, Trend Micro, McAfee, Sophos, and Symantec. The partnership is a sort of one-two punch security effort. Facebook will use the URL blacklists provided by the software vendors to augment its [...]

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PAAS Easter Egg Dyes Launches Redesigned Website

March 29, 2012

The NetSource design team is pleased to announce the launch of www.paaseastereggs.com, the redesigned website for PAAS Easter Egg Dyes, America’s favorite brand of Easter egg coloring for more than 125 years. The new site, which debuts just in time for Easter, features a playful and dynamic user interface packed with product information, kids games [...]

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Four Reasons to Consider Google+

February 13, 2012

I know what you’re thinking: “Oh great, not another social media website that I have to manage!”  Yep, that was my reaction to Google+ when it was released last year too. Regardless, I did my part as a web professional to set up an account shortly after it was introduced in order to familiarize myself [...]

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Getting Positive Reviews Online

January 9, 2012

Online review sites are becoming more and more vital to consumers as they research businesses and products online.  Sites like Yelp and Google Local allow customers to post their reviews for others to read, making them a powerful influence in consumer buying decisions. According to the MIT Technology Review, for every one dollar U.S. consumers [...]

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4 Social Networking Techniques to Avoid

January 2, 2012

Social networking can be a time-consuming endeavor, so the temptation to cut corners is big.  There are tools, techniques, and add-ons available that seem like a great idea to help you streamline your social media strategy and save time… until they start to undermine your efforts to connect in a real way to your customers.  [...]

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YouTube Marketing in 4 Easy Steps

December 19, 2011

So you’ve heard that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the U.S., second only to Google (who owns YouTube and includes YouTube search results in Google SERPs as well), and that 20 million visitors search YouTube every month.  A savvy web marketer would jump on the opportunity to corner search results on YouTube. [...]

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3 Content Types That Drive Traffic, Engagement, and Conversions

December 12, 2011

Search engine experts and online marketers agree that the key to attracting search engines and customers to your website is useful, unique, relevant content that can’t be found elsewhere.  Therefore, content creation is the most important task for all website developers and owners. Unfortunately it is also the most difficult.  It is very tempting to [...]

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Pumpkin Masters Pumpkin Carving Kits Launches Website Re-Design

September 22, 2011

Just in time for Halloween, Pumpkin Masters makers of the first ever pumpkin carving kit, introduce their newly redesigned website at PumpkinMasters.com with fun and festive surprises.

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Quora – Be Your Industry’s Expert Online

August 11, 2011

Quora’s goal is to be able to answer questions that Google and Wikipedia can’t. They are accomplishing this goal by posting user generated questions answered by the rest of the Quora community. A rating system that pushes answers up or down depending on community agreement moves the “best” answer to the top. Currently Quora is [...]

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Friend, Follow, Like? Are you using social media appropriately?

June 27, 2011

The term social media is being used pretty much everywhere now. It’s popularity is on the rise, and in turn the methods for sharing through social media are also growing. It can be a bit overwhelming choosing how to share and what to share. I would like to share some guidelines on using social media [...]

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Don't Be Distracted by the Next Big Thing in Online Marketing

December 7, 2010

Years ago I was babysitting my nephew.  He was sitting on the floor in his diapers with a boatload of toys and I was sitting on the floor next to him doing my best to entertain him.  I noticed that whatever toy of his I was playing with he wanted.  He’d reach out his little [...]

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Launching Websites, Launching Rockets

June 30, 2010

Last month I had the extreme privilege of being selected by NASA to report live at the launch of STS-132, the last scheduled mission for the space shuttle Atlantis.  After a thorough screening process I was issued press credentials and allowed 2 day access to the historic NASA Launch Complex 39 Press Site next to [...]

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