When you begin to tune into social and dig for those key conversations and influencers to share your content with, it might be important to sift down to a particular geographical area. If you have a Real Estate business in one city, you want to look at all of the relevant tweets in your area,…
You have a website, maybe even some decent traffic. You don’t necessarily sell a physical product, but people visit you for information or entertainment and you want to turn that into a little bit of cash money. Well, luckily there are a couple great programs for doing just that. Not everyone can work out a…
by Kelly Batke at Faronics In my previous post on passwords, I posted the 25 worst passwords of 2011. If you didn’t see any of your passwords in that list, that’s good news. But chances are you’re reading this article because you’re nervous that your password may not be strong enough. While some websites are starting to provide an…
OddDog has a way with SEO, so when they told us about Open Site Explorer, a tool built by SEOmoz, we listened carefully. Getting links to drive the rank of the pages on your site is a must. But, all links are not created equal, some links have higher value than others. This means if…
If you’re looking to save a few bucks this shopping season, these two apps are definitely a must. Two of the biggest companies out there (eBay & Google) are behind them and they are guaranteed to find you the lowest price online and offline. RedLaser: Among the most awesome of features is the ‘find…
Meet the VideoJug sock puppet and take a quick journey with him as he takes us through a great How To video on finding a job using social media. It’s a great quick look for some quick things you can do to make your profiles look a little better and start identifying jobs you would…
When you go to post an image on your next blog post or piece of content, check out these two tools before you risk a Google Image search that could lead you to pictures with watermarks, strict usage rights, or….well, nevermind. Flickr Creative Commons Search: Flickr has a search tool with built in license filtering…
Congress is looking at a bill designed to help stop piracy on the internet, but has language and provisions in it that could be severely abused and drastically limit freedom of speech on the internet. It threatens web-based companies like our own, Odd Dog’s, and many other’s ability to do business if passed. Please consider…
It’s no secret we’re big fans of Hootsuite here, we use it everyday to make our lives easier and keep up with the dizzying world of Twitter. We teach about Hootsuite in our classes and I figured, hey, these are some great social media vocabulary words people should know. Some of these words are unique…
Running a business where you don’t have a traditional office or your winning team is geographically spread, is easier than ever before thanks to a number of tools. Staying in touch, sharing materials, and collaborating on your business can be done very efficiently and nearly free. Try out our remote business toolkit and if you…