When Twitter vaulted into crazy popularity someone really smart saw that we needed a way to shorten our links. Pasting long URLs into our tweets and using up so many of those valuable 140 characters just wasn’t cutting it. Link shortening wasn’t invented for Twitter, but it soon became its most popular use and URL shorteners…
The way Google and other search engines are calculating SEO value is changing more often than ever before. Google reacts quickly with changes to its algorithm and as the online landscape rapidly shifts, especially to compensate for the rise of social media, search engines are forced to adapt quickly. A couple recent events have highlighted the…
When I went to an event this week the speaker said something that really irked me. He was talking about “Great Entrepreneurs” v.s. “Mediocre Entrepreneurs.” He said that lifestyle businesses were run by the “mediocre entrepreneurs”. One of my girl friends, who I respect more than just about any other person for her business acumen,…
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Well, most likely they won’t. People who write their own content should still have great and climbing SEO ranking. People who use Auto-blogging are the ones who will feel it the most. Google strives to deliver the most valuable content to their visitors so they are trying to weed out the sites that are not…
If you are trying to start writing for the web, you may be looking around for the best blogging service out there. Content is the center of social media integration and without a good blog service, you can’t get that content out to your people. We use WordPress here at Salty Waffle, but that doesn’t…
It’s a question we have probably all asked ourselves at one point or another and whether you’re a Twitter all-star or still on the development squad, it never hurts to check on just how you’re doing once in a while. Here are 5 great tools for measuring your Twitter skills in several areas. Twittergrader: Our Twittergrader…
Study after study shows that you learn best by doing. We want to teach you how to use social media through hands on social media classes. You can learn Google Analytics, learn Facebook, learn all about Twitter or just a little. Get the 20k foot view or take a microscope to exactly how to get…
With Google TV, Apple TV, Samsungs Social Media Integration TV Apps, and the growing world of online sites streaming shows around the clock, the way we watch television is certainly changing fast. TV is going social and it seems pretty clear that the entire landscape of providers, content, and delivery will look different in the very…
Monday Feb. 7th, 7-9pm in Seattle, WA, I’ll be moderating a panel discussion about Keeping It Simple Stupid for CRAVE Seattle. Lisa Francoise (Sweet Beauty), Carrie Middlemiss (Bella Cupcake Couture), and Jen Mueller (Talk Sporty to Me) and I will spend a couple of hours sharing experiences and answering questions at PNK Ultra Lounge (4th…