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Why People Are Not Engaging With Your Brand

Why People Are Not Engaging With Your Brand

Oct 15, 2012

The success of your blog rests on a lot of different variables. Your writing, your marketing, the site layout and design, features, and the branding all contribute to your overall product. There are hundreds of quality writers out there, and if you have enough money you can buy a great design or the...

Burning Houses, Building Bridges and The Biggest Secret to Success

Burning Houses, Building Bridges and The Biggest Secret to Success

Sep 14, 2012

Earlier this week I came home to find smoke seeping through the cracks around my back door. I went around to the front door and my fears were realized when I found that the house was full of rancid smoke. I called 911, and the paced around in the yard like a lost idiot for about 20 minutes waiting on...

Anatomy of a Facebook Network with Wolfram Alpha

Anatomy of a Facebook Network with Wolfram Alpha

Sep 3, 2012

Last week the powerful answer engine Wolfram Alpha, which is a big part of Siri’s software, added a new feature that allows users to get a detailed view of their Facebook profile. By going to Wolfram Alpha and inputting Facebook Report in the query box, then giving Wolfram Alpha access to your...

Goal Setting for Networking

Goal Setting for Networking

May 24, 2012

I realize setting goals is an important part of being successful. I have daily goals set for what I want to accomplish, monthly goals set for which metrics I want to increase, and yearly goals for what I want to do with my business. I ended up missing an important goal though, and when it comes...

Job Networking with Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Job Networking with Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Mar 19, 2012

Social media is becoming increasingly important for job networking. The last couple of years have been hard on the economy, and if you’ve been forced to hunt for a job during that time you know this all too well. On the bright side 63 percent of recruiters say that their organizations are...

Long Term Goals for Social Networking Part 2

Long Term Goals for Social Networking Part 2

Mar 9, 2012

Continued from “Long Term Goals for Social Networking” So you’ve realized now that you may be wasting time in social media. You’re making some insignificant revenue, but you’re spending so much time that it amounts to only a few pennies an hour.  You spent a lot of time building...

Long Term Goals for Social Networking

Long Term Goals for Social Networking

Mar 8, 2012

This is the first installment in a 2 part series Social Networking is what’s hot on the Internet right now. In the strictest sense there are four social networking sites in the top 10 for hits according to Alexa. Facebook users spend 23 minutes per visit on the site, and visit approximately 40...