Twitter for local business

Scott Stratten over at his unmarketing blog wrote a really good post about how businesses can use twitter to engage with clients in their local area. In a nutshell, the point is to stop marketing and start engaging. Don’t just do a simple search for people on twitter in your local area and then start [...]

My PodCamp Pittsburgh 4 slides #pcpgh4

I can’t believe that in all the excitement I forgot to post my slides to my own blog. Having said that, here are my slides from my presentation in Pittsburgh.  I’m actually working on a book from the presentation so maybe that’s what happened and why it skipped my mind to post my slides here. [...]

The new FTC guidelines and you #pcpgh4

I thought that the new FTC rules did not apply to me. I thought the new rules only applied if you sold weight loss products or if you sold “business opportunities” online. I was wrong.

Twitter counts fluctuating

In case you’re wondering what’s going on with your Twitter follower and following counts, Twitter is doing some updates and maintenance.  According to the official Twitter Blog, they are “cleaning up artifacts in the system” and making sure that your follower and following counts are accurate. They’re also getting rid of spam accounts, so you [...]

WordPress: How expandable is it?

One of the best features of the WordPress application is that it is almost infinitely expandable. There exist a lot of different plugins and themes, both free and paid, that have been developed by the user community. These plugins and themes combine to allow the application to be almost infinitely expandable and customizable. After you [...]