October 2009

Trackur the Social Media Monitoring Tools & Reputation Tracking an interview with Andy Beal

October 19, 2009

Trackur the Social Media Monitoring Tools & Reputation Tracking an interview with Andy Beal Tell me about your Company? Trackur provides sophisticated social media monitoring tools that start at just $18 a month and take less than 60 seconds to get up and running. You should be monitoring the web for any mention of your company, executives, products, and competitors–Trackur makes that task affordable and easy.   Why is social media monitoring important? You need .....

Facebook Skins Free but Dangerous

October 18, 2009

Facebook Skins Free but Dangerous I have a lot of people friend me on Facebook, I am sure we all get more and more. I do not like to say no to people and I do actively like to connect with people. That include YOU. But who are the people behind the profiles are the real people or just Facebook skins. You can make alot of free contacts but who are they. Facebook Skins or .....

Great Blog posts on Murray Newlands from 12th 12th October – 18th October Oct 2009

October 18, 2009

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: Social Media Marketing, Interview with Zach Roth and Jun Loayza of Social Media Marketing Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 in social media – Comments: (6) This week I was at the Social Media Strategies Conference in San Francisco at Fort Mason. It was .....

Facebook application promotion the truth

October 17, 2009

Facebook application promotion the truth is here Dennis Yu analyst and co-founder at BlitzLocal.com wrote about Facebook application promotion. “We’re probably paying 15 cents a click for Facebook traffic, but the 80%+ bounce rate means we’re losing 4 out of every 5 folks on the landing page. With Google AdWords, we’re paying 50 cents a click, but bouncing only 42%– in other words, losing 2 out of every 5 visitors. So with Google, we’re paying .....

Dennis Yu thinks he can give blogging tips

October 17, 2009

Dennis Yu thinks he can give blogging tips, can he? “Every few days I go into Google Analytics to see what’s driving traffic to my site……And found that I was ranking #2 out of 58,300,000 results, with the #1 result being Facebook themselves.  Here’s what I’ve learned: if Google thinks your blog is good enough to rank on a competitive keyword, then by all means you should blog more about that keyword and related keywords. .....

Why I am unfollowing everyone on Twitter

October 17, 2009

Why I am un ollowing everyone on Twitter Twitter should be about conversation. You cannot listen to 30,000 people you are following. That is it. I could go on about to much spam etc but it is just that I cannot hear what anyone is saying. It is not just you, it is not personal. I want to have a conversation, not a following. Yes I will be starting following people again. If you think I would .....

What the hell does Greg Rollett know about social media and Twitter

October 17, 2009

Greg Rollett pitches himself as a social media “guru” but is it all smoke and mirrors. Would you trust this man? Under 30 Rock Star Training Course Review Greg Rollett recently started running training coursed called the Under 30 Rock Star Training. I know several over 3o’s who did the course and have raved about it including our very own Connie Roberts. So I wanted to know for myself what is was all about. I asked Greg .....

Travel Blogger Geoff Jones

October 17, 2009

Travel Blogger Geoff Jones I had a great night at the pub with my friend Geoff Jones. Geoff travels the world more than me! While his blog is mostly a personal blog he is turning in to quite a Travel Blogger.   Geoff a creative and talented entrepreneur is planning to travel the world over the next few years and looking for travel blogging contacts in South America for his next trip. If you know any South American travel bloggers .....

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