Mobile is everywhere.  According to Google, more than half of Americans currently own a smartphone, and estimates show that by 2015 there will be more smartphones than PCs surfing the internet. Why do you need a mobile website? According to recent s…
- 43 days ago, 6 Apr 13, 6:12pm -

Check out this LIVE HD show in which @scottmonty of Ford is interviewed in front of a live studio audience at #socialmediacampNYC by show host Jeff Ogden. This episode of Marketing Made Simple TV is fun, engaging and features awesome quality. Hope yo…
- 45 days ago, 4 Apr 13, 10:54pm -

Facebook’s recent change to a more image based newsfeed has got me thinking that perhaps Pinterest may have had the right idea all along. While Facebook is just moving away from highlighting more text based news, Pinterest has been able to capitali…
- 49 days ago, 31 Mar 13, 1:09pm -

In every class and presentation I do, I always tell people to keep Twitter and Facebook separate.  They use two different languages.  Facebook is all about “natural language”.  We post the way we speak.  We use full sentences, and have posts…
- 50 days ago, 30 Mar 13, 4:27pm -

In this episode of Marketing Made Simple TV (Click the button on the bottom right for full screen view), Dr. Jonah Berger – Wharton’s “Iron Prof” and asst professor of marketing joins the host Jeff Ogden. You will learn: Why most word of mout…
- 51 days ago, 29 Mar 13, 1:19am -

  The FTC Act’s prohibition on “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” broadly covers advertising claims, marketing and promotional activities, and sales practices in general.   The clip above is from a panel at the SxSW in Austin, Texas and…
- 55 days ago, 25 Mar 13, 5:52pm -

Over the last 11 days, I have been experimenting with Facebook’s advertising engine with the sole goal of increasing “likes” on two different pages, one a community organization and one a local business.  I set the budget for these two pages a…
- 57 days ago, 23 Mar 13, 3:35pm -

The above image is a screen shot of a really great interactive infographic from Bloomberg.com. The tool lets see the rank of the top 100 billionaires on any given day [...]
- 96 days ago, 12 Feb 13, 4:43am -

In an effort to create an awesome experience for it’s biggest fans, Microsoft Office is giving away free trials of the new Office suite AND doing it with some flash. [...]
- 8 Feb 13, 2:07am -

If you’re part of a savvy brand, chances are you are already trying to figure out how to design a customer experience that generates some sort of long lasting value. Lucky [...]
- 12 Dec 12, 7:02am -

Facebook’s recent changes to the EdgeRank algorithm have left many marketers complaining of reduced reach and lower engagement. To obtain the same reach and impressions as they enjoyed before the [...]
- 20 Nov 12, 6:17pm -

Last week, I had the pleasure of seeing Clark Kokich of Razorfish speak about digital media’s importance to today’s brands. Clark shared ideas on how brands can use digital and [...]
- 8 Nov 12, 2:00am -

As Facebook’s stock price continues to dip, it’s ad performance is going to be put under an even more powerful microscope. Here’s a great chart on what marketers are looking to [...]
- 10 Oct 12, 6:13pm -

Credit: Tracey Robinson, NMRPP It turns out there are some strong correlations between the beer people choose to drink and the party they identify with as well as their likelihood [...]
- 2 Oct 12, 10:29pm -

Technology is progressing each day. People are now relying more on their computers, laptops and mobiles for their day-to-day work and thus are saving gigabytes of data. Digital data is more personal than ever. We now keep our pictures, videos, import…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:00pm -

Microsoft has some fresh new updates about its upcoming next Windows update titled Windows Blue. Microsoft’s Tami Reller (Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Windows), while speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom C…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:35am -

Most people who constantly use public WiFi networks must understand the importance of having proper security measures to avoid exposing sensitive data. A recent report by ThreatMetrix found that banking information and personal files are vulnerable…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 13, 7:55pm -

LivingSocial is the second biggest online daily deals website after Groupon in the US. LivingSocial is owned in part by Amazon has announced that it has been hacked. The attackers got away with data which includes names, email addresses, and encrypte…
- 21 days ago, 28 Apr 13, 9:05am -

Microsoft’s new range of office suite, Office 2013 and Office 365 are already released. To promote the new Office 365 office suite, Microsoft has started a brand new campaign. The campaign specifically targets students who might want to give Office…
- 69 days ago, 11 Mar 13, 6:18pm -

Microsoft is already working on the next version of Windows, codename Windows Blue some are referring it as Windows 9 (but it isn’t actually). Windows Blue is expected to be launched this year. This rumor may be true as reports are emerging that Wi…
- 88 days ago, 20 Feb 13, 8:42pm -

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for all platforms. Adobe Flash Player 11.5.502.149 security update is released for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.262 for Linux, Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.37 for Andr…
- 99 days ago, 9 Feb 13, 6:10pm -

This is a guest contribution by Asher Elran of Dynamic Search. I thought emails were a waste of time and that they are ignored, but then I learned how to do it right and watched the numbers flip.   After you published a great post and pushed it thro…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:22pm -

I recently had the opportunity to sit with a small group of Pre-Bloggers – people about to start their first blogs. One of the questions I was about how much content should be written before launching a new blog. My answer came in two parts: The Id…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:23pm -

Today, I’m preparing some slides for a keynote I’m doing tomorrow. I included this diagram – something that Chris Garrett came up with years ago as a way to show new bloggers what they should blog about. The idea – obviously – is to find th…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:47pm -

This is a guest contribution by Daniel Vassiliou of Endurance SEO. Everybody loves (LOVES) to talk about link building and find the latest and greatest technique for building backlinks to your blog. While this gets you more traffic and better rank…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:15pm -

Almost every time I do a Q&A at a conference I’m asked this question – How many posts should I post? The frequency of blog posts is something that gets talked about a lot and there is no perfect answer for all blogs – but here are a few thought…
- 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 3:46pm -

This is a guest contribution by Ruchi Pardal of ResultFirst. Some people believe that content marketing means multichannel, and seemingly mechanical, publishing of anything, anywhere. Their goal is to gain links and rank well (of course, momentarily)…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 13, 3:00pm -

Yesterday I published a post telling my story of adding 12 income streams to my blogs over the last 10 years. One of the comments and tweets I had a number of times was a request to make the diagram I used shows how the 12 different streams of income…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 13, 3:59pm -

Today I was speaking with a blogger (I’ll call her Alice for the sake of this post) who was feeling a little overwhelmed with the idea of monetizing her blog. She expressed that as she looked at other blogs in her niche, everyone seemed to be doing…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 3:43pm -

This is a guest post from communications and marketing consultant Brook McCarthy. When I was a young hippie, I accidentally joined a cult. I was a student of religious studies at the time and believed I was merely observing, until one morning, whe…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 13, 3:44pm -

The final round of tickets for the Annual ProBlogger Training Event go on sale later today at 1.30pm Australian Eastern time. UPDATE: a limited number of these tickets are now on sale here. Over the last few years we’ve held 3 training events and h…
- 13 days ago, 6 May 13, 9:36pm -

A little fun for your Friday, here are a few music quotes we've come across to help inspire you as you are creating music whether on an instrument or with music software.
- 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:35am -

If you don't have a panoramic camera, you can still make panoramic photos by stitching several photos together. To successfully create a panorama you will need to take two—or more—pictures that overlap. Photo stitching software will need to sca…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 9:10pm -

Eliminate the tedious process of creating time sheets after the fact by tracking your time as you go with HourGuard time tracking software and track not only your total time spent working, but the time spent on individual projects or tasks. This mak…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 13, 9:58pm -

Ready to take your videos beyond home movies? For VideoPad users who are ready to showcase their creativity and videographer skills, we've put together some advice and resources for getting your videos ready to compete.There are a wide range of…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 8:41pm -

Here are this edition's entries to Do More with Video:Brian Green presents Five things Every New Filmmaker Should Know posted at Film Making Stuff, saying, "A few tips I learned while producing my first feature length movie that I think every…
- 13 days ago, 6 May 13, 6:24pm -

Once again thanks to CNET you can take a short "video tour" of some of the wonderful features that make WavePad audio editor such a favorite for editing all kinds of audio. This is just a quick peek at the program, remember that you can also check ou…
- 17 days ago, 2 May 13, 10:14pm -

The Android releases are continuing, now one of our long time favorites, and best slideshow software, PhotoStage, is now available for Android tablets. So you can make and share slideshows of your vacations before you return home. Quickly combine p…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 3:16pm -

Now that you are finally satisfied with the website theme and that all the widgets and plugins are in place, it’s time to introduce your website to the world. If you do not have any such experience prior to this, then allow me to assure you that it…
- 94 days ago, 14 Feb 13, 4:45am -

Sliders are an incredibly popular way of displaying content on WordPress homepages. In recent years, it’s been hard to find a WordPress site, especially an eCommerce site, that doesn’t have an image slider or carousel in a prominent position. The…
- 99 days ago, 9 Feb 13, 3:40pm -

Social media plays an instrumental role in audience growth, providing websites with the opportunity to share more content and develop a rapport with their followers. Facebook and Twitter, with a combined 1 billion active users, have emerged as leader…
- 5 Feb 13, 8:21pm -

Recently, Matt Cutts answered a question sent to him about the future effectiveness of guest blogging. That question is certainly not a new one, as a lot of SEO professionals use guest blogging as an effective link building tool, and have long wonder…
- 1 Feb 13, 7:16pm -

If you want your blog to be successful, you can find hundreds of tips and strategies to help you. However, in my experience the single most important action you can take to succeed with your blog is to post consistently! If you don’t keep creating…
- 29 Jan 13, 10:04pm -

It looks like it is about time to say “goodbye” to Windows Live Messenger and “hello” to Skype. In March 2013, Windows will be turned off everywhere but in China. Because Skype and Messenger are both joint ventures with Chinese companies, the…
- 25 Jan 13, 2:01pm -

Most of the maintenance on your actual server will be handled by your WordPress host. There are some things that you’ll likely have to do yourself, however, and these basic WordPress server maintenance tasks can improve the performance of your site…
- 22 Jan 13, 3:55pm -

Guest Post - Our host is Stephan Jukic, Stephan lists how to to keep your blog safe from hackers.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. Running a blog is often a work of love that takes a lot of work and creates something of enorm…
- 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:36am -

Guest Post - Our host is Shannon Williams, Shannon is looking at how and why you should use Google+ authorship on your blog.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. You may have noticed the last time that you searched any newsworthy…
- 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 11:32pm -

Guest Post - Our host is Brian L, Brian is looking at the best ways to customize your WordPress theme for a unique look.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. Wordpress has become such a popular CMS that it's common to see "cooki…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 13, 2:29pm -

Guest Post - Our host is Emmanuel Obarhua, who takes an in-dept look into article writing.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. The only way you can make your articles unique and mind boggling is to make a difference in how you w…
- 12 days ago, 7 May 13, 8:52pm -

In this tutorial we have a new way for posts to be viewed on your blogs homepage, namely infinite scroll.Infinite scroll has been a popular trend in web design for some time and now you can have it on your blogger blogs.On Blogger we have on the home…
- 14 days ago, 5 May 13, 12:28pm -

Guest Post - Our host is Cara Aley, Cara has some fresh new ideas on getting those creative juices flowing on your blog.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. Writing can be a fabulous avocation, but all writers at times face the…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 13, 12:58am -

Guest Post - Our host is Garrett Moon, who has some interesting views on how you can profile your audience.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. Many of us think that we know who we are writing to, but do we really? The problem w…
- 21 days ago, 28 Apr 13, 7:59pm -