Summary: Very practical, in-depth guide to setting up, customizing and using WordPress blogs – but does require a fair bit of background knowledge. “Head First WordPress” by Jeff Siarto does a great job providing helpful and often very in-depth information about how to use the WordPress blogging software. To really get the most out of [...] Read more »
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Head First WordPress (Jeff Siarto) – A great fit for a specific audience
Categories: Book Reviews, Web 2.0, Web Design - Tags: blog setup, blog software, blogging, book review, head first books, jeff siarto, WordPress, wordpress customization, wordpress setup
Is social media right for marketing your small or medium sized business?
Image by Matt Hamm. Tips for social media marketing, and the many different ways social media can be used to promote small / midsized businesses (SMBs), can be found in almost endless numbers on an incredibly wide variety of websites. But there’s one crucial tip most small businesses won’t see – and that they should [...] Read more »
Keep bookmarks synced on multiple computers & browsers
Web surfers using multiple browsers on multiple computers were horrified to hear of the untimely demise of Xmarks (formerly FoxMarks). If you wanted to keep your bookmarks / favorites synchronized everywhere you surf the net, Xmarks did an admirable job. The service would check the computer you were working on for new favorites and update [...] Read more »
Categories: Web 2.0 - Tags: bookmark synchronization, browsers, chrome, delicious.com, firefox, ie, internet explorer, safari, social bookmarking, sync bookmarks, sync favorites, sync favourites, technology, web browsing
Blogging your way to improved sales: The top 10 tips for starting a small business blog
Small business owners have asked me many times over the years about how blogging might help their company. They’ve heard about the success of companies like Dell and Walt Disney and they wonder if there is some way blogs could have the same kind of impacts on their small or medium sized businesses. The improved client relationships [...] Read more »
Categories: Communications and PR, Web 2.0 - Tags: blogs, increase sales, small business blogging, social media, strategic blog, web 2.0
All politics is local – and now its social, too.
If there is a politician or elected official in the Western world who thinks that they don’t need to be aware of social media after the recent Iranian elections, I’d be quite surprised. Its true that many politicians are (wilfully?) ignorant of technology and social media, but even the most ardent luddite cannot help but [...] Read more »
Categories: Communications and PR, Web 2.0 - Tags: Barak Obama, campaign technology, campaigns, elected officals, elections, Iran election, Iranian election, Politics, social media, technology, voters
