Social Media, SEO, and Website Optimization
We’ve all been in the situation where we are trying to follow something on Twitter, be it a conference, athletic event or news story. Usually you can stumble upon several hashtags that are relevant to the event or the organization but have you ever wondered where they came from? In my experience it seems that [...]
It’s great to see new businesses and organizations join Twitter! I’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with a few of them and share tips on how to use Twitter.
Here’s a few I think are helpful:
Keep in mind you only have 140 characters. Why is this important? There’s a good chance that every [...]
Looks like you’ll no longer need to visit search.twitter.com to search for twitter updates. Marissa Mayer from Google put it best, “the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and [...]
Today I took a look at my replies and saw some people have commented on a recent status update regarding #uncharted2. I hadn’t said anything about it so I knew that the game was posting to my twitter account on it’s own. Recently I reported that the game developers, Naughty Dog, had pulled the functionality [...]
Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, Colorado for my third year in a row. The GABF is a collection of American breweries and their best beer at the Colorado Convention Center for the enjoyment of 49,000 imbibers over a three day period. I have [...]
Musicians have historically been good at embracing the web. They understood the importance of being on Myspace and connecting on the same platform as their fans. Just look at what the internet did for the Arctic Monkeys back in 2005.
Justin Timberlake and his people are mastering the concept of engaging with fans on [...]
I’ve seen recently that some advertisers are starting to use Twitter’s hashtags in their advertising. Land Rover used it in a recent campaign as mentioned on the Stuff That is Relevant Blog. Is this something that other advertisers will start to do as well? It reminds me of a time when advertisers only put their [...]
BrightKit is one of the newer Twitter tools on the block. If you have multiple Twitter accounts you manage, it is very beneficial. One service that I’m sure will bother some of the elite Twitterati is the function of scheduling Tweets. I’m sure it will be seen as cheating.
A service that I [...]
I just installed the new twittergadget for Gmail. It puts twitter right where I need it, when I need it, good stuff.
Install it by first going into the labs icon in Gmail and check “Add any gadget by URL” (it’s the last one in the list for right now).
Then go to the settings link [...]
Jacinta and Jesse are web marketers with expertise in social media and building brand equity. 
