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Another moment in bad twittiquette

<pulls out soapbox, steps up on top, begins rant…> I am TOTALLY blown away by how inconsiderate so many tweeple can be! The eternal optimist in me wants to assume that their rudeness is nothing more than ignorance in disguise.
What’s got me in a kerfuffle you might ask? Let me give you the scenario, see [...]

Marketing 101 – English Teacher in Japan reminds us it’s not hard | Smith’s School of English Soap Box

Love this short article by an English Teaching Franchise Owner in Japan. The majority of us get soooo hung up on Marketing online, that we often overlook the simple marketing things that have worked for all businesses for millennium!
A nice surprise at my sports club | Smith’s School of English Soap Box.
Way to go Derek! [...]

Don’t be a twanker: twitiquette

Read a great article today @ CTV.ca: CTV.ca | Don’t be a twanker: Common sense should rule with Twitter.
The adage of don’t complain cause no one wants to listen, has, does and will always apply in any social setting, including online social media.
A rant or pet peeve is one thing, but simply whining about your [...]

How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job?

This is a first, to my knowledge, but I highly doubt a last!
How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job? – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership.
Best Buy may have missed on valid criteria (as one reader commented it should be the @ follows or DMs not followers for the qualifier) but they [...]

How Twitter Will Die

Great article on the possible future of twitter, based on astute observation of other social media tools of the past decade.
How Twitter Will Die | Social Commentary: Social Media, Online Marketing, Podcasting, and Your Business.
In my opinion the author: Jeremiah Staes brings up many good and valid points however closes the door on the issue, [...]

twitter.com/flowersmeller

Another great background from orionsweb…
Flowersmeller’s twitter page was looking great, but as with many twitter pages, they look great at very high resolution but for a huge number of browsers they look as this did here: (the background image is cut off by the twitter central content.
So we went ahead and, using Flowersmeller’s background and [...]

3 SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements

Good post by Ashwin, which brings to light a couple of issues that we’re constantly dealing with as SEO’s.
3 Wordpress SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements
I feel it important, however to point out one possibly dangerous flaw. His first statement regarding Meta tags not being a must.
He is correct in his explanation that for SEOs [...]

RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web

If you’ve no clue what RDFa is, no problem. If you’re not sure, no problem. If you heard about it and want to know more, again no problem!
Came across a great article: RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web which really helped clarify many confusions that I had regarding RDFa, what it is and how I [...]

Can the geographic location of a web server affect organic SEO

Got this as a tweet out from @MattCutts this afternoon. I also subscribe to the GoogleWebmasterHelp’s Channel on Youtube, if SEO is your business you can get a ton of helpful tips there.
This is an oft asked question with a simple answer, yes. But pay attention when he mentions cTLDs (country extensions) they also play [...]

Google unveils research on executive Internet use :: BtoB Magazine

Came across this b2b article (thank you @davidbullock for the tweet).
All I can says is THANK YOU Google once again.. this time for actual research!
Now I can just point all those nay-sayers to this article.. Business DOES use Social Media.. Tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN and the link are essential in todays world..
Google unveils research [...]