Tag Archives: social media
3 Sad Excuses You Don’t Have A Real Website [And Why You Need One]
There are times where I am searching for a business, band, restaurant, whatever, and the top result is a Google+ Place page, or a Yelp page. Or worse, a Facebook page. No real website. This usually happens with smaller or new businesses. Don’t get us wrong. Having a Facebook, Google+ Page, and Yelp pages are…
Twitter 101: How to Use Hashtags
Twitter is everywhere. Look on the news, you see the anchor’s name followed by their Twitter handle. Same on shows like American Idol and The X-Factor. Twitter is a huge driving force. You know this. But have you noticed another increasingly growing trend over the past year? Hashtags!
After Multiple Hacks, Twitter Needs Two-Step Verification
Earlier today, the official Twitter account of the Associate Press was hacked, and sent out tweets stating that there were explosions at the White House and that President Obama was injured. The report is not true, and the White House and President are fine. That tweet did more damage than falsely report a possible attack…
Don’t Be Like Burger King, Protect Your Online Identity From Hackers
A few months ago we blogged about passwords and security. It is such an important topic, that we posted a followup post a few days later. Well, it looks like the folks who run the Burger King Twitter account (caution, this link may contain profane language or images) missed that blog, because they got hacked yesterday at about…
Inbound Marketing Trends – The Monetization and Fall of Twitter?
A few weeks ago, Twitter announced changes coming in version 1.1 of their API. It’s a bit of an understatement to say that a lot has happened since that first tweet went out in March of 2006. Twitter’s user base has grown to somewhere in the ballpark of 500 million. They enjoyed a successful partnership with the 2012 Summer Olympics…
Adding Instagram To Your Inbound Marketing Mix
Since its launch in late 2010, Instagram has been a powerhouse. The iPhone and Android app allows users to take photos, apply a vintage filter and post them to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, and Foursquare. Vintage photo apps on mobile devices have always been popular, but none have matched Instgram’s numbers. The most powerful aspect…
Protecting Yourself, Your Digital Life, and Your Business from Hackers
Each day, more and more people are putting their lives in the cloud. With the growing number of people using smart phones and tablets, this number will only continue to skyrocket. We are trusting our photographs and videos of our children and families, our email, our banking information, our lives and our businesses to the…
The Rise of Foursquare
I wrote a guest post for a former LyntonWeb client, Rick Segel, about the rise of Foursquare and what it means for retailers. You may have heard of this new social phenomenon called Foursquare and asked yourself, “What the heck is Foursquare?” Foursquare is location based social network/mobile application where users “check in” at venues…
I’m probably not going to follow you back on Twitter.
Every day there are thousands of people on Twitter who follow others just in the hopes of being followed back. The questions become: why are you seeking out more followers? What do you have to offer someone who could follow you? On Twitter, most of the time, I will not follow you if you follow…
Best Practices for Establishing and Growing Your Twitter
Twitter has absolutely redefined how companies and organizations communicate with each other, and every individual has their own theory on best practices across this medium. Twitter is an important tool in any marketer’s toolbox, but just because you have a hammer and a saw, it doesn’t make you a carpenter. Or in this case, an…