As companies continue to jump on the WordPress bandwagon to power their web sites and blogs, it is even more important to make sure that you are getting a good backup of your content. Consider this… your web site used to be fairly static. You could make a backup of your entire site at the […]

As Jason and I spend time coaching clients and prospects on LinkedIn, the first thing we do is educate them on the steps involved in creating a complete profile. We often refer to this (and all social media infrastructure setup) as “the plumbing” because it’s a necessary step before you can effectively use any social […]

When I first started thinking about a career in Social Media, I found myself spending hours a day for months on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. I couldn’t get enough of it and loved all of the minute-by-minute interaction that was happening right before my eyes. One of the stories that came out of that time […]

If you are like me, you have laughed and rolled your eyes at “those” people that spend their time playing social games like Farmville and the most recently launched Frontierville.  If you haven’t heard of these games (gasp!), they are the creation of a company named Zynga.  (Valued at over $1 Billion…)  They build Flash based games […]

    How many of you have ever sent or received a LinkedIn invitation that says “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn”? What did you think about it? We can tell you what we think about it….DON’T DO IT! We tend to cringe any time we see the standard default message […]

We spoke at the ACA Professionals Club meeting this morning and one of the important conversations was around just knowing what web sites to pay attention to.  Here is a typical list of the web sites/tools that we use on a regular basis related to social media. HootSuite.com – This is a social media status aggregator.  […]

We have talked about WordPress before, but it comes up so often that we needed to mention it again.  In the past month, we have had 5 companies hire us to help them create new web sites to replace their dated and static web sites.  (Before and after case studies will be on the web site […]

Hello everyone.  This is Mic Johnson and I am contributing the post for our blog this week.  As we interact with clients, prospects, articles and blogs, the word “FEAR” keeps coming up when talking about the reluctance people and companies have as they figure out how, and when, they will engage in social media. The […]

It seems like new social media applications spring up every day.  FourSquare is the newest application we have been using lately and there are some things we really like about it.  FourSquare is a location based social app that allows you to “check in” at locations you visit.  The grocery store, coffee shop, favorite restaurant […]