From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 1/29/10

January 29, 2010
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Is it Friday already?  Here’s the weekly roundup of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

The Most Important Success Tip: Stop Lying Down With Dogs Already – Johnny Truant at CopyBlogger goes in to detail regarding why and how you should “choose”  you peer group with [...]

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“My Doctor Sucks” and Other Tweets I Found, Part 3

January 27, 2010
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Implementing an effective healthcare reputation management strategy
This article is part 3 in a 3 part series regarding social media risk and strategy for healthcare professionals.

Part 1: Why doctors need to take reputation management seriously
Part 2: The mobile phone can be mightier than the sword
Part 3: Implementing an effective healthcare reputation management strategy

In the first 2 [...]

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Apple Event Rumors Have the Industry Buzzing

January 26, 2010
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Yesterday, Apple reported a record $3.38 billion profit for the 4th quarter of 2009.  On the heels of such promising news, industry insiders are more anxious than ever to hear the next big announcement form Apple which will take place tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
There has been speculation [...]

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Why Bing Should Be on Your Local SEO Radar

January 22, 2010
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The Apple vs Google battle is the break Bing needs
For the moment, you can forget about the combative history between Apple and Microsoft.  Rumors have been circulating about Apple using Bing as the new the default search engine on the iPhone. If this happens, Bing search will immediately become relevant due to the iPhone’s dominance [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 1/22/10

January 22, 2010
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As part of our weekly Friday roundup, we document what we found useful and what our readers found useful.  The following links represent our favorite articles of the week and our most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

5 Ways to Make Video a Social Experience – Peter Wylie makes a [...]

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Free Alert Presence iPhone App Now Available

January 20, 2010
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Receive various AP feeds from your iPhone
As reported early last week (previous article), I submitted an iPhone application build with AppMakr on 1/09/10.  It took about 30 minutes to create the app and it was approved by Apple after just 10 days.  Quite honestly, I’m amazed at how easy and quick it was to complete [...]

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How Using Screenr Can Enhance Your Blog Posts

January 19, 2010
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A free screencast tool to make your site sizzle
Bloggers spend a lot of time writing “how to” articles and describing the steps in a given process.  Screencasts are a great way to enhance these types of articles because they allow you to record the process in action.  There are many screencast tools available on [...]

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Is Twitter The First Result For Your Name on Google?

January 18, 2010
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How 8 characters of code can make your site more relevant than your Twitter profile
Have you googled your name lately?  If so, there’s a good chance your Twitter account or another social media account is displayed as the top result.  While this may seem like a positive thing if you’re making an effort to build [...]

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4 Cool Ways to Lifestream With a Blog

January 18, 2010
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The concept of lifestreaming has been around for several years now, but most of the Internet community has been slow to adopt the wide variety of available solutions.  You’ve probably heard of services such as FriendFeed, Jaiku and Cliqset.  However, you may not be aware there are a handful of solutions enabling you to have [...]

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Powerful Features Added to Google Place Pages

January 15, 2010
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Post updates and badges are the latest additions
For those of you unfamiliar with “Place Pages”, they are the local search listings displayed when a user searches regionally for businesses.  Yesterday, Google announced their most recent changes to Place Pages at their Google LatLong Blog.  While the changes may go unnoticed by many, at least one [...]

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