4 Reasons Why You Must Stop Using Auto DMs On Twitter

Bender smokingTake a good look at Bender.

Bender Bending Rodríguez  is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama.

Bender is a heavy drinker, smoker, and gambler and has been known as “pure evil”, by other characters.

Bender often shows signs of sociopath-like behavior, as he is a pathological liar, and rarely shows empathy towards anyone.

Why am I talking about Bender on this article? Because YOU look like Bender when you use auto DMs after a follow on Twitter. I asked on Twitter what people thought about auto DMs after a follow and there is a strong consensus that people need to stop doing them.

Here are the 4 reasons why you must stop using auto DMs on Twitter.

Continue reading “4 Reasons Why You Must Stop Using Auto DMs On Twitter”

SEO for Sites in Various Countries/Languages (International SEO)

international seo

One of the most common dilemmas owners of successful sites face is how to expand their web businesses to different countries.

The most common questions are:

1. Is launching a site in a different country going to have any impact in my existing rankings?

2. Are there any duplicate content issues if all sites are going to be written in the same language (e.g a site for the UK and another one for the U.S or Australia)?

3. Does Google give more value to sites which site be hosted within the targeted country so they rank higher than if hosted elsewhere?

Continue reading “SEO for Sites in Various Countries/Languages (International SEO)”

Dilbert on Social Media Managers

dilbertDilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character.

Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees’ skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised.

Much of the humor emerges as the audience sees the characters making obviously ridiculous decisions that are natural reactions to mismanagement.

Here’s what happens when Beth, the new Marketing Manager for Social Media enters Dilbert’s corporate world:

dilbert on social media managers

What do you think? Sounds familiar?

Websites to Help You Borrow Better

websites to help you borrowBorrowing can save you time and money.

It can also keep your home from being cluttered with things you barely ever use.

If you have a kind neighbor then you might already be a big borrower but some people don’t know where to turn when they need to borrow something.

There are lots of great websites to help you borrow better and here are just a few of them.

Continue reading “Websites to Help You Borrow Better”

Social Media Informer Launches

 

social media informer logo

On August 25, 2010, Social Media Informer launched.

Social Media Infomer is a new hub and aggregator for social media content makes it easier to cut through the noise and find a signal. You can use the site as a daily digest, or search articles based on topics or dates.

SMI was developed by some of the same people as the popular B2B Marketing Zone b2b marketing portal. It also uses the same underlying Browse My Stuff technology, which enables publishers, PR agencies, corporations and other enterprises to efficiently SEO-friendly build branded content aggregation hubs.

Continue reading “Social Media Informer Launches”

One Site Fits All or Better Having Microsites?

micrositeMany website owners as their businesses expand they come to the dilemma of splitting their sites into a few microsites so they can rank better for their targeted terms.

This is not really an easy topic and before you make such a radical move there is a lot to take into consideration.

The first thing you need to ask yourselves is why would you want do something like that?

—

Continue reading “One Site Fits All or Better Having Microsites?”

Open Source Web Management and Design Tools

free web design toolsEverything a web designer needs for free:

Designing and managing a website need not be an expensive affair.

There are several useful free and open source applications available for download that allow you to do everything from designing the graphics for your site to editing blog posts.

This list is not comprehensive, but rather provides the categories for each step of website management, as well as open source examples of tools you can use.

Special thanks to 34sp.com dedicated web hosting for their insight.

Continue reading “Open Source Web Management and Design Tools”

Why Radio Is Still A Very Strong Marketing Technique

radio advertising

For several years radio has been the form of transferring news and marketing. When TV didn’t exist radio was the only resource used to listen to latest news and also was the only marketing technique which could reach the market within seconds.

And now Internet and TV have become a strong marketing technique for many years but are taking over the market? I don’t think so.

The figures below shows what the popular radio stations are in the UK and how many people listen to them:

Continue reading “Why Radio Is Still A Very Strong Marketing Technique”