Like with many things in life, you can get people to do things that you want them to by offering an incentive. Any parent knows how to use positive reinforcement with their children – “once you finish your homework, you can watch a show on television". And the same works when you...Read More >>
As much as I love my facebook friends there are some applications that I don’t want or need to see clogging up my news feed. The application can be removed from the news feed, although it isn’t obvious, and you won’t have to de-friend your first boyfriend. For this example,...Read More >>
People often ask how to rename the page tabs on their facebook fan pages. Unfortunately, this functionality does not currently work. Facebook used to have this feature but it hasn’t worked since the last update. You can, however, use the fbml application to create a custom box that is used...Read More >>
Information has leaked that Facebook is set to roll out location-based features for users and brands as soon as this month. According to Advertising Age, users could see location options any day now. These features will include the ability to check in at various locations, including retail spots...Read More >>
Here at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Microsoft has announced its newest social media project: Spindex, a tool that aggregates social information from Facebook, Twitter, Bing, Evernote and RSS. The application, which is only available in limited preview to attendees of the Web 2.0 Expo, ...Read More >>
Google is the pre-eminent search engine (SE) with no close competitor. Given that inclusion is free, your Web pages must be in it. We'll show you how to top the Google SERPs, that is, be found at the top of the search engine results pages. These techniques are known as search engine optimization...Read More >>
There are a lot of little settings that we don’t always pay much attention to in WordPress. Â We install it, get our theme going, figure out how to post and are then on our way until we need to do something like upgrade or have a problem with plugin compatibility. And sometimes one of...Read More >>
I thought I’d throw up another great social media infographic / visualisation / chart or what ever you want to call them! This time it’s on Facebook Statistics for 2010, showcasing things like total users, global reach, mobile usage .etc along with a pretty cool timeline of the key...Read More >>
A brands website has been the single biggest "online"focus for 99% of businesses over the last 10 years apart from banner campaigns and microsites here and there, but with the evolution of social media growing at unheard of rates (Twitter is up over 3500% alone this year, while Facebook increased...Read More >>
Here is an interesting, award winning typo-animation by a Dutch design studio called Studio Smack. It aims highlight how advertising has become almost invisible in our day to day lives, to achieve this, they’ve created every scene in black, with only advertising and attention seeking ...Read More >>
