I know I just wrote about Sucuri in January but I just found their free website scan: http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/ The tool will scan your site for malware, blacklisting, injected spam, defacement and a firewall. It will also give you basic details of a site – like the hostname, server, IP address, links and scripts. So if … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
How often should you post on social media?
I just read an interesting article from SumAll on how often you should post to social media: 5 pins on Pinterest daily 3 tweets on Twitter daily 3 Google+ posts daily 2 Facebook posts daily 2 Instagram posts daily 1 LinkedIn update daily 2 blogs posts daily It’s nice to see a benchmark. And I suspect these numbers make sense most of … Continue reading
Sucuri: monitors and removes malware from websites
Today’s Byte isn’t about a free service – although I usually like to feature free services. But this service is so good it’s worth touting even though it isn’t free. Sucuri – https://sucuri.net/ Sucuri provides firewall services for servers. I don’t know much about that. They also provide website antivirus services. They monitor websites looking … Continue reading
Back to Bytes of the Week for 2015: Yapp for Easy App Development
My New Year’s resolution for 2015 is to learn one new thing a week and share it on the Byte of the Week blog. I know it’s been defunct for more than a year now but I’m reviving it – starting with… Yapp: https://www.yapp.us Yapp is a free online tool that will walk you through … Continue reading
What’s a Twitter Party?
Looking for a party that doesn’t require you to dress up or consume loaded calories? A Twitter Party might be for you. They sound silly – but a Twitter Party is really just a focused online discussion held in real time via Twitter. To throw a Twitter Party you simply choose a hashtag, set a … Continue reading
Promote locally online: Claim your Google Place
I just finished a big road trip – NY to MN to NY. And how did we decide where to stay, eat and visit? My smartphone! If you have a business where location matters, you want to make sure you are coming up on local searches. Over the next couple of weeks, I hope to … Continue reading
Social Media Planning for Resorts
Yesterday I spent a fun morning with resort owners at the Minnesota Resort & Campground Association Fall Conference. Below is the presentation I used. Continue reading
Twitter Analytics: Learn and modify to reach more people
Have you checked out your Twitter followers lately? You might know how many people follow you or how may you follow. You may keep an eye on who Retweets you or mentions you – but did you know you can learn a lot more than that? Visit the Twitter Analytics site: https://analytics.twitter.com/ – login with … Continue reading
Facebook training and random selection tool
I know it has been literally months since I last sent out a Byte of the Week. Sorry! I’ve been busy and distracted but I’m willing to try to get on track again. This week I am doing training on business use of Social Media in Lac qui Parle County. Below are the PowerPoints from … Continue reading
Encourage to happy customers to post reivews (TripAdvisor, Yelp, LinkedIn)
Did you know that 90 percent of people trust peer recommendations and only 14 percent trust advertisements? In February I have been touring Minnesota different towns to talk to people about using the Internet to promote their business –one good way is my encouraging happy customers to post reviews . If you have a business … Continue reading
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