Once you have a new website or you have made significant changes to an existing site, you want Google and Big to pick up the changes right away. They will find your site eventually, but there are a couple of things you can do to expedite the process. Get an established site to link to … Continue reading
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Snap Chat – a warning for parents
I’m on the road this month doing lots of training. One new thing I’ve learned about is Snap Chat: SnapChat: http://www.snapchat.com/ – it is a photo-sharing app that lets you text a picture that disappears within one to 10 seconds. You take a picture with your phone, send it to your friend; they can view … Continue reading
Life Hacks
Today’s Byte isn’t about technology – it’s a website of 50 super simple tips to make life easier from the Twisted Sifter: http://twistedsifter.com/2013/01/50-life-hacks-to-simplify-your-world/ You’ll have to visit the original site for the full list. Here are my top five picks: Chew gum while cutting onions to reduce tears Turn an old CD spindle into … Continue reading
Google Webmaster Tools to catch errors
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en). It’s a tool for folks who have websites. Sign up and it will provide you with detailed reports about your pages’ visibility on Google. So that’s nice – but unfortunately last weekend I learned an even more valuable part of the tool. Google … Continue reading
Google Authorship
Google has a newish deal that makes it easier to connect content you create with your Google+ Profile. If you have a corporate, or other more static, website this might not be a big deal for you. If you maintain a blog, contribute to an online publication or otherwise publish content on a regular basis, … Continue reading
Wordfence – security for WordPress sites
I’m back. I know I’ve been intermittent at best – sorry I’ve been busy. But I have a few items that I’m hoping to share in the upcoming weeks. Today – I’m all about security for WordPress sites. I know that might not be of interest to everyone – but I’m hoping it will be … Continue reading
Social Media for Advocacy
Today I am going to talk to college students about how use social media tools for advocacy. I’m looking forward to it. It will be fun to talk to folks who I suspect will be more comfortable than most folks but to focus on using social media for a purpose. I thought I’d share the … Continue reading
Free webinar are creating a free website Oct 4
Sometimes it feels a little weird to invite Byte readers to a free webinar when I’m the presenter – but then I guess it would feel weird not to as well… Title: How to Create a Free Website with WordPress Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT WordPress is a … Continue reading
Sending bulk text messages 101
I had a client who wanted some basic info on text messaging. I thought others might find this helpful as well… I recently read a statistic that said that people read 100 percent of the text messages they receive. That’s pretty good. So how can you start sending text messages (aka SMS) to your customers: … Continue reading
bu.mp
Thanks to folks who attended the free webinar on Business Apps for Smartphones earlier this month. The presentation PowerPoint is available online: I wanted to share at least one of my new favorite smartphone apps – Bu.mp https://bu.mp/. I think the original idea behind Bu.mp was that two folks with smartphones would be able to … Continue reading
