A couple of weeks ago I gave a presentation on Creating Facebook Pages for businesses. You can see the slides and access an archive of the webinar here: http://www.mnrem.com/blog/?p=537 (I’m doing another free webinar on Facebook stats on January 5 – you can get details here: http://www.mnrem.com/blog/?p=548) An interesting question came up after the webinar. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Web 2.0
SEMRush & Free webinar on Facebook Pages
This week I got a chance to try out a paid service thanks to SEMRush. They track organic search engine ranking and Pay Per Click ads. http://www.semrush.com Type in a keyword phrase to find the popularity of a term, the cost per click to bid on that term in Google ads, the competition for that … Continue reading
LinkedIn for busiensses
I’m totally cheating today. I‘m heavily borrowing tips today from an article I can across: A Guide to Generating Leads on LinkedIn. http://tinyurl.com/3bcmvpn The author provides some good reason for folks to go on LinkedIn – and they don’t all revolve around getting a job. As the title implies – it’s a great tool for getting … Continue reading
Prezi
Last week I had an opportunity to try out a new presentation tool – Prezi http://prezi.com – it’s akin to PowerPoint, but different. I created a Prezi on improving your search engine ranking: http://prezi.com/fl4ydtu2etnt/top-10-tips-for-seo/ Prezi is free. You use it online. You can post your presentation online and/or download it to access later. Here are … Continue reading
QR Codes
Today I gave a presentation on QR Codes. It was supposed to last an hour, it only lasted 30 minutes. That’s how easy it is! QR Codes are those geometric squares that are popping up in magazine and even billboards. You can scan them with a smartphone – they will store over 4000 characters. So … Continue reading
New Content Matters for SEO
I’ve always said that search engines look at three things: Keywords in content – do you use the search terms your potential clients use on your pages? Popularity as defined by links – do other, quality sites link to your site? Freshness of content – are you updating your site regularly I just read a … Continue reading
Free webinar on QR Codes
In September I am giving a free webinar on QR Codes for Minnesota Renewable Energy Marketplace. You’re all welcome: QR Code: What, How Why? Have you noticed barcode matrix graphics in magazines, ads, even billboards? Have you wondered how they work and how you can use them to reach your audience? We’ll talk about what … Continue reading
DVDSoft – free video conerter
Last year I got a Droid. I’ve been pretty happy with it and it takes decent video – but I can’t upload them directly to YouTube, which is kind of a pain. Luckily I found a free and easy video converter. DVDVideoSoft http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/ has a series of free downloads related to video and video conversion. … Continue reading
Google+
I know I’ve been MIA for a while. My good excuse is that I’ve been traveling (http://10questionsabout.com/) – although that really only covers me for the last couple of weeks. I’m trying to get better about sending posts again. I’ve been kind of curious about Google+. I’m not a user – but I did look … Continue reading
Block FB Friends – Free Earth Day poster
Two Bytes in a week? Maybe I’m back on track. One item was timely so I wanted to get this out in time for folks to enjoy the poster! First – I work with some folks who have put together a cute Earth Day Poster that you can download for free http://www.learningzonexpress.com (scroll down to … Continue reading
Byte of the Week 