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Advertise on Facebook? Broaden your age range and save money!
Posted by: | CommentsI was just in my back office managing some of my facebook ads and something caught my eye that I never saw before. Facebook has a pretty simple yet still effective way for you to get a discount on some of your campaign.
Here is the statement from facebook: Read More→
The Movie and Music Industry’s War Against their Customers
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Voltage Pictures and the movie the “Hurt Locker” have been making headlines this week after a lawsuit was filed against 5,000 John and Jane Doe defendants for illegally downloading the movie.
Whenever I see these lawsuits I have to wonder what the point is. Now I understand that downloading a movie is against the law and that when you do it you are committing a crime essentially but these people who are sued are rarely charged with crimes just civil suits. Civil suits are expensive and are a long and hard process so usually a positive end result is necessary to want to endure it. These cases in the past end in huge judgments that the defendants would never have the means to pay in a lifetime. So I have to wonder the point?!? Read More→
Postsalot Google Search Story
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I found this link online the other day to create one of those cute little Google commercials with the search results so I decided to make one, below is the one I made for my sites. If you would like to tell your story through Google search you can make your own free video right here. YouTube.com/SearchStories Read More→
Stupidly Simple SEO Review
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On any given day I get 20-30 emails from someone telling me they have the new latest and greatest system that will make me tons of money. Everything from make money at home, auto this or that, text message advertising and a myriad of other things that honestly I have no interest in. Read More→
Protect Yourself from Phishing Attempts on Twitter and Facebook
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I have seen so many instances lately of facebook statuses or emails from people that are obviously not generated by them but instead by someone who phished their account. Phishing is certainly nothing new but phishers are becoming more creative and there is starting to be a surge of people falling for these type of scams. So here is what you need to know to protect yourself on Twitter and Facebook. Read More→
Tax Day Relief Deals
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So Tax day is upon us! And for many of us we are rushing to get our returns done online or postmarked by the end of the day. So here is a short list of businnesses offering discounts for Tax Day Relief. So after you finally get it done, treat yourself. Read More→
How to Advertise on Facebook
Posted by: | CommentsThis is a quick tutorial that I created that shows you how to advertise on Facebook. It shows you how to set up your ad, explanation of the different demographic filters available and information on the two different cost models available to advertise on Facebook.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment and I will try to answer it as best as I can. Read More→
Ebay Classifieds Test Case
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday a friend of mine skyped me to ask me if I had seen the new ebay classified site. I hadn’t and and was immersed in something else so I didn’t take the time to google and pretty much moved on with my day. So when I saw an ad for it online this morning I decided to check it out.
The first thing I noticed was the billing across the top for a “Safer, Easier, Friendlier” classifieds, clearly a stab at online classifieds giant Craigslist. They claim to have better safeguards against spamming, easier to use posting interface and quick and friendly customer service ready to assist you. So I decided to give it a try. Read More→
Yelp: A Great Place to Promote Your Business Free
Posted by: | CommentsHave you heard of Yelp? If not you should check it out. It is a user generated site that has reviews and ratings of businesses of all kind. The most popular Yelp searches are for restaurants and it pretty much owns search for that category. As with any site that is social and user generated you should have a presence what differs between yelp and let’s say twitter is that you may already have a profile and not even know it. Read More→
Facebook Friday Funny
Posted by: | CommentsI was logged into facebook today and got these two ads on top of each other….it’s like facebook is asking me do you want to lose weight….oh no wait you really want a cheeseburger! Choices choices. Read More→
