Archive for Social Media
It’s Your Fault You Got Hacked
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Hacking of facebook accounts, twitter accounts, email and more has become rampant on the internet. If you spend enough time on social media sites you will see at least a few spammy posts a day that you know are not being posted by that person but instead by some malicious app. Once the person gets their account back they will apologize for whatever content they posted or messaged you and act like they have no idea how it happened.
Here is the reality if your social media or email accounts get hacked there is a 99.99% chance that you somehow started the chain of events that made it happen. Now a lot of people will dismiss that idea right away. The reality though is if you really think about it having that information means you have the power to be almost 99.99% sure that you won’t be hacked again. Read More→
Friday Special Facebook Long Avatars
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As most of you already Facebook and Facebook Fan Pages are a great way to promote your business. One of the many promotional tools you can use is a custom long avatar. Most people don’t realize their facebook avatar can be up to 500+ pixels tall. So what does that mean for you? It means you have a lot more promotion space available.
The image you see to the left is a sample of a custom long facebook avatar. As you can see there is room to promote your business and make sure people click the “like” button when they visit your page! Read More→
Push Button Marketing
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So you want to buy a program, push a button and become an internet rock star, right? Don’t we all! The reality is though most of the people pushing you the idea that once you buy their program and just run it your sales will shoot through the roof are selling you a whole bunch of nothing.
In my line of business I do web design and internet marketing for small to mid size businesses. I have been doing it for about 5 years and have a lot of customers I have been working with for a very long time. As a result of these relationships we have formed and their trust in my judgement they often approach me with various websites and “systems” they are interested in buying and want my opinion on . More times than not I have burst their rock star bubble sadly.
Now I want to make it clear right now I am not saying automation is bad. Quite the opposite automation is great however if you are automating a failed or spammy practice you aren’t going to get anywhere. That means before you buy a program to automate a specific task you have to actually understand what the program is doing and if that tactic is actually good for your marketing.
The reality is a whole lot of people who have never made any real money with internet marketing have decided instead to build tools to sell you and make their money that way. So you need to ask yourself a few questions before considering any system. Does what the person is offering seem realistic? Does this program automate a proven marketing method? Do I understand that method well enough to know the difference between something that is going to help and something that can actually cause damage? 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→
Facebook New Design is Much Better
Posted by: | CommentsSo today I opened my facebook page to find there is a new re-design and I have to say I think they did a really good job! I think they finally grasped a real understanding of how their users use their site and found ways to make it easier to keep us all organized. Read More→
