hubspot upgrades: look out sliced bread
hubspot announced a major upgrade to its core product line this week, and it looks amazing.
Author Archives: btrandolph
linkedin introductions – shall we dance?
linkedin introductions are an easy way to meet that special someone. here are some tips to boost your chances even more!
today in g+ August 23, 2012
ch-ch-changes* (toward authorial transparency on posterous)
I will no longer re-blog whole posts on my posterous site. it obscures authorship and transparency
something borrowed, something blue
social media is based on shared content. sometimes the definition of sharing can get a little vague, especially regarding attribution
editing yourself in facebook: you CAN go back again
paraphrasing the old carpenter’s saw (get it? get it?), it is a good thing in the age of frictionless sharing and instant communication to think twice before unleashing your bon mots upon an unsuspecting world. it’s been possible for a while to censor your own posts and comments on facebook. with the latest update, users now have the option of editing comments instead of simply deleting them.
QR codes: caveat non venditor 2012 edition
Last year, daily deal sites like Groupon were in the cross-hairs. This year, it’s the QR code. When “experts” start telling me some marketing tactic isn’t cutting it, I listen. But I also think about their claim just like it was a product I was thinking about buying. I’m still a customer for the QR code. for the experts, no sale.
daily deal sites: caveat non venditor
seems like there’s a new daily deal site every minute recently. but are these super deals working for businesses that run them? spoiler alert: I say hell yes.
customize twitter feed for facebook pages
more and more businesses are creating facebook pages to engage with their customers (and yeah, to sell stuff too). businesses and organizations then face the challenge of populating that page with a regular stream of new content. one option? “cross-pollinate” twitter. if the business and/or its employees have a twitter presence, that content can flow
on navigating blogs
if you have a blog, it generally offers to organize your timeless prose into categories that you define. there is the implication that unless you have a specific post in one or more categories, no one who reads it will know what the hell it’s about. it’s not like there’s some cadre of obsessive librarians