Cutting Edge focus on Social Media for Business
Social Media can indeed be used beyond Brand Marketing and The Ottawa Network will be addressing this topic this evening. Cutting Edge focus on Social Media for Business “Social Media – its here, now, and ubiquitous – but how can you use it effectively in the business context. Learn about the role of social media in driving market conversations to understand the voice of the customer, and how a Social Media Press Release differentiates from a traditional Press Release. When it comes to implementation, you will also learn how to...
read moreAdvertising in a Social Media world
When the word advertising comes up in an online medium the obvious come to mind. Banner Ads, Google Ads etc. Facebook has also incorporated what they call “social ads” into their offerings. I talked about the Facebook Ads recently but what I am talking about today is something totally different. It’s the world of advertising colliding with geeks to create something really interesting and fun. What I am referring to are the fun games, quizzes, gifts that people can send for free in Facebook. We are at the tail end of Cold...
read moreFacebook Ads explained
I have been telling everyone about Social Ads and now it’s time I tried them out. The social network of choice is Facebook. It looks pretty easy to set one up. I guess I need to advertise something, hmm, how about the seminar I am giving next week. How To I have an option to create an Ad to promote the Virtual EyeSee Facebook page or a regular ad. I am going to choose a regular ad. If you don’t have a Facebook Page then the other option is via your Profile page. The Facebook Ads are on the right hand column next to the status...
read moreHappy Valentines Facebook style
It seems that wherever you turn these days there is news of gloom and doom. So many thousands lost their job this month, these companies are going out of business, national unemployment rate rises. To escape it all, you login to facebook to catchup with friends. Well that too has been a real challenge due to identity theft scams. Then came the wife learns of divorce via facebook status. So here’s something fun for you and your friends for Valentine’s. <3 – with a space after will give you…. go try this...
read moreRSS Readers
Now that you know what RSS is all about, here’s a little information on RSS readers/aggregators. RSS readers are very similar to email clients. They are free so if you don’t like the functionality of one you can quickly and easily move to another. Some?of the RSS readers are? google reader bloglines newsgator my yahoo feedburner They all work on the basic principle of creating an account logging in adding the URL of the site you want to follow The alternate way to follow a site is to look for one of the icons above, this will...
read moreWhat is RSS?
Have you bookmarked your favourite websites and check them on a regular basis? If you find this rather time consuming and frustrating when the website you look at has the same information from a couple of months ago then?RSS is for you. ? RSS aka Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication?is a format for delivering regularly changing web content like headlines, update notices, blogs, wikis etc…?directly to you.?It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quiclky, after it was published. Another analogy is a...
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