Must have social media tools to engage your customers
I presented at the OCRI, Zone5ive event today and I focused on must have social media tools to engage your customers. As I was preparing for this presentation I needed to figure out a starting point as customer engagement is as vague as being “green”. So I took a look at the websites of companies that typically attended these events to find a starting point. To explain where I came from I used the analogy of social media being the invitation to the house party and the house being the company website. I went further to stress that...
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Summer is here, although it’s hard to believe due to all the rainy cold days we have been having lately. It’s also the time when most people take their vacations and the office is generally quite and things slow down a little. So if you are looking for some excitement how about some personal development on the social media front. We have just launched our Social Media Summer Series. Three great topics to inspire and enlighten you to embark on a social media adventure. Twitter demystified – July 14th 9:30am-noon There has...
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If you are like me and looked at all the templates out there but can’t seem to find anything that would work for you it’s time to think, customization. There are many ways to go about it but the simplest is to start with the default WordPress template. This template let’s you customize the header color. If you want more then start adding widgets to take care of the little extras that you would like on the side bar etc. Now I am getting pickier, I want the Blog to have the same header as the rest of the corporate website...
read moreWordPress – Akismet up and running
Thanks to Jamie I now know where to find the API key. So here’s the scoop. If your Blog is hosted off your personal or company website … Create an account in wordpress.com not org. Use the account option on the Blog. You will receive an activation email Login into wordpress.com Look for My Account Edit profile Voila, here is the API key Back in the admin panel of your Blog (the one hosted on your site) Plugins activate akismet Akismet configuration Add your key here to the box update key Bye, bye...
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I have had a number of people point out to me that my wordpress “previous” link does not work nor the archive feature. So if you have this problem, here is the solution….. Add the following to the .htaccess file # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L] # END WordPress This did the trick however in comes the spam. Got to find that API key to get Akismet working. Stay...
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