I’ve already told you how wonderful Dropbox is for backing up and synching across all your computers (see: Dropbox Rocks!) but one of the coolest functions is the ability for you to share a single folder with someone else. I work with clients virtually. When I’m building a new website or custom …
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Will you use the new SEND Button?
Facebook launched the new SEND button that could go along with the LIKE, the RECOMMEND, and of course the SHARE. Instead of sharing it on your wall like the the other three do, this button allows you to share it specifically with a person, a group of people, or an email. I see a small value in …
I just want to see the updates from Pages
Some people push the LIKE button with little or no thought. Others choose to LIKE certain pages with a specific meaning and purpose. They LIKED a few pages with the thought and understanding that when they did, the updates on the Page's Wall would show up to them. In effect, they "subscribed" to …
How to kill a bad Facebook App
Your Facebook Profile has been hacked? It’s tagging pictures of all your friends or perhaps something worse? No worries – let’s fix it. The culprit is probably a 3rd party App. Even if you haven't been hacked every once in a while it’s always a good idea to go into the Facebook Apps section …
My RETSO Preso
My friend Thomas Cunningham somehow squeezed into the back of the room and recorded this video. Don't blame me, Don't blame him. Ok, blame me for the shoddy material. Next time if you want a better view - come to the event and see it live! I mentioned at the …
Numbers
Facebook: What is more important to you… Would you rather have 100,000 LIKES from people you don’t know on your page or 100 “Raving Fans”? It’s not a trick question. Your answer is the correct one for you. I’m just wondering more about the WHY. Stereotypical polar opposites, the marketing …
Why you DON’T want to convert your profile to a Page
Breaking news in Facebook is the new ability to convert your profile to a page. Sounds great. Except... you'll lose every post, image, video you had on your profile. the only thing that will convert is your profile image and the friends you had will become LIKES your new page will …
Facebook Questions – just noise or a gateway to spam?
At first, when I saw the new Facebook Questions feature I thought of Formspring. In case you missed it – Formspring allowed random people to ask you questions. You could reply to those questions and the whole thing could be “public”. Nice idea in theory until the “MySpace’rs” and Spammers found …
37 Ways to Rock and 63 Ways to Fail on Facebook
That’s the title of my session for RETSO. So this next Thursday (March 31st) at 11:20 AM EST – I know exactly what I’m going to be doing. 37 Ways to Rock and 63 Ways to Fail on Facebook Now the question is – What are you going to be doing then? If you are at RETSO you have choices to …
MarsEdit vs LiveWriter
Just in case you didn't know, I don't use the traditional wordpress backend to write any of my posts. As a PC user I found Microsoft's LiveWriter a long time ago and have never looked back. Now I also have a sexy silver machine (MacBookPro) that I'm starting to ease into. Looking for the …
12 posts for the Facebook n00b
So you are a self proclaimed newbie (n00b) to Facebook? Welcome! Group HUG! Feeling good? You should. Facebook can be an incredible place. But be forewarned - there’s a lot of snake oil being sold out there regarding Marketing and Facebook. There’s incredible plans to …
Transparency
<insert transparency> Like a photon of visible light streaming thru a pane of glass… For that to make sense you’ll just have to watch the video below. Transparency as it relates to social media is theoretically about being open with those that are listening. That means being upfront, …
Lance Armstrong – You ROCK!
My Friday started out with a small little tweet from my friend Clint Miller... That’s good news as he’s fighting a very big battle with Cancer right now. If he’s tweetin’ he’s feelin better and yes, today was one of those days. Tweet On Clint! I thought I might help a bit. I do follow …
SXSW in 2:24
While I didn’t go to SXSW I followed much of the conversations on various social platforms. For instance, my friend Hal Lublin was scoring foursquare badges like a madman. Way to go Hal! Just in case you didn’t know SXSW stands for South by Southwest and is a conference combining …
What can a search engine see in my Profile?
The question seems to come up often and Facebook has a new tool in beta for you to see exactly how your profile shows up in a search. Remember that this result would be for someone NOT already your friend It’s at http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/tools.php Now that you know what can …
Secret Keyboard Shortcuts for Facebook
Somehow I missed this great video. I knew some of them. certainly not all of them, and with a new laptop and operating system I’ve had to relearn some of my favorites all over again. The meat of the video is only 1:10 minutes long (the rest is a commercial for Squarespace) …
Travelling Sucks
Time. As hard as I try, travelling sucks time. I have a recurring dream that isn't quite reality (yet). In it, I am as virtual as anyone could be. My physical location doesn't matter. Wherever I am, whatever I am doing, I can "ship product". These days, most of my product is building custom …
How many posts per day/week?
Recently I spoke at Richard Robbins Achieve in Toronto. While we couldn’t get to all the questions during the event we promised to answer them all. The following is just one of many… Question: “How many postings per day/week do you recommend?” We're talking Facebook right? That’s a tough …
REBarCamp Seattle Success!
Yet another stellar event for the Seattle area folks! …
Seat Back or Seat Up?
As I’m sitting here in seat 20A on the way to REBarCamp Seattle, I thought I'd pull out my laptop and write a few blog posts. I have two options. My new laptop or my older netbook. While I would love to take the time to explore the shiny new object (SNO) the gentleman in seat 19A just …