By masses, I mean you and me. My account (one of them) was just enabled for Twitter Advertising. What is that? In the video they show how I can pay to attract the 'right' followers, or I can pay to 'promote certain tweets'. Followers? I already have 13 thousand I don't know and probably …
Reason #339 for NOT Blogging
Why write if people aren’t going to read it? It's that little voice inside our heads, it happens to everyone. I hear it daily. A blog I've recently started reading actually mentioned it "Inflation, and I don't mean tire pressure" We write posts for a number of reasons. The two biggest I see …
How to add a custom thumbnail to your YouTube Video
When it comes to video, the one complaint I constantly hear is about the video thumbnail. "Oh why did they have to pick that one!" That's the Video Thumbnail they are talking about, also called the first frame. It's the static image that shows on your video before the viewer clicks the play …
How to find your RSS feed
So apparently yet another Google product is going the way of the dodo bird. This time it's FeedBurner. HINT: Even if you don't care about RSS, it's time to find a new RSS delivery system. Remember, your RSS feed isn't for you, it's for them. We want to make it a great experience for …
Facebook Fail: Business operating as a Profile
No doubt you've heard that it's against the Terms of Service to use your Facebook Profile in a commercial way. But EVERYONE does it... Yes, we do. Even I do (on a small scale from time to time). You do too? Don't worry, we'll just keep that between us. As a refresher, remember Facebook …
How to Block “The Ville” on Facebook
Facebook Apps can do some pretty cool things. They can also be used for Evil. Ok, maybe not evil in the biblical sense, but they can do some crappy spammy things - mostly to your friends. Good or Evil, most Apps tell you exactly what access they'll have once you approve the App. While we …
Can you edit a Status Update on yoru Page?
I make spelling errors all the time. Luckily I have spell check and I rely on it heavily. The sad truth is, I have yet to win my first spelling bee. :( I also make grammatical errors from time to time. Irregardless, (yup I just did that) when that happens on my Profile - I can do a quick edit …
New Site Launched: FresYes
Someone I was talking to yesterday brought up an interesting item. Most all of my posts are educational or informative in nature and that I rarely show off work I've done. I had to actually look back in the archives and... GUILTY AS CHARGED! The last thing I want to do is come off spammy. The …
What I do (F2F)
This last week I was asked two times what I do. Contrary to what some people think I am not a “Jack of all Trades”, rather far from it. There are certain things I do and quite a few things I won’t do. To start, I write informative posts on this blog. Hopefully cutting thru the BS and …
Channels of Conversation
I recently commented on a blog post where the writer argued that we should all keep the “Share with your Friends” buttons, but ditch the "Follow me on _______" Buttons. Guess what? I COMPLETELY DISAGREE! For the record the two work in polar opposites. Let me use just twitter as an …
21 Reasons I Unfriended Jim Walberg
Jim Walberg is a good friend and like me he is an avid cyclist and fan of the Tour de France. I whole heartily recommend everyone follow him on Facebook. He's one of the warmest human beings you'll ever meet, should you be so lucky. But unlike me, Jim doesn’t record the race on his DVR to …
Facebook Changed My Email!!!!!
I hope all those extra exclamation points added to the drama didn't they? I keep seeing post after post on how Facebook changed all our email addresses to the default @facebook.com ones without our permission. I'll start an online petition as soon as I finish writing this post. #not Truth …