Tori Allen
I just launched a new portfolio website for Tori, it’s a super clean simple layout and we integrated her blog into the site as well. Go check out what she does and check out her blog The Outpost.
I just launched a new portfolio website for Tori, it’s a super clean simple layout and we integrated her blog into the site as well. Go check out what she does and check out her blog The Outpost.
This dude is pretty amazing, back to the roots of photography because it’s something he is passionate about. Amazing images @ $500 a pop, don’t mess it up!
This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can’t do this without you. We want to tell your story and show your city or town through photographs of you, and people you know. As we travel around america looking for people and places to shoot you will be able to keep track of where we are going and help us decide where we go next. Join us in our journey by liking our facebook to get yourself photographed by us.
An extra special thanks to Brandon Rein, Scotty Hoffman and Trevor Atwater.
As if we need more encouragement to use Facebook… Makes sense, I found this while I was taking a short break, surfing the net… Often employers need to think about their employees a bit more. Wonder why I’m freelancing these days…
Face it: Employees are going on social networks and browsing the web in the office. In an age when social tools pervade every aspect of our lives, the corporate debate over allowing employees to partake in these activities during work hours is a controversial one. In moderation, can these breaks encourage psychological engagement and perhaps even help increase productivity. Let’s take a look at the stats:
Source: Keas
So the new Facebook Timeline has gone live for all Pages. If you didn’t see my post earlier BIG Facebook Changes – Facebook Timeline For Fan Pages, maybe this will help you understand what it means for your pages.
Full page infograph can be seen here.
Source: Wisemetrics
If you want some advise or help with Facebook Timelines, get in touch with me over here… That’s kind of what I do…
//Jonno
So if my explanation of SEO just confused you more, maybe this infographic will make it easier to understand…
Source: Killer Infographics
If you want some advise on SEO, get in touch with me over here… That’s kind of what I do…
//Jonno
Put simply, WordPress is very powerful. It is a Content Management System (CMS) so can control your whole website, from the homepage, additional pages and a blog. In addition to the thousands of plugins available which can make it do many, many more things.
This is why it’s the worlds most widely used website and blogging back end.
Source: TechKing
If you want some advise or help setting up a WordPress Blog, get in touch with me over here… That’s kind of what I do…
//Jonno
Diesel linked an instore experience with Facebook via QR Codes… Simple, effective for established online brands with bricks and mortar store experiences.
I read this article and thought, these aren’t tricks… But clever ideas that can be implemented in to many online stores I help out with. Some we already know and some are a reminder of things we need to improve. The key points are:
Source: VoucherCodes.co.uk
If you need any advice for your online store, get in touch with me over here… That’s kind of what I do…
//Jonno
Everyone has a blog these days, but if you are a brand, in business or trying to be a professional blogger then you need to make sure you are getting the most out of your blog.
For first timers this little video will run you through how to put up a blog post.
It doesn’t matter if you are using a free blogging service like blogger, tumblr or even a self hosted wordpress blog, these options will all be available and should be used. We know google reads our sites and getting traffic from google searches is what we want, by making sure you follow the below steps, you can ensure your organic google results will grow. All my clients use a self hosted wordpress blog, so these examples are specific to those controls and features, on other platforms where you find these options may differ.
Optimising your Blog – Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for newbies
Google and other search engines should be an important part of any blogging marketing strategy, 52% of my traffic comes from google alone.
WordPress has good SEO by default but to improve your content and have a little more control over it you should install the plugin called “All in One SEO Pack“. The plugin is easy to install and use, it optimises your WordPress blog for search engines. This allows you a simple way to define each posts (as well as your internal pages on your website), Title, Description and Keywords which are used in the code behind the post.
Categories are the general topics you blog about, each article you publish should be categorised into one or a couple of these categories. The Uncategorized category should not even exist, if all your posts fall under this then you are missing out on potential new traffic. Try to create all your categories when you start your blog, adding categories on the fly will create a mess, confusion with your blog and too many unnecessary categories down the track.
Write a Title
This is what Google, Bing and Yahoo will index from your site and will show on the results page when someone is searching. It is just as important as the headline of your post and should be similar, keep to under 60 characters to best display in search results.
Write a Description
This is the Meta Description and will be indexed by google and display in search results. If this is not defined google will just take an extract of the content on the post or page and post that. However it is important it is written and is relevant to the post, encouraging people to click through from google to read your full post.
Enter Keywords
Keywords should be ones you have used within your post, the title or somewhere in this blog post. Make sure they are relevant to the post otherwise google won’t take notice of them.
Give Images a Description
Search Engines can’t index or read images if there is no text. This is the Alternate Text option you see when uploading an image. Getting imaged indexed along the lines of the keywords you are targeting will also help your SEO.
You now need to share, share and share…
Now your content is optimised for google and other search engines you need to promote and share the content.
Copy your blog post URL (the web address) and paste it into Facebook. Pick the image you wish to display with the post and publish your article to your friends or followers. Manual posting like this is more effective, but if you are strapped for time there is a great app which will check for updates on your blog and post to your Facebook page. RSS Graffiti is easy to setup and once set will post a link to each blog post not long after you make each one live.
Ideally tweeting an update needs to be done many times, twtter is all about now, right now, so just tweeting Tweeting once is not enough. A new post needs to be given a few tweets on its day of publishing. Twitter is like a newsfeed not an inbox and users will only get a snapshot of whats happening in the world of twitter each day. Another tip is to tweet it @ relevant people, spread the news and ideas in your blog personally directed at other users who are relevant. This can increase the chances of getting a re-tweet and your message going viral.
Often the forgotten social network, LinkedIn is has over 150 million members and will drive traffic. More important for B2B focussed blogs and information.
This social network has been around for a while now and it seems there is a re-emerging power in StumbleUpon, so post your update to this social network as well.
The new kid on the block of social networks is all about images, if you have rad images in your blog posts you need to add them to your boards on Pinterest. Pinterest does drive traffic.
Best to cover all bases, not a big traffic driver at this point in time. But everything google has its hands on seems to have some sort of power and it can’t hurt SEO to share on Google Plus.
Every time someone visits your website there should be an opportunity for them to subscribe to your mailing list and if you have a mailing list of subscribers, past customers and potential customers you should be emailing them. Email is still a very powerful marketing medium in the social media age. This marketing channel used to be the only way of sharing content with people before social networks were developed. Email is still personal and gets direct to your customer base so it needs to be managed carefully. Have a read of my post on What is Email Marketing? How can I get stated easily? to get some tips on how to get started.
These days you need to be everywhere with relevant content and with the power to share it to those who want to hear it.
If you need any advice on any of these topics, get in touch with me over here… That’s kind of what I do…
//Jonno
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