Category Archives: Social Media Strategies

The problem with using Feedburner for email marketing

Posted on October 12, 2009 by CScholz

The one major drawback with using Feedburner for email marketing is that you cannot edit the email template (which means you can’t add custom links back to your site or any custom branding besides your photo). Let Catherine create a custom branded e-newsletter for your business. Continue reading →

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Social Media online course with Brenda Horton

Posted on October 9, 2009 by CScholz

Getting Started with Social Media for Small Business

An in-depth BEGINNER’S GUIDE
to Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, and Blogging.

This is a 4 part online self-paced training series designed specifically for small business owners who feel overwhelmed with social media and don’t know where to start.

Price: $99
This Self-Pace Training goes online:
Friday, October 9th, 2009 Continue reading →

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Social Media Strategies with Brenda Horton

Posted on October 6, 2009 by CScholz

Brenda Horton has put together a wonderful slideshow of social media strategies. Check it out! Continue reading →

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Twitter has a new widget

Posted on September 28, 2009 by CScholz

If you look at the sidebar of my website and scroll down, you will see a Twitter widget that shows my most recent tweets. Twitter recently updated their widgets so you can customize the colors to match your site. To get the code for your Twitter widget, log into Twitter.com, go to “Settings” and underneath the “More Info URL” field, click on the link that says, “You can also add Twitter to your site here.” From there, you can choose if you want a widget for your website, Facebook, or MySpace and what colors you would like to use in your widget. Continue reading →

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RSS Feed 101

Posted on September 21, 2009 by CScholz

Re-printed from: http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=79408 RSS Feed 101 What are feeds? I see “RSS”, “XML”, and “Atom” out there, but I don’t know how I might use these links when I find them. Feeds are a way for websites large and small … Continue reading →

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Use your WordPress RSS feed to get your content on the iPhone

Posted on August 12, 2009 by CScholz

Rhino Apps is a paid service that let’s you use your RSS feed to deliver your content to iPhone users.  The first month is free, and then costs $19.99/month with no contract or obligation to continue. Take a tour with … Continue reading →

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Who’s talking about you on Twitter: Tweetbeep

Posted on August 11, 2009 by CScholz

Check out Tweetbeep, a free service that allows you to create custom trackers to alert you when certain keywords appear in the Twitter timeline. Continue reading →

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Wordbook: a plugin to integrate your WordPress site with your personal Facebook profile

Posted on July 31, 2009 by CScholz

I discovered another great plugin for WordPress called Wordbook.  With Wordbook you can sync your wordpress blog posts to your personal Facebook profile.  It’s a great way to increase your efficiency in distributing your content to your Facebook contacts through … Continue reading →

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