Posted by Joshua White on February 22, 2012 ·
Everyone seems to be using Facebook to market their business today. What that’s resulted in is a ton of relatively bland Facebook pages, all striving to get as many Likes as they can. If you want to really draw your customers in and get your marketing message out, there needs to be something different about your Facebook marketing strategies.
You need to make sure your Facebook marketing endeavors [...]
Posted by Joshua White on February 20, 2012 ·
The way advertising works has come a very long way since its advent. It has changed styles with a frequency that companies often give up halfway. Choosing to be independent does not work any longer in online advertising. It is essential to rely on a platform to market and keep abreast of consumer demands. Which better way than through social media, which tracks users in the most casual and effective [...]
Posted by Joshua White on February 17, 2012 ·
One of the ways businesses are using Facebook to get their branding messages across is with social gaming. In fact, “gamification” has become a trendy buzzword in marketing circles in the past year. It’s no wonder; the growth in popularity of Facebook games has been exponential, and most experts agree it’s still on the rise.
There’s plenty of potential here, of course. Facebook is estimated [...]
Posted by Joshua White on February 15, 2012 ·
Content marketing on social media is far trickier than it is on any other business documents--for the writer as well as the reader. Relying on optimizing through web analytics, link building and keyword density is insufficient without good content. Meeting search expectations requires providing relevant content, whether it is in the form of information, ideas, or an offer. This checklist will prove [...]
Posted by Joshua White on February 8, 2012 ·
Let’s call it a compromise of sorts. There is plenty of self-interest involved. Either that, or the company and users lose out completely by refusing to comply.
On an individualistic level, social media has provided the balance by informing users that their content is adult-oriented and parents are strongly advised to monitor their children on using their sites. But, censorship is not as easily [...]
Posted by Joshua White on February 6, 2012 ·
As recruitment becomes more specialized, jobseekers are finding it increasingly challenging to find a suitable job that matches their skills. Companies, in their frustration with the innumerable number of irrelevant CVs, end up rejecting all of them in a single sweep. To keep away from the common fish, ensure you have a social network profile that shows up on search engines.
Jobvite study shows [...]
Posted by Dave on February 1, 2012 ·
All is fair in love and war…and business. Do you think customers care what is going on behind the scenes, as long as their demands are met? While you struggle to maintain your very unique services or products. Transparency makes businesses vulnerable to intellectual property theft, hacking and downright photocopying, such as website designs. Search results show the vast literature available on how [...]
Posted by Dave on January 30, 2012 ·
Social websites stop at nothing to providing a funny bone to their services. On the other hand, neither do the users. Not that it’s a test of humor, for those who don’t get it. Amusement comes in all aspects, and if one can find it even in the most ridiculous or somber situations, then they will also relate to some of these latest antics on the social network that guarantee a smile at the minimum. [...]
Posted by Dave on January 18, 2012 ·
As with all businesses, being an entrepreneur is risky, but given the job market trends and salaries, the risks can outweigh chances of success. But the timing could not be better than it is now, thanks to social media.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook is the ideal example of entrepreneurial success. It did not come overnight nor was it sheer luck. What made it work is the outreach that took [...]
Posted by Joshua White on December 27, 2011 ·
If you think this year was gadget filled, wait till the next --when modifications and innovations will be so fast paced that you’ll need to keep upgrading by the minute!
The active pressure amongst competitors is tremendous as each one races ahead of the other, only to be overtaken by yet another virtual inspiration. Here is what some techno experts see coming in 2012:
Socio-mobile
Mobile [...]
Posted by Joshua White on December 23, 2011 ·
With the holiday season fast approaching and Christmas right around the corner, a multitude of relevant social media and mobile apps have suddenly sprung up on the digital media airwaves. Christmas apps consisting of page tab apps, chat apps, card apps and calendar apps have all exploded in popularity, as is measured by the spike in monthly average users (MAU) in the existing time period.
‘Emerging [...]
Posted by Joshua White on December 9, 2011 ·
The social media marketplace is constantly in flux. Today’s Facebook comes on the heels of yesterday’s Facebook, and is making the way for the next big thing. Whether or not that’s going to be Google+ remains to be seen, but one thing is sure: Google+ is increasing in popularity, and recent changes have made it possible for businesses to establish a presence on the site.
Highly personal
When [...]
Posted by Joshua White on November 22, 2011 ·
The US Department of Education reported over 12.2 million enrollments in college-level credit-grating distance learning courses in 2006 - 2007. Of these 12.2 million enrollments, 77 reported online courses, 12 percent reported hybrid/blended on-line courses, and 10 percent reported in other types of distance education.
Of the institutions included, public 2-year institutions reported the highest [...]
Posted by Faizan Subzwari on September 23, 2011 ·
Technological advancement grows by nano seconds. Pace of tech progress leaves not a single shred of doubt in one’s mind that the future is unpredictable. Not only that, but we can be sure of evolution at every step. Latest dish on the tech table, being served hot across the global is cloud services/computing.
For many of us, who are alien to the concept of cloud computing, here’s how it works:
IT [...]