by Jeremy Blanton on August 31, 2010
This past week I attended a Barcamp where a good friend of mine, Paul Chaney asked the question, how can Businesses capitalize on these new geolocation services like FourSquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and the newest player Facebook Places. We had a great discussion regarding the subject. Here is a brief video with my takeaway/idea on how [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 30, 2010
We all know that one great way to increase traffic into your site is to visit other people’s sites and leave valuable comments on specific topics. Leaving those comments shows that you care about whatever the topic might be, or you are able to share your knowledge answering a question that someone posed in a [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 26, 2010
I work daily with clients assisting them with using social media for their business successfully. One of the first things I try to do is teach that while it is important to use the mediums properly to reach out, it is even more important to have systems set up in place to monitor your [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 20, 2010
This post was inspired to day by my journeys into a website and the tweet that followed. I was visiting a link a friend sent about a place he was published on a photographers site. Being the good friend I went by to try and leave a comment of encouragement for the new blogger and [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 20, 2010
Most of my friends on Twitter know by now that I am somewhat of an addict. (Remember, I took 2 full days & found over 125 different Twitter Applications!) I find myself at times spending multiple hour blocks of time on the site talking to new & old friends. One of the ways I love [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 17, 2010
Today is a very special day. It is the day we get to celebrate the 40th birthday of my business partner, Jason Crouch. I met Jason several years ago and I must admit I am very happy to have done so. He is a father of four, a wonderful husband and someone I am proud [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 16, 2010
I admit it, I find myself being a Foursquare junkie at times. Ok, all the time. Becoming a mayor is as addicting as chocolate to a pregnant woman. Not to mention the badges that you can grab and how that will continue to feed my addiction.
Today I’m not getting into the ways to use Foursquare [...]
by Jason Crouch on August 15, 2010
This is the third post in a series about how to use Twitter to form relationships for business and personal connections (which could lead to business, too, right?).
One of the quickest ways for me to explain how to properly use this platform is to use a real-life analogy. Pretty much everything you can do in [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 14, 2010
How to Use Creative Commons Photos- The Why
We all understand the importance of adding photos and labeling them properly into our blog posts. Adding just 2 images can increase the time someone stays at your blog by up to 300%! That means if the average time is around 30 seconds, we can get someone to [...]
by Jeremy Blanton on August 12, 2010
Last month our friends over at Uprinting gave us some special prized to give away in a contest. First off, I want to thank everyone who participated in this contest and shared some really good information on Social Media. We had stories about everything from why social media is a must for the future to [...]
Increasing Blog Traffic Through Comments
by Jeremy Blanton on August 30, 2010
We all know that one great way to increase traffic into your site is to visit other people’s sites and leave valuable comments on specific topics. Leaving those comments shows that you care about whatever the topic might be, or you are able to share your knowledge answering a question that someone posed in a [...]
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