Friday, 30 November 2012

30 Ways To Turn Yourself Into A Google Search Pro

googleSince it first came onto the scene in 1998, Google has grown exponentially, delving into different areas like mobile, technology, broadband, and mapping. However, the jewel in its crown has always been search, where is regularly improved and fine-tuned. However, because there are so many changes, chances are you missed a lot of them and you’re only using search for its most basic purpose. There are many tips and tricks that will help you refine your search results and whether you already know them or not, it’s always nice to have a review of just what it can do for you. Read more on SimplyZesty.com

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

12 Reasons To Be Thankful For Social Business

Why should we be grateful for social business? Let us count a dozen ways. It's probably safe to say that social media is a business game changer. It's still relatively new, and many companies have yet to do much more than set up a presence on the major external social networking platforms. But, as evidenced by The BrainYard's recent feature on social business leaders, there are many companies that are showing great return on social media investments in both internal and external products and practices. Read more on InformationWeek.com

Saturday, 24 November 2012

How To SEO Optimise Google+ & Stay Ahead Of The Competition

It’s been more than a year since Google unleashed its latest social media site to the world, and while it didn’t get off to the best start (there’s still a lot of debate about what qualifies as an active user), it’s found and developed a core audience. However, even if you haven’t warmed to it, there’s a very important factor to take into considering and that is how it affects your SEO rankings. Read more on SimplyZesty.com

Thursday, 22 November 2012

25 Ways To Create A Killer Blog That Will Drive New Business Leads

We’ve been blogging for three years and we think we have what you would call a successful business blog. It helps raise the profile of our company, while keeping hundreds of thousands of people engaged and coming back to get the latest social media news. It feels like the blog is large and established, but we had to start somewhere too when we wrote our first post and nobody knew about the blog. Read more on Simplyzesty.com

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

How To Overcome Social Business Performance Obstacles

social mediaThe good news: We now know that organizations that use social media in their business activities do indeed generally see positive results. The data, both survey and otherwise, over the years makes that increasingly clear. Often, perhaps most of the time, it comes from amplifying an existing business process, such as marketing or worker collaboration. Sometimes, although less frequently, it comes from rethinking how business itself is done and redesigning operations from the ground up around social. Read more on InformationWeek.com

Sunday, 18 November 2012

25 Quirky Social Media Tips That You Probably Don’t Know

social mediaWe’re all pretty savvy when it comes to social media, we all know the basics and a lot of us have a deep knowledge of these sites. However, there can always be a few things that can slip through under the radar that we mightn’t have picked up on first-time round or have simply forgotten about. Here are 25 different features that you mightn’t have known about. Read more on Simplyzesty.com

Thursday, 15 November 2012

How To Succeed With Your Mobile App

mobile app developmentMost apps fail. This cruel reality has led many disillusioned developers to conclude, often subconsciously, that succeeding on the App Store is like striking it rich in the gold rush: you just need to get lucky. The idea of luck is a dangerous sedative to ease the pain of failure. Pain is a good thing. It shows something is wrong. If my app fails, I want to know why. Instead of blaming forces beyond our control, why not look at what folks like tap tap tap and Tapbots are doing to succeed again and again and again. Read more on SmashinMagazine.com