A couple of months ago I wrote about how Google killed my online business, taking a big chunk out of my monthly revenues, but today I have good news. I have very good news! My Adwords account has been reinstated! For those of you who didn’t read my previous article about my experience being kicked out [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Being on Twitter is like being at a cocktail party. Would you go to a cocktail party wearing shorts, a t-shirt and sandals? Of course not. You want to look presentable on Twitter. Even better, you want to look good and sexy. While Twitter is not a beauty pageant, having a nice and attracting profile page [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I sometimes look at how people interact with Twitter and it surprises me to see how few understand take advantage of the “instantaneousity” of this tool. Let’s take my fiancée for example. She rarely goes on Twitter and when she does she usually spends 5 minutes scrolling down to see what the 5 people she follows [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
This article is a follow up to a post I wrote a few months ago about why you should use your real name on Twitter. Blog reader Eric emailed me and explained he’s worried giving his real name online might get him into trouble. The following is Eric’s question and my answer to him.
Continue reading...Thursday, October 1, 2009
Late last night I received and email from someone from Hungary. The subject of the email was: Twitter, blogs, online fame or how should i do? Basically, this guy named Attila (yes, like Attila the Hun) was asking me how to be successful online and where to start.
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
The following is a discussion I started in the San Diego Business group on LinkedIn. So far, no one commented on it so I guess people still don’t get it. I though it was an interesting write so I decided to post it on my blog as well.
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Don’t pretend you don’t care about how many followers you have on Twitter. If you got here, it’s because you do care and you’re most likely trying to increase your amount of followers, and I want you to know that it’s fine! After all, having a lot of followers is like having a big penis: [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Everything you do on Twitter can have a positive or negative impact on the image you project. In this article, I will highlight the key elements to maximizing your personal branding on Twitter.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I was inspired to write this post by my friend Debi and the brand new Twitter account she created. Debi is the Director of Marketing at CrownAir Aviation, an aircraft maintenance company out of California and when she learned about Twitter, she thought it would be a great new social networking tool for her company [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 11, 2009
I have several Twitter accounts and even though I mostly use my personal one, I do have a few niche websites for which I set up independent accounts. For my franchise website www.FranchiseBrief.com, I really thought I would be able to get the @franchise username because I assumed no one in the franchise industry knew [...]
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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