Evaluating Starbucks’ "Name Your Blend" Contest.
If you’re a coffee drinker here in the Great White North, you were likely raised on the Tim Hortons bottle from a very early age. Tim’s rather bland but comforting blend is entrenched in Canadian culture and has been the “go to” coffee for we Canucks for years. Our coffee drinking options have expanded in recent years with major […]
Play It Safe through Blogging All the Time
Despite the fact that blogging provides a platform for posting articles, photographs and other related stuff, you should have adequate knowledge about playing it safe. For this reason, you should be well conversant with rules which govern the type of content that you upload on your blogs. For instance, your blog materials should not be […]
How to Write High Quality Content For Your Blog
can be easier for you if you are sure of what you are going to write about. What your blog is about is the determining factor on how many votes you are going to get from the blog users and how many visits you are going to attract. Many users will also write their posts […]
Why Google Should Buy Foursquare
I’m a big fan of Foursquare and their product. I think the NY firm created a compelling, useful and socially based tool that users quickly adpoted and business owners could take advantage of. Foursquare outlasted challengers like Gowalla, Loopt, Scavngr and even a late entrant, Facebook Places to dominate the social location space. In my […]
What the Pinterest!
YES, it’s true… I have joined Pinterest. I have joined the world of on Pinning and time wasting. Pinterest is a pretty cool site despite how much time people waste on there. It must be something big if people are spending hours on it. My Pinterest Observations Over the past week I have been trying […]
What if’s
I really like to follow the tech world and all the valuations of companies like Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Square, and many other companies. It always gives me enjoyment to know that companies that I use on a day to day business are worth great deals of money while providing a legitimate service to all of […]
How Important Is Google Analytics To My Online Business?
I always say that there are 3 things that every online business need consistently: 1. To clarify and optimize the online marketing strategy of your business 2. To clarify and optimize your site navigation 3. To clarify and optimize all your content Google Analytics is like a heart monitor, it will monitor everything that is going […]
Google’s +1 Social AdWords Policy
Google’s addition of the +1 box to its search results didn’t catch anyone by surprise. It has long been rumoured and documented that Google was going to integrate more social tools into their search results pages and their +1 integration went live (to users who opt into their test) For AdWords managers , there are […]
Social Online Contest Services
Leveraging your business’ facebook and twitter accounts for contest and promotional purposes can be challenging. Fortunately, there are some excellent services and tools available to help. Wildfire – Wildfire is a great looking contest engine that leverages Facebook, Twitter and more to engage your customers in an online contest. The set-up and launch process is […]
Innovative Ideas: FunnelScope.com
It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this series… I came across this site – www.funnelscope.com today and really like the concept. Funnel Scope is leveraging your Twitter and Facebook followers/friends recommendations with hotel listings in the US to provide search results based on reviews and likes. Services like this seem to re-enforce the […]
