[Interview] Newhall Coffee Blends Social Media Marketing With A Cause
Mom and pop coffee shops are being crushed by behemoth companies like Starbucks. Add on the worst recession since the Great Depression and you have a recipe for disaster. It takes extreme measures to compete in this business landscape.
Newhall Coffee Roasting Company is using social media marketing Jujitsu to take on the challenge. It’s staying nimble, competing where it can win, and still staying true to its mission.
Turbo Charge Your Twitter Stream with Tweetdeck [VIDEO]
The new Tweetdeck experimental version uses the “User Streams API” from Twitter and it is turbo charged. It’s so fast that my All Friends stream of 7,724 people is almost a blur.
Wow, you can even follow specific Twitter lists on Flipboard #iPad
To follow a specific Twitter list (one that you may not have created), you just have to: Be logged into Twitter on the Flipboard iPad application Tap on “Edit” Tap on “Add a Section” in an open square area Type the name of the list in the top Search box, such as “jason_pollock/rising-stars.” You could …
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Curating tweets on Flipboard by using Twitter Lists #iPad
This is a screenshot from the iPad Flipbooks application of my “Eric-Twitter-Hearts” list. This list contains folks who supported Eric De La Cruz in his fight for a heart transplant. By using Twitter lists, you can build your own customized “newspaper” or newsletter even if you have thousands of followers. The key is in curating …
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YouTube Adds New iPad-Friendly HTML5 Video Player
YouTube announced a new HTML5 video player that works on the Apple iPad device.
I tested the new player against the regular YouTube player on an iPad and the new player still needs some work. The new player takes a longer to load, has some funky behavior (a duplicate window appears below the player), and the screen is bouncy when the player isn’t set to fullscreen.
Adding links to Popular Articles also increased Time on Site #analytics
Time On Site = the amount of time a users spends on your site per visit. For a blog, the more time on the site the better because it means the visitor is exploring. This is analagous to someone going into a library or bookstore and looking around for a long time. For an e-commerce …
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Visualizing Job Search Keywords
This video shows you how to better visualize the key aspects of job by focusing on important keywords.
Flipboard, still flipping out.
Looking forward to trying out Flipboard…once the server issues are worked out.