Archive for August, 2008
The 30 Minute Facebook Application
Continuing our series on tapping the power of Facebook, we will demonstrate a way for anyone with an RSS feed to painlessly build a Facebook application in only 30 minutes.
First, what is a Facebook application?
If you are familiar with Facebook, you probably have an application or two on your page or profile already. If not, […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Build a Solid Social Media Strategy
All of the social media tools and technologies that are out there can be overwhelming, no doubt. But, if you focus on the sites and tools that truly make sense for your business, you will find that the choices narrow down substantially. Take the time to build a solid social media strategy before you begin […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Recommended Tool- Widgetbox.com
Widgetbox is one of Social Media Power’s favorite tools. It is a tool for creating and sharing widgets for blogs and Web sites. What we like most about this tool is that we can show clients how to create their own RSS feed widget in about 10 minutes - once they have decided on an […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Keep Your Feed Healthy
It would be nice if we could just create a feed once and assume it will never go out-of-date or that it will remain error free, but that is not the case. And, if you are not monitoring your feed subscriptions regularly, you may not even notice there is a problem. If your feeds are […]
All About Social Media News Releases
A social media news release is just like a traditional news release, except it is also social media and Web 2.0 optimized. In short, this type of news release encourages interactivity, is easily shared in the social Web, and contains other Web 2.0 elements.
Generally, these elements include:
Multimedia items such as downloadable images, audio/video files, or […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Make it Easy for Others to Share Your Site
There are a number of nice tools out there that can make it painless for your readers to bookmark, email, or share your site or blog posts with others. Yes, you can add a widget from many different bookmarking and crowd-sourcing sites, but why not use one widget that will allow addition into all of […]
Social Media Tip of the Day: Add Your RSS Feed to Your Email Signature
If you have burned your feed on Feedburner, you can easily generate code that will allow you to have a little mini-feed in the signature of your email messages. This is a nice way to expand your reach and encourage others to subscribe to your feed. You can find this feature on Feedburner by going […]
