Google+: The Facebook Killer or another spam-inbox-to-death-with-notifications system?
A couple of days ago Google released their social network answer named Google+. For those that have yet to crawl out from under the rocks they have been living under, head on over to plus.google.com to signup and get access to it to see what it’s about. For the rest of us, read on… Google+...
Read more…Thoughts on Google+
My impression so far on Google+? Meh. I still think Facebook has a strong case in the courts against them. Google+ basically brings nothing new to the social media scene, and besides the nice new layout, is pretty much an exact copy of Facebook with some features removed. And before you mention circles, Facebook already...
Read more…How to Bring the Human Touch to Your Freelancing
Every freelancer knows that by working online they can bring their talents and services to a wider audience and potentially find clients from across the globe. But how can an online freelancer workining from home bring a more human touch to their work, so that clients can put a face behind their services? Personalize your...
Read more…Foolproof Way To Gain 50,000 Followers In Our Industry
While I’m not here to name names, I’ve been disappointed more than once recently when I’ve found another “leading industry expert” who offered no insight or any a hint of usefulness in their tweets. Of course your Twitter account is your own and you can use it anyway you’d like, but in our industry we...
Read more…Review of the Social Signup Plugin
A few weeks ago, the creators of the Social Signup Plugin contacted me about doing a review of their plugin. While I don’t normally do review requests, the plugin actually sounded like something one of my clients needed, so I decided to check it out. From their website, they describe their plugin as: We decided...
Read more…Making the Most Out of Unconferences
It’s my favorite time of year right now, not only are we in the middle of the holiday season, but we freelancers have another season to celebrate–unconference season! If you’ve never heard of an unconference before, it basically entails Barcamp, Podcamp and WordCamp. Unconferences are informal get togethers where freelancers and web professional come together...
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