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9 Time Management Tips For Social Media

In: social media

29 Sep 2009

One of the most prominent barriers to social media engagement is “I just don’t have time” or even “[insert social site here] is just a waste of time.” Agreed, Twitter, Facebook and the like CAN be huge time-sucks and the line between time-suckage and utility is a very fine one that requires a lot of [...]

What Are Pingbacks And Trackbacks And How Do I Use Them?

In: Blogging Basics

22 Sep 2009

The terms pingbacks and trackbacks are used almost interchangeably, and are pretty much the same thing on the surface. They actually utilize different technologies and originated for different purposes, but these days they are becoming more intertwined. I’m just going to call them trackbacks for the purpose of this post. What are they? Essentially both [...]

Getting Started With WordPress – Explaining Settings

In: WordPress Beginners

17 Sep 2009

Once you’ve got your WordPress blog installed, there are a few tweaks you’ll want to make to the default settings. This is a quick overview of  the Settings area of the WP dashboard. You don’t have to tweak, or necessarily understand every single option – you can use this a rough guide as to what [...]

Notes from Wordcamp Los Angeles

In: WordPress

15 Sep 2009

I attended my first WordCamp this weekend and had a great time listening to some info-filled presentations and mingling with my fellow nerds. :) Here’s some nuggets I gleaned from the day….enjoy. WordPress will soon run the world. Their other products include: bbPress – lightweight, WP-style forum BuddyPress – social network in a box BackPress [...]

Using Facebook To Boost Donations And Constituent Engagement

In: social media

10 Sep 2009

Summit Collaborative’s Marc Osten gave a free webinar yesterday about Facebook and how non-profits can use it to boost donations and engagement amongst constituents. He shared some great tips – here’s just a few of the points that were made and many of them apply to all businesses and brands, not just non-profits. 1) Social [...]


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