A Special Livefyre Q&A with Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston

This coming Thursday, August 11, at 12.00 noon Eastern / 11.00am Central / 9.00am Pacific / 5.00pm GMT, there’s going to be a special interactive Question and Answer session here on the blog. Using the interactive features of the Livefyre comment system, my special guest will be Geoff Livingston, author of the new book Welcome… [Continue Reading]

A-Listers Behaving Badly

A-lister bullies

This is a guest post by Neicole Crepeau. Last week I inadvertently stepped into a hornet’s nest on my blog. I publicized some SEO practices that I had been unaware of, including the fact that they may be taking place on a major blogger’s site (unknown to him, I assumed). The response from that blogger… [Continue Reading]

Ford, Red Tape and Social Media Roadblocks

Ford F-series recalls social media

News came out this week that Ford are recalling more than 1 million F-series trucks, due to a defect in the straps that secure the truck’s fuel tanks to the vehicle. The defect could see the straps corrode, causing the tanks to fail. So far, there have been 8 incidents, three of which included a… [Continue Reading]

How to Kill Your Blog in 10 Easy Steps

Kill your blog

So you’re bored with blogging. You have other things to do – like eat, sleep, go out, work. You know – boring “real life” stuff. Besides, thinking about it, blogging is for computer nerds and failed writers. Not to worry – help is at hand. Here are 10 ways to kill your blog. Let’s begin.… [Continue Reading]

Google+ Is the Social Network That’s All About Search

Google Plus

This is a guest post by Sean McGinnis. Did you hear that Google launched a social network called Google+? Of course you did! In the past, Google took a stab at social by purchasing Orkut. Later, they launched both Google Buzz and Google Wave with little success. Now comes Google+. Kinda seems like Google is… [Continue Reading]