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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

Waxing UnLyrical

Mobify Given the huge uptake in mobile web use , you know by now that if your site isn’t optimized for mobile devices, you are likely missing out on opportunities left and right to connect with your audiences. You do need a basic design and CSS background to configure your site. The benefits are quite obvious, I think.

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Judging A Blog Post By Its Cover

Waxing UnLyrical

Platforms with mobile interfaces like Posterous can be quick easy ways to mobile blog. I just get kicks out of mobile blogging w/ multimedia. Conducting interviews via Flip video cams or a smart phones audio memo device can be strong sources of social content. Hope that doesnt sound preachy! Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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44 Blogging Questions and Answers

Kikolani

I always recommend doing a detailed transcript for any video posts you do on your site, that way you get additional SEO value from the text, people who prefer to read instead of watch video can do so, and people who can’t access the video (such as those on mobile) can still get the content through the text.

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Online Videos 101: Keep It Simple, Stupid

Waxing UnLyrical

In my Internet & Mobile Strategy Lab class at Johns Hopkins University , my final group project for the semester was to create a “viral video&# about the JHU M.A. I wish I could explain why I thought it was a good idea at the time, but it entered and left my brain as quickly as you can say “Why didn’t you get a Flip?!”

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How A Fake Taxidermist Is Keeping AT&T On Its Toes

Waxing UnLyrical

Perhaps when I suggested that all AT&T mobile plans would now include free antidepressants & rage therapy kits. On August 30th AT&T had Twitter shut down my account saying that I was “using a trademark in a way that could be confusing or misleading.&# I’m not sure what pushed them over the edge. Read All About It!

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Etsy's PR Nightmare: Greeting Cards Making Light Of Rape

Waxing UnLyrical

When I was writing todays post on Facebook turning your "likes" into ads, I was reminded of the whole Flickr/Virgin Mobile deal from a few years ago. I suppose well have to see how they handle themselves from now on and whether that will "burnish" their image again. and now Flickr is. Read All About It!

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Like Stuff On Facebook? Say Cheese, You're An Ad!

Waxing UnLyrical

Doesn’t it call to mind the Flickr-Virgin Mobile brouhaha from a few years ago? This is the most interesting part of the whole thing: while you can determine which of your friends sees what, based on your privacy settings, what you cannot do is opt out of your “likes&# being used as ads. You read that right. Read All About It!

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