We were poking around making some updates for our client So Cute and Cozy, when we saw that their twitter page was in a beta testing of a new top navagation. Twitter has added a new search feature and drop down that shows the current trending topics. The industry buzz is that searchability is one of Twitter’s killer features, and indeed, it looks like the microblogging service is starting to put it more front and center. It looks like the company is either testing it out or doing the gradual rollout thing. Twitter’s focus on search started when the company acquired Summize, a search tool built using Twitter’s developer API (application programming interface) and turned it into the Twitter Search feature. The search for GreenWerks which is another one of our clients showed the current results we have come to enjoy with search.twitter.com. Hooked Up Installs is one of our newer social media clients and was blown away by the – Read the full article
Some of our fantastic clients include… E-Commerce Websites Chicago Bears Pro Shop (Internet Marketing Consulting) Elevate Printing (E-commerce, Custom Web Application- Banner Creator, Internet Marketing, Social Media) So Cute and Cozy (Custom E-commerce Solution, Internet Marketing, SEM optimization, Social Media) Buji Products (Internet Marketing Consulting) Retail Stores Colori Chicago (Internet Marketing Consulting) GreenMaker Supply (Internet Marketing Consulting) Service Companies Green Dream Group (Internet Marketing Consulting) GreenWerks (Web Development, Website Copy, Social Media, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing) Hooked Up Installs (Internet Marketing Consulting & PPC Optimization) Executive Home Theaters (Internet Marketing Consulting & PPC Optimization) Berk Legal (Web Design and Development, Local Search Engine Optimization) Pallandrome (Internet Marketing Consulting) Chicago Blueprints (Web Design and Development & Search Engine Optimization) WBS Equities (Web Design and Development) Blank Canvas Chicago (Web Design and Development & Search Engine Optimization) Chicago Solar Panels (Web Design and Development & Local Search Engine Optimization) Dialogue Consulting (Web Development and Internet Marketing Consulting) Cause Strategy (Web Development) Hooking – Read the full article
FriendFeed is a utility tool that that collects all the updates from your favorite social media websites. It doesn’t send your info to your social media websites, but it gives you updates on all the sites your friends are using and creates a master feed of all your online activity. It takes feeds from Facebook, Twitter, your blog, Flickr, Yelp to name a few of the accounts your can tie to this social site. FriendFeed also acts as a stand alone social site, with options for posting notes, photos and links, as well as commenting on others’ contributions. You can check out our client GreenWerks and our social media expert Brandon Zeman on FriendFeed.
All of us have been busy between our businesses, blogs, side projects, and countless professional & networking events. If you are interested in some of the other blogs we write for, contribute to, or help manage, look no further: GreenWerk’s Green Eco Friendly Bloghttp://www.greenwerkspro.com/blog/This blog covers green and environmentally friendly news from Chicago and around the world. Articles range from Greening up your Office to Local Produce Supplier Recommendations in Chicago. Elevate Printing’s The Perfect Printing Bloghttp://elevateprinting.com/blog/This blog covers topics relating to Digital Wide Format printing, Industry News & Updates, Product Comparisons, and everything else that is going on in the printing industry. DigitalPrinter’s Adventures in Digital Printinghttp://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/This blog covers digital printing news and issues affecting commercial printers, digital printing, photography, graphic design, and fine art reproduction.
I am pretty sure everyone says that they will go to the gym and lose weight for the new year. I am pretty sure I have used this one several times and I am still waiting to hit my goal…lol. A few weeks ago I heard a speech from Ryan the creator of iContact. He described his plan to BHAG, a big hairy audacious goal. He want on to explain the purpose of setting specific goals and then printing them out and putting them on your wall. I kind of relate this idea of setting goals back to the idea of New Years resolutions, we set the BHAG but we do not make them specific. Weither it is the time line, specifications of the project, how it will be done etc. This year I plan to make my BHAG much more specific and I am determined to reach those goals. My newest venture is GreenWerks an eco friendly contracting firm – Read the full article
