tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:36:12 +0000AdSenseGoogle Apps consultingGoogle GadgetsGoogle Sitesbloggingentrepreneurshipinnovationleadershipontologysemantic webseosmall business marketingsocial media marketingsocial media profileweb 3.0Practical, innovative, affordable technology to connect with customers, communicate authentically and grow your business.http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)Blogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-4337559697556435469Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:28:00 +00002011-04-19T10:49:31.306-07:00Working on the affiliate program trying to get a pic hosted on sites to work.http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-course-on-getting-just-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-3822195244866896952Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:33:00 +00002010-10-14T13:33:24.975-07:00 Learn how to find that gap in the market where searchers needs are not being met by enough suppliers, so your new product or service can fit right in and compete, successfully. The CEO and founder of Wordtracker.com, Mike Minhdel is teaching. Learn from the best! Posted via email from tamismith's posterous http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/10/find-niche-market-niche-marketing-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-1720342438107540692Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:15:00 +00002010-10-14T13:15:23.770-07:00 Do yourself a favor and explore the cloud options that are out there. via webpronews.com Small businesses often overlook resources they need for their online presence and day to day operations. Do you know how many awesome tools you can find in Google Apps Marketplace? Many are free. Posted via email from tamismith's posterous http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/10/cloud-of-missed-opportunities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-5185517149471469210Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:50:00 +00002010-10-14T11:50:21.275-07:00 The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.Pema Chodron Posted via email from tamismith's posterous http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/10/fearless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-7844443314861540593Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:00:00 +00002010-09-29T11:00:27.671-07:00entrepreneurshipinnovationleadership People like you and I, those of us taking risks, investing everything we have into our business and building a personal brand, know it isn't enough to want success. We have to innovate, think, connect, share what we know, and be relentless in our pursuit. Being able to see progress and feel momentum gives you hope. However, you can have hope even when no one else does or when there has http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/09/it-not-enough-to-want-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-8508929174757132704Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:09:00 +00002010-08-06T10:09:08.695-07:00bloggingseosmall business marketingAre you putting your best content on your website but getting dismal traffic? Are you writing blog posts, pouring your heart and soul into your content and getting no response? Does your website have a high bounce rate? Is traffic coming from qualified prospects? Are you converting your traffic? This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to online marketing. The nuances of building an http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/08/getting-traffic-you-deserve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-2371962063171801909Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:16:00 +00002010-07-15T18:23:12.663-07:00Shannon Evans who co-authored a book on local search recently published a post about how horribly wrong Google got this. The sentiment from her post was that Google is punishing people who opt out of Google Buzz.Fortunately, this isn't true. (The following is a copy of the comment I left on Shanon's post, which she felt a need to delete.)There's no punishment so you can relax and feel free tohttp://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/07/do-you-think-google-screwed-up-big-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-6951709338509757494Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:25:00 +00002010-07-12T15:13:08.324-07:00I had the pleasure of working with Cristie Champlin and being a part of her journey - or maybe it was more like jumping of the cliff - from working in the mortgage industry, to starting her photography business! Cristie decided it was time to live her dream and to share her photography with the world. She needed a simple website for gallery owners, fans and customers to see her work and get http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-google-site-example.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-3810552311485305360Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:07:00 +00002010-07-12T13:11:13.058-07:00Love this presentation by Paul Adams. Paul works as a UX Researcher at Google, the research lead for sociability, and works with teams building products and features for the social web, but you won't find the usual Google Geeky talk about protocols and Open ID in this presentation.He starts out with a simple but common problem when connecting online. There is no one-size fits all for social http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-life-social-network-v2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-3851416453348533746Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:54:00 +00002010-07-05T09:54:00.088-07:00social media marketingsocial media profile Fast track: from total newbie to experienced blogger: 1. Get a big picture view. 2. Create a social media profile that is the best representation of who you are,  who you serve, and what is unique about your services. 3. Perform keyword research and tweak your profile to make sure you are speaking in language that resonates. 4. Define topics near and dear to you. (not more than 4) 5. Set up http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-experience-social-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-4900209910196292396Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:59:00 +00002010-06-29T09:59:24.650-07:00Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Out of the FishbowlView more presentations from Marta Kagan.http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/06/out-of-fishbowl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-552786670555753179Sun, 30 May 2010 23:51:00 +00002010-07-06T11:19:21.678-07:00I've been evangelizing lately about "Social Search" vs "Social Media".I think social search is one of the biggest game changers in the way search results are displayed.Our search results depend on who we are connected to, who is in our social circle.Social Media is content that is shared socially.Social Media Sites (like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr) help us to find, connect and share http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/05/social-search-vs-social-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-7678584854513663937Mon, 24 May 2010 18:23:00 +00002010-05-24T17:16:08.669-07:00It is exciting to see more and more people using Google Sites as a web publishing platform. I picked up a post today from Eric Sheninger, Principal at New Milford High School and advocate of 2.0 learning. His post Google Sites Rock, highlighted the benefits of Google Sites for educators and links to sites at New Milford HS. Eric did a fantastic job outlining why Google Sites rock. I would like http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/05/getting-started-with-google-sites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-1302165889506554187Sun, 02 May 2010 05:16:00 +00002010-05-01T22:22:35.637-07:00With the continual fire-hose of information today, creating lists have become a great way to filter information. Now you can quickly and easily create lists right from Google Search, Google Maps or when you are on a great website or blog. I just created a couple of public lists, one for sharing my favorite coffee shops in Kirkland, WA and a list of resources for help with Google Apps and Googlehttp://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-bookmarks-adds-list-feature-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-3703407448970362935Sat, 01 May 2010 03:47:00 +00002010-04-30T20:47:12.136-07:00Freelancer.com - elearning development Google Sites Customization by Blue Sphere Labs in Kirkland, United Stateshttp://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/04/freelancercom-elearning-development.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-345038496963133400Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:06:00 +00002010-04-18T14:06:52.910-07:00Do you want to be able to scan QR codes (QR Codes are a popular type of two-dimensional barcodes) to quickly access information? Kaywa has a simple way to find a reader for you phone.  And a QR Code generator to create your barcode Check out Google's favorite places in Seattle and try scanning a code. My website bar code My phone number bar code http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/04/qr-codes-and-google-maps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tami Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-8773528665222493904Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:30:00 +00002010-04-12T10:30:01.039-07:00 Looking forward to the new improvements. Love having rulers, tab stops, spell check as you type, features in docs and collaboration on drawing!http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/04/google-docs-just-keeps-getting-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-2419102779554883028Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:05:00 +00002010-02-21T10:17:33.220-08:00Robert Scoble started a Buzz this morning listing the top 6 things that are a real buzzkill.Things that will get me to unfollow you on Google Buzz: 1. If you bring your tweets into here I'm very likely to unfollow you. I read Twitter and have 17,000 people over there. Almost 100% of tweets brought in here are noise.2. If you are a jerk. Or if you bring a jerk into my view.3. If you haven't filledhttp://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/02/things-that-will-get-me-to-unfollow-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-1158629083653732653Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:41:00 +00002010-02-15T11:11:20.340-08:00I used a broad category word "photography" to see what my social circle has to say. My connections are all coming from twitter and gmail with one really interesting exception: Dan Brickley - connected via Anders Conbere on flickr. Seems like a good reason to use as many social networking sites as possible. With connected via another person,we experience more networking structural holes...maybe? Ihttp://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/01/experiments-in-social-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tami Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-4851487464898839114Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:00 +00002010-01-28T10:08:47.144-08:00Tried and true principles need innovative applications. Would you agree that the goal is to keep elements of traditional marketing, the principles we know are universal and effective, and apply them in new forms. Pitch Engine is a great example of this but how many companies are in a position to utilize the service?It is rare to find an organization that has digital assets organized in a manner http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/01/creating-20-press-release.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tami Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-8555581397575955624Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:59:00 +00002010-01-26T14:56:03.774-08:00I've created a page for Blue Sphere Labs and now have to find a way to persuade you to be a fan!Seriously, I would like to make it worth your time and to provide valuable content and resources. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!Click on the nifty badge to see my page and become a fan. Did you know I can help with practical applications like:Getting the most out of Gmail?Need help http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-fan-page-created-for-blue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-5599308572701446777Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:49:00 +00002009-12-02T17:50:28.943-08:00Great advice in the following links (but know your account can be disabled even if you follow all the rules...) 13 Reasons your Facebook account will be disabled What I learned when Facebook disabled my account Facebook disabled my account (Scobleizer)http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2009/12/facebook-lessons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tami Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-3014174429880349921Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-12-02T17:38:16.701-08:00Facebook mat on 151 University Originally uploaded by Robert ScobleI've been kicked out of Facebook. I went to login to my account one morning and instead of my familiar sweet wall of updates, I got the message that my account had been deactivated. No explanation. I followed the instructions for appealing but it has been over two weeks and no word from Facebook. Everyone asks, "what did you do"?http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-outside-gates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-2436349030611067063Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:00 +00002009-11-22T23:11:10.599-08:00Freebird... Originally uploaded by Fifi1968When I can, I always choose to be free. By seeing from the eyes of a freebird, I find freshness and creativity...that spark that wants to try. You feel it too. Go with it today.http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2009/11/freebird.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blue Sphere Labs)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884714672219537963.post-2827880032863968027Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +00002009-12-07T15:10:50.356-08:00 One thing you won't find in keyword tools...unique, new queries. In a BusinessWeek interview, Google's Udi Manber said, "If you look at all the unique queries we get in a particular day, about a third of them we’ve never seen before. One-third of them every day are unique. If you normalize for traffic in any random query … still about one-sixth of the total traffic is http://bluespherelabs.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-thoughts-on-keywords.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tami Smith)0