the qualified yes

QR codes: caveat non venditor 2012 edition

btrandolph — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:45:30 +0000

Last year, daily deal sites like Groupon were in the cross-hairs. This year, it's the QR code. When "experts" start telling me some marketing tactic isn't cutting it, I listen. But I also think about their claim just like it was a product I was thinking about buying. I'm still a customer for the QR code. for the experts, no [read more...]

daily deal sites: caveat non venditor

btrandolph — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:58:21 +0000

seems like there's a new daily deal site every minute recently. but are these super deals working for businesses that run them? spoiler alert: I say hell [read more...]

customize twitter feed for facebook pages

btrandolph — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:35 +0000

more and more businesses are creating facebook pages to engage with their customers (and yeah, to sell stuff too). businesses and organizations then face the challenge of populating that page with a regular stream of new content. one option? “cross-pollinate” twitter. if the business and/or its employees have a twitter presence, that content can flow into the facebook page. on the other hand, we’ve all seen less successful versions of this on geeky friends’ profile pages.

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Here are a few ways to get the tweets you want, where you want them, on your facebook page.

twitter’s own facebook application

twitter has an application on facebook that provides a two-way connection between the services. that is, your twitter messages show [read more...]

on navigating blogs

btrandolph — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:35:50 +0000

if you have a blog, it generally offers to organize your timeless prose into categories that you define. there is the implication that unless you have a specific post in one or more categories, no one who reads it will know what the hell it’s about. it’s not like there’s some cadre of obsessive librarians printing out blog posts all day and wondering which dewey to decimal so they can be shelved

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appropriately.

how do people find the information they need on the web? they search. they might put out an inquiry on twitter. the results come up. they get clicked. and there people are.

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today in g+ August 10, 2011

btrandolph — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:31:51 +0000

no time to chat. scarcely time to update…

Let Them Fly Jets: Why the economy doesn’t have to slide into recession

Marty Guinoo, the chief executive of Sentient Jet in Weymouth, has seen all the scary economic headlines but still believes his … http://pulse.me/s/134FL

not dead yet: facebook for business How to Use Facebook’s “Merge Duplicate Pages” Feature to Gain Fans The following is an excerpt of a complete article available in our Facebook Marketing Bible. Your official Facebook Page may … http://pulse.me/s/ZGAC

good stuff for travelers Five (And Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel

More than a dozen tech tips for making flying less of a hassle. http://pulse.me/s/10zDg

https://plus.google.com/113621310145210240912/posts/6ukdzDzySLG

today in g+ August 9, 2011

btrandolph — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:34:16 +0000

let them fly jets Why the economy doesn’t have to slide into recession Mart let them fly jets

Why the economy doesn’t have to slide into recessionMarty Guinoo, the chief executive of Sentient Jet in Weymouth, has seen all the scary economic headlines but still believes his …http://pulse.me/s/134FL

not dead yet: not dead yet: fb for business

How to Use Facebook’s “Merge Duplicate Pages” Feature to Gain FansThe following is an excerpt of a complete article available in our Facebook Marketing Bible. Your official Facebook Page may …http://pulse.me/s/ZGAC

good stuff for travelers Five (And Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel* More th good stuff for travelersFive (And Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel*More than a dozen tech [read more...]

today in g+ August 7, 2011

btrandolph — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:30:04 +0000

not dead yet: not dead yet: fb for business

good stuff for travelers Five (And Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel* More th good stuff for travelersFive (And Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel*More than a dozen tech tips for making flying less of a hassle.http://pulse.me/s/10zDg

https://plus.google.com/113621310145210240912/posts/6ukdzDzySLG https://plus.google.com/113621310145210240912/posts/6ukdzDzySLG

feature suggestion: feature suggestion: add "block" to the popup when I mouseover the name. I don't like the time I waste going to their profile – in every case it confirms my desire to stop seeing [read more...]

today in g+ August 2, 2011

btrandolph — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:30:39 +0000

https://plus.google.com/113621310145210240912/posts/6ukdzDzySLG checkin at RIC G+ feature suggestion: add “block” to the popup when I mouseover the name. I don’t like the time I waste going to their profile – in every case it confirms my desire to stop seeing their stuff. foodie fare for regular folk. checkin at the black sheep, #rva. foodie fare for finnicky folk. unexpected combinations of expected ingredients sad news sad new. RIP topify Important: Topify will be *shut down* on August 5th, 2011 – Topify Blog go ginter park! checkin at nova aquatics, #rva @alicehanes carefully noting winning times for all events +lucie hanes would have swum and announcing ‘she would have won!’ to all. caroline did a great [read more...]

today in g+ August 1, 2011

btrandolph — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:36:26 +0000

Image by starbright31 via Flickr

sufjan fix get real get right from age of adz

“I know you want it I know you really want to get it right Have you forsaken, have you mistaken me for someone else”

sufjan stevens – get real get right

what I learned today from pandora

I got an email this morning from pandora advising me it added some tunes to my sufjan stevens station. to be honest, it has been forever since I listened to pandora, but I was curious about who they thought might be a good fit. I liked the blind pilot song, went to emusic and bought the album. thanks pandora.blind pilot – the story I heard

today in g+ July 29, 2011

btrandolph — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:30:35 +0000

HELP WANTED We’re looking for a part time events pro, based in LA, to manage walks, rides & races portfolio

We’re looking for a part time events pro, based in LA, to manage walks, rides & races portfolio in that area. Experience with team-based fundraising events a must (thing Kintera/Convio, Salesforce/Raisers Edge) reply at link belowDirector of Events – Southern California

HELP WANTED Boston-based position for nonprofit development professional with 3-5 years events experience

3-5 years experience in supporting events and wrangling constituent/donor data (think Convio, Salesforce) reply at link belowDevelopment Manager

GOOGLE DOCS TIP: use the description field to tag your google docs tagging has been at the top of my feature wish [read more...]