Go to the photo you want to rotate. (You see the photo is big and has comments on the side.)

Next hit the refresh button on your browser. Or F5 (The picture should not be in a frame after you refresh.)

Below the picture to the right  you will see two little rotate icons. You can use these to rotate the picture in Facebook.

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This infographic, courtesy of the Search Engine Journal, depicts the growth of social media. It’s 2011 and social media is still picking up steam.

Growth in social media is increasing in all age groups. Even granny gets her Facebook on.

Source: The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic
Tom Guard

Today while driving down the road,  I happened to hear the song “Party like

Google 1999

it’s 1999″ on the radio.  I thought instantly how some businesses still have a 1999 business model or 1999 mentality.

So if you want to run your business like it’s 1999, here are a few ways you can keep the 1999 vibe going in your company.

• Don’t use Facebook or Twitter to promote your business.
• Don’t use blogs to help your business’ SEO endeavors or talk about your business.
• Don’t interact with customers.
• Pay 1999 wages.
• What’s an SEO anyway?
• It’s okay to do shady business, nobody will know about it anyway.
• It’s perfectly okay to treat your employees bad because if it’s 1999 there are no social networks, rippoff report or Google Maps.
• You don’t need a website.
• Put an under construction notice on your future website and leave it there for years.
• Don’t use WordPress.
• Don’t use RSS feeds.
• Stick with AOL.
• Make a website using geocities.
• Stay with dial-up. (I can hear the brrrrr eeeeee errrrrrr as I login to my AOL account…”You’ve got Mail!!”)

What can you add to this list? Leave some creative comments below. I would love to hear your 1999 internet stories.
Tom Guard

In order to run a successful contest on Facebook, you need to have a good application. There are a lot of applications out there that actually cost much money, but  you can check this Facebook application out for free.  Most other solutions for running contests within social media are crazy expensive.

Contests on Facebook are a great way to take your company or website to the next level. All it takes is one person to share your contest and you have 1000′s of friends within days.  Contest marketing is one of the best ways to get the most fans or likes on your Facebook page. If you give something of value away as a prize more people are likely to join your contest and send it flying across in the internet virally.

This app is for your Facebook fan or like pages and not for your personal page. It will connect to your personal page if you become your own contestant in your Facebook Contest.

Don’t forget to check out this free Facebook Contest app right here.

Drop me a comment if you have tired it and liked it.

Check out the Facebook Contest App Video.

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Why Should Local Government Use Twitter?

I know what you are thinking. Twitter is a big hype and it’s boring. Actually most people who think it’s a waste of time and money really need to get with the times.

How to use social media in government.

See, Twitter is real-time. By real-time I mean that I could post a road closure on my Twitter account and it could get to over 1500 people in a matter of seconds. Those people that have the text message feature turned on when I send a Tweet would get that road closure on their phone. (Are you getting the idea yet?)

How long and how costly would it take to send out a newsletter about a road closure or a festival going on in your city?

Every state and municipality should have an official Twitter profile. It saves time and money.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday I built a Twitter page where people can track hurricanes, get information about evacuations, find fuel stations that have gasoline for generators and learn about hurricane safety. That’s just a few things this new Twitter profile will do. I’m not even finished with it.

I know how to make a Twitter page post emergency information automatically without using a human to post it in case of an evacuation.

If you or your city would be interested in knowing more about Twitter comment below.

From the Cleveland Social Media Expert.

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Tom Guard

QR Codes are free.  The patent is owned by Denso Wave and they have chosen not to exercise the rights on their patent.  The term QR code itself is a registered trademark of Denso Wave Incorporated.^[10]

Here are a few sites you can use to generate a free QR codes for your business.

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

http://www.qrstuff.com/

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

http://www.sparqcode.com/static/maestro

If you like this post, join me on Facebook by clicking on the code or scanning it with your phone.

Tom Guard

Conventional sites made using old webpage software such as Dreamweaver or Front Page need a lot of attention, time and money to update. (Have you ever seen how much these design programs cost?)

What do Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart, Discover Magazine, the NFL, and the White House have in common? They all use WordPress.

I’ll hear a client say, “Well, I don’t want a blog, I want a website.” I tell them, if it’s on the web…it’s a website.

There are two different types of WordPress. There is WordPress.com which is a blogging system that is hosted by WordPress. Then there is WordPress.org. WordPress.org is a blogging platform software that runs on your own server so you can control all the content with your own domain name.

Here are a few reasons why I recommend using WordPress to my clients.

1. It’s free. You don’t need to use editing software just to update your content.
2. It has an easy-to-use admin interface.
3. Ready to use. You can use the default Template and still get ranked in the search engines.
4. Customizable. There are thousands of free themes out there. You can find a look that suites your site and then customize it to your needs. You can also purchase premium themes or hire a designer to build a customized WordPress for real estate sites, business sites, ecommerce sites, etc.
5. You can easily create, organize and update your own site, without knowing any coding.
6. It automatically archives all your posts.
7. It automatically creates RSS feeds, and pings the services of your choice when you update your blog.
8. You can update and publish to your site via email, or your phone.
9. You can use it for podcasting, videoblogging, photoblogging, or simply articles.
10. You can easily get feedback from readers with comments.
11. Twitter, Facebook and many other social networks can be integrated into your site.
12. It can be quickly extended to perform many additional functions via hundreds of plugins.
13. Comprehensive support and instruction, both written and video, is widely available at little or no cost.
14. A site built on WordPress will get you ranked higher in the search engines.

Here’s a great example of a site that uses the WordPress blogging platform to run a site. Camacho Cigars uses WordPress don’t take my word for it. Check it out.

If you want to get your message across as well as your products or services, I highly recommend using WordPress. I wouldn’t recommend anything else.
Tom Guard

If you have Facebook, you will soon get a free “@facebook.com” email address.

I have tested it with other email addresses outside of Facebook and it works.

It’s just as good as having an email address from Yahoo or Gmail.

However, I do see a problem with it. SPAM.

Your email address is generated from your username. So if you have facebook.com/johnsmith, your email will be johnsmith@facebook.com

It’s pretty easy to get the username because it’s at the end of the url string.

Maybe Facebook has filters in place for this.

I do like the Facebook email so far and I know that Facebook will continue to improve it.

facebook email

If you are a small business owner, consider yourself lucky.

Jim has created another Video Tool Kit.

This isn’t his first one. I remember I subscribed to get his first video tool kit over 2 years ago. Within a day I had everything I needed to create a great video with very little cost. In fact, making a video for your small business not only increases your online presence but can actually get you more business.

If you want to know more about Jim Kukral’s, Video Tool Kit, you can check out this video.

Tom Guard

As part of a viral marketing campaign, NBC is giving out free Chipotle coupons just for watching the promo.

Check it out!

Burrrrppp

Tom Guard