Q. Can NOT Using Social Media Create Income?

A. Well…not for YOU, but possibly for AIDS victims in Africa and India. Yes, I will explain…

Raise your hand if you’d rather tweet than talk to someone on the phone, getting your ear hot and possibly getting a cramp from holding your cell phone in place with your shoulder.  Yeah, me too.

Hootsuite Smart Phone Apps Now Free! Next…Ipad?

For those who know Hootsuite you already know that they have made all their iphone apps free this month. You probably ALSO have heard rumors that there is an iPad app, although it’s not available for download just yet. So I’m guessing that’s coming in the next few weeks. For those of you who don’t know about Hootsuite, let me take this opportunity to fill you in a bit.

Social Media, is it Productive or Destructive in the Workplace?

The debate is on and many businesses are finding it necessary to formulate policies to monitor and control the rampant use of social media websites during the work day.

Part of the issue is whether or not employees are using social media sites to enhance the company or are they on these sites wasting time and costing the company money in lost production.

WebP Versus JPEG

Today the WebP image format was introduced by Google which will provide smaller image files for file sharing.

This new image format, WebP will be able to produce image files 39% smaller than other formats currently online.  This frees up a huge load off of everyday server use since about 65% of content requested online are images.

This should make loading pages while web browsing a snap, even if you are on using your mobile device to surf the web.

Bing Social Now Recommending People – Sort Of …

It seems that Bing has been pretty busy lately as there hasn’t been one week without some kind of announcement coming from MSN’s labs. This week, they launched a new new feature called People Recommendations that can be found in Bing Social (as you might suspect this is the section where Bing focuses on social media results).

The Hispanic Business Showcase

The Hispanic Business Showcase is taking place this coming Friday and Saturday, the 10th and 11th of September at the San Diego Convention Center.

http://www.hbshowcase.com

An important point of focus for this years Showcase is Internet Marketing.

The showcase will feature speakers covering numerous topics, all related to making strategic use of Online Marketing in the Hispanic Business Community.

Google Instant Search Happening This Instant

So here’s what’s happening. Google has announced the launch of Google Instant today in the US. If you haven’t done a Google search today, DO IT! You’ll see as soon as you type any letter into the search field, predictive technology is being used to predict your search query before you’ve even made it!

Facebook,Social Media And The Real World.

To the doubters and the protesters I say quit resisting social media marketing.

I hear too often:

“Is social networking important for a business? Is it something  I really have to do?”

“Do people really pay attention ?”

To you I answer this “YES” !

Social Media is has woven itself directly into the fabric of our culture.

Check this out . Starting Sept 5th 2010  Target will begin selling gift cards that can be used on Facebook!

Slide Into Google Me

TechCrunch broke the news last night of another Google purchase of a little company called Slide.  Slide just so happens to be a manufacturer of social apps for sites like Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, MySpace and even Orkut, based in San Francisco.  With Slide providing popular social applications like Rock Riot and Super Poke, to name a few, it is easy to see why Google would see them as such an asset.

How To Build a Successful Facebook Page

I just read a fantastic post that gives you everything you need to know to create and enhance your Facebook page.

Learn how to build a Facebook landing page, how to use “like”, which Facebook applications to use and how to use them, how to promote your page, how to get traffic, and even how to get tracking to see how it is performing.

If you don’t want to read through the incredibly detailed list, here are three resources you should start with: