Dallas, TX – What is Social Media?
My answer? Social Media is that group of technology tools that allows anyone with a computer and internet access to participate in, and develop online communities of people with common interests. What you do with that opportunity determines everything about the outcome.
Here’s a solid collection of additional answers to the same question. Feel free to add a comment here with your own definition.

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Dallas, TX – Your business needs a blog. It’s the hub of your social network marketing efforts so here’s a simple outline of what to do to begin:

Use WordPress and host it on your own server. Most web hosting companies now offer Wordpress through their control panels and it will automatically install for you. Do it this way and you own/control your content. Use Blogger or any of the other options that you have little control over and you don’t own your own content. That means that if those companies …

Dallas, TX – Building your perfect website is a lot like building a house. You need a good set of plans or you’re going to end up with a dysfunctional collection of materials that costs about the same as the house done right, but it’s unfit for anything practical. You need a set of plans.
When building a website there are a number of activities utilized to “draw those blueprints”, one of which is creating your personas.
You create a persona much like the FBI might profile someone, and for similar reasons! …

Dallas, TX – What Are Directories? “Directory” is the formal term for a folder.  The manilla folder on your desk holds files, or papers. That’s a real-world example of a directory and it’s file contents. Directories can have different purposes just like manilla folders can be assigned different functions but there are no native differences in the directory, or folder, itself.
If you were to log in to the back-end, the administrative portion, of your web site you would see a list of folders. Your resident geek will call those folders …

Dallas, TX – You’re busy enough trying to keep your head above water in the current market climate. The last thing you need is one more learning curve; one more area of your business that requires some of your time, patience, and probably some money, right? Well, it’s true that your online effort is at the heart of your overall marketing plan, and, yes, it’s true that almost every other aspect of your marketing plan integrates quickly with your internet presence. Don’t agree with that last thought? Then why is …