I could spew all the stats about mobile browser usage, but the cold hard facts are that more and more people are using their mobile devices to browse the web. It's just a matter of time before it eclipses normal computer usage. So is your Wordpress blog mobilized? Mine really wasn't. So I took an hour or so using some incredible free tools and like magic, I'm good to go. It's quite easy and all you need to do is take the following steps. 1. If you are using a wordpress hosting service to ...
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My 9 Favorite WordPress Social Media Plugins
The Wordpress platform never ceases to amaze me. It's by far one of the greatest pieces of software ever built, and to think that it is free is the icing on the cake. What really makes the platform as successful as it is, are the thousands of themes and plugins that the Wordpress community contributes. These add ons turn what essentially is a blogging platform, into just about any type of site you want from community to content management systems to storefronts. It truly is amazing. Over ...
How I Increased My Twitter Following by 45% In One Week
I've been fascinated by the art and science of building a relevant network of Twitter followers in the past few months. Like I've written before, I didn't really spend a large amount of time with Twitter until May of this year. Since then, I've learned quite a bit. In previous posts I've written about ways I feel Twitter can be useful, and the debate of quality vs. quantity. I still believe that there is value in ensuring that those you follow are relevant to you, but as your following ...
Vanns Community Manager Update: I Turned The Opportunity Down
Because so many of my family, friends, friends of friends, etc. came out in hordes to support my Vanns Community Manager role video application, I felt it was important and appropriate to write a follow up for everyone. I turned down the opportunity to be in the Top 5. Some of you might wonder why in the world would I do such a thing after going through so much effort to win a spot. Well, it unfortunately came down to something that had I known from day one, might have deterred my ...
Twitter Auto DM: Just Say No!
The absolute #1 pain in the neck Twitter nuisance for me these days are the hordes of Twitter auto direct messages I receive after following someone. It has practically made Twitter DM a useless tool for me. If anyone actually sends me a legitimate DM, it’s lost in a sea of spammy auto DMs encouraging me to check out ‘insert product/service/website here’. I understand that it is impossible to manage a large following by personally welcoming each person that follows you, and it’s not my ...
Socialnomics Book Review
I debated whether to post a book review as I experienced flashes of high school busy work, but Socialnomics is certainly relevant to my world, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Seeing as it is freshly released, I thought it might be useful to get a review out there for potential readers. For those of you looking for the quick and dirty, Socialnomics reads quick, is filled with interesting real world stories, and is basically 265 pages of argument that social media is not only here, but ready to ...
