I just got off the phone with a good friend of mine, John, who has a pest control business here on Oahu called Kilauea Pest. I’ve know John for a number of years and it’s always exciting to touch base with him and talk business. It turn out that John is friends with boat Captain [...]
If you’re not already using Google Analytics to track your website statistics, you are missing out! It’s free and it’s powerful. One of the features of the software is it will give you a visual overlay of what links on your website are being clicked most. Talk about valuable information! If you have a website [...]
Multiple twitter account management has been made easy with a free service called Social Oomph. Here’s the link. I personally use this service and it’s worth every cent, especially because there’s a free version. If you’re tired of having TweetDeck or Twirl open on your desktop just to keep your followers up to date, you [...]
First of all, I just want to thank the University of Hawaii: Kapiolani Community College for the invitation to close out their certification program for non profit organizations. We had a great four hour workshop on social media with emphasis on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I look forward to networking with all those who attended. [...]
Have you ever logged in to your email box or Twitter account only to see waterfall of information? Man, you should see my email box, it’s incredible. I got to wondering, “Are my emails and tweets just getting lost in the mix as well?” “I don’t have 10,000 followers. Is my core group getting the [...]
This video was up for just one day and now it’s gone. Armand Morin is another great marketer and he’s putting out a new video every 2 days on various topics. Check the link below for the latest video. Previous video: If you’re ready to get dangerous on YouTube and market your business through You [...]
As we all know blogging in an extremely powerful tool for generating traffic to your website and promoting your products and services. At a recent workshop we were discussing some of the differences between a hosted blog like those you can make at Blogger.com and those that you can make with your own scripts at [...]
Most of you know I live on the North Shore of Oahu where local businesses is the lifeblood of the town. The historic town of Haleiwa is lined with surf shops, clothing stores, jewelry shops, and restaurants. Even though the economy and tourism is down, there are several businesses that are taking their marketing online [...]
Looking for a quick and easy way to get more attention to your Craigslist Ads? Symbols are an easy way to get seen. When you put a little symbol in the title of the ad such as ☺ ► ☼ → ♥ ♫, your Craigslist ad stand out from the mob of ads that flood [...]
Microsoft is in the process of releasing their new search engine called “Bing”. If you ask me, it’s about time. I was talking with a good friend of mine the other day about why Google so quickly became the #1 search engine online. In my opinion, it is because Google.com is clean and fast. When [...]