Archive for the 'Web Tips for Boomers' Category

Great Blogging for Real Estate

June 17th, 2008 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, blogging, great writing

WordPress Most of the time, business people over 30 (Digital Immigrants) struggle with blogging. The don’t really understand how it works or the utility. But here’s an example from a guy who gets it and illustrates the two simple rules of business blogging.

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The Best Web 2.0 for Business Bookmarks

April 22nd, 2008 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, links, social networking, web 2.0

Delicious We’re always finding new sites that inform or inspire us. Now it’s time to share. Read more

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What is Web 2.0?

youtube.jpg“We need to make your site more Web 2.0,” I say. I’m always met with a blank look. That why I’ve posted some example links on del.icio.us. Read more

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Web 2.0 Heaven

December 03rd, 2007 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, culture, futurism, web 2.0

go2web20.jpgLinkedIn has an interesting feature called “Answers” - pose a question and the commmunity weighs in with helpful info. Recently, someone asked for examples of the best Web 2.0 sites.

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Using “Free” in a subject line

August 09th, 2007 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, ad words, email, online words

“Free” is a powerful motivator in a subject line, but care must be taken to avoid being snared in the spam filter.

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Blogging & Bandwidth Theft

July 18th, 2007 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, blogging, web 2.0, web 2.0 ethicist

Let’s say you find a great image on the internet and want to use it in your blog. Which is the correct technique:

  1. Use hotlink so your blog grabs the image from another site
  2. Download the image to your own computer or server

If you said #1, go sit in the corner and wear the pointy hat. Read more

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Dynamic Websites and Google

June 01st, 2007 | Category: SEO, Web Tips for Boomers, links, online words, search, thanks, web 2.0

Our colleague Gary recently pointed out another reason why dynamic websites perform better in search than static websites. Read more

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10 Online Copywriting Tips

Gino Cosme has pulled together 10 Tips for the Online Copywriters in a recent article for South Africa’s Bizcommunity.com.

As usual, Gino offers sound advice, summarized here: Read more

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Web 2.0 for Business

May 11th, 2007 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, web 2.0

David Pogue, Circuits columnist for the New York Times, opines in his most recent post about the predominance of User Generated Content (UGC) in Web 2.0 applications. Mr. Pogue envisions Read more

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Voting Machines and the Online Copywriter

May 09th, 2007 | Category: Web Tips for Boomers, bad copywriting, online words

Memo to election officials across the US: Please let online copywriters and designers create a simple to use, friction-free electronic ballot.

We got to thinking about this because, once again, Florida is in the news for bungling an election. Read more

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